Monday 1 April 2013 - Limbunya Station NT
We arrived here last Thursday and brought the rain with us, which has been a wonderful cooling change. The timing of our arrival worked out quite well. Glenn worked on Friday, doing a full day’s electrical and is finishing off the rest today. Normally it’s a six day work week, but no one worked on Saturday due to the Easter long weekend. So it gave us a chance to get settled in and the girls to get a feel for the place and learn where they can and can’t play. We’ve been given an airconditioned double-roomed dorm that has a shower block attached so we’re really comfortable too!
On Saturday, Dan, the station manager took his family, us and the French backpacker who’s also working here out to a spot called Black Springs. There’s piles of rock formations everywhere and in a few spots the track got a bit rough, but it’s really nice country here. The drive was well worth it as the waterhole is absolutely beautiful – a creek that runs over rocks to form a few little rapids makes a perfect swimming spot for kids. There were stacks of fish in the water (apparently it’s a great spot to catch a feed of black bream) and the girls had a ball there. A BBQ plated permanently fixed to the rock powered by a few fallen branches cooked us a tasty feed (the steak unfortunately was a bit strong and tough because Dan grabbed meat from the wrong killer out of the coldroom, but the snags were awesome!).
We spent the rest of the weekend sorting out our new little home, pottering around and checking things out. The Easter Bilby didn’t miss Limbunya, so early Sunday morning was spent hunting for chocolate eggs around the dorm. Dan’s kids had given the girls a little trike for them to play on so Glenn tied a rope to it so one can tow the other and that kept Yasmin and Sienna happy for the rest of the day.
Mustering started today. Because the land is so rough and rocky, it’s all done via helicopter with a few people on bikes or quads. It hasn’t gotten too busy yet, as the contractor chopper pilots haven’t arrived yet but Dan has been out in the chopper most of today. The girls find it quite exciting watching it take off and land. Once Glenn finishes up on the electrical, he’ll be helping out with the muster, probably by doing tasks like using the loader, grading roads (once he learns how to operate them) and assisting with general labour until we leave for Darwin at the end of the month.
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