The NT Nomads: Banksia Dale Farm and surrounds Oct 2011

After spending time with the Wildflowers at Tenindewa we finally arrived at the Farm on Sept 1 with a minor calamity as the windmill wasn't working and so we had only rainwater that had to be carted from the tanks and then once it was fixed there was no wind so it took about a week or more before the tank was filled. Leaking pipes didn't help.

among the wildflowers at Tenindewa

Once things settled down we also settled into minding the dog "Mac" and feeding the chooks and watering the potplants. fortunately we also had quite a bit of rain which topped up the rainwater tanks and meant less watering of the plants. We also had a few hiccups with the bees swarming into places that werent' convenient.

Australian boat first in at Geraldton in round the world race

Generator shed and wind generator

Peacok on chook house roof

Lynn and Mac at smoko

While we were there we took the opportunity to visit some of the surrounding area and even travelled out to Mingenew to the Field Day there. We saw quite a bit of Geraldton as it was our main shopping centre.

In our travels we went to the Wind farm near Walkway and then out to Ellendale Pool. The wind farm could be seen from our farm/ property and was quite big as wind farms go providing most of the power for Geraldton and surrounding area. At Ellendale Pool there were a few other picnickers and campers being the weekend. However it didn't seem to be a very big area so would fill up quickly.

The farm had lots of wildflowers when we first arrived including orchids and these wonderful colourful flowers that were a type of grevillia that came out after most of the other flowers had finished.

On another occasion we went to Greenough and out to Lucy's beach. Depending on where we were going we often took the dog with us and she got so used to riding in the back that she used to look longingly at the back of the truck so that Lynn would lower the backboard down and the she would hop up and park herself for the day if we weren't going anywhere .

The property owners also owned the Little Starfish cafe at South Beach and "mac" apparently used ti spend her days at the beach with them so she really enjoyed a trip to the beach and chasing the Kitesurfers which the beach is renowned for.