1-1--: I came home from Mt.Morgan. In the afternoon I went to Church. Dr. Hay was in the pulpit. Mrs.Newman was round at my place.
2-1--: The various members of our family had a picnic over at Fairy Bower. Only Ernie and Maude and Lily were absent. We had a fairly good time and I got 2 fairly good photos. Tommy and I went home with Emma Weber and then went to Millers and had a feed of fish and a good drink at Thomsons.
3-1--: Cecil sold me 30 shillings worth of stuff. And Eddie Newman took a tin of tomatoes. I did not feel too good after my picnic. I took out my photos I seem to have a couple of good ones.
4-1--: I did a little to the garden and printed some post cards. The crickets had spoilt some of my negatives during the night. The photos I took up at the Mount are a bit over exposed, but I think I could have made a fair picture of 1 of them, but for the alum staining. The dust spoilt a good 1 of the breaking up of our picnic, worse luck.
5-1--: I sent Arthur 16 doz. pines and a case of tomatoes. One case of pines contained 7 dozen and 8 pines and was fairly heavy, Tom helped me.
6-1--: I dug between 2 rows of pines, in the evening I went to town, knocked about with Tommy. I ordered 20 sheets of 6 ft galvanised iron to come to Gracemere from Breckles. We wound up with 2 drinks at Thomsons.
7-1--: I have been printing post cards and met Newmans with a tin of tomatoes. Arthur has sent me a cheque so that up to date we are square & neither owes the other even the price of a drink.
8-1--: Was a wet day. Tom and I took George Sheehan round the farm and chows garden. We rode over to Newmans and saw the photos of the Templars picnic.
9-1--: I have picked & packed 18 doz. pines for A.M.Johnson. Tin of tomatoes for Newmans & ordered a case of grapes. It is very close muggy weather but the ground is awfully dry. We would like a quantity of rain, it is badly needed.
10-1-: Tom & I went to the station with pines, we brought back 20 sheets of galvanised iron that had been sent out. I got a case of grapes from the chows for Arthur 40 lb. at 3d. Per lb. The rainy weather seems to have set in. I am going to put out Papaw plants. I sent Arthur the tomatoes and went to meet Newmans.
11-1-: It is raining steadily all the time. I have started digging for pines near the hut. It rained all Monday night and all day yesterday. And all last night. Tom has helped Cecil to dig 2 half days.
12-1-: The rain has ceased for the present, and I have been digging ground near the hut. It is awfully close and I think it will rain again, very shortly. We had a splendid feed of fish that Cecil and I knocked down Charleys paddock.
13-1-: It is again fine. I did a little towards the completion of my shed & went to town and bought a plow. Clara Weber went home and Laura bought her glory box. It has been very hot today and I expect will be raining again very shortly.
14-1-: Was an awfully hot day. I did a little to my shed. It was so hot today that I was perspiring greatly when sitting quietly in the house.
15-1-: I didnt go to Church. I had tea at Toms went home with Lily Newman. She pulled me over the gully in the boat after I pulled her over. I had a drink and come home.
16-1-: I pulled 14 doz. pines. Cased them up and pulled some tomatoes.
17-1-: I went to the station with pines and helped Tom to get his suckers. In the afternoon I pulled pines for Ernie. I went to the Adjutant farewell meeting, the time spent was pleasant.
18-1-: I have been working at my shed. It is awfully hot, rain is hanging off. I expect we will get a long wet spell when it starts.
19-1-: Was an awfully hot day. I did a bit to my shed and dug ground. In the evening there was a meeting held at Mr. Archers house to form a committee and arrange the gathering up of a District Exhibit. Cecil was put on the Executive Committ ee, I never went.
20-1-: I finished digging the piece of ground. It was not quite so hot today, I expect it is on account of the big storm that raged last night. It looks like coming on to rain at any time.
21-1-:tab I did a bit of hoeing and sowed some pea seed.
22-1-: I spent the day at Mrs. Newmans.
23-1-: I picked 8 doz. pines & a few tomatoes, I also did some hoeing. The garden is getting over-run with weeds.
24-1-: I rode the bike to town early & bought several necessary things. I came home & did a bit in the garden. Tom took pines to the station. Mrs Fisher was at Barnes seeing about a sulky.
25-1-: I went down to the farm & helped Ted to do the dray, in the afternoon I helped to cut chaff. Arthur & a stranger came down when we were busy. They watched us finish the chaff cutting & then we all went & had a drink.
26-1-: Tom has been helping me to dig ground all day, the weather has been very close and sultry. Very little rain fell. I went and we got a fair amount of ground dug. I got a letter from Herby last night, he sent me a proof of his photo.
27-1-: Tom & I started ploughing the plow did splendid work & the ground was in good trim. Cecil is digging. I think we will have a lot of wet weather.
28-1-: Tom & I ploughed all day. It was raining some of the time.
29-1-: Was rather a wet day, too wet for Church.
30-1-: Tom & I ploughed until 10 oclock & dug ground the rest of the day.
31-1-: We finished the ploughing & dug a little in the morning. Tom did not come up in the afternoon, I picked a few pines.
1-2--: Tom and I took my produce to the station. It is now about 5 oclock & has rained all day. It seems as though it might rain for long enough.
2-2--: It has been a wet day. Tom never came up to work. I did only about half an hours work all day. The water in the creek is over the decking of the bridge. It has come up very windy & still looks like rain.
3-2--: It was raining heavily all last night and washed a lot of my beans up. I made a bit of a drain to let the water off with out running over the la nd. I planted 6 Papaw plants on top of the hill while up there. I could see the river terribly high, it is rising 3 inches an hour.
4-2--: Tom and I were digging at the far end of the garden. It has been a fine day, but awfully hot. I planted a few rows of beans, it took all the seed I had left of what I got from Charleys place. Mrs Dunn got me a box of plates for my camera. It has been thundering and looks stormy.
5-2--: Tom and I went to Newmans in the morning. I was at Toms for dinner and stayed there reading all the afternoon. It rained from 9 oclock last night to 9 this morning.
6-2--: In the morning Tom and I was on top of the hill-clearing pear. In the afternoon we did a good lot of digging and pulled at pines. The creek has gone down a little, bu t seems as though it could rain again like anything. I planted a few corn seeds and squash.
7-2--: I planted 8 rows of beans. It rained a little at times during the day. Tom went to Gracemere with the produce. In the afternoon we did some digging.
8-2--: Tom worked on his own place. I finished cutting cobbler pegs on the piece of ground I want to plow. I also dug between the suckers I got from the farm. It drizzled a little with rain several times throughout the day.
9-2--: I cut a lot of weeds amongst t he pines and went down to the dairy for Duke. After dinner Tom helped me to plow a bit of ground then we took the plough to his place but there was too much rubbish to plow so we put in the afternoon hoeing land for French beans. The weather is nice and f ine now. Mosquitoes are in good form.
10-2-: I hoed a bit and got 200 pine suckers from Ernie. I also helped to do a floor at Toms Place.
11-2-: Tom and I finished the floor and I planted suckers. It is very much like rain. It has started to rain. Tommy & Laura came home.
12-2-: It has set in for a wet day. Mr. Ned Kellys funeral is this morning. The Hearse came out by Special Train. The creek was in flood again the water rose over the decking for the fourth time. The creek is in flood again water rose over the decking for the 4th time.
