Benalla Market

We drove to the town of Benalla this morning to go to the monthly market. There was a lot of good produce, some local crafts, and a lot of flea market type fare. Oh, and two separate booths selling manure (one sheep, one cow). In the pictures, Shaun is wearing the red shirt, Nobuko is the one with crutches (she had foot surgery recently), and Kazuki, their nephew, is the Japanese fellow in the green shirt. He is visiting Australia for a year to learn English, travel a bit, and play some Football. Right now, he and I are on the same program: work for food and shelter.

After market, we stopped at an outdoor equipment shop so that Shaun could get some chainsaw files. The owners of the shop want me to come work for them for a little while doing some gardening. Maybe that will work out. Kazuki and I got our pictures taken on the American yard machine. It was a special moment.

We spent the afternoon looting some local ruins for stone slabs, then brought them back and started building a staircase. It was dark and rainy when we stopped, so I didn't get any pictures, but here is Shaun and his trusty bitch Diva on the way to the dig. Kazuki and I were following in the Ute (pickup truck) which we loaded to maximum capacity with granite and bluestone before returning to the homestead.

...and of course, the obligatory kangaroo shot (with wombat in the background)...