I was told last night was very windy and rainy. Apparently the caravan was shaking in the howling wind - I don't really know because I was sound asleep. We woke to a fairly cold morning with strong winds and rain showers moving through.
The boss got a few loads of washing done but had to rush out when a rain shower passed through. In general, we had a lazy morning with a hearty breakfast of bacon and eggs with baked beans on
toast. The kids played outside for while but then joined us in lazing around the caravan. Well, not exactly lazing, the kids did school work and I did some study for my upcoming exam in Geraldton.
By lunchtime we were the only caravan left at Fraser Range Station but the new arrivals soon started to dribble in.
Lunch is becoming a bit boring as we are still without any fresh stuff since crossing the border a couple of days ago. Fresh food is hard to come by out here.
Normally they have a camp fire every night on this station but due to the rain and wind they decided to put on a movie night in the camp kitchen, so we decided to have an afternoon nap. The kids slept very well but I kept studying in between short naps.
We wanted to go on a 6.5km walk around the station but the rain kept coming and the wind was blowing until late in the afternoon when we finally managed to get out and walk up the hill to the water tank to enjoy the fabulous late evening views over the wide open plains on one side and the station on the other. We also spotted a few Kangaroos before returning just on sunset, which was at 4:57pm.
The cook managed to procure some Silverbeet from the stations veggie garden so we could at least have something green on our dinner plate tonight.
The movie night turned out great, they had a nice wood fire going in the camp kitchen and we watched The Castle - I got the job of setting up the computer and brand new projector as the people on the station were very good with animals but less experienced with computer gear!
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