Everyday Occurrence

I have never seen so many interesting things on the backs of semis before. One day on the way to work there was a house precariously balanced on the bed of the trailer. Not 1/2 a house that has just come from the factory like track homes, but a full blown house barely kept on the back of the trailer by flimsy straps and people running before and behind to keep it balanced. We had to drive onto the curb to get out of the way. Pretty amazing.

Here is another wide load that I spotted this morning coming back from the gym. A huge moxie sitting on the back of the truck blocking off all traffic. Yup, just another day in Dalby... :)

Unwelcome friends

So I've just been out in the field and these little buggers are out in full force! I have never seen such ballsy little suckers. They don't fly, they swarm. Hopefully it means more rain is coming!
Our handy soil tester Sam posed for this picture :)

Getting your pen license

Yes you heard me right, pen license. Sometimes Australia jut shocks me with their old-school, commonwealth-ish traditions and this one is now close to the top of my list. When a young lad or lass starts grade 5 ( second to last year of primary school), they get the option of buying pens. Before this there was only pencils on their book list. I can only imagine how exciting that must have been. I LOVE stationery shops and to be deprived of a whole row of supplies until grade five; the summer before must have been like Christmas and Hannukah all rolled into one!
Back to the facts; in grade five, you would continue to write in pencil until the teacher said you were neat enough for your pen license. Then you would be written down in a special book and the wonders of writing in pen would be open to you. So the reason this all came about is because Todd still does not have his pen license. He used the pen training wheels but to no avail. What are pen training wheels you ask? Those rubber triangles that force you to write correctly. I know, I know. Too cute.
In any case, Todd was never neat enough to get his pen license and he still says he is worried he might still get a smack on the knuckles for bad penmanship. The thing is, I think Todd's penmanship is pretty darn neat. I can't imagine how many people I know that would never have gotten their pen license...

Emu!!

Sitting in the office eating my lunch and I thought I would share a quick picture I took earlier today! I was out with Wally (one of Todd's new employees) showing him the ropes and this walked across the road! I have never seen one of these in the wild before and especially not on our site! Pretty crazy, ey?! I will try to snap a picture of the kangaroos I see on our site. We used to see the same family every morning but they have moved on. We still see one four times a week or so. Pretty nuts :) it's a jungle out there!