Gregory Downs/Lawn Hill

Hi John,

Dad went the same way as Motherhen last year in his on road Jayco Stirling poptop and had no troubles at all, he lowered tyre pressures and did alot of sealing underneath the van before he left and had no dust inside or damage.

Speed is what causes alot of the damage if you have the time and drive to the conditions you can get most places.

Christian

G'day MH,

I hope all is well in your neck of the woods? Heat and fires are quite a contrast to what we're experiencing here and I hope some the rain ends up your way.

I have noted Adel's Grove for a future visit to Lawn Hill

Kind regards

Hi Beatit

All good in our household thanks. Yesterday was high fire danger, but luckily no fires our way. Unless we are in the middle of a bushfire, we don't welcome rain this time of the year anyway. The power company is sending staff around checking for trees near power lines - they are facing a massive compensation bill after the recent Toodyay fire. Most of our worst WA fires have been started from power lines, although our fire last year was assessed as arson. We certainly live in a land of fire and flood. A land of extremes.

I hope your travels are coming up soon - this year?

Cheers

Mh

Hi MH,

That must be heartbreaking when a clearing plan may have prevented these. You must be at the end of lambing - my vague memory is this starts about September. Hope you didn't loose too many.

I am getting closer each day! 2011 is looking most likely to be my year of big decisions. You know it is all a question of timing and not a lack of desire to go. There are a couple of short trips planned this year and a full domestic building calender that will hurry this year along and 2011 will be here soon enough.

A short trip on the Aussie long weekend to Monduran Dam (Closest Barra fishing to me) is only 4.5 hours away and a 4 week trip to the Cape in August which is shaping up like a mass invasion - about 8 cars. These will wet the appetite and suss out the van boat combination.

I hope you dream trip is soon replaced by another as well.

Kind regards

With apologies to Westskip for getting our chatter. Fortunately in WA we have regular hazard reduction forestry burns, and have to have fire breaks around our buildings. Travelling friends were in Victoria when the fires started last year - her diary was frequently comments like 'this is a disaster waiting to happen'. I hope things will be better for them in the future; more than enough suffering last year.

Our lambing is in April - May, so the ewes are on green grass whilst feeding. The last two years we have seen the bulk of the lambs born, then gone away touring leaving our amazing daughter to manage the rest.

Your trips planned so far sound like a good start. Enjoy.

Cheers

Mh