This morning was spent doing the daily chores around the homestead - feeding the animals and cleaning up in the house and our van. Sean and I got the tennis rackets out and had a game in the big open area in front of the house - all the dogs came and played with us fetching the ball for us.
The country is quite flat with light scrub but lots of grass which we're told is a very nutritious type the cattle love. Even though the grass looks very dry it still retains much of its nutrition - even more so this year cause of the big wet.
These camels come up to the back fence regularly - apparently its quite rare for wild camels to venture this far north however these two have been around the station for the last couple of years.
I managed to finish off the recovery of the station laptop and get it back to working order (whew - what a relief!).
After lunch I went with Johnno again to check on a couple more bores - we had to use his large compressor to clear the line of a couple of them, as well as dig around to find some leaks - didn't get back to the house until after 7pm. By then there was quite a crowd there.
Judy had arrived back from Katherine with her two grandchildren Michaela and Jack. Her husband Timmy also arrived back from his trip to town. Also they had further visitors including Jeff and Dianne (who had spent 2 months here working a couple of years back) as well as their friends John and Christine. We had a BBQ on the lawn under the stars.
The Campbells
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