I just thought that I would give you a little more insight to Cabbage Tree Island and our family life.
Our island has no water except for the tanks now when we moved in here 8 months ago the tanks were almost empty. With winter now over they did fill but with a family our size that does not last long. We are still trained like city kids, water just runs freely.
Needless to say a couple of weeks ago we ran out. A kind neighbour from across the water said we could hook up to his tap and pump water into our tanks. 600m of pipe and a few friends to help we sunk the pipe on the bed of the river with bricks and marked it with the Australian flags so boats don't ripe our pipe out.
32 hours of the tap running we are now 3/4 full. You wouldn't believe it the day were were laying the pipe it actually started to rain.
Both Chris and I want the children to understand that living in the country is different to the city. We grow avocados and have 500 trees, chickens have been bought and we now get a dozen a day. we box them up and send them to family and friends to earn a little pocket money and holiday fund.
So far we love the country life with a LOT of funny stories and some not so funny. A friend said I should write a book called "The misadventures of Britta's Island". Not such a bad idea. With getting Partylicious up and running again other huge things in the future ( TBA ) it might have to be great idea for now.
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| Our home grown, organic, vegetarian eggs |
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| 1 of 500 avocado trees |
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| Brayden |
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| Elyssa holding the pipe |
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| Good friend Christen wet suit and all... I reckon he loved the adventure. |
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| The team of workers |
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| Me directing oncoming boats. |
