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| Magnus and I at Whroo Aboriginal Water Hole/Goldmine |
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| Magnus putting frame of polytunnel together |
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| Magnus clearing guttering. |
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| Magnus working in the garden zone. |
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| Dismantling a fence |
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For a period of 4 weeks I had the greatest pleasure in hosting Magnus, from Germany. He was the most pleasant young man, with a solid grasp on life, amazing manners and outlook. We tackled a great amount of work while he stayed with me, including clearing debris from the area I am turning into a permaculture system, dismantling old fencelines, pruning bushes and trees. Along with numerous other tasks. We went on a couple of outings together, the first of which was to Whroo. There we saw the cemetary from the gold rush days, an Aboriginal water hole and the view into the mine from the opening. We walked through some of the bush and found a restored puddling machine that was used during gold rush days as well. The second outing we had, was on Easter weekend. We took a drive to Moora where we watched Draught horses and Clydesdales being worked. There were a fair number of very old drays, jinkers, sulkys, ploughs and harrows being used on the day for demonstrations as well. We came across a gypsy wagon and an old T Model Ford ute. That was hooked up to drive belt that ran an oat roller. So interesting. Got to chat with a huge number of wonderful folk who were there and saw some amazing ladies doing demonstrations on various crafts such as basket weaving, lace making and straw art. The bush poet spruked his prose as we sat for lunch and the day was such that we came away tired but pleased with all we saw. Many photos and a few short videos taken, so we both have memories to keep. Although Magnus has now headed north for warmer weather, I do wish him a safe and happy journey. Hope he will return to share more time with me in the future.
