Prices of fruit and vegetables during Easter were as follows. Papaws 10d per lb---- --Bananas 9d per lb-------Tomatoes 9d per lb-------Apples 9d per lb--------Oranges 3/- per doz-------Lemons 2/6 per lb ----------Pineapples 4 1/2d per lb--------. On 25th January Irwin had to go back to camp at Townsville after being on leave at home for the last month before being sent to New Guinea on service. Heat was terrible this year being 102ƒ in the house. In April grasshoppers were bad and August mosquitoes and flies were numerous. 27th April Ken brought Elsie to spend a holiday with us they went back on the 7th May. Ken and Elsie married on the 13th October and then came up to my cottage at Emu Park for their honeymoon. 10th May Clara died. In June someone at night stole Herbs battery charger. Also in June there was a big fire at the aerodrome, it was tar that had ignited. I also took a lot of photos during the year including several of our own family groups. Iris and John had their first son in October and I took a photo of them as a family. I still did a lot of work in the di s trict for different people as well as those in town and Emu Park. I spent a lot of time at Emu Park during the year I was doing work on my cottage and also renting it as a holiday cottage I also enjoyed it quite often as a break for a few days at a time . The vegetable crops were still kept going on at home as well

7-5--: Lonnie came and g ot rosellas and strawberry runners. He said that 1 of their motors was some what burned out, on Friday at the time as ours was.
8-5--: I went in and arranged for Burleys to come out for the motor. Got tested for glasses cost £2/15/ -.
9-5--: I spent time up at Sheridans. It is a disappointing job every thing is so hard to cope with and the bloke is a real rascal.
10-5-: I went up and measured up at Westacotts for louvres and the door. Came home and worked at various jobs.
11-5-: I took one of the locks off one of our French lights and fixed it. I then worked at a front verandah door I was making for Westacotts verandah.
12-5-: I went up to Sheridans and finished his job and got my payment. It was a very unsatisfactory job to me.
13-5-: I went to Emu Park.
14-5-: Fred Thwaite and I went to Yeppoon to see Dad Cowap and family. Had a good trip, I had tea with Fred. It rained and held me up for a while.
15-5-: I went out to the trap and got 5 crabs and a small fish. Worked at De Landells till 3 and then got ready for home. I was sick of the weight of the crabs by the time I got to Rolys. Left 4 with him and brought 1 home.
16-5-: I took the crab to Myrtles and I worked at Westacotts door.
17-5-: I busied myself at home until dinner and then went to town. Paid for glass and putty, had tea with Muskers and came home.
18-5-: I worked up at Westacotts till dinnertime. Afternoon I cut out louvres I thus worked at the job all day for Westacotts.
19-5- I went to town and bought timber. Called at Muskers and got 17/6 for the cat chair. I went up to Mt Morgan.
20-5-: I went about the main street of Mount Morgan afternoon I went to the rodeo and saw all the events.
21-5-: I stayed at Baileys and took the day easily.
22-5-: I went to Chinerys and bought bits of things. Walked to Daggs and got a bit of fish and chips and an order for dolls cot.
23-5-: I worked at different jobs today.
24-5-: I worked at window sashes and pieces for louvres.
25-5-: I was at windows and louvres. Sowed Cop cabbage. I finished the sashes and finished planing the 3x5 for the louvres.
26-5-: I worked at louvres all the morning and part of the afternoon.
27-5-: I worked all the morning at the louvres. I have a nasty cold in the chest, which I am finding it hard to beat.
28-5-: I rode the bike in to Smidts and had a cup of tea. Also went to Muskers and then to Charley Crews and got my specs £ 2/14/-, 1/- less than he quoted. I can see well with them too.
29-5-: Got 20 lbs of rosellas for Mrs Thompson. Timber and iron to Park. Got tools from Sheridans and afternoon I worked at the door for Westacotts.
30-5-: I worked all morning at louvres. I am feeling no good. A nasty wind has come; I now have all the leaves for louvres cut out.
31-5-: I rode the bike to town. I went to see about the motor. I saw it and it seems to be done but as the boss of the place was absent I could do nothing about it. I got home for dinner and did a bit towards getting on with Westacotts job.
1-6--: I made a stand for the washbasin. Fixed the zinc on the safe for Beryl, painted 1 side of the door for Westacotts and had a go at frosting 1 of the windows, however a nasty wind came up and I began to feel crook and had to come in. Mum says it is going to rain but I am not so sure myself as I find there is a tendency for rain but after fooling about for a while the clouds pass away without emptying them selves.
2-6--: I put in a good morning at boring holes for louvres to work in. Afternoon I painted a door a coat and rested, I am still suffering from a nasty cold.
3-6--: I rode the bike to town and got Iris a pair of shoes and 2 pairs of socks, 3 lbs of nails. I got back for dinner and afternoon I got things ready for the Park.
4-6--: Herb drove Lily and I in and we went to Emu Park. Thwaites had kept a crab for me and it was all right.
5-6--: I took out a window and put in 1 of the panel doors. It was a bit of a job, as I had to rip struts off each side. However I got it in and called it a day.
6-6--: I started to put in the sills and got them in.
7-6--: I got all the studs in.
8-6--: I got the weatherboards up.
9-6--: I took things easy and dug the holes for the garage.
10-6-: I loafed about, took a photo of the Thwaites kids, I think Billy spoilt it, by scratching her leg just when I snapped it.
11-6-: I got a nice crab, which we boiled and took home.
12-6-: We got the motor going and cut rods with the saw, the rods are to use with Westacotts louvres. It rained slightly today.
13-6-: I worked at Westacotts. Put in a head for the door and got 2 sets of louvres in position. It gets dark too soon now.
14-6-: I put in a strenuous day at Westacotts. Most of the folk up here are sick and sorry for themselves.
15-6-: Another day at Westacotts old Mrs Thwaite has died and is being interred tomorrow morning
16-6-: I was up early cut a log and planed some timber caught Roany and spent a fairly hard day at Westacotts. Got on pretty well.
17-6-: I rode a bike to town; saw a bloke I explained about Frank. Went to Burleys but I could not pay for the motor as the account comes from Brisbane.
18-6-: I went down and saw Charlie and Harriet. I have finished a letter to Reg and now it only needs photos pointed to enclose in the letter.
19-6-: I made Beards shafts in the morning and afternoon I worked at stuff for Westercotts.
20-6-: I spent the morning at the door I felt a bit off; the wind catches me and I still have a bit of a cold.
21-6-: I did a bit of preparation for Mrs Westacotts job. Started a black board for Joyce and spent time trying to clear paintbrushes.
22-6-: I got ready for breakfast and as soon as I had that meal I rode the bike to Hoares and got spirits of salts and solder, back home 8.45. Afternoon I went and put the time in at Westercotts.
23-6-: I went and soldered the spouting at Westacotts and put it up. Came home for dinner and afternoon I got some stuff ready to take up tomorrow.
24-6-: I took door, windows etc up to the job. Worked all day putting in the windows and hung the door and fixed stop etc at the door. I had a headache and felt crook.
25-6-: A very raw day has opened up this morning I felt cold all day through I had a restful day reading.
26-6-: It rained nicely and things seem to be nice and wet. I made a cat case for Iriss cupboard and disced land that Wests ploughed for us some time ago.
27-6-: I went up to the post office and Briggs got the working measurements of their steps and I worked all day at the cutting out of the steps. Herb sowed peas.
28-6-: I first got working for a piece of wood to make a mallet. I spent the day at the steps.
29-6-: I finished cutting out the steps and got the ply wood all round the cupboard I am making for Iris.
30-6-: I went to the city and bought lattice etc 100 ft of lattice cost 10/6. Very raw day is this, it seems as it could turn to rain.
1-7--: I put the cover strips round Iriss cupboard. We cleaned round the mandarin trees and I pruned most of the roses and some of the mandarins, bleak day.
2-7--: I went to the top of the hill and had a look round at the country, also visited our neighbours Childs, finished a letter to Ken and Reg also wrote to Langbecker and one to B.C.Coy in relation to spray.
3-7--: We shifted all the hard wood timber on to our rack and I hoed the weeds etc. Also put the shelves in the cupboard. Planted out 2 citrus trees seedlings that came up on their own.
4-7--: Yesterday afternoon I took the radiator to Archer Street and got a cheque for it. Today I took the steps up to Briggs, brought 2 tubs home and put bottoms in them. 1 is good and the other leaks and will have to be done better.
5-7--: I rode the bike to town. Went to a sale and bought a shelf with a 14x1 inch board measuring 28 ft in length for 32/6. Also 8 packets of squash seeds and hinges for Iriss cupboard.
6-7--: I cut out some boards for the cupboard door and then Herb and I went in for some timber I bought yesterday. I managed to fit the doors to the cupboard also had a good fire up Childs way.
7-7--: I went up to Briggs and worked at the steps, I got 1 set of steps in and got home at 3.05, fixed a rod for the stairs and had a spell the rest of the afternoon, very muggy and like rain.
8-7--: I went up and finished Briggs steps and got paid and Kenny drove me home in the car. George and Henry Thorsen came and saw me about material. George took 2 pieces of 3 ply and owes 3/- for it.
9-7--: Rode bike in to Hoares had a cup of tea and toast, walked to the station and went to Emu Park dinner at Thwaites and walked out to the trap and got 2 fish got back home by 7 oclock.
10-7-: Made 2 brackets for Briggs. Prospects for rain seems to have vanished. It is now much cooler and clearer. I went and saw Mrs Smith about work and called at Morrells. I put the finishing touches to the cupboard and finished another matter.
11-7-: I picked 3 tins of tomatoes and walked up to the post office. Went and inspected the pines. It rained nicely and things are quite damp. I put out about 100 cabbages.
12-7-: I sowed pumpkins and put out plants, also helped to sow carrots. Buxtons brought an old chest of drawers for me to turn in to a press. Herb and I sowed peas, carrots and beet.
