Hi Don,
Hope all is well with you.All is well with us, and Sadie is doing great too! Here is a picture of her from our trip out to camp late this fall.Hoping that you had a wonderful Christmas, and wishing you all of the very best this New Year.
Take care,
Rik
Deke and I went gunless pheasant hunting again today. He flushed one nice rooster!
Christopher
Hi Don,
Just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas and happy new year! Nya is doing well, and thankfully doesn’t bother with the tree or decorations. She chewed up an empty gift bag but that’s all. Hope you are all doing well.
Susan & Nya
Hi Don,
I've attached a couple of photos of Deke and one of Hunter, Deke and MacKenzie from our pheasant hunt on Nov 29.
Chris
Sent from Kadnook Kennels (Australia)
Road Trains
This is a recent email sent regarding the cattle trains at Helen Springs Station.
There are interesting statistics.
There are 17 trucks with 3 trailers and 2 decks per trailer;
Therefore there are 102 decks of cattle and there would be approximately
28 cattle per deck; This totals 2,856 head of cattle
The cattle will weigh approximately 500kg each (1102.3 lbs.)
The sale price for cattle at Longreach is approx. 165c/kg (75c/lb.)
Each animal will therefore be sold at $825.
Total revenue from this analysis is $2,356,200
Another interesting fact:
Each trailer has 24 tyres plus a dolly with 8 tyres
For the 72 trucks there are 4,464 tyres on the road
Road trains loading cattle at Helen Springs Station, north of Tennant Creek
Hi Don,
Here is a picture of Drew in her service dog training gear, in a doctor's waiting room.
She's just started her second heat, so we don't take her out working at the moment, but she's done some good work. She helped my girlfriend get up in the washroom when her service dog wasn't handy; guided me through a store when I told her to find the elevator, and laid quietly in the hickory farms store surrounded by sausages.
We also took her "bird startling", as I don't have everything for hunting yet. She flushed a partridge, and put the spaniel to shame. Someday I'll be able to shoot the bird for her, so she can retrieve it.
Eric
