Morayfield - almost like a farm stay

We are doing our last house sit this winter and we are among a number of animals which we really like.  The two dogs, Kipper and Hendrix are ball mad and they would like it if we threw the ball for them all day long.  Maxi has proved herself well able to cope with having bigger dogs around her and whilst she is not friends with them, she tolerates having them around.

Kipper is the older and cleverer of the two dogs.  He is a confident dog and he has made himself quite comfortable on our bed.  He also sometimes sleeps on Maxi's blanket.  Basically, he considers himself the cock of the roost.

Talking of roosts, there are four hens who lay lovely tasty eggs.  This photo shows Maxi, quite happily sniffing around the hen pen.  The chickens are allowed out of their pen for a about an hour each afternoon so they can graze on nice grass.  If any of them get a little lost in the very large yard, Kipper will helpfully round them up if we ask him to.  He does this without hurting the chickens.

Belle is a former race horse and she is lovely.  Like all horses, she loves her food and she likes an extra apple, a carrot, a corn cob or even the corn husks.  It is really satisfying not to waste any food scraps as either the chickens or the horse will eat all edible food stuff that is excess to requirements.  Here, we have little wet rubbish as I forgot to mention, there is also a worm farm for the food scraps the chickens and the horse don't want.

As well as the animals, there is also a nice bridge club at Caboolture with bridge sessions three times a week so our social life is also catered for.  The Caboolture library is a nice one too and as we did in Shailer Park, we use it on a regular basis.

After a hard day's bridge, feeding all the livestock, etc, here is Nikki relaxing in front of the TV with the dogs.

Rob and Denny, who are staying at their Bribie Island holiday home where we were 3 months ago, came for lunch with Denny's sister Beverley.  It was a lovely sunny day and Andrew and Rob carried the table and chairs out onto the grass.  You can see the two big dogs, Kipper and Hendrix, in the photo but the two small ones, Maxi and Bella are out of range.  Nevertheless, all the dogs had a lovely day.  We even let the chooks out and all the livestock were wandering around quite happily.

We spotted a couple of kangaroos in the horse's paddock and I was quick enough to capture kangaroo and horse in the same frame.

We Canberra city folk are getting our dose of animals at this very pleasant house sit.  All the animals are a joy.  The dogs with their incessant ball chasing, the horse with her lovely nature and the chickens who provide our daily eggs.  This is better than a farm stay by far.

This will be our last memory of Kipper and Hendrix with Kipper's friendly paw over Hendrix's shoulder as they sleep on the couch.  Kipper often preferred our bed as the first photo showed but they also spent evenings with us as we tried to watch tv in the small space they left for us on the couch.  They exhausted themselves chasing after the ball as much of the day as they could persuade us to throw or kick it to them.