13-7-: I rode the bike to town and bought bean seed and potatoes. Went over to Spike Street and watched a sale of rubbish. Came home and pronged peas, sawed timber for Teds steps. After tea I got rule from Briggs.
14-7-: I went up to Westacotts left at 3.30 to come and get ready to go up to the Mount with Ted.
15-7-: I went up to the Mount with Ted and we worked at the steps. Got on pretty well too.
16-7-: We went out above Bouldercombe and got a load of wood and a couple of blocks for the base of the steps.
17-7-: We got the rest of the steps in position and mortised the posts for the railings round the landing etc.
18-7-: Got all done we could with the material at hand I came home by the train.
19-7-: I spent the morning making a dolls cot. I sawed weatherboards and made the bases for 2 dolls cots, cut seed potatoes and made a hobbyhorse for the head.
20-7-: Did up a bar for Elmes, made a stay for Teds steps, cut out a horse and 2 heads, 2 rockers and ripped some strips. Herb planted some potatoes. I sowed tomato seed.
21-7-: I didnt feel too good, but got 2 cots put together. There was good frost at several places but we have seen none yet.
22-7-: I finished the 2 cots and worked at the rocking horses.
23-7-: I went to Childs, Thorsens and Briggs.
24-7-: I am off colour I took things steady. Gave the rocker a bit of paint. Put in a half day at Buxtons.
25-7-: I walked up to Westacotts and just about finished the job but they want a shade at the back door. I got home at 4.20.
26-7-: Rain began to fall last night and it is still inclined to be wet. I did a bit to Buxtons job. Planted out some cabbages.
27-7-: Morning I worked at Westacotts shade. Afternoon I rode the bike to town and called at Hynes, Hoares, Williams, Burleys and Rolys. Got 2 bags from Williams.
28-7-: I sowed 8 rows of peas, 2 plots of Burwood Prize tomato seed and run out as drill along the top row of pines ready for fertiliser. We got 5 rows done and there are 2 more to do. I cant quite get rid of m y cold some how. The day has been rather raw owing to the recent rain.
29-7-: I went up before breakfast and made 2 drills to fertilise the 2 last rows of pines. After breakfast I had a go at ploughing and hoeing. Also burned grass below the pines.
30-7-: I read during the morning and afternoon I went to Charlie Mc Carthys and had a big yarn and found him to be a good labourite.
31-7-: I cut up the rest of the seed potatoes and finished the brackets for Westacotts shade. Went round and made a bench for the 6 inch circular saw.
1-8--: I rode the bike to town and bought timber. Herb went in with the truck and brought it out. I also picked out a bit of timber that I wanted to rip.
2-8--: Push hoed a row of pines. Did a bit of carpentering at our house. Herb and I did some ripping and I put a tyre in the back wheel of the bike, rather warm today.
3-8--: Frank and I went out to Flynns and got the circular saw. I also went to Browns and ordered a bag of chaff and spent a good of time there.
4-8--: I went up to Mount Morgan and called at Daggs and got paid for the cot. I managed to get a film and papers. I got home about 8.30.
5-8--: I prepared stuff for my jobs. Sowed a row of apple cucumbers. I also set out 50 tomato plants. Dulcie married a yank.
6-8--: Baileys were down and Reg went back with them. I sent the cot to Daggs.
7-8--: I went up to Westacotts and put up the shade and gave her the account. Had a blow out and left the bike at Thorsens. After I got home I had a spell and did a bit of work. Printed photos.
8-8--: I walked up and saw Mrs Smith and Mary and Charlotte. Afternoon Frank and I went and got tank blocks. Got home after 7.
9-8--: I took the blocks to Smiths and got boards from Morrells and left stuff to finish the job. Afternoon I rode the bike to town and ordered a ham and saw Hoare about a bread tin. Bought a pair of pants.
10-8-: I went up to Morrells; broke the drill so couldnt do as much as I should. Take some glue.
11-8-: I went to a sale and bought a tub, door and table and a little crockery.
12-8-: I walked up to Morrells and put in the day. I was quite tired when I got home.
13-8-: I went up to Smiths, out to Browns and called at Briggs. Lost my specs. Took photos of Thorsens and Browns children.
14-8-: I went and worked at Smiths until about 3 oclock and then came home and looked for timber.
15-8-: I went up to Smiths and Frank was with me for half a day. We got the 4 blocks in and rammed. The day was very hot in the sun. The job is a difficult and tiring one.
16-8-: Spent the day at the Smiths job. Afternoon I walked down and got Herb and Frank to help and we went up in the truck and had a hard time getting things shaped out.
17-8-: I was up before 6 and worked at the pipe for Smiths tank. After breakfast I went up and put it in. Came home and soldered the down pipe. Got stuff ready for Ted. Went and humped suckers from Briggs.
18-8-: I got iron ready for G. Thorsen. Reg and I made iron stays for Smiths tank stand. We also cut out 4 cats and I watered potatoes. The weather is becoming hot and dry.
19-8-: I rode to town and saw Kennedy and Mills saw Pearce and Hoare. Lily, Ken and I caught the train for Emu Park, I voted after tea. I went down to the Thwaites and walked in with Fred and got a few things.
20-8-: I went to Gills and Raines. Afternoon we went to the gardens and I took photos of Briggs party and 1 of 3 generations of a family.
21-8-: I rested and put up a frame for my bunch. Betty brought us a fine crab.
22-8-: Started to rain during the night and it is now noon and still at it. Afternoon the weather looked brighter and I think it is going to clear.
23-8-: This morning a westerly wind is blowing.
24-8-: Lazed about, got a game of hockey going on the beach. Took 3 photos.
25-8-: We went home in the train.
26-8-: Did a bit about the place.
27-8-: Went to the Mount, had dinner then went out to Baileys, and caught the train back.
28-8-: I was drilling holes in irons for Mrs Smith. After breakfast I went and worked, got back home just after 11.
29-8-: Rode the bike up to Smiths and finished the job, got home at 11.05. Afternoon I ran beads on chamfer boards for Daggs.
30-8-: I went up and fixed the louvres at Westacotts got paid. After I got home did a little to 2 cat chairs I am making.
31-8-: I rode the bike to town and did various bits of business.
1-9--: I went down to Emu Park in the rail motor.
2-9--: I was up by 6, had breakfast and painted the pieces of iron on 1 side, measured the spaces for the louvres, cut firewood. Afternoon I finished painting the iron. Today I also went and put a handle in a broom for Mrs Mc Leon.
3-9--: I read and rested, went out to the trap in the afternoon, but got nothing. I am feeling better for my spell.
4-9--: Went to Freds and got a crab. Came home on rail motor.
5-9--: I sowed melon seed. A nice storm came along last night. I took Regs and Franks photos and we developed the negatives they appeared to be all right.
6-9--: I went out to Griffins and got paid the cash she owed, also got paid by Mrs Smith. Afternoon push hoed a row on pines; I now have most of the piping cut in to lengths. Tiger killed the first snake for the season in the dining room. After tea we printed photos.
7-9-: I push hoed a row of pines. After lunch I went to town on the bike, got back for dinner. Afternoon I hoed a row of potatoes and another row of pines.
8-9--: I spent a good bit of time cutting out a frame for a mirror for Roly and we broke it after all. I also hoed a row of pines and gave a chair a coat of paint.
9-9--: I hoed the last row of pines and hoed a row of potatoes; watered 2 rows of melons and prong hoed 2 rows of tomatoes. Reg went back to his military duties.
10-9-: I watered a patch of potatoes. Baileys were here for dinner.
11-9-: I fixed some piping and watered some tomatoes. Put out 2 more rows of tomatoes.
12-9-: I worked at Buxtons job made the doors etc.
13-9-: I mulched tomato plants, banked potatoes, watered melons, put a toy chair together, and planted 2 rows of tomatoes.
14-9-: Rode bike in and took chair to Muskers and got paid. Rest of the day I worked at Buxtons linen press. Arthur gave me a lift out.
15-9-: I cut out 4 rockers and worked on a port for Daggs. I went up for the mail called at Buxtons to let them know the press was finished. Also called at G. Thorsens and got paid for the photos. The sun shines too fierce now.
16-9-: Watered tomatoes sawed wood. Put rockers on a cat chair. Spent a lot of time with G. Thorsen getting pipefittings.
17-9-: Went up with Reg Buxton and helped him with the press. Got £2 for the job. Afternoon I went up to Briggs. Ken and his girl came home with me for a while.
18-9-: I was out at 6 and put the spray on the potatoes, also watered the tomatoes and hoed and banked potatoes. The rest of the day Herb and I worked at the pumpkins. After tea I printed post cards.
19-9-: I rode bike to town paid Pearce for the retread, paid insurances and registration for utility. Saw King about wire left the negative of Reg and an enlargement I made got home pretty tired.
20-9-: I took photos of Briggs and went to Morrells, came back and watered my melons, made a little brush and painted the chair for Smith. Also watered pumpkins and gave Frank a start hoeing them. Th e weather has got rough and windy may rain.
21-9-: I went up to Morrells and got on well and have practically finished the job. Worked until 11 oclock. Afternoon I hoed and watered melons, cut out a bit of wood for Morrells job.
22-9-: I rode the bike to town got nails and 2 coils of wire at Denhams. Spent a tiring morning, got home for a late dinner.
23-9-: First thing I took the chair affair up to Mrs Smiths, left a few strawberries at Morrells. Ted got here for dinner and after loading up we set out for Emu Park. On reaching Yeppoon Ted and Herb went to the Loo and I went and bought a small file for 1/6, very dear.
24-9-: We got to work and pulled down weatherboards. Went out to the trap and got nothing. The weather is very rough and at nighttime it gets worse.
25-9-: I was up early and lit the fire and cut wood. Ted and Herb went home. I worked at the door and the fanlight. I put in a good day. Went and met Lily at the station.
