Friday, 31 August 2012

Camping @Mt Bundy Station

We are currently staying at Mt Bundy Station, a busy farm near Adelaide River. Our caravan is parked near a stable and horse corral which has provided lots of entertainment to the kids and a beautiful farm aroma to our stay.
On our first night here we watched the peacock, peahens and about 8 guinea fowl walk past us in procession and climb into the large mango tree to roost for the night. (see photo below).

They were very cute to watch until the middle of the night when the peacock began to call VERY LOUDLY! We were woken again at 6 am with more calling. People would not complain about the gentle call of a rooster when compared to the peacock. We put it down to another wonderful holiday experience and have decided not to add peacocks to our list of new pets. See below for some daylight photos and in the early morning fog.
Other animals we have encountered have been both delightful and not so. We enjoyed meeting Nigel the hand reared bull who loves a scratch on the nose and two geese who are very friendly and were waiting at our front steps the first morning we were here. Abigail was not so keen on their presence as they were almost as tall as her.
One not so popular creature we have come across over a few evenings this last week is the cane toad... not a pleasant creature to meet while making a late night toilet trip.

On return to Adelaide river today we met a watermelon farmer selling his ware from his van. They were the largest watermelons we'd ever seen, about 12-15kg in weight. At $7 each we bought one and cut large slices to enjoy. Abigail was very happy to clean off the pink skins too. I imagine we used 2kg, now where will we put the rest as it won't fit in the small fridge easily.

1 comment:

  1. Hi everyone, that watermelon looks delicious. I can see why Abi finished them off. Love the pictures. You look like you're having a marvelous time! Love Aunty Janet xo

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