Well, another year has slipped by. Once again it is time to reflect on the many and varied things that have occurred.
On the last anniversary of this site we introduced a web counter, which has recorded 255 visitors in the last 12 months. On this anniversary the search engine exclusion was removed.
Our tour of the country is not at all what we thought it would be. Even so, and with two years of travelling behind us, we're still have no plans to end the adventure just yet. We are however still looking at ways of improving some aspects of our lifestyle.
We have however, finally made it to the other side. 
Sydney to Perth in only 2 years!
"The boys" have made us very welcome, and enabled us to make Perth an occasional temporary stopover.
We've noticed that most small towns have a tennis court and a swimming pool. Could this be why Australia does so well in these sports internationally?
We have killed a few animals with our car, including a roo, a snake, a feral cat, and even an owl.
We try not to, but mostly we just swerve to avoid stick snakes and bark lizards.
"With a V8 ute and a carton of piss, you can go anywhere."
Dave (describing dirt roads after rain).
Don't worry about cleaning your water tanks - they develop their own ecosystems.
Chris.
What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.
Chris.
With a knife, a fork, and a roll of poly pipe, you can irrigate anything.
Sandra.
The drought is bad and everyone is stressed and broke.
Linda.
The exploitation of the Tasmanian wilderness set new benchmarks in environmental vandalism.
Unknown (on Radio National).
In the bush, kids learn to drive from a young age. Many properties have an unregistered car that the kids drive (several km) to the gate to be picked up by the school bus. On others, you might see a pile of bikes near the front gate.
Visualise an 8 year old riding a four wheel motor bike, with dad seated behind her, and a dog behind him, returning from an afternoon's work in the paddock. Such are the things city kids never enjoy.
Then again, there is the parent's instructional dilemma. Imagine trying to give a learner driver all the necessary experience when the nearest traffic light is 450 km away! Or the potential consequences of learners who ignore railway crossings because "the line's washed out so there are no trains".
You just have to love:
Provenance describes seed from a local area. Evolution in action. Snow gums from seed collected at high elevations will grow smaller than those from seed collected at lower elevations, no matter where they are planted. Just one more reason to shop locally to get the right kind of tree for your area.
Providence is the justification the invading christians used for the wholesale exploitation of a land gained by shoving aside the existing occupants. Now we must pay the long term price for the damage they did, and buy something we already owned, Telstra.