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Things have settled down in Vic with most of the fires under control if not actually out.We did a run into town for dies...
14/01/2026

Things have settled down in Vic with most of the fires under control if not actually out.
We did a run into town for diesel and the new diesel tank chassis worked a treat.

The poor old Garden state is in a spot of bother at the moment.We have a couple of friends who have lost stock/sheds/fee...
10/01/2026

The poor old Garden state is in a spot of bother at the moment.
We have a couple of friends who have lost stock/sheds/feed and equipment.
There are really nasty fires spread all over the state.
We thought we were OK yesterday until around 3pm when a fire sparked up around Greendale (25km west of us).
The huge Northerly pushed it south really quickly.
Then our hell scenario kicked in with the wind swinging around to a westerly giving a potentially very wide fire front access to the Lerdederg Gorge and all its fuel between us and it.
The smoke quickly obscured the horizon and it was impossible to determine just where the fire was.
The power went out around 2 pm meaning we had no internet (apart from very reduced phone access) no aircon (soft 🙂 but we did have a battery powered radio.
Apparently the power companies were "stabilising the Grid" and turning off some areas.
I say Fukc that and put power cuts on the folks in the city not the poor rubes in the country affected by fires.
Apologies to my urban Latte sipping friends but why would you cut services to people in the middle of a fire emergency???
This photo is later in the evening when the smoke had started to clear.
Tanks were full, fire trailers were ready, neighborhood groups were activated and escape bags were already loaded into vehicles.
Stock were in paddocks with no grass and plenty of water.
Fortunately our superstar fire services locked down the Greendale fire and another couple of spot fires associated with it by around 8pm and we could stand down from defcon2 to defcon 4.
There is a lot of pain for a lot of folks still to come but we are safe for the moment.
Thanks for all the concern.
Cheers Craig and Sue

If you've visited the farm, you'll know that we have a couple of vegetable beds and fruit trees in the orchard, but we d...
14/07/2025

If you've visited the farm, you'll know that we have a couple of vegetable beds and fruit trees in the orchard, but we don't really have much of a garden.
The violets around the water tank are doing really well this year, and have been blooming all week. They look so pretty, I thought I'd share a photo 🥰

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