We weren't one day in Cairns or Lieneke's shoes attracted the attention of a rather... hmmm... well, it was a man. And he went on and on and on and on about them.
Our first dinner. Bugs! HMMMMMMMMM.
Lieneke was sitting under a palm tree. She's not covered in weird tattoos.
On our way to Green Island and the Great Barrier Reef.
Me on the boat. Early enough that I didn't quite have to cover up yet.
A bird with babies.
Lieneke on Green Island.
The two of us on Green Island.
The view back to the mainland from Green Island.
It was getting very hot. I got myself this nice wraparound.
Lieneke in her seal suit.
A bit of dead Great Barrier Reef. I'm not joking, most of it was pretty dead.
Still some great views though.
Lovely view on the way back to Cairns.
Our second meal... Mexican. No bugs. Shit service but nice food.
In the steam train.
View from the train, on the way to Kuranda.
Lush and green, and sticky hot.
Lieneke in the train.
First things first when we arrived in Kuranda. Nice piece of cake!
We went to a butterfly sanctuary.
Some people touched this poor thing so they had to put up a notice.
I think this was the Hercules moth caterpillar.
We also went to the bird sanctuary.
Cute ones.
And one upside down.
And some prehistoric looking creature.
Some more prehistoric creatures! Freshies.
A sad looking koala.
A not so sad looking Lieneke.
A day out in the Daintree Forest.
Real beasts in the jungle.
A Cassowary fruit. Apparently only the Cassowary bird can stomach it.
On our jungle trek. Sadly it was only very short.
A different kind of rainforest to what we have!
Nice picture by Lieneke.
Swim at your own risk!
This was our tour bus.
Back home, christmas day. Beautiful presents!
Salamanca markets... we are eating poffertjes!!
Trees in bloom in Hartz.
Action shot, coming down from Hartz Peak.
This is in our backyard.
Lieneke and me in our paddock.
Lieneke operating the wippersnipper in the orchard.
Milking my Emma.
Emma and Porter.
Satchmo waiting for his bucket of milk.
Happy family pic. PJ sometimes has to hold Emma's feet as she can get a bit cranky when her teats are cracked in the warm weather.
Satch looking cute!
Hay rolls in the field.
PJ lurves Satch.
Satch with a Maremma smile on his cheeky face.
Chris and Lisa visiting... in one of our vegie patches.
Chris looks suitably impressed in our greenhouse. Lots of tommies!
Satchmo looking cheeky.
More cheese to be tried!
My beautiful Emma.
PJ enjoying an early morning.
Me milking Ems.
Lieneke also milking Ems.
Try and smile for the camera....
Rufus in his warpaint.
More cheeses to be tried.
Going for a walk around the farm.
View from the back paddock.
PJ and me walking towards Sherwood Forest.
Inside Sherwood Forest. No Robin Hood yet!
View from the top of the neighbour's hill.
PJ and me.
Lieneke and me.
View from our room in Port Arthur.
Lieneke in action in Port Arthur.
Port Arthur.
Lieneke.
Tassie Devils.
Bruny Island Cheese company.... Lovely cheese!
This is their cheeseroom.
I'm envious!
Lorna with Satch.
PJ, Lorna and me in the milking pen.
Moira, Lorna and me in the milking pen.
Let's go and get Porter and Ems!
First we have to find them.
Whoops, Lucille's boy decided to come too.
Walking them down to the milking pen.
They sometimes need some encouragement.
Rufus.
Satch with his favourite drink: Emma's milk.
More volunteers for milking!
Moira has a go....
Lorna has a go....
Ems is happily munching away.
After that, feeding the chooks.
Happy girls.
The bounty.
Garlic harvesting!
