… or why a true blue West Australian never wants to kite in this beautiful but way too busy spot!
Swiss farming on Rigi
A great place to get the real Swiss Experience, Franz Toni is a very passionate Cheese maker… more infos here
SanTom BBQ
Dank guten tipps eines “Einheimischen” haben wir ein schoenes Plaetzchen gefunden….
Die Toess bei der Kyburg Bruecke in Sennhof…..routenbeschreib ab Winti hier: http://goo.gl/maps/OcP6q
Um uns den Europaeischen Gegebenheiten etwas anzupassen (bei uns in West Australien hat es ja auch an schoenen Orten fast nie andere Menschen) haben wir entschlossen, dass wir am Samstag schon vor 9 Uhr morgens dort sein werden und den Platz reservieren… vielleicht hat sonst noch jemand Lust auf einen Flussufer Zmorga .-) mit uns
FAQ’s:
Wieso: Sommerferienanfangs- und SanTomfaescht
Wo: http://goo.gl/maps/tYop5
(Bei der Kyburgbruecke 100m Flussaufwaerts)
Wann: Samstag 13. Juli 2013 ab 9 Uhr morgens
Wer: Wer auch immer Lust und Zeit hat… bitte weitersagen
Was: Mitbringen… BYO (wie in Australien)
… jeder bringt sein eigenes Essen, Getraenke, Stuehle, Tisch,
Besteck, Mueckenspray, Sonnencreme, Spiel- und Sport artikel,
warme Decken fuer den Abend, usw…
Wir freuen uns auf Euch!
Herzlich
SanTom
A story about a Landcruiser..
A Cruiser with a special story…
This fine motor vehicle is used to do Station business… used to look after the bores, fences, etc.
Seeing minor damages on such vehicles is not unusual as most of them are not licensed and therefore do not drive on public roads…. this particular Cruiser however has a very interesting looking windshield….
…. the story how this hole in the windshield/dashboard came about goes like this:
Brent and a prospective cattle buyer where rumbling along a station track in order for the buyer to be able to select the finest cattle.
As Cowboy business often demands a loaded shotgun was lying on the dash, ready for action. Unfortunately someone must have forgotten to secure the safety latch and over one of the many bumps in the track the gun accidentally went off, blasting a hole through windshield as well as dashboard and scaring the cattle agent (the vehicle is a right hand drive as always in Australia…. i.e. the agent was sitting on the left seat, near the guns’ muzzle)
Apparently the agent was very very keen to purchase the cattle and get the hell out of this haunted car as quickly as he could…..
… for us just another one of these real cowboy stories…. it is a men’s world out there!!
Cattle grid….
A 60km gravel road links Coobina Chromite mine with the Great Northern Highway… Sylvania Homestead is about 30km along this same road.
To keep this road maintained to mining specs a three person crew from Smoothy’s contractor business (Roller, Grader, Water truck) is working on it for 12 hours per day 365 days a year.
‘Unfortunately’ there is also three cattle grids along this stretch of road… maintaining these is Cowboy business…
It took four Cowboys more than a week of shovelling and hacking to clear these grids from the concrete like dirt…
… I now know one reason why I would not be a good Cowboy for life…
