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These huge wallows or muddy pools are made by sambar stags rolling around in the mud - while rumoured by many that they are made to assist with cooling down or discouraging insects (and other deer elsewhere may well use ...

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The garlic seems to be doing well, albeit all variants travelling at VERY different speeds.

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Once you've heard the sound of a large tree falling down, you become extremely paranoid over any suspicious creaks and groans. It's like listening to King Kong taking a giant step through the bush.

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Yep, they were right - one each per day, every day. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

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We're not sure how we're going to tackle this one. The image doesn't show that the tree is actually hung up on another to the left. We may have to let nature takes it's course and carve another track around it :)

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We must have had pretty yummy breakfast here this morning... we counted around 15 of them right outside our front door ๐Ÿ˜. I never tire of seeing Australian wildlife.

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I once read that the true meaning of life is to plant trees under whoโ€™s shade you do not expect to sit.

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They did it! We were beginning to think that we had done something wrong, but apparently they'll lay when THEY want to lay.๐Ÿ˜

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I picked up this poor little fellow today, very dazed from having flown into our windows... again. This one is a crimson rosella, but we have a beautiful array of birds on the property including grass parrots, normal ro...

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We are fortunate enough to have an abundance of Sambar deer that pass in and out of our property.

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For those who know me well, you will know that to date, all I have to do is look sideways at a plant to kill it. I don't have a good track record.๐Ÿ™ƒ

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These little guys can be found on our front yard area throughout the day and barely budge when we get near them. There's a real sense of 'us' living in 'their' space rather than vice versa... which of course we are.

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We were surprised to discover the creek when we first arrived at the property as it had never been promoted in the real estate pictures. We thought perhaps that it might be seasonal, but it was running well in January a...

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We found some beautiful native grasses in one of the valleys the other day.

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LOVE coming across mud puddles and seeing what's been walking through recently. One puddle had very definite wombat, kangaroo, deer and fox prints within the one square metre - it's like a veritable highway of animals a...

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Well it's been three long months, but we finally received our newest toy. Very happy with the newly slashed lawn out the front, but I seem to have lost my car space?๐Ÿคจ

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The colours around here are just spectacular at the moment. We only have one European tree here, our plane tree by the creek. But you only have to go for a quick drive down the road to witness the most amazing displays...

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In true puppy style, Camo decided she couldn't resist the paper towel roll that had been left on the porch any longer. Just the slightest hint of remorse...!

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I self renovated my bathroom many years ago and have been bitten with the plumbing bug ever since. I find it reminds me of building lego, extremely satisfying to 'connect' a system :)

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After researching various produce in terms of demand, revenue potential and of course labour intensity, we have decided to give garlic a go.

","url":"https://mtbudd.com.au/blog/f/go-garlic","title":"Go Garlic!","summary":"After researching various produce in terms of demand, revenue potential and of course labour intensity, we have decided to give garlic a go.","date_modified":"2021-04-24T05:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://mtbudd.com.au/blog/f/natural-bee-hive","html_content":"

Chris found our third natural bee hive here today!

","url":"https://mtbudd.com.au/blog/f/natural-bee-hive","title":"Natural Bee Hive","summary":"Chris found our third natural bee hive here today! ","date_modified":"2021-04-19T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://mtbudd.com.au/blog/f/meet-the-browns","html_content":"

Meet โ€˜the Brownsโ€™ aka Isa Browns. Their surname was familiar (my sister's family) so Iโ€™ve appropriately named them KJ, Kiv, Caelan and Jess. Kiv is the prettiest one and often hen pecked by KJ.

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Apparently 'Murrindindi' is aboriginal for 'Mist Of The Mountains'.

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Something I couldn't stop marvelling at when first arriving to this area, were the gorgeous 'yellow' pastures. In the right sunlight, the hills look like a yellow velvet patchwork quilt.

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Having lost our last pooch not long ago, we jumped at the chance to dog-sit these two gorgeous fur nieces for the next three weeks! Their eyes say it all - the older, golden lab (Rosie) is so loving and submissive... t...

","url":"https://mtbudd.com.au/blog/f/labrador-love","title":"Labrador Love","summary":"Having lost our last pooch not long ago, we jumped at the chance to dog-sit these two gorgeous fur nieces for the next three weeks! Their eyes say it all - the older, golden lab (Rosie) is so loving and submissive... t...","date_modified":"2021-03-30T02:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://mtbudd.com.au/blog/f/girls-shopping-trip","html_content":"

This is the Murrindindi version of a 'girls shopping trip' this morning...๐Ÿ˜†

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We had to call in a wildlife rescuer today to look at a wallaby we have noticed to be rapidly declining in her health over the last 3 days. With a joey in tow, we were concerned for both their future.

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Accessible only by 4WD or a gluteus burning climb on foot, we've named this spot the 'Sky Deck' with grand plans of building a platform to sit and admire this view in comfort :)

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Sent as a sign that we've done the right thing, this healthy boy walked in front of us not more than 50m from the house ๐Ÿ“ท

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Welcome to Mt Budd, our little slice of heaven in the heart of Ned Kelly country, Victoria Australia.

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