Hello from The Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, Australia.

Willow · Post: # 61541Post **Willow** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:20 pm

Hello all,
My name is Willow. I live on 6 acres in North Queensland and work on beautiful Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays. I'm an ex Kiwi and I grow all the food (meat & veges) we need with a little left over to sell. My wife & I are both in our early 50s and we keep cows, goats, sheep, pigs and chooks. We have 4 vege gardens (mostly no-dig) and I'm in the process of setting up a food forrest / duck habitat. I am keen to learn from others on this forum as well as offering whatever help I can to those new to the game.

Annpan · Post: # 61542Post **Annpan** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:30 pm

Welcome to the forum

Look forward to getting to know you better, what you are doing sound very interesting

chadspad · Post: # 61545Post **chadspad** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:51 pm

Hello and

Sounds like youre probably very busy people!

ina · Post: # 61561Post **ina** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:41 pm

Hiya Willow, and welcome to SSish!

Sounds great what you are doing - what I'd like to do, too, if only work wouldn't get in the way all the time!

red · Post: # 61576Post **red** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:03 pm

hi and welcome

Cornelian · Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:34 pm

Welcome from Tasmania, willow!!

ohareward · Post: # 61588Post **ohareward** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 3:18 am

Willow, from still a Kiwi.

Robin

Millymollymandy · Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:28 am

Hello and welcome. Sounds like a tough job!

Andy Hamilton · Fri Jun 15, 2007 7:57 am

Hamilton Island

I like the sound of that.

Welcome to our forum

ina · Post: # 61613Post **ina** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:19 am

Andy Hamilton wrote:Hamilton Island I like the sound of that.

Welcome to our forum

You forgot to mention - it says "beautiful" Hamilton...

Willow · Post: # 61680Post **Willow** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:11 pm

Wow! What a friendly place. Thank you for the welcome. Hamilton Island is a major tourist resort just off the Queensland coast. You can google it if you would like to have a look. I drive 3/4 hour to the Harbour then travel 1/2 an hour by fast catamaran to work and back each day. My wife and I both leave home before sunrise and return home after dark in the evening. We therefore tend to our gardens at night under floodlights. The big advantage of this is we beat the tropical heat. I also have an arrangement with 4 friends to have a fortnightly working bee at each others place in turn. It is amazing how much work 5 men can get done in one day.
Hope to chat to you all around this forum over the next few months.
Willow.

The Chili Monster · Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:14 pm

Millymollymandy · Sat Jun 16, 2007 6:29 am

You have a long journey to work, but it sounds like it sure beats the average dull commute! Do you ever get bored of the scenery?

Willow · Post: # 88718Post **Willow** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:13 pm

Hi, I'm still here. Just gone quiet. Please don't delete me.

Smallholder1 · Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:17 am

Welcome to the site!