Back in March, Dad and I took off on a cycling adventure. Nestled in the Victorian highlands is the brilliant Murray to Mountains Rail Trail. It will take some time to diarise this adventure, but here is my first crack at posting a photo. This was taken in the lounge bar of the Myrtleford Pub, home to a surprisingly good chef. The carpet bag steak is worth the stop if you're hungry near Myrtleford. I love this photo because Dad is reading Australian Cyclist. Incidentally, the guy who took the booking forgot to write down Dad's name, so when we checked in, Dad was recorded as "Email Man" in the register.
Some news on the chook front too. I have now identified several colleagues who have chooks of their very own and learned a couple of interesting things about foxes which are infamously absent from Tasmania (and therefore my fox lore is limited). Firstly, they happily live in the city and suburbs - where my girls will soon be living. The second thing is that they will dig their way into the chook house unless you dig the wire down about a foot all the way around. Sounds disturbingly like hard work but nothing's too good for my girls!
Raechelle sent me the email addresses for a few more people. If anyone has email addresses for any of my friends or family, please drop me an email with the details so that I can keep reaching out. As before, take a moment to make a comment as it is quite encouraging (thanks for the comments on the last post).
4 comments:
Hi Dave,
This is a great thing to start, probably should think of starting something myself seeing that i have already been away for 6 months.
Unfortunately I don't have a big memory of Grandma's chooks, I remember the choock house, but i can't remember if there were ever any chooks around in my childhood days....
Davey,
Ordered some chook keeping books from the library.
"ABC of poultry raising : a complete guide for the beginner or expert" is waiting for me to collect. I consider us experts in the scheme of things - there are some unfortunate souls who know nothing about chooks.
"Keep chickens! : tending small flocks in cities, suburbs, and other small spaces" and
"Storey's guide to raising chickens" are in transit - winging their way to the North Fitzroy library.
Brilliant,
I ordered some chook books from the ACT library too. We should be well informed come chook day!
Dave,
How many girls and what variety?
Roosty
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