SUNDAY 25 JANUARY HAMILTON
Today was another hot and humid day, with cloud.
Another day when we were up at a respectable time.
Filled Truck – diesel 79cpl.
Drove to B and M’s farm, south west of Casterton, at a locality called Wilkin (which I had never heard of before). We travelled via Coleraine and Casterton. They moved from near us, to here, about a year ago.
We arrived in good time for lunch, which was very nice corned beef, with all the usual trimmings.
After lunch ,we went for a walk around some of the property, with M and his kelpie dog Flash – a beautiful animal. Casterton is well known for the kelpies bred in the district.
One very handsome Casterton kelpie
The farm has frontage to the Glenelg River. They are specializing in black Angus cattle – lovely, docile creatures. I like them because they don’t have horns!
M tried to convince us that we should sell up in Melbourne and move out this way. It is a lovely area, but we do have other plans for the next few years!
John and his friend inspecting Black Angus cattle on the farm
Drove the same route back to Hamilton, in time to buy fish and chips for tea.
I wanted to phone home, but the park public phone was out of order. There have been big wind and hail storms in Melbourne last night and through today, and I wanted to check that all was well.
This Adventurous Age 