At the farm

Wednesday 30 December, 2009
Day 3

We spoke to Michael as we were getting close to the farm and he told us that he was making curry for dinner. Nick and I were both looking forward to getting off of the road and relaxing with curries and beers, and hoping that the kids wouldn't be too high maintenance for any relaxation to actually happen.

We were pleasantly surprised to find that besides our friends and us, Michael's cousin's family is also staying here at the farm, and that family includes two kids - D is 5 and C just turned 8. The kids all hit it off right away.

It has been raining since we left Sydney, with only a few short breaks here and there. This is great news for the farms as the rain hasn't been too heavy to be absorbed by the land. There have been flood warnings, but no major floods. And the rain is still falling.

So what do you do at a farm in the rain? It's a fairly warm rain, so Michael's uncle Morris and one of the cousins set up a long sheet of plastic, the kids and dads soaped themselves up with dishwashing liquid, and down the water slide they went!

Wishing we had opted for the camera with a better zoom...



Later in the afternoon, a couple more cousins and their families came over for a barbeque, and by then the rain was really coming down. They had another go on the water slide. I'm not sure who had more fun, the kids or the men. I didn't go down although I was tossing up about it, but this morning everyone is covered with bruises and scratches, and I don't feel like I missed out.