13-2-: It has been a semi-wet day. Ted and the two Toms have been digging ground for Cecil. I planted about 180 suckers, pulled a few pines, planted out a few tomato plants, sowed some French bean seed and did a little toward s making a bench. It is now about 8.30 and raining. Higgins is sleeping in my hut.
14-2-: In the morning I finished my bench and hoed French beans. In the afternoon I went to the farm I got 3 bags of pumpkins from Ted to send up to Arthur. Harry Holden came to see. District Exhibit.
15-2-: I cut the grass and weed from between 2 rows of pines. It has been a few showers during the day. The water in the creek has gone down considerably. It has been very warm all day. Tom Johnson and Higgins have been digging ground for Cecil. Ted has a sore foot and has not been able to work. River at Yaamba yesterday was 46 ft 5ins.
16-2-: I cut the rubbish between 3 rows of pines with a sickle and planted some suckers. The atmosphere was awfully warm all day. Ted went down t o bring his wife home. The water at the Yeppen has been very high all the week, but the milk carted has not been blocked yet.
17-2-: Cecil drove Ernie in to the Doctor in Charleys sulky Ernie is very sick, and has been all the week. It is awfully hot and l ike rain. I planted out a few tomatoes, Golden Trophy. Mother is staying at Mrs Kings. Ernie sacked Harold Hiscock before he went.
18-2-: It has been a wet day. I put out over 40 Golden Trophy Tomatoes, I also sowed 4 rows of pea seed. Cecil and Tom have been digging all the afternoon. Ernie feels a little better.
19-2-: Service was held at the Church for the first time for a month. Rev. Whyte occupied the pulpit, none of us was there. Frank Morrell was organist.
20-2-: I cut grass and cobbler pegs amongst the pines and hoed pines. A sharp shower came over about 3 o clock. Taking it all through it was a pleasant day. I wrote a letter to Herby and one to Arthur I expect them to be posted tomorrow. Pines have gone up.
21-2-: This is the first week I have not had any pines for Arthur, since they have been in season. In the afternoon I was hoeing amongst the Papaws. Last night I played Cecil draughts and beat Cecil by 3 games tonight he beat me by 2 games.
22-2-: I went down to Charleys and got him to cut my hair. Morrell came down this morning to enquire after Ernie. I did a little hoeing and other odd jobs. It is rather too warm for me and I think it must be going to rain. Cecil is helping Tom.
23-2-: Nothing out of the usual occurred I did some hoeing.
24-2-: I put a kind of shutters in the back of my shed. Went to town with Arthur my Bike wouldnt hold wind and I had to walk all the way to town. Ordered Cultivator.
25-2-: I was not too well. I hoed in the morning and in the afternoon I did nothing.
26-2-: I went to Gracemere Church & the Rockhampton Baptist. I had tea at Emerys. I gave 9d for the Savana Mission.
27-2-: I have been hoeing all day. The day has been a fairly pleasant one. Cecil and Tom finished ploughing with the Disc Plow.
28-2-: I worked all day with Tom hoeing and planting peas, was the order of the day. I slept at his place.
1-3--: I am pretty crook in the inside. I dont feel able to do any work. It seems as though it would be an easy matter for rain to come along again. It is awfully windy weather.
2-3--: I hoed amongst the pines. It was a pretty cool and windy day and seemed as if it may turn to rain at any time. I did some post cards of the creek in flood for Mrs Dunn and Eddie Newman. I then went down to sleep with Tom. I did some post cards for Mrs. Dunn & Eddie Newman.
3-3--: It opened up to a wet & very cold & windy day. I put out about 40 cabbage plants & also some tomatoes.
4-3--: I cleared the land that Tom and I dug at the top end of the garden and cut grass around the Papaws.
5-3--: I went to Church at Gracemere and came home and had tea then went with Cecil to the Baptist church.
6-3--: The rain that threatened so last week has cleared off without any having fallen. I am hoeing amongst the peas. It is fairly warm but was very cool during the small hours of the morning.
7-3--: I hoed along the bottom row of pines and finished planting the piece of ground near the hut. I planted 8 or 9 suckers off a diseased plant. Last night it was very rough for a while, but it cleared off wit hout wetting things much. It has been rather windy all day.
8-3--: I have been hoeing amongst the pines. Last night Cecil and I went to Sayces we had a nice time for an hour or two. We got home about 10.30. Eddie Newman told me that Tom was once more a father.
9-3--: I hoed all day, after tea Tom and I went to the dairy and got my scuffler. It gave us a warm time bringing it up. Arthur is down from the Mount.
10-3-: I hoed a row of pines. In the evening I went to the city with Tom. I was at the open-air meeting of Good Templars. Mr Sabin spoke and well too. It was a fairly large gathering
11-3-: It is now 25 minutes past 2 in the afternoon and awfully hot. I hoed a row of pines and went to town to the I.O.G.T. meeting.
12-3-: Frank West came out and we went to Church at Gracemere and to the Baptist in the evening. It was packed F. Emery, J. Hallet and E . Briggs was baptised.
13-3-: I hoed over a row of pines it was awfully hot and the hoeing very hard. I think it must be going to rain shortly. I picked about 9 lbs. of tomatoes.
14-3-: I picked 18 lbs. of French beans, it was my first picking for the season. I am afraid that they will not last long unless it rains very soon. We have Mother at home again she does not appear well on account perhaps the heat.
15-3-: I hoed over a row and a half of pines. In the evening I took out 3 photos 1 of Cecil and 2 of Laura. I went and slept with Tom. It was awfully hot I think it must be going to rain. I have French beans that need rain badly.
16-3-: I finished hoeing a row of pines and dug between some. I also printed some photos. A young Lieutenant of the Salvation called for some donation for Harvest thanks offering. A strange time for harvest. I think it will rain.
17-3-: I hoed a row of pines and picked pines. I went to town to Temperance meeting in the Congregational School. The greater number of those present were I.O.G.T. Members.
18-3-: I hoed a little and printed some photos and mended my bike. Went to the Lodge meeting. There was a very good attendance and 5 were initiated. It was Irish night and I gave them four Irish Funniosities. I bought a button. I. O.G. T.
19-3-: I have just got back with medicine for Mother. She is not very well at all. I feel just about knocked up. Arthur is here and Press.
20-3-: I ho ed amongst the pines and picked 2 doz and 3 to send to the Mount. I also gathered 14 lbs. of tomatoes and 16 lbs. of French beans. I also printed some photos of Cecil. It has been very warm today, but the rain seems to hang off and we need is so badly too. Mother is not feeling well.
21-3-: Mr Daniel of the Ambulance Brigade called mother. Laura and myself each took a ticket in an art union to come off in Carnival week. I got him to leave me a book of 20 to sell and Laura sold 3 in town. I have been ho eing today and it has been a little warm.
22-3-: I have been working with Tom all day planting potatoes. Ernie is planting pineapple suckers, he came round to borrow my spade and as I was not home took it, it did not prove satisfactory, and so he came and got Cecils. It has come up very much like rain, we need it badly. Mother has been sick for about a week and is not too good yet. I found a couple of young mangoes today.
23-3-: I carried over 160 Smooth Leaf Laterals and planted them near the hut. I consider this to be a fair mornings work. It has been lightly raining all the time. This afternoon I put out a good few tomato plants.
