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 [...]

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. [...]

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 a follow up to my post that asked for rain for the Central WA Wheatbelt. The average rainfall figures for July is 51mm (1903-2006). Last month we had 73.3mm! That is awesome – praise God. Many thanks for all those who prayed. It will give the farmers a better start to the season and [...]

I love the advert on TV where the old farmer goes out on to the veranda and yells with excitement, “Marge the rains are coming”. The camera then pans back and you see his kids eating corn on the roof and the corn is so juicy that the water hits the veranda roof and sounds [...]

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 [...]

It is amazing how rain can bring hope. Overnight we had 10mm of rain. That is more rain than we have had in one day all year. My wife went out to the local shops this morning and people were buzzing. One of my neighbours even called out across the road and said wasn’t the [...]