Category: MY BLOGS

20160318 – Friday – Clare, Shrives and Quixley’s

I didn’t sleep a wink last night. Finally at 6 AM I went to sleep at work up again about 9 AM. I felt very dirty and love to have had a shower. I contacted Lynne Shrive and she suggested I come to her place and have a shower and have a sleep. But because […]

20160316 – Wednesday – Leaving Pauline and Barrie from Tristan Coles’ home

After I left Tristan Coles’ place, I decided I would travel down the coast, the way I came, but it didn’t happen that way. Somehow or other I found myself on the way to Broken Hill and it was too late to turn back in the end. Anyway, I was happy in the end that […]

20160316 – Wednesday – Leaving Cobar and goodbye to the goats.

Today is the day we are all leaving Kaleno. Barry and Pauline will drive me to Cobar and to Tristan Cole’s place to pick up my car. From there they will drive on to Cowra and stay in a motel overnight there and then they will go onto the show in Sydney. Before we left […]

20160315 – Tuesday – A tour of the Oliver’s farm

First thing in the morning, at breakfast, we listened to a Bible reading on Paulines phone and then after breakfast, Pauline announced that she did not want to record any of her history with me today.  It all seemed too hard for her to contemplate. Instead she said she had a story she wrote some […]

20160315 – Tuesday – About goats

I have realised that Barrie is an absolute font of information about goats. I wanted to know all about his goat farming venture and anything and everything he could tell me about goats. I got Pauline and Barrie to record some data for me and here it is. Pauline: There was a stage when we […]

20160314 – Monday – Memorial Meeting with the Thomas’s

We drove to Tristan C’s place and left my car and trailer in front of his house and then we drove towards the Oliver’s farm which is called Kaleno. We drove along bitumen for some time and then along a dirt track.

20160313 – Sunday – On the way to Cobar

I am sitting in the BP service station cafe at Cobar waiting for Pauline and Barry Oliver to pick me up and take me back to their home. Pauline and Barry’s home is on 80,000 acres of land some 35 km out from Cobar. I have wanted to visit Pauline and Barry at Cobar for very […]

20160312 – Saturday- Morriset Showgrounds

It is Saturday morning and I’m sitting at McDonald’s. I never thought I would be grateful for there being a McDonald’s. But when you find yourself in a strange town, I know that I will find at MacDonald’s a place to park my car and trailer, that there are toilets I can use, and that […]

20160310 – Thursday – Coping

August last year, I came to New South Wales to attend my friend Gail’s daughter’s wedding. Looking back I think l managed that trip rather well travelling with my little car and trailer. Also looking back I think the reason I handled it so well was that Gail helped me out each step of the way. […]

20160306 – Sunday – Oldies Bible School

I arrived at Gail’s place at about 6pm. I rang Gail and she was not expecting me to arrive on Friday. I sent her a message yesterday but she didn’t get it. Luckily I had a key and was able to get in the house. I parked the car on the lawn beside the house […]