26-9-: I worked at the louvres. The wind is still at it and is very cool. I went out to the trap with Fred and got a nice sweet lip fish, it was rather cool.
27-9-: I went down and got seawater and a crab and worked at the louvres. It is awfully windy and I cant get on at all well with the job.
28-9-: I got weatherboards for about 12 ft nearly to the neighbours window. Also cut out a fair number of louvres. Lily is sick of the wind and says she is off home.
29-9-: I was up very early and got a good start at the job. Lily went home. I did very well but it got too windy and I had to knock off.
30-9-: Last night was awfully windy. After breakfast it got a bit calmer. I managed to get 3 sets of louvres in. It then got so windy that I had to chuck it again. Betty got me some mince and my ration book and I went down and got a small salmon and 2 little crabs. As I have a stew I let Hope have the crabs and I have salted the salmon.
1-10-: I got tidied up and went in to the train and got my goods. Mrs Neil came and saw the place and took it for a month for £7.
2-10-: I got the 4th louvre in the front corner and the windows in position. Also put in a sill in for another window. Got the old wall taken down and considering all things did a good days work.
3-10-: I went down to the rocks and had a wash it wasn't suitable to go in the sea. After I came back I helped O Donnell to burn off and put a rail at the back of the verandah and got dinner. It has been drizzling rain and possibly it may give us a little wet before it is done.
4-10-: I was up and lit the fire at 25 to 6. I got the boards up on the sill at the back of our verandah, got ready to finish the boarding about the 2 windows etc then I rested till dinner.
5-10-: I got up at 6.10 and got my breakfast and cut the end of the iron above the front window. Then we nt and helped Thwaites to burn the rubbish on Briggs place. Rest of the day I worked at the back end of the verandah. It is all a very awkward job for me on my own.
6-10-: I met Fred and got 2 crabs and 2 fish. The crabs were for Hope and she is going t o cook the fish and give me some. This morning opened up windy. This is now afternoon and it is blowing worse. I am afraid I shall not be able to get on the roof. I went to Dobsons and have secured some 30 or 40 ft of spouting. After tea I went to Th waites and Gills and then to Granges and stayed so long it was 11.45 when I got back to my place. There are as many as 17 planes go over here in a single day and Hope has to spot most of them.
7-10-: I got breakfast and did a bit of cooking and then took F reds papers back, went to Dobsons and got the spouting I humped it all to Gills and left the long piece there and brought the rest up. I then nailed a piece of timber along a faulty joist and put more weatherboards up. After dinner I lighted the grass j ust past De Landells and went and had a bathe with Fred and family, lit another fire near Pococks and helped Grange to make it safe for Thomassons old place. Came back and worked at the place.
8-10-: I was up early and cleared things up about the place. Went down to Gills and got the other length of spouting, it is 24 ft long. I went and had a bathe with the Thwaite girls and came back about 11 and boiled my milk and spuds for dinner.
9-10-: I went in with Baileys and put in a busy day. Paid Burleys and the Park rates, bought a hat and a spoke shave from Green 15/- and 14/-. Bought developer and post card size papers. Hoares got me a film. They will be coming out on Sunday all being well. I got a lift out with Syd.
10-10: I went up and got all my stuff from Smiths and left them at Morrells came home and finished the port for Daggs.
11-10: I took the old axle out of the cart and Herb helped to put in the one I got from Nielson I also wrote a letter to Elsie.
12-10: I sharpened a handsaw and got G.Thorsens piping ready. I feel pretty crook and rested during the afternoon I wrote to Reg and Ken.
13-10: Pumped and watered potatoes, paid Bill Brown 18/- for chaff made brackets for Briggs shade.
14-10: Mum went to town and did some shopping. I spent the day in bed. I seem to have caught the sickness that is going around.
15-10: Early this morning a Dodge car driven by a woman left the road Gracemere side of our place and skidded and bumped and rolled for 100 yards and then turned and somehow threw the woman out, still alive but very unconscious. It will be wonderful if she lives it, happened about 2.30. Hoares came and I took 2 photos of them , after tea I developed the film and the negatives appear to be all right. To night seems close.
16-10: Opened up a muggy morning. We sawed Oregon pine and got the 2 brackets finished for Briggs shade. I felt awfully hot. After tea we printed photos.
17-10: I walked up to Briggs and took measures; Mrs Briggs has not got back from Brisbane. I went and got the paper and paid Clara 4/6 for the papers. She told me Ernie had died at 6. 30 this morning. A nasty dust haze is coming in from the west and makes the throat and eyes etc feel out of sorts.
18-10: I got boards ready for Briggs job but most of the day I was lying down not feeling up to work.
19-10: I gathered up a few bits of things and rode the bike up to Morrells and finished the job. Got back for dinner and afternoon I cut 2 blocks for a tank stand at Emu Park.
20-10: I rode the bike in and took sample photos to Hoares, bought weatherboards and photo material, paid Park insurance and took passbook to bank. I seem to have paid over 9/- for an album, which seems an awful price for it.
21-10: I have been busy knocking up an affair to home chicks in. The weather makes one feel off work. Lily and Herb went in with Iris and John who are going to Brisbane. After tea Lily and I printed Hoares photos they seem to be quite good.
22-10: Roany broke out of his paddock. I rested and read all day.
23-10: I worked up at Briggs all day. Frank took stuff up in the cart. Hot dry weather prevails.
24-10: Walked up to Briggs finished the boarding, cut out 2 studs and mortised for them, put up the door shade. Had an afternoon cup of tea and came home, it was 10 to 5.
25-10: I was until lunch at the louvres for Briggs and went round and had a bath and afternoon went in by the bus. Took Hoares their photos bought 2 packets of post card size papers and 1 1/2 dozen Mounts 8/-. I bought at Millroys fittings for 2 ports less corn ers for 3/8 and 1lb of copper tacks at Tozers 4/-. Got home about 6. It is a very handy way to get in and out.
26-10: I spent the day at Briggs and finished until I got the wind. Frank went to Westacotts and got things I had left there. I was very tired when I got home.
27-10: Baileys and I went round by Yeppoon to Emu Park. Got there about 7.20 just beat a storm.
28-10: We had a good bathe and put bolts in the roof I went out with Fred to the traps but got no fish.
29-10: I was very tired and rested all day. It was very windy and no good for bathing.
30-10: I was up on the roof and got things in a better state and got the blocks in at the tank stand. We came home arrived about 6.15.
31-10: Ted and I sawed out some figures for toys. I went to the Mount with Ted and got 4/- from Trones left the port at Daggs, bought red colouring in bottle for 8/- green paint 3/3.
1-11-: Went to Emu Park.
2-11-: Finished the tank stand I had started when Ted and his lot was down,
3-11-: Put in some weather boards and went out to the trap.
4-11-: Put up more board and ripped timber for covers strips.
5-11-: Mrs Dagg was down and we were at Thwaites.
6-11-: I was up on the roof pretty early, afternoon I started to paint came down at 20 to 6.
7-11-: Up on the roof at 6.30 and painted till it was too hot.
8-11-: I was up on the roof at 6 and nearly got the biggest side done.
9-11-: I did a big of washing up, had to go in for food and Fred Thwaite came up and helped me to put the spouting up in position at the back, he had a cup of tea with me.
10-11: I went in to meet Billy Dagg. We went out to the trap after 10 oclock and got 2 mullet.
11-11: I rested mostly Bill went out and got fish for breakfast.
12-11: I spent a quiet day. Dagg went home with Fred Butcher.
13-11: Lily came down by the motor. We started to put up the cover strips.
14-11: We finished the cover strips before 8 oclock. I made a fire in a hole I am getting down for garage post, but it failed to do much good.
15-11: We came home, caught a bus home from town. It is awfully hot up here today.
16-11: I started to cut out ports and a cot, it was jolly hot again. We are all feeling very tired.
17-11: I went in with Herb at Foulkes sale I bought a quantity of rippled iron 10/-. The heat is hard to bear took 2/6 strawberries to Mrs Eddington last night Lily and I printed Browns photos 1 dozen.
18-11: I rested most of the day. The heat had me done.
19-11: I went down and had a yarn with Charley.
20-11: I rode the bike to town. Called at the bloke in Harriss building about toy making. Came home in the heat and was very hot and tired. The weather is simply awful.
21-11: Was another awful day. I finished the dolls cot that I have been making.
22-11: I knocked up a smaller cot and a hobbyhorse. It was much cooler today.
23-11: I made a little wheelbarrow and a small horse affair Mum and I got a letter from Elsie Turner.
24-11: Lily and Herb went to town. I pumped and cut out little wheels also made the top for Fred Thwaites port , wrote to Daggs. Took the toys in for the inspector to see, he had to leave them there, goodness when I'll hear any thing of them.
25-11: Worked at a port and went up to Gracemere for mail, paid for the paper for last month.
26-11: I rode the bike out to Browns and then back to Briggs, had some melon at the latter place. The weather is very hot and dry also too smoky.
27-11: Hickmans went home. I worked at ports. Afternoon I rode the bike in against the wind got a casement from Lawsons and brought it out home without any spills, now very tired.
28-11: I met Foster with a 12/- case of tomatoes. I got things ready for Briggs job. Lily and I printed photos. Mosquitoes gave us a bad time.
29-11: A light shower came across from Nankin way.
30-11: I walked up to Briggs and put in the casement, puttied up a door. Frank and I put the tank on the cart and brought it home at 3.15.
1-12-: I stopped Arthur and sold him a case of tomatoes. A nice little rain came on about 3 and kept on till 7.
2-12-: Rested at Park.
3-12-: Took things easy.
4-12-: I worked a bit at the place. It is rather hot just now.
5-12-: I worked at the roof.
6-12-: Painted some of the roof.
7-12-: Finished the roof and cut firewood.
8-12-: Was up in town for the day, awfully hot.
