Sat, 2nd Mar, 2019 10 Mile Outcamp, Tarmoola Station, 60km north of Leonora, WA

8am 25 degrees, sunny with high clouds about though there are dark clouds to the west.

Rob called in after he checked Holding Paddock’s windmill. He has to get some parts so will come back later and Steve can give him a hand. He said the cattle had water so we don’t have to go out there this morning. He also said he had some rain fall in the way up – I thought I heard thunder.

Steve removed another dead roo from the cattle yard. I heard something banging into the fence rails in the middle of the night – poor thing.

I did an ‘Autumn’ clean of the van and rearranged things in cupboards etc.

Had lunch – very pleasant day, don’t even need a fan as there is a lovely breeze blowing.

Steve got our 1kva generator out and gave it a run – hasn’t been used in a long while. Packed up the truck and headed to Holding Paddock. There was still water in the main trough though the concrete ones were empty. Steve drove the ute pod and I followed, to St Patricks where we hooked up the trailer pod and then left the ute pod there to get some more water from the windmill.

Took the 2000L trailer pod back to Holding Paddock and with the pump we picked up yesterday and our generator we pumped the water into the tank. Hopefully that will keep the cattle happy for a couple of days.

Back to St Patrick’s where Steve spotted another rabbit – we thought there must have only been the one we found dead.

The ‘wild dog’ dingo is back though I think it is a different one to yesterdays – should have brought my camera. He wasn’t worried about us at all. Was trying to get something that was up in one of the trees – must be hungry. As we swapped the ute and trailer he wandered closer and came within a few metres as we hopped in the cars to head back.

4pm 34 degrees, back home. Put the 900L of water from the ute pod down the well as it was showing low well again on the solar pump. The pump has been working more efficiently since Steve changed the impeller.

Ian messaged about watching the Supercars racing in Adelaide so we rang him back. Chatted while the last 10 laps were being run. Steve keeping up to date on the tablet as we don’t have any TV reception here.

Lovely cooler afternoon. Drinks outside watching the cattle and kangaroos come in for drinks too. Dinner etc with nice breeze blowing into the van.

NO PHOTOS TODAY.