Sunday, January 22, 2006
sausages
The in-laws decided they wanted to make some sausages. There was lots of meat available to mince and they had just bought a new mincer / sausage maker so away we went. 30-odd sausages later and we decided to call it a day. Will probably make some more tomorrow. There is 10kg of meat/filler made up so it will take us hours to do it all.
home butcher shop
Several days ago one of the young steers broke its neck in the yards. Waste no want not is the general rule so it was quickly butchered and hung in the chiller for 9 days. Spent the day bagging and freezing all the meat after it had been cut into steaks. Had a nice round steak for lunch and it was quite tasty. Yum. :-)
Saturday, January 21, 2006
an up-to-speed post
Much has happened of late. Christmas, new years, various other stuff.
My time at Newman may be coming to an end. My boss tells me that one of the fly in/fly out people must move to Port Hedland, and guess who is the likely candidate ?
Newman is hard work and very hot, but its dry heat and I can handle that, even when it is 45 deg celcius every day. Port Hedland is slightly cooler, but with much higher humidity that sucks the life out of you. Also I will be under the scrutiny of the bosses which will be very restrictive. I can only hope that at some time in the future I get the chance to come back to newman before I leave the rail industry altogether.
As for the farm. Most of the calves have been sold. One load is going today and it should be the last full load for the year. Prices were reasonable but not great so we are ok. I am beginning the earth works required for the foundation of my house. I may even post pics.
My time at Newman may be coming to an end. My boss tells me that one of the fly in/fly out people must move to Port Hedland, and guess who is the likely candidate ?
Newman is hard work and very hot, but its dry heat and I can handle that, even when it is 45 deg celcius every day. Port Hedland is slightly cooler, but with much higher humidity that sucks the life out of you. Also I will be under the scrutiny of the bosses which will be very restrictive. I can only hope that at some time in the future I get the chance to come back to newman before I leave the rail industry altogether.
As for the farm. Most of the calves have been sold. One load is going today and it should be the last full load for the year. Prices were reasonable but not great so we are ok. I am beginning the earth works required for the foundation of my house. I may even post pics.
