It's Raining It's Pouring...

Managed to slash the grass at Maleny in between 'showers'.

They've had 390 mm. - 15 inches - of rain in the last week!

Another New Toy!

It's incredible what can make a bloke my age happy!
I've invested in a Mulcher.
Now I can chip-up all my cuttings and mulch the garden at Maleny, which gives me a warm inner glow.
It's BRILLIANT!

Big Brother Google watching me - even in Australia!

Speaking of privacy issues, Google has just released a thing in Australia called 'Street View'.
Apparently on it's first day a couple of bad guys and a cheating wife were 'discovered'.
I thought I'd better see what I was up to and sure enough - here I am at the Maleny house busy 'whipper-snipping' my fence-line.

Google Street View of Me

Mayday Holiday Weekend.

To Maleny to the 'Wood Expo' - a biennial event. It was very woody.

The rockery looking better. Even in our winter - things still keep growing1

Planted a 'Liquid Amber' - Liquidambar styraciflua - which is deciduous and will look great with our row of maples. In a few years the autumn colours will be a bit special.

Bring me a Shrubbery!

After looking at it for a long time, Paula & I eventually finished the rockery (ok. Not really a 'shrubbery') at Chartwell.

The house at Maleny.

Got back from my grass cutting trip to our Maleny house. After the recent rain everything is growing like Jack's beanstalk - overnight changes! All our trees are growing quickly and so are the weeds. Spent the morning weeding - but it was 32° at 9.00 am! It hit 41° this afternoon.
Anyway, came across this Paperwasp's nest and our 'Swamp Bloodwood' is in flower.

Last Day of 2007

We were up at Chartwell, our house at Maleny. The drought clearly had come to an end with 190 mm. - nearly 8 inches - of rain in less than a week. I spent a few hours out in the garden digging drainage channels to stop the erosion.
All the fire-work displays on the Sunshine Coast & Gold Coast were cancelled because of strong winds and rain.

Tree Hugging a Wollemi Pine

We've just been given a Wollemi Pine by our Maleny Neighbours, Neil & Jane.

The pine was only discovered in 1994 west of Sydney and only 100 trees exist in the wild.

This little beauty has been put near the front of our property and should be about 20 m. high in 40 years. It's quite an elegant thing and even has it's own website at;     WollemiPine.com