Farming eh....

So we have decided that we are going to go and do our farm work, soon. I want it done before Christmas and in time that we get to enjoy the nice weather and beaches!! So that's the plan! And then we'll have a second year to do, because this Australia place is growing on Conor now! Took him long enough like!

So last weekend we took a drive down to Colac to meet a farmer that we had got in touch with through gumtree. He has a dairy farm and was looking for people to milk and feed calves. The farm was about ten mins outside of the town which was handy and the farmer seemed really nice but it wasn't for us unfortunately! We would have been sleeping in a prefab in the farmyard with our toilet and kitchen in the parlour building across the yard. Also, and more importantly we would have been off everyday from 9 until the next feed at 4, which would have been ok if there was stuff to do or other people around but we were the only backpackers and it was in a pretty remote area so not too much to do during the day! Sounds a bit like a recipe for us going mad or killing each other, so we'll keep looking! But really enjoyed the spin down, was nice to see some proper countryside again!
So we've decided to try get in on the farm that Conor's sister was on, but the farmer is scatty at best so that means calling him constantly to see when we can go down. Of course there is only so long that I am willing to do that for so I'm trying to gather numbers up from other people who have done it and who would recommend the farms they did it on! Because I am not leaving it to chance and ending up farming for Christmas! No Way!!

So any and all updates will follow! Hopefully we'll sort it soon, but until then I can plan my birthday! It is only three weeks away you know! Ha! Most likely will just have everyone over to here for a few drinks and some nibbles and then head out somewhere or other! I'm actually a little excited for it this year and I have no idea as to why considering it's my first away from home! Perhaps that's a good thing though! Anyway for the moment I'm more so trying to organise birthday presents for Joanne and Mam! So that'll keep me busy pre-party! Ha!
So thats all for now folks, heading to the Quiet Man Irish pub tonight for some grub and a few sociable ones so I may do something with my day before that, besides think about the food there! Hmm...

Amy :) x

Donal's visit!

So since I last posted we had a visitor! How exciting eh? Ha! Conor's dad came for a week and stayed with his sister. Delighted for them as Conor was pretty home sick and hadn't seen his Dad since Christmas! On Thurs night I cooked stew for everyone! I'm just proud that I actually cooked for a group but it was actually rather yummy if I do say so myself!!!

We had a day of being tourists again on Friday around Melbourne, perfect excuse for me to get snap happy again! I had forgotten how pretty Melbourne actually is, even if it did insist on raining on us a lot! So we went to the Gaol again, and then met one of Donal's friends and went for food in Chinatown followed by a stroll down in Southbank.

It was a nice day followed by 'a few' drinks in The Village Bell, resulting in myself and Conor only gettin four hours sleep before our drive to Sorrento the next day! I can not say it made for pretty faces! We were a little worse for wear it could be said! So we spent Saturday walking around Fort Nepean, a nice auld stroll with some seriously lovely view points! think we took the long route too by walking along the beach instead! Was worth it, even if it did turn out to be a bit of a workout! Ha!
After our day of fresh air we headed back to the cabins that we had rented for the night! They were actually really cosey! We had a bbq and a few drinks and ended up playing bullshit until we all gave in to our serious need for sleep!
Sunday we headed to a couple more scenic areas, like arthur's seat but it kept raining on us so we gave in, booked tickets to Batman and headed home! Ha! We got to try out a thai restaurant I had been eyeing up before the movie too so overall a good weekend full of activities!!! Makes me wish even more that I didn't work Saturday's!
Conor got to spend Monday with his Dad on his own, strolling around Melbourne for the day so he was happy with that before he headed back on Weds!
He is so lucky, I'd love to have my parents visit! Pretty sure they'd fall in love with the place too!
Anyway that's it for now! Just a quick post to say it was loads of fun!

Amy :) x