Macro shots of this beautiful section on the farm
Full Moon
Free to Air TV and Radio 🙂
Can’t say we have missed TV at Olive Hill but music is a different matter. Streaming audio works most times but chews up data, particularly if music is played as background throughout the day. Solution… a satellite dish! Set up was challenging even with the help of a fellow caravanner. Turned out the satellite meter was not configured correctly ☹️.
A day at Olive Hill Farm
Almost 2 weeks have past at Olive Hill Farm which we are now calling “home”. Each day has been occupied with a variety of activities. Yesterday, Sunday, after having breakfast in bed, we “attended church” by watching St Andrew’s online service. Our daily walk followed, today (6km return) was west on the dirt road towards Margaret River. Manual clothes washing (bed sheets and clothes) using water pumped from the river. Our freshly baked farmer’s made bread was personally delivered by Benji & Helen (farmers). Jennifer cooked ANZAC biscuits in the afternoon. We walked (2km return) to the river to get a photo Jennifer could use to paint. Simple dinner (eggs, mushrooms, toast) cooked on the bbq. This was how we spent Palm Sunday. 🙂
Olive Hill Farm – Drone
Pleased to finally have some time to fly the drone and obtain a better perspective of our home.
Another swim in the river
After doing the washing (manual), it was time for a swim.
A showery day at Olive Hill Farm
Soft light in the afternoon… good for photography in and around the forest
1st river swim
In between rain showers I finally had a swim in the river 😮😀. On the surface the temperature was OK, the deeper you went the colder it was 🥶. No branches in the way so was able to swim 🏊♂️ 50m.
Living Off Grid
Tomorrow will be the end of week #1 at Olive Hill Farm. We feel settled and have proven you can live comfortably off grid without compromise. Despite many cloudy days sometimes with showers the solar panels have produced sufficient power to recharge iPads, iPhones, PC, camera, run the water pump, operate the sound system, TV, lighting, boil water for tea, heat pod coffee in microwave, dry hair (not mine!), haircut with the electric clippers, 1x load in the washing machine and on one day run the frig for 5 hrs. Not bad for late March but we may have to reduce using big power functions eg boil water using gas during the shorter winter days. Getting fresh water for the caravan tanks 2-3 times a week requires filling 2x (4 x 20L) containers loaded in the back of the Jeep from the farms filtered water supply which is located about 100m away. A gas bottle is lasting about 14 days which will be less when we start heating the caravan.
Caravan Oven Cooking
Becoming a “signature” banana loaf by Jennifer. YUM!
