7am
22 degrees, clear sky and cool breeze.
The
cattle and roos were trying to get into our pool again in the night. We decided
to fill up an old trough near the tanks so the outside ones, who won’t go in or
leave to find water, can get water and maybe they will leave us alone.
Fed
the cattle – the mum on the outside came down into the race to get to some hay
and bub stuck its head through the rail and had a great feed too.
Drove
to St Patricks and picked up the water pod. There were four more dead roos and the
resident rabbit was dead too. It can’t be dingoes. The water overflows onto the
ground through the concrete base so I wonder if it is contaminated. We are
using the water from the well for the cattle and they are fine. We only drink
town water that we have in the van and truck but we shower in the tank water.
Steve thought with the roos it could be like the ones we saw in NSW that were
all dead around a dam – they were starving and ate something then when they
drank the water it killed them. We pulled the roos away from the water area –
they have only been there less than two days and boy do they stink.
Back
home and the outside cattle haven’t found the new water trough and hay we put
out for them yet.
I
worked on my blog while steve tried to work out what’s wrong with the newer
generator – again. A willy willy came over the van so I had to do a quick
clean-up of all the dirt it threw in through the windows and vents!! Luckily it
doesn’t take me long.
1pm
lunch, 33 degrees with a nice breeze.
Went
over to try another spot nearer Round Oak’s village area that Claudio
suggested. I scored with two bits. Steve just got some exercise.
Jon
rang, planning to go up the dam on the weekend so he is trying to sort out his
fuel hose problem and needed a chat with his Dad. It is great to know they are
learning things and that they can still ring their Dad for advice.
Back
home and the cattle have discovered the new trough – now to keep the water up
to it as we just fill it from the top tank and there is no float to regulate it
like the other water trough. Hopefully that will solve our wandering cattle
problem and we might get a better night’s sleep.
Had
our drinks watching the outside cattle eat and drink at their trough – yeah. We
fed the cattle in the yard.
We
put some more hay out for the mummy cow and she wandered into the race again
and bubby came up for a feed. We put some more hay further along the race to
lure her in past the slide gate. We climbed over the rails and walked around
the yard. Another young bull came in too so we came up behind them and closed
the slide gate. Steve then opened the inner panel and we encouraged them to
walk in to the others. Eventually they got the idea so mum and bub are together
again.
Lovely
evening as the nearly full moon rose. Another five cattle wandered in bellowing
to the others. We hope they will sniff out the new water trough and get a belly
full of water. Steve has topped it up and will do it again before we go to bed.
Nice
breeze so we had dinner outside. I spotted one satellite travelling down the
Milky Way from north to south. It is funny seeing the Southern Cross pointing
upwards in the sky rather than pointing down to indicate south.
A
roo came in for a drink from the goanna bath – very slow progress trying to
watch us and get across to the water.
Another
herd of cattle came in and once it was dark they found the new trough and drank
it dry. Topped it up then checked the yard as we had left the race open again
to see if we could catch any more cattle that way. One was in there so he went
in with the others too.
8pm
32 degrees, lovely breeze, clear sky.
Watched
a movie then checked the trough again – empty so we refilled it. I refilled the
goanna bath too for the roos.
NO
PHOTOS TODAY.
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