20160403 Vic Orbost, Marlo to Bambalo

20160403 Des had been saying all around Tassie how he wanted to have a go at milking cows but it just hasn’t happen until now.  We camped at Orbost and walked the street and bugger me dead we walked smack bang into a Dairy Farm so we pocked our heads in and spoke to the owner, I’ve always wanted to have a go at milking cows would you mind if I came and gave you a hand, sure mate but be prepared to get shit on.

Well! Talk about shit on, the first cow got him a beauty, right on top of his head and down his back and I couldn’t stop laughing, Des was not impressed.
Arr, it’s only grass said Geoff the owner, he!he.
I'm such a bitch every time I look at Des I cracked up laughing.

















Geoff and Des busy at work.
The girl’s line up for their daily milking and this is a small dairy of 120 cows compared to others.
I must say this is one job I wouldn’t care to do, the cows get milked morning and afternoon producing an average of 14 litres a day per cow which is 1,680 litres every day, wow that impressive.








After the milking was completed Geoff gave us some fresh farm milk and a bag of fresh Flathead he just caught, yummy.

 








On go’s the heater, now he waits for the water to heat as he stands outside in the cold with cow shit over him.  You could swim in the Snowy River Des, sure, that's not gunna happen.

The old railway bridge in Orbost.









02-05-2016  After scrubbing the cow shit from Desies shirt we stopped in to say goodbye to Geoff and gave him a beer cooler from the Grand View Hotel which Geoff thought we owned, god no, we would be alcoholics if we owned a pub, we’re bad enough as it is.

Cape Conran Coastal Park at Marlo




03-05-2016 Driving along the Monaro Highway along the Great Dividing Range we cross the border into N.S.W and the Snowy Mountain Region.

The town of Bombala meaning “Meeting of the Water” as it lies on the Bombala River and in 1903 was proposed as the site of the Parliamentary seat of Australia because it was half way between Sydney and Melbourne.
Bombala River Reflection
Now that's different, some people are so artistic.

An interesting bit of sculpture.

Look out Des 
Location: Orbost VIC 3888, Australia

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