Sunday, November 24, 2013

Home Base

15/10/13


First stop of course was home base, our grain farm near Goondiwindi. From the moment I got home it was go, go, go. With harvest beginning I was straight into the truck to carry 20 tone loads of wheat, linseed and chickpeas from the paddock to the silos. Now trucks are built for men, so driving these rusty old paddock trucks is not an easy job. Sitting on the edge of the seat, hanging off the stirring wheel, fully loaded almost creates as must adrenaline for me as driving the ambulance code one, lights and sirens through the city. Then there are the long days, 12 hours, 14 hours every day for two weeks, in the hot sun with a red dust tan. Many might think this sounds crazy, but man do I love it!


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