Hello friends and family
It doesn’t take long for the rams to make their presence felt and I soon returned to my habit of kicking sheep droppings off the path so that visitors can find their way without stepping in it.
On Wednesday at 5:30pm I got...
Hello friends and family
I only worked on two days this week but with 6 new students starting training this week, I was very busy. One has since left, so next week will be more normal.
On each trip into the reserves, I ask the question: How can I add...
Hello friends and family
I have completed the first month of tourist counting. This involves sitting in the batch for ½ hour each day and watching the recording, fast forward x 16, of the entrance during the previous day.
In May we had...
Hello friends and Family
The weather improved a bit on Sunday and then the rain returned for the working week. I was at work for 4 days this week as we had auditors visiting and everyone needed to be on hand to answer any questions.
It suited me...
Hello friends and family
Diesel Dick
The weather stayed fine here until Saturday morning which meant I could get out and about on Wednesday and Friday. The sheep have gone from Barracouta Bay and so all of the lank grass has been flattened and the tiny...
Hello friends and family
A few cold, rough weather fronts have been through and so I collected 2 YEP chicks that had been blown on to the coast. I will fatten them up then let them go again.
It is time to begin the winter jobs and so I implement the...
Hello friends and family
This has been another busy week with action on all fronts.
On Monday Daniel trained me in the running of the security camera recordings and in our first week we had 830 visitors to the reserve. I dropped Daniel at the bus stop on...
Hello friends and family
I picked Daniel up after work on Monday and he set to, sorting out the recording of the security cameras in the car park. It works out to be manageable if we only keep the records of one of them. All technology seems to take a...
Hello friends and family
Most of the week has been glorious summer weather but yesterday a cold front arrived and so it was out with the thermals and as the wind died down, it got more comfortable.
While surfing the net I found a Norwegian website that...
Hello friends and family
I had two trips to Dunedin this week. The first was on Tuesday - a meeting about restructuring at work and I am pleased to report that my position remains. The second was on Friday to deliver Richard’s Mercedes to the...
