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    Swimming with Whalesharks II

    March 4, 2020, Indian Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    Same procedure, here again, group one got ready first and group two got dropped off a bit ahead of us, to take over the whale shark from us after a while.
    Here the visibility was much better so I could get some pictures from the whale shark though also this one was around 5 m deep under the surface.
    It was so amazing to see this huge but so calm and relaxed animal passing by. 😊

    Both groups only got to swim once with this one until it was diving down deeper after a while so the boat was picking us up and the spotter plane was directing us to the other whale shark in the area that was back closed to the surface.

    Well, this one was definitely the best one!!! This one was much closer to the surface and I was ending up almost straight in front of it as it was changing its direction when he swam towards us! Wow the mouth is soo huge 😳
    I quickly took a picture and moved out of the way!
    I swam quite a long time beside this one, really closed and he stayed quite some time closer to the surface. I was even one of the lucky ones to he a picture with a whale shark in the background from the photographer that is with us in the water 🥰

    After everyone was back on board, still blown away from what we just saw and did. They tried to find on more whale shark but it seems like all of them were diving down into deeper waters. BUT they found a Manta Ray, even that one pretty close to our boat so we went there and got to swim with the Manta Ray as well! 😍
    Wow, this one was so huge! 😳
    And really calm and relaxed swimming under us without even be disturbed by our company.

    What a magical day! 🥰    Read more

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    Exmouth to Coral Bay

    March 5, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    Today Kara and I woke up pretty late, it was already 7 am! What a surprise! It’s our last day or half-day together, as she will fly from Exmouth to Perth today to catch her flight to Thailand tomorrow. So we both are really sad that our road trip together is coming to an end already as we had such a great time.

    First, we had a super good breakfast, as always. Then we were packing down our tents and searching for a place in the shadow where she can pack her bag. It’s already super hot again and it’s going to be around 38 degrees today again easily.
    But I must say, I am really used to the heat now and wonder how much I gonna freeze when I go to Melbourne where it’s between 15-29 degrees at the moment. 😬😅

    When Kara had packed all her stuff we went to clean the car a little bit as it’s so much sand inside everywhere. 🙈😂
    After that, we went to the city beach for a nice stop to wait until it was time to drive to the airport and we also gonna have lunch here together one last time.

    It’s a really nice place here with palm trees and a lot of benches and shade. Kara found some coconuts so she really wanted to get one down and open it up. 🙈

    We waited a bit until no one else was around and then she tried to get one down. And she was actually able to hit one a few times until it felt down. So we then went to a bench to check out the coconut from inside. Unfortunately, it didn’t smell and according to Kara didn’t taste like coconut at all. So we threw it away in the end.

    After that we had lunch and then it was almost time to leave and drive to the Learmonth airport around 25 min south of Exmouth.
    I dropped her off at 1.30 pm, probably too early as it’s a super small airport and her flight is going at 3.20 pm but she said she’d better be there too early than too late.
    It was sad to leave her there and drive on alone. 😕

    I went to Coral Bay afterward. It took me a little bit more than one hour and I arrived there at 2.45 pm.
    I stopped at the beach first but I couldn’t find a place in the shade so I went to the campground to check-in.
    I used the afternoon to pack my stuff a little bit as it’s spread out around the car and I will need to fit in two people and their bags tomorrow.
    So I moved around a lot of stuff or was even starting to throw away things I don’t need anymore to get enough space for Ya-Fan and Kris and all their stuff as well. Around 5 pm I was meeting with Ya-Fan. We went to her place to have a drink and talk for a while. I am so glad I found these people to take with me back to Perth! We are really coming along so good and it’s nice to have company for the long drive back to Perth and share the fuel cost with them.

    After 2 hours or so, we went to get something to eat. We were meeting Ya-Fan's boss and his wife and daughter on the way so they were joining us for dinner as well. And also Kris was showing up shortly after as he could leave earlier from work. So we had a really nice pizza and some good talks together and I really enjoyed the company. They went on afterward to the bar to have some drinks with friends but I’ve got too tired and I will need to drive around 7 hours or so tomorrow so I want to be fresh, so I went back to the campground to sleep.