9-12-: I cut a bit of wood and went in and met Lily on the train. It came a bit of rain.
10-12: Very warm day it was lovely in the sea.
11-12: Came home and went up to Gracemere and ordered a truck. I was quite knocked up with the biking and lazed about in the afternoon.
12-12: We made irons and got things ready for the Park, took the lot up and trucked them. Rode the bike in and went to the Park.
13-12: I worked about the house, bagged sand for the tank. Warwick brought the tank etc and sand charged 6/- but I gave him 8/-.
14-12: Put the bottom in the tank, put iron over the top as it came on to rain.
15-12: I cemented the sides of the tank and painted with pure cement.
16-12: Worked on the roof and painted the tank some more, also put things away ready for the tenants to come in.
17-12: I was up very early did what I could and took Gills ladder back. Neils arrived and settled in, we had dinner and talked with them and later walked to Gills and went with them to the station Lily and I came out to Gracemere by the train we had walked down we were very tired
18-12: I went up to the station and to town in the rail motor. I had to ride the bike out and in again to fix up things about getting 2 tubes. It was a tiring time and I had, had enough by the time I got back home.
19-12: I picked 6 tins of tomatoes and we took 6 cases to Johnstons and I sold 1 to Fosters for 18/-. I picked up my toys and tube and got home before 11.
20-12: I worked at corks and a dolls cot. Wrote to Ken. Very sultry day and I am nervy and off colour.
21-12: I went up to Mount Morgan bought cord for the iron also got rock melon 2/- grown at Wowan. I wanted the seed. Rain came on in the afternoon. I was told there was 1 inch 70 points. It seems as if the dry spell is properly broken. The country is getting very green.
22-12: Came home from Baileys, got here 10.15 and set to and made up a hobbyhorse for Mrs Mulvaney of Walter Hall. It is still very hot.
23-12: I pulled grass out of 3 rows of pines. Took Mulvaneys toys up to the station right at midday and it was very hot. The remains of Misses Zimitat, Fisher and 1 of the Fogartys was buried today.
24-12: Baileys came and they were supposed to get ice but failed to do so. We spent a quiet day too hot to exert ourselves much.
25-12: The worst Xmas for years no ice no ice cream a little beer and cordials. After tea Ted, Herb and I had 2 games of bobs. I won. Both Hilda and Dulcie and 2 children came over and I took photos, conditions were not good for photography
26-12: Lazed about quietly, too hot for comfort last two nights I got no sleep Baileys went home.
27-12: Did very little John and Iris came in the afternoon and stayed for tea.
28-12: I went out early and push hoed a row of pines. We have had 4 awful close nights and it's very warm. My back has got crook and I could not do any more work today.
29-12: I was suffering so with my back and couldnt work. The heat is simply awful Herb and Lily went to the city and had trouble with the tubes again. After tea I developed the film of Hildas kids and Dulcie.
30-12: I went and hoed a row of pines by 7.45 had a shower and rested. Irwin arrived from Townsville.
31-12: I took the photos over to Tillie to give to Hilda. Called in at Childs and looked at his pines etc

Summary 1944.

During this year I had several trips up to Emu Park to do work to improve our cottage for more comfort and I also rented it out as a holiday cottage. Several people rented it during the year. Ted and daughter Beryl was living at Mount Morgan and I was often up there to see them and they also called in often. Dulcie Newman married a yank on the 5th August this year; she also c a lled in on Xmas day with her sister Hilda and Hildas two children to see us, while here I took photos of them. Baileys came down for Xmas Eve they were supposed to bring ice with them but failed to do so. As a result of this I reckon it was the worst Xmas I have spent in years, no ice, no ice cream, a little beer and cordials. My daughter Iris married John Hickman on 7th October I refused to go to the church to give her away. I did not go as I was still working at my cottage at Emu Park. I also d i d a lot of work for several people building houses, repairing houses, making different things when required, in other words whatever people required. I was still making a lot of toys and ports as well. I even sent toys to Bundaberg. Our 3 sons were on leave from the army at several times during the year. 8th May I got tested for a pair of glasses cost me £2/15- and I didn't get the specs until 28th May I can see well with them too, cost me £ 2/14/-. Later in the year I lost them. I made a glory bo x for Iris for her 21st birthday in July. Brother Ernie died on the 17th October. On 30th December Irwin arrived home on leave before going over seas with the army. We found that when we were at Emu Park the wind was often very strong which made it v ery unpleasant. I used to go and buy a lot of fish and crabs from the fish trap.

1945.

1-1--: I went and push hoed a row of pines and Irwin and I went over the tomatoes got over 3 tins. Mum and Frank went to the Mount.
2-1--: I went to Syds and arranged to send timber down for him to take to town. Frank took them down in a handcart. This is an awful hot day; storms are working up all around us. Irwin went to the city.
3-1--: I pronged rosellas and hoed a row of pines. Lily went in by bus.
4-1--: I push hoed a row of strawberries and then started to cut out brackets for Briggs shade. I also went and hoed another row of pines. If my back wasnt crook I could do a lot more. I rwin went to town early and was away all day.
5-1--: I push hoed a row of pines and worked at Briggs brackets. Very hot today Baileys came and brought half the inch piping. Irwin went to town with them. Browns were late. Frank took 2 cases down for Syd to take in for us. After tea we printed about 1 1/2 dozen photos and had a fair feed of ice cream.
6-1--: I washed the points before breakfast. After breakfast I fixed up a case of tomatoes for Hickmans and Ted. Herb and I went round and cut out a couple of cats for Joyces chair. I went up and finished the last row of pines wat ered my tomato plants. Very muggy afternoon.
7-1--: Henry Thorsen called and paid me 6/- he owed for months. I wrote to Ken and after tea printed photos.
8-1--: I went and finished push hoeing the last few pines. Picked a tin of tomatoes they about done. Rode bike to the city banked £ 20, bought mounts and a box of 1/2 plates also packet of 10x8 Bromide paper. Afternoon Lily and I fixed Hildas photos.
9-1--: I sowed tomato seed and hoed strawberries.
10-1-: Did hoeing and finished the cat chair ready for painting.
11-1-: Irwin and I rode bikes in, left the photo for Hilda and Dulcie they wanted to pay me 8/ -more than I wanted. A nice little rain came about 5 oclock.
12-1-: Dug amongst strawberries, went down to Charleys for white ant poison. It is far too hot for me these days.
13-1-: I took beans to Roly went to a sale and bought 2 planes 10/-, also did other bits of business.
14-1-: Last evening a lot of thunder and by evening it went all round us. There was good rain at some places but we only got a few drops. The heat these days are very hard on us. Browns and us went over to Fairy Bower and spent a quiet sort of time.
15-1-: I took 3/- worth of stuff to Roly and did a bit of business, came home for dinner, knocked up with the heat, which has been awful. We have not had much rain yet.
16-1-: I shifted the bananas from the back of the house to the front side near the nut tree. The atmosphere is awfully oppressive.
17-1-: I gathered about 1 cwt of pumpkins also put out 50 tomato plants. After breakfast I put out another 50 tomato plants and took 1 1/2 dozen bunches of long beans to Roly. After lunch I sowed a few long bean seed. Afternoon I sowed Rulgor tomato seed and did some hoeing, also wrote to Ken.
18-1-: I mulched some tomatoes. Went and got the rails fixed to Lonnies steps. It was jolly hot most of the day and the bike going flat made things worse. We are certainly getting plenty of heat but very little rain.
19-1-: Fine weather again. I rode the bike with 6/- worth of beans for Roly. Went to Rigbys about the park and Hage. Called at Kingles but no tubes had arrived. Went over to Gills and Daisys, back to town and came home just in time for tea.
20-1-: I cut out 2 cats and almost finished the commode chair for Lonnies kid. Took Irwins photo and played bobs with Rennie. After tea we developed the film. It seems to be a fairly good one but can t really say till it is printed.
21-1-: I went and saw Lonnie. Rested about the house all day and printed photos after tea. I felt awfully tired all day.
22-1-: Spent the morning at Lonnies. Afternoon I put the final touches to the commode chair for Lonnies kid. I also push hoed 2 rows of pines. I had to keep myself as fresh as possible as I have to print Irwins photos tonight.
23-1-: Herb and I went to town in the truck. Got timber also saw a woman about the Park cottage. Afternoon I went and measured Charlies laundry trolly and cut out the pieces. After tea printed photos.
24-1-: I worked at Lonnies steps in the morning. Afternoon I stained photos and mixed a bit of paint for the commode chair I have made for Lonnies kid.
25-1-: Irwins leave finished and he has to catch his train at 7.30 this morning. Herb took him in. I put Briggs laundry trolley together and push hoed pines. The weather is very tiring. Mrs Lonnie and kids came up for a while.
26-1-: I hoed tomatoes and watered them. George Thorsen paid 30/- on account. Afternoon I rode the bike to town and fixed Rolys door and saw the woman about the cottage at the Park.
27-1-: I went to the Park. Couldnt get the key so had to saw the lock out with Raines hacksaw.
28-1-: Met Vicarys at the train and took them out on Warwicks truck. I had a good bathe and other wise spent a quiet day.
29-1-: Had another good bathe and took things quietly. Got a lift out with Browns in their big car.
30-1-: Herb and I went in with beans for Roly. Got the 2 tubes and fowl food. After dinner I got the wheels attached to Mrs Briggs laundry trolley. I felt rather tired after the Park trip.
31-1-: I went and put the rods in the steps at Lonnies place, finished Briggs laundry trolley, dug 4 holes for the circular saw to be set up. Also cut out pieces of 2 x 1 as a start for a trolley for Mum Johnson.
1-2--: I put in 2 blocks for the saw bench and got out a tin of onions and Herb and I filled in the tomato misses. Hoed for tomatoes and Herb and I went and got my tools and took the commode chair for the kids.
