Down On The Farm

Location: Sydney Library
Weather: Sunny

After spending a quick night in Sydney. I caught the 8am train for the 5 hour trip north west to Orange to visit my old Wilton Grove tennis friend Russell. It was great to see him again. After a tour of Orange and a cruise for babes round town in the Beaute V8 Ute (you should see this vehicle) we went for a few beers with his friends. Russ lives on a farm, so the next day we collected fire wood. I got to drive a 4 wheeler and chop firewood with a chainsaw. I also attempted to use the axe on some of those logs as well, but wasn't too good at this, Russ assures me it's all technique, honest. And since it is a real farm, I had the fine experience of seeing Russ attend to a cow All Creatures Great & Small style! urrrkk!
Anyways, his dog Tip and cat Minstrel are very friendly as well and were a great help throughout the day.
Went bowling at night and played some pool in the room/bar that Russ himself has built onto the farmhouse. I was most impressed with this place...the Tequila from the bar was very good as well!
On the Sunday we went on a safari to Russ's family's other property which is about 30km down the road. A real wildeness with lots of bush, a creek running through it and kangaroos and rabbits about. Had to drive around in a 4WD. Russ lit up a campfire and cooked some chestnuts. Had a go on rifel and a shotgun, shooting a highly dangerous plastic bucket. Then went back to the farm and Russ cooked a most excellent roast dinner, the best food I've had since being here I reckon. Despite all this we didn't get time for a tennis match, maybe next time, eh.

By JamesReed on 02.09.04 @ 07:59 AM GMT