We enjoyed a wonderful hot shower and cooked breakfast(Thankyou Meri!!) before heading out with Codge to have a look at his place. Codge and Meri were babysitting puppies for one of their sons while he was away so, after a look at the town to get the feel of the place (and to confirm for sure that we have been here before) our next stop was the puppies. The puppies live at the old farmhouse made with mud bricks from the local clay. They are super cute (of course). We met their relatives when we went on with Codge to assist with moving some sheep. His son had 3 dogs on the back of the quadbike to assist, but they had to go a short way down a public road, so that required signs to be out on the road and a person at the front and back of the sheep.
We went and had a bit of a look at his son’s bush block , admiring the shearing shed that they build themselves with self milled wood from the block and second hand bits and pieces – not bad- and the boys did a bit of fencing work while I had a stroll in the bush and admired the orchids and other flowers. The local “28s” – ring necked parrots- are making a mess of the local xanthorrhoeas, chewing out the new growth in all the tops and gradually killing them. It’s a real problem in this area.
We stopped on the way home to see the Gregory Tree. This tree was marked with a benchmark by surveyor A.C.Gregory during his first journey through the Blackwood district in around May 1845. The tree is dead, but stays sheltered under a little roof so that tourists can admire it.
We shared a delicious hamburger lunch with Meri and Codge before bidding farewell and agreeing to keep in touch. Maybe Kangaroo Island for the next get together???
We headed down the road to Mount Barker next. The rain was falling constantly. We booked in to the local caravan park and spent a couple of hours doing bits and pieces there before we headed out for tea with Alex and David. Alex is a relative that we were keen to meet up with. Since we were in the area we took the opportunity to get in touch and were kindly invited to dinner.
We headed back to the caravan park after tea through the constant rain. It rained virtually all night.
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