    Anyway I had a really nice evening 😊    Read more

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    Coral Bay to Getaldton

    March 7, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    Early morning for me, I got up around 6.15 am to have enough time to eat breakfast without stress and fix the last things in the car before I go to pick up Ya-Fan and Kris from their place. We planned to leave around 8 am so we have enough time to get to Geraldton.

    As I started talking to two girls I was running about late and as I was picking up the phone to text them that I will be there a bit later I got a message from Ya-Fan that they slept over and are running late as well. So I didn’t need to stress out and could finish all calm and easy. I picked them up around 9.15 am and their stuff was easily fitting in the car. We stopped quickly at the bakery so they could buy something for breakfast and even I got a pie for later. So we finally left Coral Bay at 9.30.

    They had a nice evening and especially Kris had a few drinks too much so he took a nap almost straight away after we left. 😂

    Ya-Fan and I really had some good conversations during our trip! We had to stop once to fuel up and use the restrooms and just stretch out our legs for a while, but not too long as the flies were horrible here 😬
    At least Kris was feeling good again after his nap 😉

    We arrived in Geraldton at around 4.10 pm which was really good. We had no problems on the way and traveling with them is super easy and nice as I never got tired or bored driving so long.
    We stopped to find a place to stay overnight. They found a lodge where they got a room for a really nice price and I planned to drop them off there and go to a campground nearby and pick them up in the morning again.
    When we arrived at the lodge we all thought immediately that it could be possible for me to pitch my tent here as there was a huge backyard behind the buildings.
    Ya-Fan went into the check-in and ask and I was more than welcome to stay and put my tent where ever I want and use the kitchen, toilets, and showers as well for a really nice price. So that was just perfect!
    So we spent the rest of the afternoon and the evening together, talking and later on cooking and eating together. We even watched all my whale shark tour pictures and the video together so now I finally even saw the video and it’s really good as well 😊

    As we all were super tired we went to bed early. The plan is to leave between 8.30 and 9 am tomorrow as their flight from Perth to Melbourne is departing at 3.15 pm.    Read more

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    Geraldton to Fremantle

    March 7, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    I woke up at 6 am this morning but was not standing up until shortly past 7.
    I had breakfast alone as the other two were still asleep and anyway said already yesterday that we will need to stop at a supermarket or bakery quickly before we leave Geraldton to buy breakfast for them again.

    Shortly before 9, we were ready to leave and after a short stop at Woolworth we were back on the road on our way to Perth, should take us around 4 1/2 hours to get there.

    After 2 hours we stopped in Jurien Bay to fuel up, as it’s the cheapest fuel I could find on the way to Perth on petrol spy, my new friend. 😊

    We arrived perfectly in time in Perth so even the traffic wasn’t a too big problem.
    While stopping at a red light we suddenly heard breaks sounding and red pick up truck was passing me on the left side 😳😬
    That one was almost crashing into us! Oh god, we were all so shocked at that moment. There was nothing I could have done and luckily there was so much space on the left side that this driver could pull the car over to the left. The car stopped a bit in front of us so we never saw the driver.
    Thank god it went so well!

    I dropped them off at the airport at 1.30 pm and it was sad to leave them but we will stay in contact and I will try to visit them in Canada one day!

    Afterward, I went to the campground in Fremantle where I will stay for one night.
    I was fixing some wash, tried to pack my bag better but it feels like I get more and more stuff with every time I am flying somewhere 😬🙈

    I cooked some rice and pasta for lunch and dinner for tomorrow as I have so much stuff left so I don’t need I buy anything tomorrow what is good.
    One last night in my tent for me. I am almost sad to leave it behind tomorrow. It served me well, much better than expected!    Read more

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    Last day in WA

    March 8, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    I took it very calm this morning. Packing the last stuff, give away the stuff I don’t need anymore. Leaving is hard, especially when you had a good time!
    It’s actually already halftime of my trip! So crazy, how can it be that I am already traveling for over 3 months?!
    Time is passing by fast when you have a good time and that I definitely had so far!

