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• Albury with Peter and Helen (print post)

  By Lucy Buykx on 24 February 2005No Comments Yet

  Bill and Leanne drove us up to Albury so they could also pay a visit to Peter and Helen. They stayed for coffee and buns before heading back for the afternoon milking. Peter took us round to their local backpackers where all their important guests stay. We cleaned and brushed up before heading back and enjoying the afternoon and a few beers with them.During the afternoon Helen got a call that her daughter-in-law was in labour, and later in the evening, that she had a new grand-daughter. She was really quite excited. Peter told us several tales about serving in Malaya, and the better pay the Australian forces got. They could drink decent beer in Singapore whereas the British soldier had to make do with �tops� � rather closer to shandy proportions than we would expect to find in Britain now.

  Of course we had too much beer and ended up watching some American crap on the backpacker tv before falling into bed to be woken up far too early by some eager workman fixing the road outside the window. You gets what you deserve.

  [taken from original post on libertini]

• Katamatite (print post)

  By Lucy Buykx on 23 February 2005No Comments Yet

  Adrian and Susie drove us over to the farm which they managed for many years and is now owned and run by their son Adrian-Bill and Leanne. This is the famous farm of the family reunions through the cousins teenage years. A number of stories of bad behaviour happened right here!It was also my first experience of a dairy farm, and I got up close with the cows during the afternoon milking session. These ladies are very much creatures of habit and were a little put off with a couple of extras in the milking shed. The result � rather more poo and piss than normal � and much of it on me! Actually it wasn�t that bad, Bill told us that several times he has ended up with a face full � never stand behind a coughing cow � the shit comes out rocket propelled! (more…)

• Benalla (print post)

  By Lucy Buykx on 22 February 2005No Comments Yet

  what a wonderful place that Adrian and Susie live at! It really moved me with its peace and beauty. I cant work out if I am glad we left it until the end game before visiting. If we had seen it earlier we might have unfairly compared other places in Australia, on the other hand, seeing it now invokes a strong longing to stay much much longer.They have about 70 acres of land with the house set up on the hill to look over the sunset. From the patio you can see over 200 degrees of Australian rolling landscape, but not a single house or road scarring the view. It is astounding. And it is peaceful. Eating supper as the sun went down your cares start to drift away.

  In the morning the sun rises in the front of the house, so first coffee was sun worshipping. I got quite teary when we had to leave, if only we could have stayed longer!

  [taken from original post on libertini]

• Warburton with G and B (print post)

  By Lucy Buykx on 21 February 2005No Comments Yet

  Another weekend away in the Melbournite hinterland; this time with cousins Gerard and Brendon. But first, Libertus and I stayed and talked half the night with Maureen on Friday night. No pavlova but the brandy cake made up for it!With no van we relied on G for driving over the weekend. (Nobody can be bothered to say his whole name here, he’s either G or Gene, makes it easy for typing anyway!) We shared a basic cabin at the campsite, bunk beds, kitchen facilities, veranda etc but 100m walk to the toilets and showers. Not so much a problem for the lads in the evening but a pain in the proverbial for me. (more…)

• Traralgon (print post)

  By Lucy Buykx on 17 February 2005No Comments Yet

  With the van out of commission, we took the train out to Traralgon to meet up with Chook (Bernadette) and her family. The area has 3 major power stations producing nearly all the power for Victoria and even selling some to NSW. Wayne works at one of them, leaving very early am. Never the less, we all stayed up past midnight, and Wayne and Libertus until 2am drinking wine and talking.

  Despite having only met Chook on a couple of family occasions, it was almost like we had known each other for ever; rather like meeting up with Cathy for the first time. It wont surprise anyone that there are a number of similarities between them! Its a shame it couldnt be for longer, but then, I dont think it will take long to catch up next time!

• Tim and Pennys wedding at Rupertswood (print post)

  By Lucy Buykx on 05 February 2005No Comments Yet

  The wedding true was in a small Catholic church in a small village. There was no starch in the priest, or in the readings that included the marriage piece from The Prophet.

  The reception was held in Rupertswood, a mansion that could be mistaken for an English stately home. That was the intention to building it and they did a very good job. It is also the original source of the ashes - in 185? Was the cricket match after which the stumps were burned and a pot of ashes given to the English. The site also contains a Catholic boarding school which Robert (brother of Tim) attended for a number of years. He joked that the mashed potatoes and rice pudding stains had been convincingly cleaned off the walls since then. Somehow I don’t think they would have allowed a bunch of schoolboys, however well behaved, to eat in the grand hall we had the wedding breakfast in ;-p

  Photos to follow….
  [taken from original post on libertini]