Sunday 6th June 2010: Boree Creek rest up for all of us!
I’ pulled up for a few days to rest horses, catch up with Joe my 11 year old son, who is with me til Wednesday 9th June when he flies back to Kempsey. I’m also sorting gear (yet again), and of course I’m doing some forward planning-reworking my route a little as the days are shrinking and some of the mileages I had down for the next few weeks aren’t possible due to lack of daylight! My school commitments this coming week are Boree Creek school tomorrow, then Lockhart Primary and High Schools both on Wednesday after lunch on my way back from dropping Joe at Wagga Airport. then on Thursday I’ll be saddled up and riding again.
It has got colder here in the Riverina this week and am so glad my horses have upgraded their rugs courtesy of Jodie Brazier from GoHorse Rugs.
Note also the nosebags the horses eat out of on the trek were made for me about ten years ago by Suzie Argue from Silver Dollar Saddlery of Kempsey when we were travelling the Junior Rodeo Circuit when Hannah and Esther we’re just starting out campdrafting and barrel racing.
The trip across to Tuppal Station (out the back of Tocumwal) for the 72 stand shearing of the rams re-enactment was fantastic. I heard on the radio this morning they estimated between 15 and 20 000 people attended over Friday and Saturday. It was awesome to see 72 stands operating (88 metre floor!) at 12.30 on Friday 72 blade shearers re-enacted Tom Robert’s famous Australian painting “The shearing of the rams”. A little bit of history to be a part of.