    After I checked-our from the campground I went to a beach nearby.
    Obviously, everyone had the same idea today as it was really hard to find a place to park the car. I could have known it, it’s Sunday today and really nice weather so everyone is enjoying some time at the beach or on the grass in the shade of some trees closed to the beach. I was deciding for some shade, don’t need to burn my back again.

    I was laying down and ready for a while or just sitting around and watching the people passing by.
    Around 1 pm I went back to my car as I decided to fuel up one more time and then go to check-in to my hotel for tonight. As I have a super early flight tomorrow, at 5.20 am 😳😴 I already a few months ago booked a hotel as it’s nicer to stay in your own room when you have to get up so early.

    After checking-in I dropped off my bags in my little flats, it’s definitely more a flat than a room, and I had lunch before I went to the airport to drop off my car. So sad, as I will miss the flexibility it gave me!
    I was actually driving 5319 km with it in 24 days! 😳
    I wasn’t expecting it to get so much from the beginning.

    Luckily my hotel has a free airport shuttle so when I was done I could give them a call and a driver came to pick me up and drive me back to the hotel. As well I booked a shuttle to the airport for tomorrow morning at 4 am.
    Nice!

    The rest of the evening I was just relaxing and watching some tv, it’s a while ago I did that the last time 😉

    I tried to go to bed early but I had hard to fall asleep and also didn’t sleep so well at all.    Read more

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    Perth - Melbourne - Ballarat

    March 9, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    The night was short for me, at 3.05 am my alarm woke me up.
    I got ready and fixed some sandwiches and a cup of tea for breakfast. Unfortunately, I was cutting myself in the finger, half asleep it’s not easy cutting cheese with a semi-sharp knife... 😬😕
    But it’s still sharp enough to have me a bad and deep cut in the finger...
    A great start in the day.

    Shortly before 4 am I was ready and had packed down all so I left the room to walk over to the reception where my airport shuttle was already waiting for me.

    It to only 10 min to drive to Terminal 2 and I was checked in, drop off my bag and through the security check-in another 10 min.
    So I had still sooo much time over until it was time for boarding.

    We left Perth around 5.30 am and I was so tired that I tried to sleep a little bit straight away and I actually think I did felt asleep for like 20 min or so.

    Than it was time for breakfast.
    I really like to fly with Virgin Australia. Even though it’s only taking 3 1/2 hours to Melbourne we get a free meal. So nice!

    We arrived in Melbourne at 11.45 am, Melbourne is 3 hours ahead of Perth.
    12.15 pm I had my bag and was already sitting in the Skybus to the city.
    The bus left the airport around 12.24 and arrived at the Southern Cross Station at 12.50 pm.
    I went straight away to find a ticket shop and bought a ticket for the train to Ballarat and had then to walk to the last end of the airport to get straight away into the train that was leaving at 13.16 pm.
    Everything was so easy and went so well, I couldn't believe it!

    The train ride was nice and calm and I arrived in Ballarat at 14.44 and shortly after me Marika showed up to pick me up 🤗
    The next couple of days/ probably weeks I will spend with her.

    We stopped fast to buy some food and then we went to the stable where she is working now and she drove around the super big property to show me everything.
    Oh my god, this stable is huge!!! Really big, many horses and even an own vet clinic!

    I will stay with her and two of her colleagues plus the girlfriend from one of them in the same, super big house. I have got even my own room!!
    Everyone is super friendly and is welcoming me with open arms. So nice!

    We had the rest of the afternoon a calm and relaxed time, I was super tired and even Marika was very tired so we were only sitting around talking for a couple of hours.

    In the evening big we were cooking together, pasta with halloumi, mushrooms and a nice self-made sauce. Ahh, very good!

    We both went to bed early, around 9 pm or so?    Read more

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    Day 1 at Anton Golino Stable

    March 10, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    Today I got up early, 5.30 am to be ready to go with them to the stable at 6 am.
    The first thing I got to do was taking out some horses from their boxes, check the temp, pick their feet, change their rug and kick them out in the walker. During the day I did this a couple of times.
    In between, I helped them to gear up some horses as well, picked up some from the walker, washed a lot of horses and did as much as I could to help them.