24-3-: I have put out a quantity of tomato plants and about 30 Papaw plants, I also picked 2 baskets full of French beans. In the afternoon it was too wet to do much. After tea I wrote a letter to Cousin May in America.
25-3-: It has been wet all day. I put out a Brazilian Cherry tree & a couple of White Bohemia Trees. A large mob of cattle came past and I took a couple of photos of them.
26-3-: Ernie & I went for a walk along the top of the ridges. There are a few peculiar stones up there. After dinner we went up to Church but there was no service. Church of England Parson came out but there was not a large enough attendance to h old a service.
27-3-: I sowed the remainder of my French bean seed. I put out 30 Papaw plants. I also gathered a few tomatoes and picked my beans. It was awfully hot and I did very little this afternoon, I felt quite sick. It has been rainy the last few da ys and looks as though it could come more.
28-3-: I sent Arthur 2 doz. pines 14 lbs. beans and about 6 lbs. of tomatoes. It was very misty this morning and is now awfully hot. I dug around the Golden Trophy Tomato plants and cut a track down to my gate. I also took a photo of a Papaw tree with the 1/4 plate camera. We had a sharp shower.
29-3-: I pulled 160 suckers and planted them. It was another awfully hot day. Ernie came and had a look around he said the pines were not looking as well as had expected they would. Mother went down to the farm.
30-3-: I dug between my peas this morning and now I am doing a few of Cecils photos. Last night it was close, & mosquitoes were bad.
31-3-: I dug between the pines near the hut. It was awfully hot but the rain seems to have gone.
1-4--: I dug between the pines all the morning and a part of the afternoon.
2-4--: I went to Church at Gracemere & the Baptist in town. Got a lift over the water by Jim Barns.
3-4--: I gathered pines & tomatoes in the morning & in the afternoon I helped Tom to plant cabbage seeds. Mrs. Will Bunker came round about 11 0’clock & stayed until 9 in the evening. I took her home & stayed looking at pictures until after 11 o clock. The grass was very wet with dew.
4-4--: I have managed to wake with a headache. Tom went to the station with the produce and I hoed half a row of pines. In the afternoon I helped him to plant seeds, we finished the piece of land and there is now 18 rows of different seeds sown.
5-4--: It is now just on mid-day & I have been hoeing. Afternoon I hoed half a row. It has been awfully hot for the time of the year.
6-4--: I have been hoeing all the morning, but knocked off at 11 oclock. In the afternoon I hoed about a half a row. The weather was awfully hot until about 3 oclock, when a bit of a breeze sprung up.
7-4--: I hoed all the morning & after dinner I went to the city with my bike. I left it to be done up & borrowed 1 to use in the meantime, it blew off in town & I had to walk home.
8-4--: I went to town & got a different bike in place of the one I had to wheel home last night. It is a much better machine, but is a bit crook in places. I went to the Good Templars meeting.
9-4--: Good Templars Church. Parade Baptist Church. There was a fair attendance and Mr. Sabin preached very well.
10-4-: I started digging between the pines. I picked about 40 lbs. of tomatoes and 2 doz pines. In the evening I went to town to the Baptist Tabernacle where they were having a welcome to the immigrants . Several people spoke very well & light refreshments, went well.
11-4-: I dug between pines and printed some photos. We are feeling miserable here on account of Lauras young man is having given courting a rest, after keeping company with her for over 2 years. He has left her in the lurch with no reason that he can give.
12-4-: Worked in the garden, it was rather warm work. Tommy, Tommy what have you done. Left the girl, you take the bun.
13-4-: I knocked my dark room out on account of it being chock full of white ants. I also dug a little in the garden and washed about half a dozen photos on account of using too new solution. It comes up very much like rain.
14-4-: I went to the city and had dinner with Maskells after which I went to the Christian Endeavour Convention. I had an enjoyable and profitable time. After supper I helped the ladies to clear the crockery away & managed to break a couple of cups.
15-4-: I did a little digging amongst the pines and did a little towards fixing a dark room. I went to Emerys and had tea after which I went wit h Fred Ward to the G.T. meeting and made a bit of a splash by paying 1/6d for a pound of Sago. Bro. Fraser acted as Chief Templar.
16-4-: Was a wet day. It was also cold, it seems as though it is going to be wet for Easter and the picnics will go smash.
17-4-: I have put out a few passion fruit plants and papaw plants and put a door on the dark room, it has rained all morning. Afternoon I sowed 4 rows of peas, the rain has held off all the afternoon, but seems very unsettled yet.
18-4-: Last night I was out 5 times with bowel complaint and in consequence I have not felt too good today. I have nearly completed my dark room and hoed the row of passion fruit. It has been a splendid rain.
19-4-: It has opened a nice and fresh morning. I reckon that winter will soon be upon us now. I have dug between 2 half rows and put a kind of floor in my dark room. The day has been nice and cool and not windy as it was yesterday. Cecil has been digging between his pines on the bottom side of the road to my place.
20-4-: I was digging amongst the pines and I made a kind of table for my dark room. I intended to go to the social for A. D. Shaw but I have not been too well this week so did not deem it to be wise for me to go out.
21-4-: I have had a bit of a bush fire it burned straight across the hill and I had to knock it out.
22-4-: I dug out spear grass from amongst the Papaws at the top end of the garden and put out 10 Papaws plants near the hut. I acted as Chaplain at the lodge & 1 new member was initiated.
23-4-: I was at Church at Gracemere and also at the Baptist Tabernacle in the evening A.W. Shaw preached on the bible.
24-4-: I pulled pines and tomatoes and hoed amongst the pines. Although the nights are cool, the sun is very hot during a large part of the day. Cecil and Charley have been at the horse sale. Cecil sold 2 horses.
25-4-: I packed pines and cased for the Mount and hoed. I have a sore throat and am not feeling very well at all.
26-4-: I hoed a little and got Duke and Charleys Spring cart and got suckers. I am bunged up with cold.
27-4-: Tom helped me in first half of the day. We were busy planting suckers. I finished planting them after dinner.
28-4-: I planted 30 Smooth leaved Latterals and finished hoeing the row of pines. I also worked with Tom all the morning in return for what he did yesterday.
29-4-: Tom & I went to the Mount by the half past 10 train. We went for a ride in the afternoon. I rode the race mare & Tom rode the Pied Bald. I took 5 photos.
30-4-: We came home from the Mount, brought home a pair of Tan Boots.
1-5--: I went to town and put a day at the 8 hour sports and went and saw the Destroyers and took a photo of them. The Procession was a splendid get up.
2-5--: I dug between the pines, I have been suffering from a nasty cold for some time and have not felt too good all day.
3-5--: I was again at the digging. I also had been printing some photos of Arthurs horse. I had very hard luck with the photos the horse will not keep still.
4-5--: Morning I dug along the top of the pineapple row and th en I came in till dinnertime, fixing photos. Afternoon I started to bank a row of pines with the vine hoe. Evening I went down to Toms and had a bit of a chat and after having a cup of cocoa, came home rejoicing.
5-5--: Morning I finished banking the row o f pines and then I started to hoe the next row to it. I took Charley 5 lbs. of French beans for the milk for the tea at the Lodge meeting. Charley gave me £4 on account of Mother.
6-5--: I had a splendid time at Archer St. Got home some where near morning.
7-5--: C. E. Annual a very good meeting.
8-5--: Temperance Lecture Baptist Tabernacle, not many of our order turned up, but we had a good time of it, some very good speaking was done & Daisy Shaw sang very nicely.
