A few weeks back, i got a phone call from a german guy, saying he and his wife had just been to australia, and had met my mum. Turns out they live only an hour from me here in germany, and they have invited me to stay with them next weekend as they would like to return the hospitality my mum offered them. These are some photos they sent me..made me feel a teensy longing for oz. Boort is the closest town to my mums farm, and this photo below is of our shearing shed (it was a merino stud farm, but we had to sell all the sheep off in a really bad drought a few years back as there wsa just no feed for them).




(Haaa no shit. we've been in drought for hmm i forget how many years now)




And this one, i'm fairly crtain my mum would kick my arse if she knew i'd posted it, seeing as she looks a bit old and her eyes are closed! But eight months ago, the last time i saw everyone, my sister was only up to my shoulders. Now she's as tall as my mum, which means as tall as me!!:O she really has shot up like a beanstalk:) (oh, the photo is at a neighbouring farm.)