Archive for the 'Merredin' Category

A precious time

December 12th, 2008

One of the things that I have become increasingly conscious of this year is how precious this time is with my girls. My two little girls are growing up so quickly. Pretty soon they will be teenagers!
Whenever I look back at some of our family photos I am reminded of how quickly they are changing [...]

A cool experience

November 26th, 2008

Yesterday my wife, girls and I went out to a friends farm. It is always nice to get out of town and be on a farm as I love the wide open space and the peace and quiet.
One of the things I got to do was ride in a harvester for the first time. I [...]

Merredin rainfall figures

October 30th, 2008

Back in June I did a post called Rain and hope. This talked about how important rain is for country areas and how it effects whole towns, families and local business. I also asked people to pray for rain.
Well the good news is the rain has come. This is only our first full winter in [...]

12 months ago today

July 10th, 2008

It is 12 months ago today that we packed up the car and a big moving truck and headed up Great Eastern Highway to start our new life in Merredin. For us it has been a great 12 months. We have all learned a lot in the process, grown a lot and had lots of [...]

Hello from Merredin

July 18th, 2007

Hello all,
We have arrived in Merredin and our house is almost unpacked. Well apart from a few boxes that have been designated “non urgent”!!!
A couple of things I have really noticed and enjoyed is the wide open space and the quietness. There are places you can get away to and you can only hear [...]

A moving experience

July 3rd, 2007

Wow I am amazed how much stuff we have accumulated in the last 11 years in our house. You just don’t realise how much you have until you start to pack it into boxes. My shed which is a two car garage is filled with so much stuff I thought would be handy one day. [...]

Merredin update

June 20th, 2007

Hello all,
I thought I would give you a bit of an update of how the move to Merredin is going. We now have a date for settlement of our homes (old and new). It is the 9th of July. So all things going well, we should be loading a truck on the 9th and [...]