Water and fencing, those are the most time consuming jobs on a property. With the dry conditions we are experiencing at the moment we decided it was time to check on the houses's water supply. We're not on mains water and rely on rainfall, which wasn't the best last year. Both of us had started collecting water in a bucket in the shower, but really had no idea if we should be worried or not. Our big concrete tank has character and is hidden by gum trees. We staggered up with the ladder but in the end were pleasant surprised. The water levels were fine but we'll keep the buckets in the shower.

My fencing buddy.

There's two constants when you own a property, broken fences and water problems. This time it was broken fence lines. Now these could have been made by Kangaroos or falling branches, however on this occasion it may have been our emu. She turned up with the horse and donkey so we think something frightened her and she jumped the fence pulling the wire out of it's gripples. I had to hammer in new staples to the posts, reattach the wire through new gripples and tighten these. I did all this but not the tightening. I couldn't make out how to thread the wires through the gadget that you use to tighten everything. The wires are all up though. Even my fencing buddy wasn't any use! 

Abandoned lamb update.

I've tried my best. This lamb wasn't to become a pet. I have managed to have to return the lamb to a small flock of sheep, however failed in not naming her. She has a name: Daisy. Tomas doesn't know what to make of her!