Off to Griffith for a look...

Setting off to Darlington Point/Griffith......

Well I go on holiday for a week so Leilani Ruby and I head off to Darlington Point near Griffith to catch up with some family friends. We go on the Monday for two nights and arrives in the early evening. Dinner is ready and its great to be looking around and meeting up with Peter and Morella. On the way we cross a fruit zone and Leilani has brought fruit with her so she has to dump it...fruit flies are a big problem around here and since I don't like fruit then thats fine by me hehe.

On the Road heading towards Narrandera which is just over half way to Darlington point its harvest time, Bali, wheat malt and hay bails are being harvested.

We stop in Narrandera to feed Ruby, we love this cafe as its got great food and the best chocolate thick shake I have ever had. we feed Ruby and then we are off....

But not before stopping in at the info centre to check out what once was the worlds biggest guitar...its not now but its still pretty BIG! so after rocking out a couple of tunes we carry on..

There are plenty of sights to see on these huge long flat roads like blue skies and stuff burning..

 Well its harvesting season and Peter works for Morella's brothers who have 25000 hectares of land that they grow bali, wheat and citrus on. so we go for a look at the harvesting and i am fortunate enough to have a go in one of the harvesters, it drives slow as the bali has fallen over and the guy (Colin) who is driving tells me that they pick up snakes and the odd fox in these huge machines and apparently its not a pretty sight! To the left is a huge line of sprinklers for when the crops are first sewn.

Then we are looking in the mirrors whilst we are harvesting the crops.
 Harvesters work side by side, fortunately they are equipped with GPS and computer systems to stop from hitting each other and get exact straight lines.

 An old dilapidated windmill sits abandoned in a field.

While on the farm we manage a little rabbit shooting of which i get eight (not including the babies in the whom which is another twelve to add to the tally), which some get eaten and some go to the croc farm down the road.

 I took this shot of the splattered locusts on someones car and its not even many but the swarms are coming so I hope their harvests will be OK for the farmers and not get eaten but we did see quite a few.

Well that's it for now. we look forward to heading back again for another holiday and shoot etc. Thanks for your hospitality Peter and Morella much appreciated.