2-2--: I gave bone dust to tomatoes and dug it in and cemented a hole in the path. Also got out the rest of the onions. The oppressive weather has got me beat. I cant work much at all.
3-2--: I took 4/- worth of beans to Rolys then to Grambs and back to Roly, then to church street, bought a pair of casements from Miss Conaghan 15/- and got home knocked up.
4-2--: I walked up to Briggs and she paid me for the pot. Canvas hose cost £1/1/-.
5-2--: I humped water to most of the tomato plants. Put in the 2 last blocks for the circular saw and hoed half the onion ground. This evening the wind has come back.
6-2--: Herb took beans to Roly and I went and got the casements from Miss Conaghan we were back at 8.30 I got the rest of the onions out and finished the land. This weather is very tiring.
7-2--: I nailed the battens back on the laundry trolley, hoed a piece of ground over and put out 58 Rulger tomato plants. This weather makes me tired. After tea developed 2 films for Hickmans.
8-2--: I went up to Briggs, but no one was home. I fixed the trolley axle in correct position. Put weatherboards up and 1 bracket for the shade. After tea we printed some photos.
9-2--: I went to Emu Park by the rail motor.
10-2-: At the Park and got 3 fish for 1/9 the host cooked them and they were good I had a good bathe.
11-2-: I had my bathe and took things easy came home.
12-2-: Watered tomatoes. Rode in with 8/- worth of beans to Roly, got 2 bottles of horehound, drank 1 and brought 1 home. It was very hot and I just lounged around during the afternoon, letter from Daggs.
13-2-: I finished the shade, wrote to Ken, it was a very hot day.
14-2-: I banked 2 rows of pines and put loose earth round the tomatoes. The heat was terrible again. A big storm seemed to go round by Hickmans. I think they must have got a good rain for Johns pumpkins.
15-2-: I rode the bike to town, called 4 times at Hickmans but no one was there at all. Left a negative at Kodak for an enlargement to be made. Saw Williams and Tozers re the prices of circular saws. 24-inch saw at Williams is £ 3/15/- a 30 inch at Tozers would cost £7/6/ -. Called at Marys and got the key but not the money. A storm went round the city. This is the third time this week a storm has gone that way and we got nothing.
16-2-: Sowed papaw seed and otherwise did not do much. The weather is so awfully hot, I can t stand up to it. Our beans and stuff have gone off.
17-2-: I hoed and cut out a piece of timber for the saw bench. John, Iris and James was here for a while all feel the heat terribly.
18-2-: We all lazed about. I had intended to go to Hickmans but I couldnt get Mum and Herb to get a move on.
19-2-: I dug for a row of pines. Then I put a head in for the casements and got the casements out to do some puttying and painting but the heat has made me knocked out and I had to give in for the day.
20-2-: I took 4/1 worth of beans to Roly. Got paid by Mrs Vicary, called at the Grosvenor Hotel. Spent the rest of the day in town, came home with Bailey.
21-2-: Walked up to Briggs but no one home. I painted the casements and afternoon I ploughed a piece of land for pineapples.
22-2-: I got the casements hung, but there is a lot to do before they are any way satisfactory. Harry West came over and told me a Mrs Winters wanted the incubator.
23-2-: I put the board for enlarging in a base. Felt rather crook. I have been unable to other work today. After tea we tested out things re enlarging. Hickman came for the c saw.
24-2-: I put the shade in position again and did a bit to the casement.
25-2-: Read and rested all day, awful weather.
26-2-: Rained last night a nice drop too. I rode the bike to town, did various bits of business. Put a £25 cheque through from Reg. Got 6lb of bananas for 1/6 ordered 2 bags of pine fertiliser. Afternoon we filled up tomato misses.
27-2-: I went over the 7 rows of pines pulling out daisy weed. Then did some ploughing. Sowed jelly melon seeds. The weather is still as uncomfortable as ever.
28-2-: No more sign of rain. I sowed Leek seed and hoed. Ted and Herb did a bit of ploughing. I did some hoeing. I took the afternoon to make a case for the incubator to go to Mount Isa for a Mrs Winters daughter named Pike.
1-3--: Did hoeing and made a lid for the incubator case.
2-3--: Hoed rosellas and burned rubbish. Afternoon I had another fire, below the track as you go round to the motor. I had to carry lots of water to prevent the fire from spreading and was knocked up when I had finished.
3-3--: I first put the incubator in its case, then dug ground and put a handle in a shovel for Frank to put holes for papaw plants.
4-3--: Baileys were here and we lazed about all day.
5-3--: I rode the bike in to Mills and caught the rail motor to Emu Park, ha d a good fish meal and went out to the place, 2 windows were left open and I closed them and went to De Landells and had a cup of tea. Took a bottle of horehound down to O Donnell and we drank it. I then went to Freds and I went and had a good bathe. C ame back had a crook trip for town, had to walk 3 miles as I could not mount the bike with my port.
6-3--: I started Frank making holes for papaws. Went up for mail and saw Briggs. Afternoon I walked up to Briggs and pulled 120 suckers. Herb came up with the laundry trolley and we took the incubator to the station and booked it to Mount Isa. It has to go over 1000 miles and cost £ 1/-/3 carriage. I then called in at Morrells and gave Charlie the bill and got the cat rocker. The weather is awfully sultry.
7-3--: I went and picked 480 suckers got the mail and came home and had a rest until dinner. Afternoon I burned a bit of grass etc and went up and fixed the gateway.
8-3--: I cut the corner off a shovel for Briggs to use as a push hoe, dug holes for papaws and did a bit to the fence and Roanys paddock.
9-3--: Went to town and got 100 short 22 cartridges 5/6. Did other bits of business, came home and had dinner. After that meal I got Roany and we went to Briggs and got suckers, put 360 in the cart, but couldnt get many in the truck. Heat up to 102 in our house. It is awful.
10-3-: I dressed the butts of the suckers and cut a few blocks of wood and watered the papaw plants. The weather is just as bad as ever 102 in the house today and sultry with it.
11-3-: Rested J Hickman spent the day here. Herb and him got 2 dozen mangoes off the white Java tree. A drizzling rain has come on and may turn to some thing.
12-3-: I spent the day mostly getting the suckers. Herb drove Iris up to Gracemere and went to Briggs for the rest of the suckers I had picked. It is again like rain.
13-3-: I finished planting the suckers. An awful wind has come up and is blowing every thing about in fine style. We finished the holes for 1 row of papaws.
14-3-: I fertilised 24 papaw holes and almost a pineapple row. Rode the bike to town and stayed there till the Mount Morgan train went and took me to the Mount.
15-3-: I went to a sale but never bought any thing. We got piping from Halber station and called at Sinclairs and got papaws for tea.
16-3-: I went to the Park by rail motor. Dagg went down by train. I went out to the trap and got 3 small fish, helped Fred with the trap until it was pretty dark.
17-3-: Dagg and I worked at the garage erection, got the frame up. The wind was very strong.
18-3-: We did a couple of hours excavating. Lily, Beryl and the three youngsters came down I had a bathe.
19-3-: I cleared lantana most of the day.
20-3-: I worked at fixing a chair and then went for a bathe. Worked at the lantana and after tea I went out with Fred and got 3 crabs and a small fish.
21-3-: I worked at the lantana and put up pickets at the front of the new verandah and worked in the tank. Fred brought us a couple of flat head and took our lantern glass.
22-3-: I worked at the tank. Made a seat for Janet to sit on chamber. Did a bit to the lantana.
23-3-: I gave the tank another coat of cement. Grubbed out a few more lantana roots.
24-3-: I put the top on the tank and finished the lantana roots. We went and had a good bathe but I stayed rather long.
25-3-: Opened up a fine day. Lily and Joyce went in and met Daisy Johnson who spent the day with us.
26-3-: I cut the ends off the iron for about half way along the verandah. I had a crook turn and had to knock off.
27-3-: I finished trimming the iron and nailed the iron down in places. Went and had a bathe the first since Saturday. It is now Tuesday.
28-3-: I bored the holes for the brackets. It was a very stormy day, too windy to get the spouting up. Iris and John came down.
29-3-: Lily and Baileys went home. John and I had a bathe, Iris worked a bit. Still too windy to do the spouting. Mrs Dagg.
30-3-: Went and had a good bathe. Spent the day mostly resting.
31-3-: I put iron the garage roof and put up the spouting. 17/6 milk to and including 1st April.
1-4--: I went an d had a bathe and took some grit for O Donnell, fixed things up so that water should run in to the tank. Caught the train for home. Owing to delays I got home very late. Found the Baileys still here Ted got sick and could not go home. Owe John 4/3.
2-4--: I fertilised holes for papaws and have now 174 holes watered and ready to plant. Afternoon I set out and watered the row.
3-4--: I went up and saw Mary Morrell but she had gone to town. I went to the post office and got back for lunch. I worked at p reparing for more papaw plants. Ted and his lot have gone home, he is pretty crook. After tea I went up to Morrells and got paid for the work I did a year or 2 ago.
4-4--: I watered the papaws before breakfast and after that meal, Frank and I prepared mo re holes. Got the second row filled up. Afternoon I rode to town, got paid for the circular saw. Got rhubarb seed. Finished a letter to Reg and put in the post cards Kodak enlarged for me.
5-4--: Watered the papaws and prepared more holes, got a letter away to Reg with 2 post cards of darkies. Sowed rhubarb seed.
6-4--: Watered the papaw plants. Worked at more holes. Herb and Lily went to the city, got 2 bags of pine fertiliser. The days are nasty and hot and awfully dry.
7-4--: Again I watered the 2 rows of papaws. Sowed a bed of various kinds of seeds. I did a little towards making us a jigsaw.
8-4--: Read books all day after watering the papaws.
9-4--: Watered the 3 rows of papaws and put out 35 in the third row. Afternoon I went to Lonnies and got over 100 lettuce plants, prepared a place and planted them. Herb gave me a hand after I had about half done.
