TUESDAY TRAINING

Hey everyone, what an amazing day today (even though it started with breakfast at 6am!). Firstly I got over my fear of motorbikes and managed to ride around and not crash! :) Managed to reach 20km/hour! OK, I know that's not very fast but it was fast enough for me going over loads of bumps and stones! Scott, your tips are great and I will keep them in mind if I have to use a bike when out on the ranch.



Then after loosing my $4 bet on the Melbourne Cup, I cut down my first tree with a chainsaw!! We didn't get to ride the horses today as a storm was forecast for this afternoon and they thought it would be better to work with the chainsaws because we could practise cutting up wood inside if necessary. The storm did arrive but not until we were on our way back to the house at about 5.30pm There were some amazing forks of lightening, I'm glad it has stopped now though as I think it could have been quite scary sleeping in a caravan during a thunder storm.

To complete the day today, I saw wild kangaroos for the first time! There were three of them bouncing through the ranch on our way back from cutting down trees! I now feel as though I am in Australia.

Will hopefully get some photos up later in the week when I am not so tired. 6am start again tomorrow so off to bed now.

Miss you all. xxx