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Patanga at Tooma.


Hi Lovelies,

Yesterday we travelled to the beautiful area of Tooma where we are spending a week on the property of Patanga.   

The property is owned by a lovely family and we are here to help out where we can.  
The property is mainly goats,


 with some cattle,

 horses,

 pigs,


chickens, geese and 3 dogs.

Currently Andrew (dad), is away working so we are helping Jaime (mum) and Amelia (daughter) where we can.  

The farm is beautiful, and the area is so lovely and green.

It has been quite an experience so far.

We arrived yesterday afternoon and began helping to rewire one of the electric fences.  It is pretty tough work, with having to attach the porcelain insulators (ceramic cotton reel thingies) to star pickets. 



 We were more than a little tired and slept very well.

This morning I was up early and had a wander around to check out the animals.  It was so quiet and peaceful.


It was then off to work.

My job for the morning was cleaning out the foot bath up the race, including the force and the crush.   Do I sound like I knew what I was doing 😊.  Basically I used a gurney to clean a concrete area and a rubber mat area where tomorrow we will run the goats through a foot bath.

These two smarty-pants laughed at us most of the time.


It was then time for lunch and we enjoyed the pie we had picked up yesterday with a little bit of salad.

After lunch Robbie went back outside to help with the fencing again



while I stayed inside and helped in the house.  Much more my speed.

The outside workers got the fence finished, and then we got the evening chores done.  

Robbie and I tried to get Blaze to round up the chickens, it was a little funny.  We confused the poor puppy so much.

It was a big day for all of us and we have some pretty sore muscles.  I think we will again sleep pretty well tonight.

All for now lovelies.

Stay safe and keep enjoying life.

Love us.

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