A birthday adventure with fallen cows

Heya!

So last update it was my birthday, and, as you probably have figured out already, I got smashed. Me and Chris went to the two local pubs and talked to a bunch of people. We learnt that the nearest club to go to is roughly an hour away by cat. Sigh.

The morning after me and Chris started milking and let me tell you, I was still drunk when I woke up. Chris was in the same shape as me and of course forgot to shut one of the gates properly which resulted in cows running rampant all over the farm. Needless to say nowadays we are very careful with closing everything properly.

The other days have passed with stuff being learnt and other things getting used to. One thing I can't seem to get used to though, is the gpd damn flies.

Disaster struck yesterday when one of the cows took a slide on the platform. As mentioned, it's just me and Chris ay the moment, so we kinda paniced a bit. Thank god she was able to stand after about fifteen minutes of me and Chris just staring at her wondering what to do.

Today, we weren't as lucky. Because whaddayaknow? Another cow tripped, slipped and fell on the platform. This one however, did not get up again. We had to pull her out from the platform and rescue her, then chase her back to the paddock. What a life for a farmer...

Our new wifi doesn't seem to work properly so I'll try to add pictures later. I promise I'll add some pictures of a baby-calf when I can!

Looking forward to coming home and see all of you guys! First though; 1, make a lot of money, 2, book a party trip, 3, get royaly smashed.

See you on the flip side.

Happy cake-day

Today I'm 25!

I'm technically 9 hours and 52 minutes older than my twin brother. Fun fact of the day!

I got a very kindly made insult from Chris as well. It's a cake and well, its alright I guess.

I've started my day by collecting cows and milking. Now I've got five hours off until next milking and I think that will be spent playing Mortal Combat and owning Chris.

We may go out tonight, but as next morning is an early wake up (5:30), it won't be a too big of a deal.

In other news my laptop died. I'll try to fix it but so far I'm shit out of luck. The computer is FUBAR so to speak.

That's it for now. I'll try to keep you guys updated.

Bai bai!!!

Tractors and yabbies

Hey guys!

In Melbourne for a quick visit!

I'm making money and saving it! When I get money back from medicare (hospital visit) I'll have roughly 2000 dollars on my account. It's just going to keep rising as well since Sam and Amanda are going for a holiday. Me and Chris has to work about four weeks in a row, no days off, which will make a good metallic sound as it settles in my bank account. Farm pictures anyone?

The other day we caught and ate something called yabbies. It's basically river shellfish, very reminiscent of a lobster. It tastes like shrimp but "more" if that makes sense. We then started drinking (as per usual) because Mark was leaving! Nooo!

Even though it's shitty that Mark's leaving, I still have Chris the Defiler with me on the farm and we are having a blast. Granted, there is some mum-jokes (sorry Chris's mom), and we do have a kind of borderline morbid and fucked up sense of humour, but it's all in good fun.

I have now driven three different tractors, driven straight into a fence with the quad, sprayed weeds and generally pulling up fence-posts and what not for a month. I was going to leave in the middle of april, but now it looks like I'll stay until may, then have a month of fun before going home in the middle of June. It's going to be a lot of fun and we just have to settle if we go east coast or Asia.

In other news I'm writing quite a lot and my story is evolving quite nicely. I told my plan for it to Chris and he didn't think I could fit all I want into one book. Good for me then that I'm not planning a book, just writing for the fun of it!

Me and Chris are going to try to buy some wifi so I can have some more stable wifi at the house for the coming months. I'll let you know how that endeavor ends...

Now, it's party-time.

Cya's!

Booze cruise with baby cows

Heya!

A lot has happened this past week that I want to tell you about and I really have no idea where to start.

The other day we wrestled baby cows (calves. Yes I know that they are called that) and gave 'em medicine and stuff. Me and Chris were in charge of chasing them into a little cage and then Mark and Sam gave them the medicine. It was easier said than done though. We had to yell, push and force them in the direction we wanted. 

It turned out quite funny though because as you can imagine, me and Chris had some problems getting them to go where we wanted. Chris also got electrocuted and accidently broke a rib on one of the calves when he tried to push her into the cage. Ouch. Poor cow. Chris also got shat one which I found hilarious.

This week we also went on a booze cruise on the nearby river. The "ship" was more like a barge but it had all the essential; A motor, a roof, an esky (cooler) and a barbie (barbeque or BBQ whatever you prefer). On the boat were friends of Sam and Amanda, Scott and Di (the owners), Sam and Amanda themselves and of course their three kids. We had an amazing time and a fair number of beers was poured down out throats. 

It has also been a week of facts. Me and Chris have discovered that you can in fact knock out a cow in one blow. Another interesting fact is that they are also great swimmers. "The more you know"!

Last thing is this; I have now officially seen two, wild, dangerous, snakes in Australia. First one was the death adder on Fraser around 8 months ago (Has it really been that long?) and now, A red-bellied black snake. Yeaaah.

These flies ARE DRIVING ME INSANE. If I had a button that killed all the flies in the world I would press it three times for good measure, even though it meant the death to most birdlife. I don't give a shit. They should all die in a fire and take the mosquitus with them.

Talk to you's later!

 Oh, and here's a painting for good measure!

PS. Till Farmor och Farfar, Mamma och Pappa, Fredrik, Per, Viktor och allas respektive samt vänner och bekanta; Jag saknar er och älskar er! Planen är att komma hem i mitten av Juni. Ses då! (Man vet ju i o för sig aldrig hur länga jag stannar, men det tar vi då!) 

Johannes, glöm inte kebabpizzan när jag kommer hem.

Oh dairy me

I've totally neglected my blog! I'll just have to take the 'bull by the horns' and update it. Shall we 'cow'ntineu?

I'm still on the farm! A lot has been learnt, milkings have been done, fields have been driven across and beer has been drunk. We are now three people living in the little house. Me, Mark and Chris. I've known Chris, or Bat, since I first came to Discovery hostel in Melbourne. He is without a doubt the one that I've spent most time with in Australia, which makes it awesome that he is here.

I am feeling super good and back to normal again. I'm writing a lot on my spare time and watching movies and series. Breaking Bad is really good, just sayin'. Captain Phillips was overhyped. I guess there's 'no reason crying over spilled milk' though. It wasn't bad, I can tell you that.

Anyway, I don't really know what else to tell you. There's not a lot of 'udder' stuff that's happened. Mark is leaving soon, and in a couple of weeks Sam and Amanda are going on a holiday, which means that me and Chris are left to fend for ourselves. Granted, Scott, the owner, will be here so we are not TOTALLY by ourselves, but it does feel that way.

Oh, we also saw a pig escape by lifting a gate today. It was quite funny and me and Chris has been singing "houdini pig" (think spider-pig song) the whole day. He ran away towards the sun and we have yet to see him since. Granted it was about half an hour ago.

That's about it. I'll try to update soon, gotta 'moo've.