9-5--: I sent 3 doz. pines to the Mount. I also dug between a row of pines. I sent Arthur 3 samples of the photos I took when I was up at the Mount, the other day. The weather has come on cool again.
10-5--: I dug between a row of pines & pulled 4/- worth of Beans & Peas. Had my dinner, took the m to town, came home and hoed a row of pines. The weather has been very hot for the time of year. I picked some lovely tomatoes in the evening. I also had a bit of a bush fire to make things a bit safe in case the grass was accidentally lighted.
11-5--: Last night we were favoured with a nice shower of rain. It should brighten things up a little. I am getting the garden in pretty good order. The weather is coming on something like winter. Laura is staying out at Fishers.
12-5-: I dug between the bottom row of pines and the row next to it. Picked 16 lbs. of rosellas and 3 lbs of beans & some tomatoes. I sent the tomatoes and rosellas to Aldridges and got 2d per lb. for Tomatoes & 1 1/2d for rosellas.
13-5-: I finished hoeing the pines above the shed and went out to Oshanessys and ordered a dozen fruit trees. Cecil went to encampment. Acted P.C.T. at the Lodge. Walked home with 2 girls and West got home at 10 past 11.
14-5-: I went to Church at Gracemere and to the Tabernacle at night. The young Salvation Army Lieutenant preached and was not too bad.
15-5-: It is now 12.20 and I have picked my pines and peas, dug 3 holes for fruit trees and printed some post cards. It blows and looks a lot like rain. Ernie and I went to the Annual mess up of the United Protest ant Church, there was a fairly good attendance and plenty of spite shown.
16-5-: It seems very like rain and the wind is something awful. I have been doing a little digging in the garden, but I am feeling out of sorts entirely after last nights proceedings. In the afternoon I picked Cecils French beans and green peas.
17-5-: I dug between pines and did a little hoeing. The Kanaka came & had a look at the bit of clearing I was doing on top of the hill. I think he is going to do it for £3. I went down to Tom after supper and had a cup of coffee.
18-5-: I hoed half a row of pines and made a shutter for the shed. Laura was round at my place and picked a basketful of rosellas. I slept at my own place and cut out a shelf for the saucepan stand before I went to bed. Major stayed with me.
19-5-: I fixed the shutter in my shed, and worked in the garden. We all got post cards from Cecil.
20-5-: I was doing a little in the garden, after dinner I went down to Toms and took the youngsters photo. Its a very lively chicken. Went to I. O. C. T. got home 11.30.
21-5-: Went to Beals to Archer St. Church in the evening, Preacher from N.Z. Atkinson fainted had to be brought home.
22-5-: I hoed half a row of pines and did a little to the saucepan stand. Afternoon I picked a few peas and hoed amongst the pines. The weather is very warm in the daytime and gets rather cool towards morning, although we have expected rain, it has not come.
23-5-: I sent off my pines and hoed half a row of pines and worked a little at the saucepan stand.
24-5-: I rode my bike to Midgee & spent a nice time with the Archer Street Methodists. I went back by train to town, went home with Lily Bird and had tea after which we went to a nice social in the schoolroom. The weather took a rather cool turn in the evening and it was just past 11.30 when I got home.
25-5-: I am doing a bit of excavating. It seems a little like rain. I took a couple of photos of Ernies pines. After tea Laura and I went down to Dunns and sang a little.
26-5-: I worked in the garden.
27-5-: I worked in the garden and also did a little to my saucepan stand. I did not go to the Lodge session.
28-5-: I stayed at home and cut my movie down a little.
29-5-: I worked in the garden and printed photos, pulled pines and tomatoes. We had a nice shower of rain the other day.
30-5-: I dug a bit in the garden in the morning. Afternoon I helped Tom to cultivate his cabbages. The rain has all cleared off and it is now quite cool.
31-5-: In the morning I cleared the big rock and lantana and other r ubbish. In the afternoon I did a little excavating and set fire to a stump and chopped down a tree at the top end of the garden. The pines are looking lovely. Cecil is working down at the farm. Laura and Mother are busy with the District Exhibit.
1-6--: I have set fire to another stump, done a little to the excavation and printed 5 photos.
2-6--: I sold Ernie my little rifle for £1, I am going to try and make the old one shoot and if I can I am going to allow him 5/ - for it. I took a photo of his pines ready for market and a couple of his house . I have pretty well finished the saucepan stand.
3-6--: Cecil and I went to town, the streets are all full of strangers. We went to the Intelligence Bureau and got some books and looked all around. It is very like rain.
4-6--: I was at Newmans for tea and went to Church with Eddie and Lily. The building was crowded. A. Mr. Sheppard sang a splendid solo.
5-6--: I have gathered my pines and printed some photos. Mt. Morgan smoke is hanging around pretty thick. I went over to Newmans and got some moulding to try & make some picture frames.
6-6--: I was trying to fix up my photos for the Exhibit. I made one frame and botched up another one, the mitre box doesnt seem to be true.
7-6--: I went to town and got some seltona pa per and they gave me several sample packets of paper and a box of plates. I bought some carbide and glass, came home and printed a photo of pines and fixed up my photos. The weather has turned out fine and rather cold. The smoke was very heavy this morni ng.
8-6--: I was at the show writing tickets for Exhibit and I looked around a good deal.
9-6--: I dug a trench for pines in the morning, after dinner I was at the show. I bought a watch at Edgars for a guinea ( £1-1-)
10-6-: I was at the show all day. Gracemere won the prize for exhibit,
11-6-: I stayed at home.
12-6-: Morning I went to town and got a couple of picks for 2/ - at Mrs. Thomas.
13-6-: I am busy digging rows for pineapple suckers. I never sent Arthur any pines this week.
14-6-: I have been digging for pines. The wind is blowing very strong and it seems as though it could easily rain. Mother and Laura have gone to town.
15-6-: I have been hoeing all day. The sun has been a bit warm. The Kanaka has been here all the week but Monday.
16-6-: I have been hoeing couch grass all day. The weather has been rather warm. The pines are looking splendid no frost having touched them as yet.
17-6-: I hoed a little. The Kanaka finished his contract today. It took him 11 days.
18-6-: I went to the Hartley Memorial Church. I caught a porcupine in the scrub and the dogs had a bit of a time with it.
19-6-: I picked 3 doz. pines and some tomatoes. I went up the hill and tried to burn a couple of heaps of pear but I am afraid that it is going to be a bit of a tough job. It is very like rain today and the weather forecast says that thunderstorms may be expected.
20-6-: I have got a letter from OShanessy about my fruit trees the dozen are £1. I am sending 1 to Pete Beal.
21-6-: I worked in the garden. Mosquitoes have been awful all the winter so far. I have never known them so bad at this time of the year.
22-6-: I got my posts from the station.
23-6-: I was dressing posts.
24-6-: I went and saw the Ambulance Procession. I was not an I.O.G.T.
25-6-: I am feeling unwell.
26-6-: I have poking around all day too crook to work.
27-6-: I did very little I was feeling very much out of sorts all day.
28-6-: I finished dressing posts.
29-6-: I commenced putting in the posts, the ground is awfully dry and hard.
30-6-: I put in a couple of posts and went to Ernies and picked out some more. Tom and I went to town, we got measured for a suit. I bought a razor strop for a Bob. I got wide angle Planiscope.
