January 24 2015
It has been a hot dry
week and we have needed to water the vegetables three times a day to keep them going.
Our efforts are being rewarded and we have the biggest tomato crop ever. Things
have grown so well that there is a danger of over crowding!
The wwoofers have
continued to work well and we have lots of clearing up done. On the hottest
days we kept them in the house squeezing lemons and took them up to the forest
for a BBQ. Usually we have a round trip that first visits the rainforest and
then goes on to the cascades where there is a BBQ and shelter shed very close
to the waterfall. We were doing our trip as normal when about half an hour into
the forest we found that loggers had put a gate across the road and blocked access.
This meant we had to go all the way back to the highway and round the forest to
the other side to get to our usual BBQ spot.
We met a parks ranger and
questioned him because at this time of year lots of people camp at Murrindindi
and the loggers had effectively blocked all the fire escape routes going south.
Edd met a friend at the market who said that they are moving really old growth
trees at night and are trying to hide what they are doing. We do not know if
this is true but it is very worrying.
My eldest grand son
has been offered a place to study biological science at Latrobe University.
This was a surprise but we are all thrilled. He tells us that he has accepted
and deferred, which is also good news. My daughter’s eldest son is getting all
the gear ready to start secondary school. How fast they grow up! Bo brought all
her kids over for a meal here this week, which was great fun.
Last night we met
with Al and our friend, Beni, at the Indian restaurant. Al tells us that he had a great holiday
in New Zealand with his youngest son Ti. They went to a beach that has hot
springs under the sand and spent hours digging with crowds of people, trying to
get a mini spa dug before the next big wave came in and washed it all away.
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