    Around 10 am Marika, Anton, the boss and I went with 3 horses to Melton for trials, training races.

    It took us around one hour to get there. Once we arrived we loaded of the stuff onto the sulkys, took the horses and went to the stable area. All got a fast stopover in the pee box, as they don't have boxes here for the horses.

    After that, we started to fix them straight away and Marika went out with the first one for the warm-up. In this stable, they actually are warming up the horses! That's not so common here in Australia.
    Back in, we got the other two ready and Marika and the other driver, Jason, went out with the other to warm them up as well while Anton and I got Elvis ( his real name is Dreamcatcher) ready for the next trial. As soon as Marika and Jason were back inside Jason had to drive out with Elvis for the trail. So I and Marika fixed the other two horses ready while Anton went up to the track to watch Elvis.

    Marika and I had the other two ready when Jason came back inside so we had just to take off the bike from Elvis and put it on Kiwi.
    While they went out for the next trail I was suddenly alone with Elvis. I didn't really know what to do and how they want me to take care of him, so I just did, what I thought should be right. I took off all the gear, checked the plus, walked him for a while and gave him a nice shower. So Anton was happy when he came back from the track 😊

    We got the other two horses quickly ready as well, packed in all the stuff, they wash all at home and got going really fast again.
    We stopped at KFC for lunch and even I found something to eat 😉

    Back home we were loading of the horses and five them before we kicked then out in their paddocks, loaded of the stuff and at 3.30 we were ready and went inside for a calm afternoon. We went to buy some food and I found German bread!!! I can't believe it! Really good bread!!

    And we even found some L&P from New Zealand, for tonight's dinner. 🤗
    Around 7 pm Marika and I was cooking dinner and around 9 pm we went to bed. As I didn't sleep so well last night I was pretty tired.    Read more

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    Day 2 at Anton Golino Stable

    March 11, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    Same start in the day as yesterday. We started at 6 am, kicked out some horses in the walker, the other ones took some in from the paddocks. Then we geared up the first horses and Marika and Glen drove out with them. Anton, the Trainer came around 7 am and shortly after they went out with the first group of fast training horses.
    I kept on fixing horses to the walker, geared them up, washed them and fixed them afterward during the whole morning. When I had some time I washed the harnesses from yesterday, rolled up bandages, etc.

    Pat, the owner came shortly past 8 am with some cookies and cinnamon buns for us 😍

    When they were ready training the horses they also drove the 6 one-year-olds that are in the bike already. They go first out in the walker and then get geared up, Anton is driving them, and after that, they get brushed.

    Around 1.30 pm we were ready with the horses, had cleaned all the equipment, washed the towels, cleaned the wash boxes and the floor and were good to go inside for a lunch break.

    Marika and I were back in the stable at 3 o’clock to fix Dusty and Duke and go to Geelong with them to the races. Both were racing in the first race.
    It took us 1 hour and 15 minutes to get to the racetrack with a stop to buy icecream 🤗
    Its really good weather today and around 28 degrees 😎

    After everything was loaded off, the horses got a chance to wee and then we geared them up and Marika and Jason went out to warm them up.
    Back inside both got another chance to have a wee and then it was already time to get them ready again for the race.
    The problem here is that you can’t warm them up when you want. Only one race before your race you are allowed to drive out with them and the outriders or at least one of them must be on the track already.

    After Marika and I helped Jason and Jacky, the other driver out, we went to the track to look at the race. Unfortunately, both horses got a really late start and ended up far behind the car and both were also galloping then.. so no good day for us...
    After the race, we took off the gear, walked the horses and washed them and then we were packing all the stuff and loading it in before we were loading the horses shortly past 7 pm and went home.