1-7--: I went down and had a look at the logs, I am going to cut my gateposts out of. I went to the Lodge Session & acted P.C T. T there was more there than I had expected. We played a game of twos & threes out in the yard.
2-7--: Ernie and I went to the mission in the afternoon, came home for tea, and went to Archer Street and then to the mission service.
3-7--: I have been hoeing all the morning. After dinner I went to the top of the hill, set fire to a couple of stumps near the smooth leaf pines and sawed a log in halves. A very muggy feeling is in the air.
4-7--: I went round to Ernies with tomatoes and then I went with George to the fence, we got on fairly well with it. The weather was very muggy. I thought it would come on to rain but it did not.
5-7--: I spent nearly all morning making a pick handle. I wrote to OShanessy and enclosed a cheque for the fruit trees. Cecil brought my K wire out.
6-7--: I was at the young peoples picnic. There were between 100 and 200 present. I took a photo of the children a good number of whown were up a ti-tree. I took Ernies childrens ph otos before I went. 2 or 3 of the plates had spots on them, which practically spoilt the negatives.
7-7--: I was burning stumps and printing photos. I took 2 photos of Laura one in the front room and 1 outside. They did not turn out too bad.
8-7--: I got the strainers put in the right place for the fence. I did not go to Lodge.
9-7--: Ernie, Cecil and I went to the Church Parade. After dinner Ernie and I went to the Botanical Gardens.
10-7-: I gathered about a kerosene tin of tomatoes, dug a hole for a strainer. The rest of the day I have been printing photos. It has been an awful day, very hot just like a summer day. Rain seems to hang off.
11-7-: Ernies man has been helping me to do a bit to my fence, we didnt get on well with it at all. We could not get a good strain on it, as we had not the proper thing to strain it with. Hope it will go better tomorrow.
12-7-: I did not do much but print photos. The weather is not very good working weather.
13-7-: In the morning Cecil and I worked on the fence, and after dinner we went to the scrub cutting. Ernie and I went to the Archer Street Choir practice for the first time. It was rather cool coming home, there were 4 tenors at practice, but a lot of the choir were at the mission.
14-7-: I sent to Harringtons for goods, 1 postal Note No 965449 and 1 note No 965450. I printed and toned 6 photos, set fire to some stumps up above the smooth leaf laterals and did a bit of excavating. We need rain rather badly, but it is hanging off.
15-7-: I was at Lodge Session. Mr. Sabin was present and gave a very good address; two new members were initiated and were pretty well disgusted at the lateness of the hourly closing it being 11 oclock. It was 12.10 when I got home.
16-7-: I went over to Newmans after dinner and stayed there all the afternoon. After tea Eddie and I took Lily as far as the quarry and then came home.
17-7-: I gathered tomatoes and pulled down the fence alongside the bit of new fence and loosened all the posts of another strain. It was a pleasant day for wor k, but was rather close in the evening. It has seemed like rain for the last few days, but still it does not come.
18-7-: I picked a few green peas and cased up 33 lbs. of tomatoes for Arthur and cut a strut for the middle strainer. Brother Sabin stayed with us overnight.
19-7-: Brother Sabin walked to town, Cecil and I pulled down a piece of fence in front of Thorsens and put some more up in the place of it, we did no quite finish it. I went to town after tea and put in a couple of hours with Sabin, he h as a very good lantern and he showed us some fine pictures of London. I left before it was over on account of the cold.
20-7-: This morning Cecil and I worked at the fence. We both felt rather slow for work. I finished watering the fruit trees. After din ner I dug out the clump of prickly pear in the corner near Thorsens. Went to Choir practice at Archer Street at night.
21-7-: I burned the heap of pear, it burned very well, the fire going right through it. I went to town at night. The I.O.G.T. s were to have an opening lecture in conjunction with the Salvation Army but there were not enough turned up.
22-7-: Morning helped Cecil to cut scrub. Afternoon I went to town and took photos of the painters at the Archer Street Church and State School. I had tea at Maskells and went to Lodge Session. Acted, as Vice Templar there was 1 initiation.
23-7-: I went to Church at Gracemere and to the Archer Street evening service there was a fair attendance and a very good address to men given.
24-7-: The morning has op ened up awfully windy. I have gathered about 3 parts of a tin of tomatoes and printed some photos. In the afternoon I run into the city and got some photographic things, plates etc. I paid Barnes and sons for sharpening a pick and got home for tea.
25-7-: I wrote a letter to Clara Hopper with regard to the picnic photos and sent a sample for her to show to anyone interested. I have also got the corner post ready for the fence. In the afternoon I have been digging up prickly pear.
26-7-: I went to the top of the hill for a while and then came down and printed photos. After dinner I went to the scrub with my camera and helped Cecil to cut scrub and took a photo of a giant prickly pear and it came out all right.
27-7-: This morning I helped Cecil to cut scrub. After dinner I picked tomatoes and packed a case for Arthur. The Rev. Atkinson was here this morning and remarked about the group I took on the Saturday, he also said the photo of the pear was good and asked me for one to send to a friend in Newcastle.
28-7-: I sent Arthur a case of tomatoes and watered the fruit trees. Now I am making a flower stand. After dinner I went down to Arthurs land over the creek and set fire to the stinking Roger, it burned well. Yesterday the frost nipped my Papaw trees a bit.
29-7-: I went to town and banked £83 for Arthur and bought a developing dish and came home and had my dinner and went to Bro. Robsons place to meet the committee, that was to go to Park Avenue, but they didn t turn up so I run over to Beals and back to Kings for tea and then to Lodge and was elected Sentinel.
30-7-: I went to Church at Gracemere and heard Mc, Killop he preached a very good sermon. I went with Eddie to tea and Archer Street at night. It was not so cold coming home as it had been.
31-7-: I mad e an affair for raking manure together and fix the teat for camera on to a bicycle valve and burnt a bit of grass. Afternoon I was clearing up prickly pears. After tea I took a walk round to my place and printed some gas light photos, they turned out very well for the first I have done.
1-8--: Morning I helped Cecil to cut scrub, afternoon Cecil and I was working at my fence, we put the corner post in and strained the wire on to it.
2-8--: I hoed the path between the pines and went down to the dairy and raked a bit of manure together. Afternoon I carted 3 loads of manure from the dairy with Captain a splendid horse. I heard whilst down at the dairy that I have another nephew, good luck to the young codger.
3-8--: I have picked a kerosene tin of tomatoes for the Mount. They have done well considering the dry weather we are having. Afternoon I went down and dug out a block to make a gatepost and burned off the rest of the stinking Rodger, then came home and did a little more.
4-8--: Last night went up to Mrs. Press s place with the Endeavours and had a good time. Johnny and Ethel Hollingsworth sent in their resignation as they are too busy to attend the meetings. Today I have been burning prickly pear and I went down to Arthurs land over the creek this afternoo n and roughly squared the posts.
5-8--: I was up on top of the hill in the morning and afternoon I went to Mrs Birds and went from there to the Gardens with Lily. At the Post Office we picked up Maggie Gowdie , we spent a nice time. Will Maskell joined us. I took 6 photos.
6-8--: I went over to Newmans to see Eddie. After tea I went to Maskells and took Will to the Archer Street Church. The Choir sang very well.
7-8--: I went down and finished adzing my gateposts. I came home about 3.30 and dug a little. After tea I developed photos.