10-4-: Watered the papaws, I made holes for 21 on the top side of the tank of the track and finished planting the bottom row. Something is eating a few of them off and I have not got many left for filling up purposes. It was again warm today.
11-4-: I watered the papaws and hoed a bit. The sun was rather hot today. Watered the papaws again this evening instead of tomorrow.
12-4-: I rode the bike to town. Took 6 lb of rosellas to Mrs Powell for 2/6. Got my sandals from Mays and knocked around town, came home with Ted. The last ride I shall have in his truck. It was pretty warm today.
13-4-: Frank and I gave the papaws a watering. I also watered seedbeds and put the spray on the strawberries. I saw the Bailey family out the gate on their way to see Teds sister Fanny. Fritz at Boonah. A slight shower came over but was too light.
14-4-: I did my bed and papaw watering, filled up several misses in the papaw rows.
15-4-: I did my watering before breakfast and rested the remainder of the day. George Thorsen came down for some pipe. John took his wife away.
16-4-: I watered my whack of papaw plants and fixed a bed for strawberry runners, put out about 40 and 4 rhubarb and parsley plants.
17-4-: Watered all plants and put out strawberries.
18-4-: Watered the papaws and sowed a few beans. Every thing is getting drier every day. Too many grasshoppers and their kind. Nasty drying wind has come.
19-4-: I watered my quota of papaw plants before the sun came up, sowed papaw seed.
20-4-: Watered the plants.
21-4-: Watered the papaws. Sawed a few blocks for the stove. A wallaby came right up to our plants near the shed.
22-4-: Watered a few plants. Rested the rest of the day.
23-4-: I watered my papaws before breakfast.
24-4-: Watered the plants. We sowed Green feast peas and I put out another bed of strawberries. Herb took a bit of stuff to the city.
25-4-: Watered the plants and worked at the window and bench up stairs.
26-4-: Watered the plants and picked a tin of rosellas.
27-4-: Saw to several things about the place. Ken and Elsie arrived. Fixed up the bench to put near the window on the verandah upstairs.
28-4-: Watered the plants and took the bench to pieces that was on the back verandah.
29-4-: We went out to Hickmans and got a bit of wood and papaw plants.
30-4-: Ken drove Elsie and I to town in the truck. I had planted the papaw plants from Hickmans. We got home for tea.
1-5--: I saw to the papaws and had to fix things ready for taking Elsie and Kens photos. After tea we developed the film and they are pretty good photos.
2-5--: The morning o pened up with light rain. I gave about 70 papaw plants some fertiliser. Ken and Co went to Mount Morgan. We hoed amongst the papaws. After tea we were in the thick of printing photos when the pole and bollard at the corner fell down and of course our light went and put a stop to our antics.
3-5--: I dug around papaws. Ken and Elsie went in by utility. Put the window in at Macs. After tea we printed photos.
4-5--: Ken, Elsie and I went to Emu Park by rail motor. De Landells had died this morning. Evening I went out to the trap with Fred got a tailor fish and a mullet.
5-5--: I had a good bathe, Norma brought 3 crabs and 7 fish up. Elsie and I had a good feed of fish for tea.
6-5--: Eggs for breakfast, crab for dinner. Came home by train.
7-5--: I watered papaws and put out some rhubarb. Herb took Ken and Elsie to the train. I put out some cabbage plants.
8-5--: I rode the bike to town, left the film at Kodak for enlargements to be made. Got home for dinner after which I put out a few strawberry plants,
9-5--: I watered papaws and beans etc. Put out over 100 cauliflower plants. Afternoon a file broke out and made hard work for me. Frank, Herb and I burnt a lot of grass.
10-5-: I watered plants, put out 30 more cauliflowers, Afternoon Frank and I dug rows for tomatoes near the water supply container. Clara died.
11-5-: Dug for tomatoes and watered the plants. Afternoon I rested I was off colour.
12-5- Spent the day in the house feeling rather crook.
13-5-: Some of Hickmans were over. I have felt no good all day. The sun was very warm too. John and Iris had to stay the night as his car was on strike.
14-5-: I rode the bike in to Abels right after an early breakfast for tomato plants and was back by 10 past 8. Out of 200 there are 37 to plant.
16-5-: We got the rest of the tomatoes planted. I watered papaw and cabbage plants and set out 2 rows of rhubarb plants and had a fire.
17-5-: Last night we printed photos for Hickmans. This morning I sowed 4 rows of beans amongst the tomatoes and dug more rows for tomatoes.
18-5-: Watered more Papaws, gave the cabbages fertiliser, watered beans and strawberries also cauliflowers and beet.
19-5-: I rode the bike to town and looked at a house for Iris and John, went to the Park by the afternoon train.
20-5-: Knocked about the park. Went for a walk to Seewens with Thwaite and family. I was very tired by the time I got to my own place.
21-5-: I went out to the trap and got crabs and fish. Came back by rail motor. It was 9 when I got home.
22-5-: I watered papaws etc and put out rhubarb plants. Horses from round the hill have got in and done some damage.
23-5-: Horses were in last night. I have watered plants and put out a few more cabbage plants.
24-5-: I watered plants and put up a shelf also dug 2 rows to plant rhubarb.
25-5-: I watered plants, made another row and put in rhubarb plants. After tea we printed the rest of the photos for Mrs Hickman.
26-5-: I watered the tomatoes and cabbages and cut a tread for the steps where Iris is living.
27-5-: I rode the bike to Gracemere, called at Thorsens, Briggs were away. G. Thorsen bought the corn cracker 35/-.
28-5-: Did the watering, put out a few cabbage plants. Rain fell very lightly.
29-5-: I rode the bike to Johns and got the bus the step is just a bit too short and will need replacing.
30-5-: I fertilised the tomatoes. Pointed photos after tea.
31-5-: Put out 30 of my own grown tomato plants, dug at rows for tomatoes.
1-6--: Put out another 30 tomato plants, nice rain, but not enough for us.
2-6--: I rode the bike to town, got tomato plants from Abels and put in the step at Iris abode 6/-.
3-6--: Read books.
4-6--: Hoed till 1 when rain stopped me. We put the film in the camera, it was Elsies and Herb will have it that I had it wrong.
5-6--: Dug ground and put out cauliflowers sowed tomato seed run a drill for fertiliser for the pines.
6-6--: Dug at rows for tomatoes and onions. Herb put out cauliflowers. I made a place along a row of pines for fertiliser. Weather very warm for June, very light shower came.
7-6--: Rode the bike to town and got enlargement from Kodak. Got carnation plants. Some thief got away last night with Herbs battery charger.
8-6--: Sowed beans put out a few tomatoes and had a fire.
9-6--: Fertilised the pines, ploughed and dug ground. I sowed 2 rows of stratagem peas and celery.
10-6-: John and Iris came out for a few hours.
11-6-: I sowed a row of beans, got grass for Roany, and dug rows for tomatoes.
12-6-: I dug rows on the hillside. Afternoon I rode the bike to town and got a hair cut, bought nicotine and bean seed. Had tea with John and Iris, got home about 6. oclock.
13-6-: We sowed 5 rows of beans. Big fire of some sort at the drome. Dug ground. Fire was tar caught a light.
14-6-: Dug ground and raked stones down. Sowed several packets of state seeds also a small plot of rosella seed near the reservoir. Nasty wind today.
15-6-: I gave liquid manure to 4 rows of beans. Watered plants. Posted a letter to Joyce, got grass for the horse.
16-6-: Hoed strawberries and filled up misses. The sun very warm today.
17-6-: Read a couple of books.
18-6-: I cleared stones off the young peas, hoed and watered rhubarb etc. It was a raw kind of day. No sun out to warm things up.
19-6-: Herb and I irrigated beans and tomatoes near the reservoir. I watered more near the house. We sent Irwins camera by airmail £1/12/ 3 was the cost.
20-6-: Hoed near the nut tree and watered the biggest lot of tomatoes and beans. After tea we printed photos of Bakers children and some for Irwin and John.
21-6-: Did hoeing, sowed a bed of tomatoes dug near the nut tree for lettuce picked stones off the bean rows.
22-6-: Took stones off beans, sprayed cabbages Katakilla, and watered plants.
23-6-: Sowed the last Burwood prize tomato seeds, watered beans etc.
24-6-: I went up and spent the afternoon at Briggs. Ray was there and Marie also. The walking made my right knee very tired.
25-6-: Watered tomatoes, got Roany grass, gave tomatoes bone dust. Got a table put together for Iris. Herb and I went in and got fertiliser, I got specs from Crew.
26-6-: I fertilised beans and we watered them, this is the patch near the reservoir. I finished the table for Iris.
27-6-: Herb and I watered by can the 3 rows of peas and beans. I did hoeing and came in at nearly 11 and rested till dinner.
28-6-: I sowed papaw seed that Ken brought from New Guinea and seed from pink fleshed from Sinclair of Bouldercombe.
29-6-: Hoed a bit and watered plants. Pumped and fertilised 2 rows of peas. This morning was the coolest we have so far this season.
30-6-: Herb and I watered the 8 rows of beans and peas above the big lime tree.
1-7--: I saw to my seedbeds and read the life of Lincoln and a bit about Garfield.
2-7--: Herb was sick and Frank and I watered beans etc.
3-7--: Did watering and hoed peas. Pulled grass for Roany.
4-7--: Hoed and watered, got grass and fertilised 2 rows of beans. Weather is very strange cool and hot like rain, confused.
5-7--: I watered the 6 rows of beans and 2 of peas, put mulch on strawberries. I seem to get very tired these days.
6-7--: Pumped water and fixed up a fitting for an out let near the reservoir.
7-7--: Watered beans and tomatoes. Tomatoes show disease of sorts.
8-7--: Walked to Briggs with the photos I had promised to them.
9-7--: Worked at various jobs about the place.
10-7-: Watered the 6 rows of beans.