    We got a bit lost on the way home and ended up driving a way, Marika had heard about, that it’s to steep to drive there with a horse trailer on. So we had to turn around and find another way 🙈😂
    We were back at the stable at 9 pm, just loaded of the horses, fixed them and put them in their boxes and then we went straight inside, had a sandwich and went straight to bed.    Read more

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    Day 3 at Anton Golino Stable

    March 12, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    Another early morning for me. Same routine today as the other days.
    Also today the owner came with something to eat for us.

    I started to get to know the horses more and more and also the paddocks and other stuff.
    I always try to clean up the stuff, take care of the wash and roll up all bandages so the others don't need to worry about these kinds of stuff.
    Tracey and Jack left around 11 am to go to the race with Pepper, the only existing Pacer with Ready Cash as a farther.
    It didn’t go good for her, it’s was her first race and everything went wrong. So she galloped from the start.
    Next time!

    We got ready around 1 pm today and Marika and I got the chance to take a little nap after lunch before it was time again to go out in the stable to fix the horses for the races today.

    We are taking with us Pinky and Ally. Ally got a little tie-up on Tuesday after training, I fixed her and told the guys that she is walking strange and felt a bit hard in her muscles, so I gave her a quick massage.

    So we were a little bit unsure how she gonna be today, though everything was ok with her yesterday and in the morning today.

    Around 2.45 pm we left the farm with Anton. It took us just around an hour to get to Maryborough Racetrack. It’s really warm here, around 30 degrees! Soo nice! It’s so ich colder in Ballarat than it was on the west coast the last couple of weeks, so I am usually freezing a lot here 😬

    Same today as yesterday, load off the stuff and horses and let them have a wee.
    We were pretty early so we had some time to watch some races before we started to fix the horses. We met Marika’s friend Abbey with whom we were celebrating the new year last time I was visiting Australia. So that was nice to see her again.

    Marika went first out with Pinky and after that with Dolly to warm them up. While I fixed the other horse ready for the warm-up/ race together with Anton.
    Pinky was really stressed and running over us a few times, but she did a really good race and was actually winning it very easy 🤗🤩
    She had to go to the doping test, and while Marika was gone with her, I fixed Dolly ready and even she did a really good race and got second! Anton was very pleased and happy.

    We fixed the horses and while they packed together the stuff I walked with them so they can dry and Pinky don’t get to stressed.
    We stopped on the way home to get some chips and beer as Anton wanted to celebrate today’s results with a beer on the way home 😉😂

    Back in the stable, he helped us to fix the horses and kicked out Dolly as she is sleeping outside. Marika and I went to Ballarat to get some food and had a nice evening before we went to bed around 9.30 pm.
    It has been a long day again.    Read more

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    Day 4 at Anton Golino Stable

    March 13, 2020 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 17 °C

    Today was a calm day in the stable. We had online horses to high, swim or go on the treadmill.
    So all was going pretty easy and smooth in the morning.

    After all horses, we're done training, Marika and I started to fix the one-year-old so Antin could drive them today as well.

    We were basically done with all the rest but there were still 2 babies left so we all were doing some extra cleaning and organized a shelf new until the last baby was outside and we could have lunch. Even though we hadn't so much to do today we got ready at 2 pm, quite late.

    Marika and I had lunch and then went for a nap.
    I am really not used to this anymore 🙈😂

    The rest of the evening was calm, we all watched a movie together but anyway went to bed pretty early, tomorrow gonna be a massive day, we have like 20 horses going fast tomorrow 😳😅    Read more

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    Day 5 at Anton Golino Stable

    March 14, 2020 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 11 °C

    Today we had a massive day in front of us.
    Glenn is always free on Saturday and Sunday and Daniel has vacation from today on. And all the horses are going fast today.
    And Jack can still not do so much because of his hand and he also needs to fix the tracks all the time. So Marika, Megan, Tracey and I gonna have a lot today.
    The day anyway started pretty calmly because a few horses had lost a shoe and we had to wait for Anton to show up and put new shoes on them.
    But them it got pretty busy. The first 3 hours went petty good anyway. Anton, Marika, and Tracey were driving the horses and while Megan and I are fixing everything inside. Took them in from the paddocks, put them in the walker, geared them up, washed them, fixed them and kicked them out again. After a while, we git more and more behind so it was actually good that there was a heat with only two horses in the middle so Tracey was also inside and could help us to catch up again.