8-8--: I did not feel too good. I went up to Gracemere and got the enlargement of Ernies baby. After dinner I went to town and bought a present for Laura, and a couple of packets of Gaslight paper. In the evening I went with Wi ll Maskell to the Archer Street Anniversary and had a good time.
9-8--: I have hoed the three bottom rows of pines. I have not felt too good; think I must have got a touch of the epidemic that is going around. Mother and Laura are still at the farm and were there all last week.
10-8-: Last night I printed photos until after 9 oclock. This morning I mounted some of the babys prints . I have not felt too good lately. The weather is awfully bleak it may bring up rain and we need some very badly.
11-8-: I hoed 5 1/ 2 rows of pines and went to town and took Miss Sims 2 photos of the painters of the Church. I was at Birds for tea and walked down town with Esther and Lily. I left them at Kirbys and met Tom Gill at Kingells, I went round with him and got 1 dozen m ounts.
12-8-: I helped Tom off with 20 bags of pumpkins and hoed amongst the pines. Tom brought me out 10 T. pickets. I went in to town in the evening and took Will Maskells photos to Morrells for him to call for. At Lodge we had a fairly good time.
13-8-: I went up to Gracemere and in the evening I went with Eddie Newman to his place for tea and we went to Archer Street Mr. Youngman.
14-8-: I have been making a dark room all day. I did not get along too well with it on account of being as usual short of ti mber. I had to get my own tea ready after having which I went round to my place and printed gas light photos. The weather keeps awfully dry.
15-8-: I have been building my dark room. Mr. Thomasson was buried yesterday and Charley Thorsens baby is to be buried this evening. The weather is awfully hot and dry.
16-8-: I was building the dark room. It was a very warm day, I dont know what to think of the weather. Mother is still at the farm. In the evening I hoed a row of pines.
17-8-: Morning I hoed 2 rows of pines and did a little to the dark room. The weather is something close and it is also a bit cloudy. Ernie and I went to Choir practice and I joined the Choir . It came up a good lot like rain in the evening, but it seems to hang off terribly.
18-8-: I have been hoeing.
19-8-: I was very crook inside. Bro.Finlayson gave a splendid address on the Liquor Bill in the Archer Street Church, it was fairly well attended. In the afternoon I was at Maskells doing photos, they turned out well. I also pruned Mrs. Kin gs rose tree.
20-8-: I was at the Church at Gracemere and also at Archer Street where I went with Gertie and Lily King. The choir sang its first Anthem for collection since its first start.
21-8-: I gave my dark room a dose of boiled oil, and I have also h oed 3 rows of pines. The weather still continues dry and nearly everyone is running short of tank water. Tom and Ted had the youngsters Christened yesterday. Mr. Youngman was the preacher and he gave a good address.
22-8-: I finished hoeing the large area of pines, I also took a photo of Mother. We had a couple of nurses here today collecting for the General Hospital. They would have me take their photos. I did as they wanted but when I developed I found I had taken 2 photos on 1 plate.
23-8-: Charley and I went to Coopers sale. I bought a spray pump and a safe also a crow bar, pick, shovel and a saucepan for Mother. It was late when we got home. Last had a nice shower of rain that brightened things up a lot, but although we expected more it seems to have cleared off and stars are out all over the sky.
24-8-: I am crook in my inside again and have not done much this morning, except try the spray pump that acts well. After dinner I was hoeing between the last 500 pines I planted. After tea I printed a few post cards.
25-8-: I finished hoeing the patch of pines and did a bit of excavating.
26-8-: I was excavating all morning. After dinner I went to the dairy and got my haircut. The weather has taken a cool turn. I was at Toms for tea and did not go to town.
27-8-: I stayed home all day.
28-8-: I picked a couple of dozen pines and hoed the pines above the shed. I went with Tom and spent the afternoon squaring a gatepost. It was none too straight but it will do by time it is finished.
29-8-: I packed the pines a nd went to the dairy for the stuff to line my dark room. After dinner Tom and I went down and finished the gatepost. After tea Tom, Cecil and I went to Press's and practiced. I sprayed some prickly pear at Toms.
30-8-: We wasted the morning over a lot that did not turn out up to expectation. In the afternoon I made a pick handle out of a piece of wood Tom gave me. I printed some post cards after tea.
31-8-: I have gathered tomatoes and 5 pines and put them in a case ready for the Mount. It is blowing very much like rain I helped to cut scrub with Cecil all the afternoon.
1-9--: I lined the dark room. I went to town in the evening I had a cup of tea at Maskells and went to Edgars and ordered a mounting machine. I stayed at the Army ring all the time until it broke up.
2-9--: I did very little. I went to lodge and whilst we were having a game outside Rev. Atkinson came out and put a stop to it and said it was not to be.
3-9--: I was at Church at Gracemere and then the Baptist. The first time for months, it was crowded.
4-9--: I went to town and got some timber and hinges for my dark room. I got home and made the door.
5-9--: I painted the dark room a little and did other odd jobs.
6-9--: I was spraying prickly pear all day, it was a jolly nasty hot job.
7-9--: My hands are stiff and sore with the Poison in them and my eyes are very sore too from the same stuff. Cecil has gone to town to see about ridges. I killed the snake that has been at my hut for such a long time.
8-9--: I packed 2 cases of pines for the Mount. The weather is awful for heat if it does not rain very soon I dont know what it is going to be. Sent a letter to Harringtons.
9-9--: I put a couple of tins at the fruit trees and filled them with water. I went to Earls Court with Miss Smith and Gertie King and had a pretty good time.
10-9-: I went to the Baptist Church. Mr. McNeil was in the pulpit, there was not a very large attendance.
11-9-: The weather has been awfully hot, I have been at the pear on Arthurs place all day. After tea Cecil and I went around to Ernies and had a look at a map from the Land 0ffice. We had a bit of a sing song.
12-9-: Spraying pears, the pump went crook got a lizard jammed in it. After dinner I went down and fixed the pump and finished the pear. I went to the Army fair and got home at nearly 11 oclock, had a nice time.
13-9-: Morning I sprayed pear at Ernies place I used 8 tins of solution. After dinner went to town and bought caustic soda. Went to Kings for tea, after which I went to the Army Fair Show, was a fair crowd in attendance and I had a fair time.
14-9-: I used 12 kerosene tins of spray on Ernies pear, it just took me a nice morning, this makes one days work at the job. I went to the Fair again and had 2 dips at the fishpond. I got a money box and pencil case. Ensign Dry swings the Indian club very well.
15-9-: I worked at my place. It is awfully hot and dry weather we are having.
16-9-: I was over at the pear but as the axe was crook I had to come back home, I did a bit at my own place. In the afternoon I went to Scorpe Barns and Sons and took some photos. It was very windy for the job. Cecil went to Brisbane.
17-9-: I felt too lazy to do much. I didnt go to Church at all.
18-9-: This morning I have been working at the prickly pear. After dinner I lined the roof of the dark room and developed the photos I took on Saturday, the plates were crook. After tea I went to Newmans had a buster and broke Cecils bell.
19-9-: I gathered tomatoes and mulched the fruit trees.
20-9-: I worked at the prickly pear all day, I have now worked 2 1/2 days at it. It is a beggar of a game.
