DRYSDALE STATION - PART 2

- Our entrapenurial kids relised that they could extort money with their cute looks and access to the gate in and out of the station. One of the laborious tasks in and out of the station is the hot and dusty exercise of having to get out of the car to unlock the gate to the station letting dust into the car. The kids figured out they could offer their services to the community by opening and shutting the gates. They received $20,013.45 and a packed of lollies in tips over an hour or so, not bad for the work of 6 kids!!! 😲 $13.45 of which was AUD the rest was Indonesian RUP😂. But this was plenty to buy a few icypoles each for their work 😁

- John (owner at Drysdale) was wanting to get se burning off done and asked about Clint helping out. Clint jumped at the opportunity to be asked to intentionally set the country ablaze 😂. Clint was given a firestick and asked to walk it all around to border. John was in his grader ready to put out any spot fires. The day finished well into the dark at around 6:30PM. Clint thought it was the greatest and was ready to become a full time stockman!

- Drysdale was very short staffed this season. Claire was happy to help out around the station too. This mostly involved waiting tables, restocking fridges, cleaning the beer garden, but also included any other projects that dad hasn't time to get to. We were both glad to help as we had generously been cooked for and been out up behind the main homestead. With access to power water and a real toilet and shower, devine! 

- Clint was keen to go on one of the light aircraft scenic flights of the north Kimberly's. Grumpy and Anne managed to slot him on one of the spare staff seats. Clint got to ride shotgun next to the pilot Alec in the 7 seater single prop 1965 sescna. Once up in the air the tummy bug the kids managed to get took sold and it became quite a queezy flight. But Clint want going to let it get in the way of appreciating what was truly a spectacular perspective of the North Kimberly's. From up there Clint got a picture of how the Drysdale river worked it's snake like body towards the coastline. The ancient plateau formations and deep gorges caved into the earth from relentless powerful rivers. As well as a new perspective of the Mitchell Falls seen from the ground only days prior. It was a privilege and a flight to never forget.