    So, in the end, we were done earlier than we were all expecting.
    Pat, the owner showed up around 12 o'clock and started to roll up some bandages, clean up behind the horses and washed all gamashes as well. First I felt bad, that he was helping but Marika told me, that he is usually doing this on Saturday's.
    So it's not because Megan and I did a bad job inside.

    We were totally done at 2.20 pm and took a beer together to celebrate that this day finally is over 😂
    Marika just said: Good you are here at the moment, without you we would have been totally fucked. 🙈😂
    Even with me, we were almost fucked at one point.
    I really had to step in and take quite much responsible as Megan is pretty new in this job and she sometimes gets a bit lost. She needs to learn still a lot but she is really trying to do her best all the time.
    And with only me and Megan inside to fix the horse I ended up coordinating and fixing a lot more than before. But I obviously was impressing Pat, as he said to Marika that I do such a great job and he will pay me for it good. Not that I am expecting it, but it's nice when someone is really appreciating my help like this. 😊
    All the other do as well of course and they thanked me a lot for it and got really happy to hear, that I will stay definitely one more week to help them while Daniel has vacation and Jack is still not able to work normally again 😊

    We had some lunch and decided to have a girls night with take away and a movie tonight.
    Of course Jack was allowed to stay with us and even Megans boyfriend Chris came to stay over the rest of the weekend. 😉

    So we had some pizza and Chinese food in the evening and watched a movie together.
    Nice end of the day. 😊
    Tomorrow Marika and I are free and we gonna sleep soooooo long 🥳    Read more

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    Day off with Rhubarb Pie

    March 15, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Today Marika and I were free so we could sleep as long as we wanted. I walk up shortly before 9 am and got up to have breakfast.
    Ok, I was already awake once when Megan and Tracey were getting up to get to work but could fall asleep a little bit again.

    Unfortunately, Anton didn't show up to drive Flair and have Dolly on the lead rope behind. So Tracey asked me around 9.30 am if I could wake up Marika and ask her what they should do.

    So she got up and went straight out to drive them and came in for breakfast afterward.

    We took it super calm until around 12 pm when we decided to go into the city for some shopping.

    We found some pretty cool sunglasses at Kmart 🙈😂
    Was too hard to decide which ones to buy, these are my favorites 🤣🤣

    We even tried to buy some food, but you need to take what you can get.. The pasta was sold out.. 🙄
    It's crazy...

    In the afternoon I baked a rhubarb pie for everyone. I was really feeling for a rhubarb pie since a couple of weeks and now I finally did one 🤗😋

    More we didn't do today. Marika is having a cold and not feeling super fresh so we were only cooking later in the evening and watching a movie together with the other once.

    Marika met Pat, the owner in the stable when she shortly went out to check the training list for tomorrow and gave her 1000$ for me as a thank you for all my help 😳😳
    So amazing. Didn't expect this.    Read more

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    Day 6 at Anton Golino Stable

    March 16, 2020 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 7 °C

    Another early morning. It's cold outside today. But a little bit warmer than yesterday I would say.

    Same routine in the morning. Just a calmer day today, all horses are only jogging today. So we don't need to fix them so much and everything was going pretty easy today.

    The one-year-olds were only walking in the walker today is we were actually done around 1 pm already! Nice 😊
    I am recognizing almost all horses now and even know where to find their paddocks, so I am more and more taking them in and out now. 🤗😉

    After lunch Marika, Jack and I had a little nap 🙈

    At 4 pm Marika and I went back to the stable to take in the horses that are sleeping inside, fixed some wounds and put some wraps on and them we were feeding them and fixing the food buckets ready for tomorrow morning.
    5.40 pm we were ready with all.

