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  • Day 1

    Day 1 travel set up

    March 17, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    Another great morning up at 6, hooked up the van and did all the last minute jobs, hit the road around 9 had a good run a few road works got to Kristy’s at 10:30 and loaded up her gear and BF, onto the great alpine road and made our way up to Omeo, had a stop for a bit at Ensay for roadworks and for the girls to recharge the beers, on the way again and arrived at Omeo rec reserve at 1 o’clock, found a nice shady spot for the weekend with the hot weather coming, set up camp and then Bron arrived and our camp for the weekend was complete, chilled out for a bit and the girls went for a quick late avo ride, then we settled into a few bevies and dinner, hit the sack around 10:30’Read more

  • Day 3

    Day3 Challenge

    February 26, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    Had a bit of a sleep in, everyone was a little foggy after Tup’s birthday bash, had breakfast then off to the stockman’s challenge, there was an obstacle course and a single cow cut out and then group up 3 head of cattle and send them around in the campdraft arena, was a tuff day for most with each going well in a few of the obstacles and cut out but no winning teams today.
    Was all done by 12:30 so grabbed some lunch at the canteen and we all sat around for presentation, with no winners today for us, so back to camp to pack up, said our goodbyes and hit the road only a short run home for us today, another great weekend with great people.
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  • Day 2

    Day 2 Team Penning

    February 25, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C

    Cooled down well overnight for the 5 ish hours of sleep that we got, everyone was well just a little tired from last night’s fun.
    A busy day ahead and Tup’s birthday 🎂 to celebrate, the first run for our team was no 2 for the day and didn’t go well, Bron, Kristy, Lacey & Bron, Kristy,Teresa all penned 3 in good times in the morning runs, the day was heating so the tiny tots did a couple of runs and Archie and Ollie had a great time.
    No break straight into the 2nd round and Teresa, Sas, Tup penned 3 and then Bron, Kristy, Teresa penned 3 again which turned out to be the only 6 for the two rounds a great job. It was all done by 2 and time to cool down in the pool with a few bevies, off to presentation at 4:30 and it was a great outcome, Bron, Kristy, Lacey got 6th place with 4 cattle and also picked up fastest time of 49 seconds, Daniel, Steve, Ash got the best presented team in their red shirts and the blue ribbon went to Bron, Kristy, Teresa with 6 cattle in 2 minutes 13 seconds, a great performance from all of our teams.
    They saddled back up for the cash cut out, everyone went well, Teresa and Slippery had a little bronc show but all was well, no one was good enough to take home the cash pot.
    Back to camp to celebrate Tup’s birthday, we had a fair crew in camp for a bbq tea and birthday cake that Lacey’s Nan made, the day finally busted up the rain came in and cooled down nice, we all jammed under the awnings and partied on till near midnight then into bed.
    Happy birthday Tup 🎂🎂
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  • Day 1

    Day 1 Set up

    February 24, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    Out of bed early to get all the farm jobs done to have the truck loaded and head off to Sale to meet the farrier to get Roy’s shoes done, got there at 9:30 and still didn’t get the spot we wanted so just inside the gate on the other side was the spot to get the best afternoon shade on the hot days coming, set up camp and just chilled out for the rest of the morning, after lunch Tup, Lacey, Kristy and Bron arrived, the avo warmed up to the mid 30’s so it was time to get out the pool and fill it, we started with the smaller one but wasn’t too long before Tup decided to take the wrap if we used too much water and we swapped to the big pool, thanks Tup.

    So we all spent the afternoon in the pool having a few bevies, after a quick conversation with Steve H it didn’t too much to convince him to bring the camper down for a couple of nights, later in the evening Sas and Daniel arrived followed by Jake and then lastly Steve W around 9, the camp was complete and the night just continued on with drinks and tunes till around midnight and we all headed off to bed some a bit more pissy than others, still very warm 🥵🏝🥃🍺
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  • Day 11

    Day 11 Home time

    January 30, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    What a great last night we at the farmhouse at the round table, Kristy was the life of the party think we all got up this morning still laughing, well it was time to pack up after 10 days of camping on the Forge farm, we have had an absolute ball whilst here a great setup and great people, the cattle and yards made for 2 fantastic weekends of sorting and penning, a huge thanks to Tup, Anne Marie and Graham for hosting us and making us feel like part of the family, thanks to our crew for a great week and our neighbouring camp “the gippy gals” for some great nights, we managed to hit the road around 10 and had a great run home through the city and got home at 3:30Read more