11-7-: Nasty day and didnt do much printed 16 photos of negatives that Iris sent out this morning
12-7-: Nice rain, we prepared a place for our 60 tomato plants. I also planted some cauliflowers. Mrs Cifuentes came down to ask me to go up and fix their stovepipe.
13-7-: I did some ploughing where I aim to plant tomatoes.
14-7-: Sowed 2 rows of beans and dug a bed. I went and did a job for Mrs Cifuentes and auntie Charlotte.
15-7-: Rain fell all day, it was rather cold rain too.
16-7-: We made places for tomatoes and fertilised them, dug more rows. Nearly all the ground is dug now, we are expecting frost.
17-7-: We finished digging rows for tomatoes and made a start just above the fowl run. I sowed cabbage seed.
18-7-: Finished digging above the fowl run. I sprayed cauliflowers. Herb did a bit of ploughing in front of the house. Weather has warmed up.
19-7-: I did hoeing and pronging also pruning of orange trees. Very mild winter so far.
20-7-: Pronged 2 rows of beans. I hoed round 6 citrus trees ready for the fertiliser.
21-7-: Cold westerly wind. I put out a bed of strawberry runners. Went to Emu Park.
22-7-: Spent the day at the Park.
23-7-: I put in a couple of short studs on the verandah, came home by rail motor.
24-7-: I hoed and dug ground and planted out lettuce, also gave the citrus trees fertiliser.
25-7-: I dug and put out more lettuce, hoed and pronged peas.
26-7-: I was off colour and stayed in bed all the morning. Afternoon I did a little.
27-7-: Sowed long beans near the wattle tree also put out shallots too. Sent to Rumseys.
28-7-: I hoed a bit, showers put me off too much.
29-7-: I went and had a look at Childs pineapples and we looked for survey pegs for the hill.
30-7-: Started off with hoeing. I also dug places for cucumbers and squash. We did a bit of hoeing in the pineapples. Stuart De Landells called about pine suckers.
31-7: I walked across to Briggs and pulled 700 suckers, came home at 11 oclock and rested till dinner.
1-8--: Prepared places for cucumbers and squash, sowed a few pumpkins and put out a few tomatoes. I also fixed the boards for the cart to bring home the suckers.
2-8--: Hoed pines. Watered strawberries and fixed the cart for sucker carting, rested till dinner. Afternoon went for suckers. We got 300 in a load.
3-8--: Hoed pines, sowed a row of long beans, manured strawberries.
4-8--: I hoed and dug holes and planted 14 of the seeds I got from Sinclair. Afternoon we got a load of suckers.
5-8--: I read and rested. The weather has got warmer and winter seems to have gone.
6-8--: I spent the morning at Briggs, doing a job to make them bath private, came home for dinner. Afternoon I got stuff ready to take up tomorrow. De Landells got his suckers.
7-8--: Went to Briggs, back for dinner sowed cucumber and squash seed also a bed of papaw seed.
8-8--: We watered beans and peas. I worked among Papaws. There was a dense fog till 10 oclock and then the sun came out and gave us a hot day.
9-8--: I did various jobs and hoed a row of pines. I was so weary after doing this that I had to return to the house.
10-8-: I emptied the well, dressed 100 suckers, and did some watering. Afternoon I made up a section for Mrs Briggs wardrobe.
11-8-: Put the strips on the part for the wardrobe for Briggs, watered things and dug round papaw plants. I set out places for Frank to dig holes for papaws,
12-8-: Stayed home and rested. I wasnt feeling very fresh and the days are warm, mosquitoes and flies are getting numerous.
13-8-: Dug holes for papaws, weeded strawberries. Sprayed cauliflowers.
14-8-: I did a bit of hoeing and walked across to Briggs and picked 200 suckers. Frank took the cart up and we put on 400 suckers then came home. I did a litt le bit of finishing to the little job I have been doing and came home. Afternoon I dressed 100 suckers, I then felt so done that I came and rested. I had also finished weeding the strawberries and picked custard apples. Whilst up at Briggs I showed Mrs Briggs where the bath room outlet to be I lost Kens gloves
15-8-: The news came that the war is over. I stripped suckers, watered plants, harrowed a strip of land for pines, and went over the land with a hoe.
16-8-: Pumped and watered, burned grass, stripped the last of the suckers. The other 3 went in to see the Procession etc. The day was a rather warm one.
17-8-: I hoed among the pines, pumped the well out and did a bit of watering and picked tomatoes, thinned out the long beans, did a bit of papaw culture. Got a letter from Ted Bailey.
18-8-: I worked at various jobs during the morning. After dinner I went up to Briggs and shaped up the wardrobe. Briggs paid.
19-8-: I went to the Park, weatherboard 12 ft 6 wanted.
20-8-: I planted 200 suckers and had a rest and nosed around for stuff to send to the Park. Its a bit like rain again.
21-8-: I finished planting the suckers and got a couple of sashes ready to go to the Park. We carted the fowl manure from the station the freight was 8/ 6.
22-8-: During the morning we used 1 bag of manure, did about 80 papaws and 18 holes for plants. Mary Cifuentes came and got mulberries.
23-8-: Manured more papaw plants also hoed the short row above the track, dug the bottom of the holes in the gully. Wrote to Ken.
24-8-: Finished giving the papaws fowl manure. Fixed up 3 sashes to go to Emu Park cut out boards for the door for the back of the Park cottage, Watered plants.
25-8-: Fertilised plants and watered. Cut down a few trees for firewood.
26-8-: Awful hot weather, seems like a heat wave. Spent the day reading.
27-8-: I hoed papaws also watered some, got bundles of timber etc ready for the Park. It is simply awful for heat especially as it is still only August.
28-8-: I hoed papaws felled an iron bark tree got the rest of the stuff for the Park Herb and I took it up.
29-8-: Watered papaws, cut out 2 x 1 struts to make up the laundry trolley. After tea rode the bike to Hickmans.
30-8-: Legs are very stiff after riding the bike, first ride for some time. I finished Mums trolley and started one for Iris. Put out 29 pepper plants.
31-8-: I humped water to papaw plants and worked at Iris trolley, it needs an axle and wheels and the draining tray. I also pumped and watered the strawberries. I cut out the discs for wheels.
1-9--: Sowed watermelon, pumpkin, beans. Put out 50 rosellas. Went to Hickmans, bad trip through paddocks.
2-9--: I went to Emu Park. Took the day fairly easy, so as to be fit for tomorrows work.
3-9--: I put the panes in 3 sashes, also put the door together for the kitchen. Went out to the trap and got 2 mullet.
4-9--: Put up the weatherboards and got 3 sashes in, had to rake up boards from various places to finish.
5-9--: Took out rotten boards and replaced them with sound ones. Also put some iron on the garage.
6-9--: Took down the back door and hung the new one. A. O Donnell helped to put a few bolts in the garage roof. I took out a window and sawed out boards.
7-9--: Fixed the piping to the tank. Put in the 4th sash also casement. Put the hinges on panel door and got some round garage.
8-9--: Hung the door and put final touches to things. Ate the last of the stew that I made on Monday it was good too. To day is Saturday.
9-9--: I read and rested, had supper with Thwarts family. Had no sleep all night.
10-9-: Gathered up things ready for home. O Donnell helped me to place the doors of the garage so as to keep out the gales and I caught the rail motor for home had 2 crabs of which I gave to John.
11-9-: I put a stay at the tank stand at the back of the house. Finished our laundry trolley and worked a bit at the one for Iris.
12-9-: We made hinges for the Park, fixed the axle for Iris trolley and I got the thing finished. I was also at white ants. Started a letter to Reg.
13-9-: I took out a part of the kitchen wall and replaced it. Went round to inspect the shed. Ants have ruined a rafter. I sharpened the panel saw.
14-9-: I put in a big day at the doors for Briggs wardrobe. I got them cut out and put together, they still need finishing touches.
15-9-: I finished the doors and fastened a nut to keep one of the wheels on Iris trolley. Went out to Hickmans, got a nice bit of bacon, John got wood and clothes props.
16-9-: I went to Syds, Lonnies and Charleys. Afternoon I went to Briggs and spent a couple of hours. It has been hot today, but has turned cooler this morning.
17-9-: I cut out a set of steps for Hickmans and got boards ready for Briggs.
18-9-: Spent the day at Mrs Briggs, finished putting in the wardrobe except the little finishing touches.
19-9-: Before breakfast I watered. After the meal I walked to Briggs and finished the wardrobe and got back for lunch. J. Abel brought me out a nice lot of carnation plants.
20-9-: I watered plants and dug ground, cut out 2 sides for steps. Planted out as many carnation plants as I could get land for.
21-9-: I pumped and carried water to melons, pumpkins and snake beans, covered carnation plants. Planted 40 more carnation plants, very warm day.
22-9-: Very good rain is falling this morning. We cleaned strawberry plants, put out rosella plants and I sowed 4 rows of pumpkins.
23-9-: I shaded carnation plants and went down to Charley, Lonnie, Syd and Dick. Afternoon I rested at home reading.
24-9-: Rode the bike to town and did various bits of business, had dinner with Hickmans.
25-9-: Sowed pumpkins and papaws also put in passion fruit seed. After tea we printed over 3 dozen photos 40 to exact. Some of the negatives were not up to much.
26-9-: Put posts in for snake beans. Put a piece of 4 x 2 up in the shed room round near the well. Watered papaw plants. Felled a couple of trees, after tea printed photos.
27-9-: Put in a post before breakfast, pronged plants and gave carnations a drop of water. Also was very tired I rested till tea.
28-9-: I watered plants, dug out a post out side our place, sawed wood. Made another start at finishing the bath.
29-9-: Watered plants. Went to Briggs and fixed the wardrobe door, got a lift home with Ken and his dad. Posted a letter to Elsie and Beryl.
30-9-: Read a book and went to Hickmans and put up a set of steps. Didnt get home until 7 oclock.
