DAN'S DROUGHT DIARY

Weaning the lambs from the ewes. By this stage the mothers are sick of them, and most of them have lost their milk. So to give the lambs a better chance a getting a feed (instead of competing with the ewes) and to free the ewes to graze unhindered, we have weaned the lambs.






A half grown lamb butting your udder 60 times a day is no life for a ewe.











The rain immediately set loose the worms. So we had to drench the sheep. We lost only three in this worm attack, a record low - because they are fitter thanks to you.















This is the view of the homestead from high on the hill behind the house.















Dan enjoys a short break.



















We are restoring the pioneer cemetery down by the river.














No matter how dry it gets, the galahs always seem cheerful