Bendigo Cemetery December 2020

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Helen October

Wychitella Nature Conservation Reserve

We went to Wychitella Nature Conservation Reserve near Wedderburn Victoria today to explore.

Typical of the area is dry iron bark gums and the area was heavily prospected in the gold rush.

Feral honey bee hive

Black ducks on Skinners Flat Reservoir

Skinners Flat Reservoir is a free camping spot not far from the Calder Highway north west of Wedderburn.

Helen inspecting the ducks

Water hound

Sniffing the area

Back in Lock Down for Four Months

Regional Victoria Stage 3 restrictions

This means we must stay home except for the following four reasons:

• For food and essential supplies
• For study or work
• For care and healthcare
• And for exercise or outdoor recreation

When outside your home, you must wear a face covering.

No visitors are allowed at your home, and you are only allowed to gather with one person from outside your household in public.

 This is widley flouted in my observation.

Melbourne is stage 4.

Curfew in operation from 9pm to 5am every evening.
You are only allowed to leave your house for 1 of the following four reasons:

• To purchase food and necessary supplies. This must be done within a 5km radius from where you live.
• Exercise once a day for up to 1 hour within a 5km radius of your home.
• For care and health care
• Work.

At least I've got me dawg

Out of Lockdown for Tooonaaa

Cranking

Toooonnaa

Helen 1 Year Old

Helen as at the 16th of April is now 1 year old. 32Kg and moderatly well disciplined. Training for obedience ongoing but well advanced.

Inquistive

Pensive

Helens new collar

Bone time

 Birthday party

 Mums meatballs

Yum

Caerphilly Cheese

Made my first hard cheese, Caerphilly. Caerphilly is a cheese from Welsh origins, and is a lightly pressed cheese that ripens in about 3 weeks.

Caerphilly cheese is a hard, white cheese and crumbly cheese made from cow's milk, and generally has a fat content of around 48%. It has a mild tasteand a slightly sour tang.

$6 worth of milk gave me about half a kilo of cheese. Pretty cheap for a hand made artisan cheese at $12 bucks a kilo. Most cheese in the supermarket is between $16 and $60 a kilo up.

Maybe a nice cheddar next?

 

 Looks like cheese

 Cuts like cheese

Not bad. Not real creamy and a tad salty but this is the style.

Gavin Webbers video on YouTube

Squeeky Cheese Curds and Canadian Poutine

Made my first cheese this week, Squeeky Cheese Curds. See video below for a version of this.

I'm surprised how easy this is if you have the right stuff and some time.

Then I decided to make some Poutine a Canadian junk food. “Poutine” is Quebec slang for “a mess.” See video below for the lowdown.

My cheese curds. Yum.

My Poutine. Mmmm OK

Making Squeeky Cheese Curds (Canadia)

 Making Squeeky Cheese Curds (Aus)

 

Canadian Poutine

Best Type of Cows Milk For Cheese Making in Aus

Helen 9 months

9 months old on the 16th of January

30+ Kg happy and healthy.
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