    Back inside we both had a shower and then fixed some grated potato-carrot cakes, or whatever you want to call them, for dinner.
    And of course rhubarb pie with ice cream as a dessert 😋    Read more

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    Day 7 at Anton Golino Stable

    March 17, 2020 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 11 °C

    It was still cold this morning. Pusspuss, the stable cat, was very happy to see me this morning. Probably because I have been starting to feed her 😉
    Today we have a lot of horses jogging.

    We were supposed to go to the Ballarat Racetrack with around 9 horses for the trials but Anton changed his mind yesterday evening as he could not find another driver to drive the horses. We were actually happy to stay home 🙈

    Everything went on as normal during the day.
    We git ready around 2 pm in the stable and Marika and I were back out at 4 pm to take in some horses, fix some and feed them all. We were a little bit faster today and got ready at 5.20 pm.

    Back inside we were discussing what to eat and wrote a shopping list and then went shopping. We could buy PASTA!!! 🥳 Amazing!

    We actually got all we needed.
    So nice.
    Today's dinner was mashed potatoes with fish! 😊😋    Read more

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    Day 8 at Anton Golino Stable

    March 18, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    Today it was already much warmer in the morning.
    Megan is free today and we have a lot of horses going fast today... So this is going to be funny...

    They first went out with the jogging horses, while Tracey and I fixed the horses for the first heat ready.
    When Marika, Anton, and Glenn were done jogging the horses, Tracey and I had even the horse for the second heat in and started to fix them.
    I gonna be inside alone while they go out and train four horses and Jack is out fixing the track 😬
    So I finished the horses for the second heat, fixed and took out Cam in his paddock and started to gear up the third heat while they were out.
    So we all washed the first heat horses and kicked them out before Marika, Anton and Glenn went out with the second heat.
    Tracey and I brushed and fixed the jogging horses fast and while she was driving them out with the quad to their paddocks I fixed the horses for the third heat totally ready and then we both started to take in the horses for the fourth heat as well.

    Back inside they helped out washing the horses again and taking in the last one for the fourth heat, even started to gear them up.

    So while I was inside alone during the third heat, I got the fourth heat ready and fixed as many horses as I could from the first heat until Jack came back and helped me with them. So we got them all ready before they came back.

    During the fourth heat Tracey, Jack and I fixed as many horses as we could, had Freda out in the walker and Elvis on the treadmill and I went out with him to swim him as well.

    It went pretty good I think, we got ready in a good time but driving the one-year-olds is taking quite much time. But we had a lot to clean up as well so around 2.30 pm we were finally done.
    After a quick lunch, we took a little nap, before it was time to get back out and take in the horses, fix them and feed them.

    As Megan is gone I got to take care of her cat and the bird she is trying to raise at the moment. It was three from the beginning but two of them died on the second day. But this one is getting stronger and bigger with every day 😊

    I am feeling a little bit like I might get a cold and the hot and humid air during the day today was not helping me at all. But I felt already better during the evening but anyway I went to bed early to get a good sleep.    Read more

  • Christina EylertTraveling the worldTraveler

    Day 9 at Anton Golino Stable

    March 19, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    The day was not starting so well... One of the horses got loose in the morning jogging on the leash and somehow was falling over and got some serious wounds so Anton called the vet Sarah to come over as fast as possible to look at the horse. She was putting some bandages on for now and said she will be back later to stitch one wound up.

    Marika was really upset as she lost Dolly, but just in the morning, they were talking about it, that Dolly is so stupid to have on a leash and no one wanted to take her with...
    They obviously lost her already a few times, because she sometimes ist just stopping or even turning around and you have no changes to hold her.

    The rest of the day was luckily going well.
    We got done pretty fast anyway and Pat decided to buy lunch for everyone today, Fish and Chips 🤗

    Pretty amazing! Especially that he came back with two present cards from the spa in town for Marika and me over 150$ each 😳🤩
    We gonna have a nice afternoon as soon as possible I can say 😊

    Gonna be hard to leave from here. They take good care of me.

    Sarah came back around 12.30 pm and fixed Dolly. Then we all had lunch together and at 1.30 pm we went inside for a little break until Marika and I had to go back outside to finish up the stable.
    It got really windy in the afternoon, almost like a storm, not funny at all. We just wanted to get ready and back inside.

