We have spent 13 days straight now doing volunteer work for BlazeAid and Peter has learnt quite a bit about fencing techniques although just about every fence is different. Lesley did go out for 2 days fencing but found it hard as both days were quite hot with little shade around. So she has been helping out around the base camp by cooking the breakfast (bacon, eggs, sausages etc...) on the barbecue for all the volunteers, washing and cleaning as well. We have met so many nice people from around Australia and the world here. Some stay for a few days and some have been here longer than us. A few volunteers left yesterday to help out at Charlton, which is about 70 kms to the north west of Bridgewater, as they were short of volunteers there. We thought about going up there, but maybe later. We had Wednesday and today off to have a rest and travel into Bendigo to do some shopping etc. Yesterday, Lorraine returned here to Bridgewater after going to Melbourne for a few days, so she took us out to a property we had recently put up fences on and showed us how to use the Metal Detector properly, but we only found some old nails and bullets, no gold yet! But now confident in using it so we may get to visit some old gold fields in next few days which locals have told us about.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
BRIDGEWATER
We have spent 13 days straight now doing volunteer work for BlazeAid and Peter has learnt quite a bit about fencing techniques although just about every fence is different. Lesley did go out for 2 days fencing but found it hard as both days were quite hot with little shade around. So she has been helping out around the base camp by cooking the breakfast (bacon, eggs, sausages etc...) on the barbecue for all the volunteers, washing and cleaning as well. We have met so many nice people from around Australia and the world here. Some stay for a few days and some have been here longer than us. A few volunteers left yesterday to help out at Charlton, which is about 70 kms to the north west of Bridgewater, as they were short of volunteers there. We thought about going up there, but maybe later. We had Wednesday and today off to have a rest and travel into Bendigo to do some shopping etc. Yesterday, Lorraine returned here to Bridgewater after going to Melbourne for a few days, so she took us out to a property we had recently put up fences on and showed us how to use the Metal Detector properly, but we only found some old nails and bullets, no gold yet! But now confident in using it so we may get to visit some old gold fields in next few days which locals have told us about.
