We had two new SportCruisers arrive just before Xmas from the Czech factory. After assembly the documentation and inspections had to be carried out before the new owner from Melbourne could pick his new aircraft up. He flew it out of Essendon until his home airstrip was ready. Unfortunately the result was not pretty. At least he walked away unharmed...

Summer is over and it is getting dark in the mornings when we wake up (0530. I may have mentioned that we had 3 duck families on the dam recently, a record. One family has grown up and the other moved on or been eaten by foxes or the big wedge-tail that was hanging around for a while, while the big family of eleven is still there. Today I was whippersnipping around the dam and startled a mum and 13 (!) little chicks. That is definitely the biggest flock to date, as 8 is about average. They should be in residence until the young ones 'leave the nest' and will add to the list that includes 4 yellow-headed parrots, the 3 amigos (the maggies that eat the dog food) the 10 native minors and the two black-faced cuckoo shrikes, plus Tim the Eastern long-neck turtle and a number of hares (no rabbits round here) that are all living on site. Of course, there are plenty of ducks and small geese, small 'roos, spoon-billed ibis etc that drop in as they pass through. Oh, and the horses....Finally got around to wiring up the electric fence. Works great !
Ask me how I know......
I now have a small helmet-cam, which I have tried out on the 'plane. Check out the vid..

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