5/24/2008 A Sheep Station in Australia

We awoke to a completely fogged in valley surrounding their house. Mike took off with his camera while the rest of us gathered food and drinks. After a quick tour of the buildings and gaining an understanding of how a sheep station works, we took off on the day's adventure. This included helping them clear a huge pile of fallen trees into a managable woodpile. Then we lit a fire and burned it down to coals so we could cook our lunch of sausages and chicken wings over the flame. We returned to their house and started another fire so Bill could cook in the camp oven (cast iron covered pot) a leg of lamb with potatoes and vegetables for our dinner. It got a little cooler at night, even around the fire, but it was a lovely and peaceful place to enjoy new friends and great food.