21-9-: I have worked all day at the prickly pear. I sold Jack Hicks 2 tins of caustic soda and 2 lbs. of arsenic. The weather has every appearance of being a drought, the nights are cool and the days are dry and windy. Jim Dunn brought me a bell for Cecils bike.
22-9-: I gathered tomatoes and pines and put a bell on Cecils bike, went to the dairy for meat, took the cover off the front wheel of my bike and cant find a puncture. Arthur bro ught a collar down for the stallion, but it is about 8 inches too large.
23-9-: I worked at the pear. Finished spraying and was digging them out all the morning. I went over to Newmans and had tea after which I took the proofs to Barnes and stayed there listening to the phonograph until 10 oclock.
24-9-: I didnt feel up to going to Church, it is pretty warm and awfully muggy.
25-9-: I went round the tomatoes and watered the fruit trees that I thought was in need of it. After dinner I did a bit of clearing at the top end of the garden. Laura is a bit unwell. Mother & Cecil have taken Laura to the Doctor. Ada Fisher came to see her but they had gone to town and they have left her at the Hospital. It seems she has diphtheria rather bad.
26-9-: I was not feeling very well. I mounted some of the photos for Barnes and did a little towards clearing the ground at the top end of the garden. Mrs. Fisher called to see how Laura was and said that Ada was in bed.
27-9-: I gathered 17 lbs. of tomatoes and 11 pines and p rinted some photos, I have had hard luck with the photos, and I could not get the correct exposure and have wasted a lot of paper. Mrs. Fisher came over to help Mother to wash but she had done it so they cleaned out upstairs.
28-9-: I sent a bag of pumpkins to the station for Fishers. I have been working all day at the prickly pear. It has been a bit warm and the pear is very tough, it is a much bigger job than I took it for.
29-9-: I hoed the row of Passion Fruit. Florry Emery wrote to Mother expressing sorrow at Lauras illness.
30-9-: I finished Barnes photos and scrubbed the kitchen floor, washed the dining room floor and swilled the verandah. After tea I took the photos and got the cash for them. They all seemed satisfied with them.
1-10-: It started raining steadily early this morning and looks as though it can keep at it for a while.
2-10-: I gathered tomatoes and took 6 pines to the dairy for Mrs. King.
3-10-: In the morning I finished Dunns babies photos and took them to her. This afternoon I have been at the prickly pear and I put in a good half day.
4-10-: I gathered a couple of dozen pines. Word has come out that Laura is well enough to see. I went over to the pear after dinner and about 4 oclock Ernie came over to me and the beggar made me stop it, out rather late.
5-10-: I sent stuff to the station with Tom and I was up on the top of the hill giving the pear a bit of a roasting. I took Lily Newman home from Toms place we had to walk most of the way on account of a puncture.
6-10-: I was over at the prickly pear all day, it was awfully hot but I cut out a fair lot.
7-10-: I knocked about the place. I went to Newmans and fixed Lilys bike & took her to the Good Templars Session.
8-10-: I went over to Newmans did not go to Church.
9-10-: Prickly pear all day.
10-10: I gathered tomatoes and poked around at my own place. After dinner I went down to the dairy and took Willies portrait . After tea I took the tomatoes down for tea.
11-10: I took 13 pines down for Ted to take in for me, Jacky Tanne r got 2 from me and will pay some time when he sees me. It has been awfully hot today but the sky is quite clear tonight.
12-10: I took Jim Dunns photo and it came out pretty well. I finished the prickly pear job.
13-10: I took another photo of Mrs. B. Dunns baby, it came out well. I went to town and back before tea.
14-10: I went up to the Mount and got 3 pair of boots, 1 pair for myself.
15-10: I did not go out.
16-10: I am jolly crook in my inside. I gathered pines and tomatoes. Tom burned the scrub off it went splendid, it was a fine sight. All night it was raging tops of trees falling made it look well.
17-10: I went to the station with produce. I also went and got my posts from Ernies.
18-10: Tom and Cecil and myself went and got our gateposts from over the creek. We had a nice little rain in the afternoon.
19-10: I settled with Ernie but he owes me 1000 pineapple suckers. I have dug out some pear and lantana, but I dont feel up too much. Afternoon I finished my gateposts made them ready for putting up.
20-10: I put one of my gateposts up and went to the station and sorted timber from the Mount. After tea I went to the city and got some things I required.
21-10: I did not do very much.
22-10: I went round the places with Art and Mr. Dean the Police Magistrate, of Mt. Morgan.
23-10: I made a start with the fence, the weather was rather warm, but we got a fair start.
24-10: I was at the fence and the heat was something awful.
25-10: I was fencing. Arthur came down from the Mt. to see about potatoes.
26-10: We finished putting the posts up and went over the creek and got a couple of posts for the gateway.
27-10: Tom, Birdseye and myself spent the day picking spuds at Hop Lins. He had soft drinks for us and gave each of us some to bring home, we picked 39 1/2 bags in the day, he ploughed them out.
28-10: I fixed a strut to the strainer and did other little jobs to the fence. I attended Lodge Session and was re-elected Sentinel.
29-10: I went to Gracemere Church.
30-10: I was fencing. Hop Lin bought an outfit of Lamp 4/- Dishes 1/- Plates 1/6d Clips 9d Frame 1/- Glass 9d.
31-10: We finished the fence. I got a cut with barbed wire that has pretty well stopped me from working.
1-11-: I was fooling around. I also went to town and bought a bit of timber.
2-11-: I didnt do much, as my finger was rather crook.
3-11-: I was home and put in a day at little things.
4-11-: I did a little towards the completing my gateway.
5-11-: I went to Gracemere Church Sister Allen of the Baptist Church took the service only a small attendance.
6-11-: I went out to Schirmers and bought 3 tons of chaff, £5/10/- per ton.
7-11-: I came back from the Mount. After dinner I did a little to my fence. I got the dry mounting machine.
8-11-: I went to Yeppoon by the excursion train. 68 persons went from Gracemere and we had a nice time of it, although I do not think it such a nice place as the Park, however I am not sorry I went as I wanted to see the place.
9-11-: The weather is awfully hot. I have done practically nothing today except kill a snake for Dunns. I had a job to get it too and could only do so by the aid of hot water.
10-11: I was not too good and did very little work.
11-11: I did a little to my fence, got a letter from Herby telling me of his mothers death.
12-11: I answered Herbys letter. I went to Church at Gracemere. Rev. J. T. J. Whyte was the preacher.
13-11: I went to town and settled up well all my accounts and bought several articles I needed. Mr. Grant of the British and Foreign Bible Society came out here. I went down Thorsens well and got a calf out, it had fallen 30 ft. There were 3 black snakes down the well.
14-11: Mr.Grant stayed with us all day. In the evening he gave a Suntan Entertainment. It was not very well patronised, as it had not been made too widely known, he had some very good slides.
15-11: I went to the station and got my trap. Mr. Boatwright told me of a man that would like to swap me for a buggy he gave £3 for.
16-11: I poked around a bit in the morning and afternoon. I had Tom and Birdseye helping me, we pulled up the old gateposts and fence posts, put an end post in and run out of K wire. Tom and I worked quite late but let Will go and get ready for Endeavour.
17-11: I strained the wire and fastened it, I also burned several bits of prickly pear. The days now are awfully hot and dry.
18-11: I finished the entrance to my place. I went to Newmans in the afternoon. After tea we went to G.T.Session there was a poor attendance, as their members prefer the pictures to lodge.