1-10-: Humped water and cleaned round the melons. Also worked at the bath a bit. I also filed new teeth on a saw blade one of those that Billy West gave me.
2-10-: I watered my plants and worked at the bathroom, very windy day. After tea Lily and I printed photos from negatives Irwin sent.
3-10-: I made a window and did cement work at the bathroom, also watered 5 plants. Picked 1 dozen pines.
4-10-: Watered plants and worked at the bathroom.
5-10-: Worked at the bathroom. I have now got nearly all openings to lightly close. It is a rough job but will be usable.
6-10-: I put stops at the bathroom door, fixed bolt on the inside, finishing sufficient to make it private. Run a nail in to my foot an inch deep.
7-10-: My foot being crook I had to keep quiet. Reynolds came to see me about road making material. John, Iris and young un came and had their photos taken.
8-10-: My foot is sore, but seems to be coming on nicely. The photos came out very well. I got letters off to Ray and Irwin got 1 written to Reg too. After tea Mum and I printed photos and they came out very well indeed.
9-10-: Got a handle in a saw, that Ted used to use and a handle ready for 1 of the saws Billy West gave me. Very warm today. Got a letter off to Reg with a photo of Iris and her son in it.
10-10: I rested all day. After tea we printed the rest of the photos for Iris and John. Heard from Ken that he is getting married next Saturday. They are a bit dark. Today is Wednesday.
11-10: I put in a couple of boards in the verandah up stairs. Fixed the photos ready to take to Hickmans. I had a bath in my cement tub first time it has been used.
12-10: Mum and I caught the rail motor to the Park I got a small crab from Fred Thwaites I rested today.
13-10: I did a bit of work at the house, cut wood. Got a nice salmon, had dinner and tea out of it.
14-10: I had my crab for breakfast. Mum and I went out to Mrs Bielenbergs and John and I and Dave and James went to the picnic.
15-10: I put boards on near the tank and pulled weeds out. Got a 9 lb sweet lip from Fred and 3 crabs. Shared it with Dave Thwaite and John. Got home at 8.
16-10: Went to town and got weatherboards for Hickmans £1/10/8. Got Ken and Elsie. I felt the heat today, after the Park, the change is no good to me.
17-10: I mended a box for my tools. Put a handle in a mallet. Run wire for so called beans. Herb took Ken and Elsie to town to go to Emu Park for a while.
18-10: I put in 18 papaws. Rained last night, I pronged pumpkins etc. Cut in 6 stays for the trellis for bean creepers.
19-10: Put out more papaws. Put the stays to the posts for the vines.
20-10: I rested most of the morning, as it was raining I planted out another 19 papaws.
21-10: I covered the papaw plants and picked beans for dinner. A nice fine day was the order. Ken and Elsie should have a nice holiday now.
22-10: Fine morning made for Hickmans. Got out enough stuff to start the job.
23-10: Got on with the job fairly well.
24-10: Carried on.
25-10: Finished as far as we could until we get stuff for the louvres.
26-10: Caught the bus and got to town, had a bad trip home, the truck behaving very badly, dirt some where in the petrol system.
27-10: I got a lift with Porters, saw Eddington, bought sandals from Wests, came home by bus. I was rather tired when I got home.
28-10: Started the pump. Went across to Mc Carthys and played 4 games of draughts won 3. Got a book and read the rest of the day. It was a very warm day indeed.
29-10: Fixed a window frame, went round the pines. Brought down a post for a trellis, sowed passion fruit seed.
30-10: I hoed and put sticks up for beans, got a post in and prepared for stays. Cable release 2/11.
31-10: I ran wires for beans. Herb and I went to town and got timber etc. Afternoon I cut the louvre timber up, ran wires for beans.
1-11-: Finished cutting the louvre timber. John took me out to the job.
2-11-: Carried on with the work.
3-11-: Put in another day.
4-11-: Did a bit of work and took a walk around the place. Hickmans dipped.
5-11-: Finished the job and Herb took me home.
6-11-: I made a start at making Mc Carthys tucker box.
7-11-: I got the box put together. After tea Lily and I developed Kens film, it is not too bad at all although Ken is spoilt by a flash of sunlight on his face.
8-11-: I rested most of the day. Did a couple of hours on the tucker box.
9-11-: I went and started the motor and put skirting round the tucker box. Light showers fell for a while.
10-11: I tied up creepers, dug holes at the plants for watering. Watered papaws and carnations. Dug 4 holes for posts, in connection with manure receptacle.
11-11: Started the pump. Read a while and went to Mc Carthys and Briggs.
12-11: I did some hoeing to pumpkins. Made a start at fixing a chair. Sharpened a saw. Mc Carthys saw. Got a letter posted to Joyce Bailey. A funny storm came in the afternoon.
13-11: I hoed pumpkins. Went up the hill and got 4 posts and cut them and put them in their positions. Also did a bit to a chair I am mending. Very hot.
14-11: Herb drove me in and I did various bits of business and came home by bus. Bought Chinese checkers 2/ 11. Took Iris beans got 10/ -from her as part payment for photos.
15-11: By 10 to 7, I cut 4 saplings down for plates for the manure receptacle. I got them in place after the heat of the day had gone down a bit. A storm went round Bouldercombe.
16-11: I went out before breakfast and bored holes for wiring the rails to the affair to hold manure. We put 8 bags of manure in the place. Played a few games of checkers.
17-11: I finished putting the iron on the manure affair. Mc Carthy paid for his box 34/- and 2/- for sharpening and setting his saw.
18-11: I played checkers with Mc Carthys and we also went over the hill looking at the stone and blinding also the lime, oppressive was what one would call the heat.
19-11: Hoed strawberries. Rode the bike in to Hickmans and stayed the night. John and Iris ate a nice melon and I risked the ice cream.
20-11: I went and saw Mrs Bray and took the bike to Mr Hilcoat and got it fixed. I got home for dinner quite knocked up.
21-11: Sent to Harle for the manure. Took out Johns bench and put the large one in its place. Very hot today 100 in the shade on back verandah. Ken Brigg brought me £8.
22-11: I put a bolt in the bench, did a little bit of chair fixing. Also cleared rubbish and timber from under the verandah.
23-11: Helped to cover papaw roots from the sun. Got a melon and a bag of sweet spuds from Bill Brown also pumped water.
24-11: Had a go at cleaning a white lead keg for Herb in getting the ice cream freezer in commission for Xmas, very warm again today.
25-11: I started the morning and went down to see Charley. He gave me a piece of cooked pork for dinner. Syd and Ken May and 2 Arthur Huffs were there also.
26-11: I went down and had a look at a stove at Dicks place. Watered plants made a draughts set. I went down after tea and played 5 games of draughts with Charley.
27-11: We cleared the fowl manure out of the shed. Watered what we could. Went down to Dicks to get the stove and tools I left when I built his house.
28-11: A couple of light showers fell during the night. Harry West came and got pipe threaded.
29-11: Very close. I started to make a chair. A bit of a storm came over during the afternoon.
30-11: Lily went to the Park for the weekend. We put in a crook time.
1-12-: Sold Foster a dozen bunches of beans 3/ -. Sharpened a saw for John, made a stew. The weather is far too hot for me, I cant stand up to it as far as work goes. Telegram from Reg expects to be home Wednesday.
2-12-: Had a bit of a storm during the afternoon. We went in to John about 3 oclock had a game of checkers and John and Herb went and met Lily, we had tea and came home and to bed.
3-12-: We worked at the stove. After tea I rode the bike up to the post office and Briggs. I came back just about 8, Mrs Briggs paid me what she owed.
4-12-: We finished the stove as far as we could until we get some parts. The heat has me beat as far as work goes. Not having sufficient water has us so that we can do nothing much.
5-12-: We went in and got Reg, I made my heels sore walking the sandals. Herb got the parts for the stove cost was 12/ 6.
6-12-: Very little work was done today. Having pretty well no water has us tied up properly. Nothing is doing any good, conditions being unfavourable for growing any thing. A Constable came looking for a wandering man.
7-12-: Watered some rosellas also most of the strawberries. Very light rain fell and a drying wind came up. It looks bad for Xmas. If only the creek came down it would be better.
8-12-: Did a bit of watering and other bits of jobs.
9-12-: Read books all day.
10-12: Did watering, made a start at fixing the skylight.
11-12: Worked at the skylight again. It looks like being a much neater job than last time.
12-12: I did a bit to the skylight and picked a few pines, sawed wood and mixed up some water paint.
13-12: Watered the New Guinea beans and picked 11 for town. After tea we went up to Briggs, came home about 11, all feeling tired and sleepy. A storm raged around but we got nothing of it.
14-12: Another awful day.
15-12: Herb, Reg and I went with the stove etc to Emu Park. Took a couple of hours to do the trip.
16-12: The following days were spent at the park. Had a fairly good time, but wind came up and made things rough.
17-12: Rested and did a bit to a stretcher.
18-12: I fixed 4 chairs and cleared the old stove away from the steps.
19-12: Cleared old timber scraps from the verandah. The place is getting pretty well cleaned up now.
20-12: Knocked out the bench and hung one of the garage doors.
21-12: Hung the other door and enlarged it to fit the other one.
22-12: The tenants moved in. I had the kettle boiling for them to have a cup of tea, I had tea with O Donnells and slept at his place.
23-12: Had my last bathe for the season. Reg and I came home by train.
24-12: Rested all day.
25-12: Had a nice quiet day. Read Walk abouts etc.
26-12: I made a bookshelf for Herbs books.
27-12: I got the port put together, that I am making for Reg.
28-12: Opened up very muggy. I picked a couple of dozen of the New Guinea beans.
29-12: Did a bit of watering and a little to Regs port.
30-12: I rested and read all day.
31-12: I did very little today, am feeling out of sorts. Herb went in and got Hickmans. We had ice cream that went well.