Mickael

Mickael has a love of food. Not two days at Fryers and Mickael had created a Quandong Flan.



Quandong is a native Australian food grown in the more arid parts of Australias interior. Each year my father harvests bucket loads from the bush in South Australia - delicious! If you want to try it you can buy some from my friend Lyle.


Mickeal was also here for the garlic harvest.

Rosemonde

Rose of the World!

Rosemonde stayed with us for x weeks. I'm sorry you didn't get as much building experience as you would have liked.

But ofcourse you did help thatch the roof of the hut near the lake.



And then there is the Francophone Wall that you made with Mickeal!

We had alot of rain this spring, infact there were floods! Our top dam which provides garden water for the village showed signs of breakin so we had to call in the earth builders to fix it. With a little help from our WWOOFERs.

Callum

The big picture was to put in a greywater treatment system for the barn but a tree stump got in the way.

Have you ever tried to dig up a tree stump? Callum has! It took two days of hard yakka (work).


Here is Callum with a sense of determination - assisted by Dan.






Okay, i feel a little guilty setting you guys up for this job. This job took a couple of days hard yakka. But finally there was a breakthrough.



Flynn Finished off the design by building a couple of beautiful stone steps either side of the system.

It is now a beautiful and functional part of the garden. Give it twelve months

Dan the Man

February to 15th September 2010

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN?













Dan was last seen hiding out in Fryers Forest.

Dan has been staying with us for several months and he would be with us still had the HOMICIDE SQUAD not turned up looking for him!

No he is not a mass murderer, just a chilled out plumber from Manchester. However Dan did not make contact with his family back in the UK for some months, then he overstayed his visa by several weeks. It is no surprise that his mother got a little worried. Consequently she rang the police and reported him as a missing person. The Homicide Squad finally tracked him down to his new paradise - Fryers Forest.

Dan is now our longest staying WWOOFER - 8 months to be precise. He has seen Fryers in both its extremes. Bushfire prone summer to torrential winter rains.

Upon leaving Dan left some good words of advice. "Remember WWOOFER rule number 1 - phone home!"

DAN BY LAKE HARIDAS



LAKE HARIDAS POST SEPTEMBER 2010 RAINS


Thanks Dan for your very chilled out presence in our home. I hope you take a piece of Fryers Forest with you. See you in three years time.

Vincent

6th June - 4th July

Vincent stayed with us for 3 weeks. Three weeks was not enough! He was wonderful company, a good wooker and wonderful cook! Thanks for your great energy and humour.

Slowly but surely Vincent made his way through our big pile of firewood. Splitting and stacking it in the front of our house.



He chops wood like a pro!




Vincent also helped us put a new roof on the community building.



Here he is with the roofing crew.


Hamish, Ants, Dan, Vincent and Stewart.


And of course there is always the dishes...

Vincent and Dan help Hazel with the washing up.

Elise and Geoffray

29th April to the 10th May.

Thanks to the volcanic activities in Europe, Elise and Geoffray found themselves stranded in Australia as their flights were cancelled. Lucky for us!




We have been refurbishing our community house. Here are some shots of Geoffray and his fine contribution...







Meanwhile inside Gary and Dan are hard at work sanding the floor.

Maria

25th March to the 12th April

"I just met a girl called Maria!"

Maria comes from Spain. She is a lover of opera and musicals. West Side Story is a favorite!

She spent many reflective hours weeding our "Love Tube".



She also replanted some garlic that had sprouted. The beginnings of our garlic crop. This year we aim to plant over 200.



Maria, Dan and i also collected firewood and cleared some tracks around the forest.

BEFORE



AFTER


Thanks Maria for your work here. When we harvest our garlic I will cook a Paella in your honour, with extra garlic - you can never have too much!