19-11: I went up to Church. The Army was represented in the pulpit. It was very hot.
20-11: I put a few posts in and went with Tom over the creek to see what the fire had accomplished. We expected to find a lot of posts burnt, but there was none down, so we came home again. Dry weather is predicted until February 1912.
21-11: I have put a post in and taken out a couple of photos. Hop Lin called and paid me £2 on the photo outfit. It is very close to night and there are a few clouds about.
22-11: I finished the bit of fence at this side of the gate. This morning it was very much like rain. Someone got a good storm but it wasnt me. I had dinner at the dairy and tea down at Toms place.
23-11: I have commenced making a yoke. I have also made an Irish Stew for dinner, as I am living up here by myself just now as Mother and Laura are at the dairy. Charley having acquired 1 son to add to the family number. A man & his wife came down from Langley to see about pines for Longreach.
24-11: I fixed the catch for my gate and gave the posts a dressing of tar. I went to the city after tea, and stayed at the Army ring almost all the time until it broke up. I was at Emerys the first time since they have moved from Talford Street.
25-11: I painted the gate and bored holes in the pos ts ready to run wires to enable us to block Dunns calves from coming in. I had dinner at the dairy and there is no doubt the twins are a bit crook to manage. It has been hot today, but a nice breeze has blown.
26-11: I was not too sprightly on it and didnt go to Church. The days are so dry and the roads so dusty that it is only a misery to go out in it.
27-11: I run a barbwire along the top of the fence from the gate to the corner near Thorsens. I also burned a good lot of grass off the ploughed ground an d fixed the bench screws on to the bench, I also burned this side of the hill for Cecil. Eddie brought me home the enlargement of Dunns baby.
28-11: I have been working at the yoke this morning. There has been a couple of light showers and it is now very muggy. After dinner I was on the top of the hill trying to burn pear.
29-11: In the morning I went to town and bought a suit and other things. I got back about dinnertime. After dinner I cut out a frame for Mrs. Dunns enlargement. After tea I went to Mrs. K ings where they had a gathering of a few select friends to an evening
We had some very nice Ice cream during the evening. I went home with Miss. Pearson.
30-11: I put a handle in my axe and tidied my bench, I also gave the gate another coat of paint. I went up to the Christian Endeavours the first time since I gave up going and I consider it was a rather poor meeting, however it is looking up lately.
1-12-: I have started the month by putting in a fairly good half day burning pear on the top of the hill. I went to town and paid Backert for the suit. The street was fairly crowded Will Birdseye got a bike and seems to be all at sea when on top of it.
2-12-: Will Birdseye and I run the wires and fixed the fence to keep Dunns calves out. It was an awful day for heat.
3-12-: I went to Archer Street Church with Gert and Sydney. After the service a party of us were asked in to the Parsonage to have a sing- song.
4-12-: I have been on top of the hill, I have also gathered 5 pines and some tomatoes for King.
5-12-: I did a little to the fence on the roadside to block the calves & finished fastening the barbwire on the top of my front fence, it has been very hot. After tea I took Mother and Laura to Mrs. Barnes and we had a nice enjoyable evening.
6-12-: This morning I took 1/ 3d worth of pines and tomatoes to Maskells and went down to town to buy a few little things. After I came home I cut out a photo frame.
7-12-: I had dinner at the dairy. Last evening we had a light storm, which to some extent spoilt the Salvation Army meeting. It did a little good to the pines but was not enough to do anything for the grass. I went down and saw Hop Lin and stayed at the farm for tea.
8-12-: I finished framing the enlargement of Dunns baby and took it down. Mrs. Dunn was pleased wi th it and gave me 3 more photos to frame. I went to town after tea and got a bit more moulding. The night was awfully close. I think we are bound to get rain.
9-12-: Morning I cut out 3 photo Frames and took out a couple of photos, I got yesterday of
an interesting group. It was just after we had pulled a calf out of the bog. There is a thunderstorm raging around us just now, hope we get some.
10-12: I drove Sydie King and Laura to Archer Street Church. After Church we had a bit of a sing at Mrs. Kings.
11-12: I was in town all day getting a couple of teeth extracted. After I got them out I went round to Kings, and rested all day. The day was an awfully hot one.
12-12: It is an awful time for the pines. The sun has burnt a lot and completely spoiled them. They are however a great price owing to the scarcity of other fruit. Cased £1/10/ - worth of pines for Arthur.
13-12: I went to the station with pines and felt awfully sick, my mouth is so sore that I can hardly eat anything.
14-12: It was an awfully hot day. I was working for Ted fencing. The thermometer registered 104, in the shade.
15-12: I spent another day with Ted. It was even hotter than yesterday.
16-12: I was not too fresh, but I got a few pines and things together and cut out a couple of frames. After dinner Cecil and I drove to town in my sulky and the creamy. It came up stormy in the evening, but we got none.
17-12: I drove Mother and Laura and Sydie King to town with their new horse, he went very well for first time.
18-12: I have gathered 11 doz. pines and cased them up for Arthur. I also drove Mother and Laura down to the farm and bought a bag of chaff, when we came home I framed a photo for Ted.
19-12: I went to the station with pines and got a load of cases. After dinner I went to town and saw a Chinaman about pines. I arranged with him to take him, what are ripe tomorrow.
20-12: Cecil and I went to town with pines and got a couple of 3x2 spotted gum for shafts for the cart. The Chinaman gave us 5/- per doz. for the best and 4/ 6d for the smaller ones.
21-12: A man came from the North side and gave me 4/- per dozen for pines taking them as I picked them. He said he had been all over town and could not get any from anyone. He also said that mine were the best he had seen in town.
22-12: Mrs. Campbell came out early in the morning for more pines. I cased up 22 dozen and took to the station for Arthur. This makes £8/2/6d I have made out of pines this week. The largest amount I have ever got in one week
23-12: I rasped the shafts of the spring cart I am making. After tea drove Laura to the city left the sulky at Mrs. Kings and went down the street with Violet and Letty, we had a fair time. Laura and I got home at somewhere near 1 oclock.
24-12: I went down and helped Cecil to fix up some calves that were down with the drought. Had tea at Toms.
25-12: Newmans & Toms family with us spent the day at Fairy bower. The day was rather warm, but in the shade of the big fig tree it was not too bad.
26-12: I went to Mt. Morgan in the early train & went with Arthur & a party to picnic on the big dam. We hired 3 boats & took our Grub and Co over and spent a pretty fair time.
27-12: I did a little to the cart and gathered pines Afternoon we had a nice rainstorm and it is raining lightly now. It will brighten thi ngs up a bit especially if we get some rain later on to follow up. Before the storm came up it was fearfully hot, but just now the wind is blowing rather strong.
28-12: I finished gathering pines & went to town on the bike and got an order for them from a Chinaman. After dinner Cecil & I went in with them I had 26 1/2 doz. & got £3/6/- for them. Cecil had 13 doz. and got £1/0/6d for his.
29-12: I fixed the bottom to my cart. The weather is awfully close and I think we must be going to have some more rain, we need it very much, as the cattle are getting a bit low in condition.
30-12: I dug between some pines at the top end of the garden and rode to town on the bike and ordered some side irons for the cart I am making I also put the sides on.
31-12: I drove Laura and Sydie King to town and we brought Gertie out to go to the picnic tomorrow. Dunns are sitting up to see the first of 1912.
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