Holidays In The Bush
After a rigorous two weeks at the end of the year, spent at cadet camp, followed almost immediately by rowing camp, to say that I was looking forward to arriving home is an understatement. It was fantastic to see the countryside so looking so lush and green after the recent rains but this also meant I was on the lawnmower within twenty minutes of turning in the front gate. My younger brother Thomas had arrived home earlier and was there to help with the harvesting of the winter crops that included oats and barley. With early morning trips to the gym, our days were filled with putting out silage, checking the stud cattle and more mowing. Thomas helped feed, clip and wash the show cattle just in case the Sydney Royal Show goes ahead this year.
The opportunity to drive, having passed my learners test at the beginning of October, was too hard to pass up and involved a road trip to both Orange and Wagga Wagga. Throw in some driving lessons, time spent catching up with family and friends and there was not a lot of downtime. The 10th January came around to quickly and saw a return to Sydney for rowing camp until the 23rd January. During this time Thomas spent time working cutting horses at Dungowan before we both arrived back to school on the 27th January ready to start the following day.