    The evening was calm as always, we made dinner and watched a movie with the other once.    Read more

  • Christina EylertTraveling the worldTraveler

    Day 10 at Anton Golino Stable

    March 20, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

    Pretty calm day today. Most horses were jogging or going on the treadmill.
    Marika went to the racetrack with Akky around 10.30 am and Anton will leave later in the afternoon with Owen to Ballarat Racetrack.

    Anton decided to not drive the one-year-olds today and to give them a break now for a couple of weeks/month. We kicked them all out together in a big field. Oh they were so happy 😊

    We were ready in the stable shortly past 12 o’clock. So we went inside and had lunch and watched Akkys race together shortly past 1 pm. He was winning super easy! 🥳
    After that, I was laying down a while to read a book.

    Marika got back here around 3 pm and we went to the stable at 4 pm to take in the horses and feet. Anton was fixing Owen on his own and left at 4.30 pm.

    We got done pretty fast and went back inside to shower and then watch the race from Owen. And even he was winning his race easy 🥳
    Really good day for the stable!

    The rest of the evening was pretty quiet.    Read more

  • Christina EylertTraveling the worldTraveler

    Day 11 at Anton Golino Stable

    March 21, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

    Today we have a lot to do. All horses are going fast today. But Glenn is working today and also a friend from Anton came to help us train the horses. So we were a lot of people and got the job done really good and we were ready already at 12.30 pm 🤗
    Really nice to be done early and have some time off to relax before we had to get out and feed the horses. Marika had to go to town to fix some stuff and buy stuff for the pizza we gonna made tonight. 😋
    The horses are all staying outside tonight, so we only had to feed them.

    So back inside with the pizza in the oven Marika go a call from a friend, that her good friend Kima had an accident on the racetrack and is on the way to the hospital.
    So she spent some time to find out how she is and finally got to know that she is okay, having a broken wrist and a concussion but okay otherwise.

    That was so good to hear.    Read more

  • Christina EylertTraveling the worldTraveler

    Day 12

    March 21, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    Calm day today. Marika and I had to work this Sunday but it's not so much. We went out around 7.35 am to feed the horses and then had 3 horses to put on the treadmill and two of them had to swim as well afterward, but all the other horses are free.
    I went inside around 10 am and Marika was just waiting for the horses to get dry and kick them out. It's shit weather today, cold and raining a little bit all the time.

    At 4 pm we went back out to take in the horses and feed.
    And after that Marika went to Melbourne to visit Kima at the hospital.

    I watched the news and it's going to be a lockdown here and none essential travels are forbidden from Tuesday on.
    So I will stay here where I have a safe place to stay for the next couple of weeks and wait and see how everything is going to be.

    I am not writing any daily blogs anymore, gonna be a weekly update on Sunday from now one, to keep everyone updated.    Read more

  • Christina EylertTraveling the worldTraveler

    Week 3

    March 23, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

    It has not happened so much this week, we are getting closer to a lockdown as more and more restrictions are out every day.

    We went shopping on Monday so I could buy some more cloth and a heater for my room because it gets pretty cold overnight in between. So know I am good prepared for the weather here and don’t need to worry if they gonna close the stores soon.

    I have been helping in the stable a couple of days. On Thursday they decided to stop training all the racehorses, give them a break and kick them out I the paddock for a couple of weeks. They have now only 7 two-year-olds to train and they will start with 7 one-year-olds next week.
    They even kicked out 3 people 😳😬

    But I can stay here as long as I want and can help them if I am feeling for it but they won't need so much help now as it's not so much to do at the moment.
    On Thursday I went with Megan and her dog Fly to a lake for an evening walk what was really nice.
    The weather is better now and it's much warmer again! So nice!
    Lilly and I had a big clean up of the house on Friday and she started to clean her car as well 😂

    I just can say that I am still really glad that I am stuck here and I have a lot of fun with the guys here.    Read more

    Trip end
    April 17, 2020
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