  • Day 10

    Day 10 Team Penning

    January 29, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 20 °C

    Up at 6 this morning for a 7 o’clock start, Graham had given the arena a fair dose of water, he spent a good bit of time running around smudging to get it right, started dead on 7 with Macca in fine form again, all teams went well and penned all 3 cattle in each runs, the rain just held off till the last run and then it came down, presentation was under the veranda and Jake, Sexy Steve and Shane got 6th place and Bronwyn, Jane and Kristy got 5th place a great job from our Gippsland teams, back to camp to do a little packing in the rain, all of our crew are heading home today accept us, got the kids sorted and they head off around 2, we headed off to the neighbours for a few avo sips which we then ended up at the farm house for more drinks and bbq tea, well the night just got hilariously funny with Kristy in fine form, I don’t think any of had any laugh left there was drinks getting spit out on the table everywhere an awesome night with the best company, Graham took us all home in the side by side and into bed around 11 still raining and a cool night for sleeping 😴 you comin 😂😂Read more

  • Day 9

    Day 9 Team Penning

    January 28, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    Out of bed this morning at 4:45 still dark got the horses saddled up and Teresa went off and got the rest of the cows in for todays event, got under way just after 6 to beat the heat today, the only team to do any good out of our crew was Jake, Steve and Shane penning 3 in both of their runs, everyone else ran out of time or penned only 1 or 2 cattle, Teresa, Sas and Daniel had a super fast cut out and a beast got under Teresa and that was the end of a great time, the kids had a go and Ruby and Indy did a great job penning all 3 of their cattle, a credit to all we were done by lunch so we could have the avo to escape the heat of the day, so had a quick lunch and then down to the river for the avo to have a swim and few bevies.
    Tea was on the lawn from Benalla bites and the Sinclair girls had a the tunes pumping, the night just continued on with the party box and Jake’s slug and belt tugger war was in fine form, stayed up till around 11 and then left the young ones to the doof doof tunes and went to bed
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  • Day 8

    Day 8 Chill out

    January 27, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 17 °C

    Going to be a hot day around the mid 30’s, another day relaxing on the farm, Teresa and Jake have gone for a ride the rest of us a just chilling out for the morning, went into town to grab some feed for slippery with Jake, then went down to the river for a few drinks with the gang was very relaxing on a warm day, then back to camp and Teresa was called to help bring the cattle in for tomorrow and i jumped on a side by side with Steve and we headed out for a bit of mustering, all went well then there was a few antics at the cattle yard with Mr Forge 😬 a fun late afternoon, home for tea and then back up to the farm house for drinks, into bed at 11 for an early start.Read more

  • Day 7

    Day 7 Australia Day

    January 26, 2023 in Australia

    Had a little sleep in out at 8:30 to an overcast morning, took Minnie for a walk and helped move a few panels in the arena ready for watering and ripping up, most of us are good just a little tired, just chilling out for the morning, went down to the river with a group of horses and vehicles led by Tup in the afternoon for a few drinks and a play in the river, then back to camp and Teresa and Craig went up to the farm house for drinks while the rest of the crew went to the pub for tea, into bed early to try and catch the early cool tomorrow morning, Happy Australia Day 🇦🇺Read more

  • Day 6

    Day 6 Top Cut Out

    January 25, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    Woke up to another great day full sun and 30 degrees expected today, just chilled out around camp, the gang went for a ride to the river for a look around and a bit of pre work for tonight’s run, the avo warmed up, Teresa went out and mustered stock ready for the weekend, then it was time to get ready for the top cut out, Daniel was first and cracked off then, Steve, Sas and Jake all got cracked off in their runs, Teresa and Slippery had a great run with a score of 21 just getting beaten by the ‘Malboro man’ who scored 22, back to camp for hamburgers then up to the farm house for drinks, a great night chatting and drinking, we all hit the sack around 1am to 4am will be a few foggy head’s tomorrow morning.Read more

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