Never squat with spurs!!!

Giddy up Canada!!! Yeehaw…we just got off a cattle station this morning….it was exactly what we needed. It gave us a new appreciation and reminded us that home is where the heart is. The terrain was very similar, but much drier and less colour, otherwise…great to see cattle, crops, sprayers, goats and the good old outback. The cattle station was very traditional in that this was once solely a running cattle station but when times slowed down the owners decided to invest in the tourist industry and open their home/land to visitors. All the buildings were made out of rough timber and materials found on their land…very rustic. Walker Texas Ranger included. We were very spoiled night with a 2 course homestyle meal cooked over the open fire- damp with beef stew to start, then 2 massive beef roasts, potates, beans, carrots and gravy and all you can drink coffee…we were happier than pigs in shit!! It made us miss our mommas and appreciate their cooking that much more….can’t wait for Christmas turkey (hint,hint..you better get on that!) So, like we mentioned in the last post, we are trying to participate and overachieve at as much as we can in the next 2.5 months. So , not going lie…we’re not really pirates or divemasters or surf pros (we did do all of them though ;) But please give us this one blog to pump up our tires. No word of a lie, your Saskatchewan girls kicked some serious ass on that ranch, placing in the top/finals in every event. Mechanical bull riding- final 2, limbo competition-top 3, talent show- top 5...goat rodeo..yup that’s right and it wasn’t even Gille Goat!!! So to briefly explain how the rodeo went down…a team of 3 were put in a pen, a circle was drawn in the middle of the ring ( only one member was allowed out of the ring at a time to to do their ‘task’ otherwise 5 secs was added to your score) There was 1 person to catch the goat and drag it to the circle, when another member grabbed the front and back leg picking the goat up and lying it on its side while the last member runs to grab a branding iron and must hold it on it’s rear for 3 secs. So, now that we’ve explained it….we’ll have you know they split up us Candian girls into different teams…Brit and Taya got to compete twice, being fillers together for the last team because no other girls would cowgirl up lol! Oh know those UK gals!!! In case you don’t…they were veggies, enough said! We took bronze, silver, and gold with the usual time of rookies being 30-45 seconds. Walker Texas Ranger said anything between 20 and 23 seconds is a good time….so….15 seconds it was!!!! We were so proud of each other. Among other things we learned how to crack a whip…Micky look out…Briana is a master!!! We also had the chance to rope and partake in the “Ring of fire.“ So, the group stood in a circle, held hands and spun a bottle to choose who was going to hold on to the end of a cattle prod to send the current to everyone….and the winner was….Taya! Half of the people backed out once they knew what was happening…of course we couldn’t back down now!!! Besides, we knew we could trust Walker with our lives!!! It’s unbelievable how many people have harassed us because we aren’t drinking, we’ve heard everything from how lame and boring we are to… us not ‘truly’ appreciating Australia because we haven’t partied with different people from different countries and thrown up on each other ( that was actually said to us…believe it or not!) So we have now taken another route, we now tell people that we don’t drink at all…some think it’s because of religion or that we are just lame as once mentioned….but we don’t mind…whatever keeps people off our backs! We just arrived in Hervey Bay, staying at the Palace hostel. No big plans here but some whale watching, relaxing and tomorrow we go on a 3 day/2 night self drive jeep camping/safari trip to Fraser Island. We touch base in three days and let you know how the camping went…we are very excited to have a bonfire on the beach!!! Anyway, ciao! Talk soon.

P.S. We have a new term to describe our travels and have made an acronym for it….LTMFD…whoever can send us the correct answer wins a dingo!!! But no, for real, we will make sure to bring back the winner a small token for their efforts!!! J

P.P.S. Briana wants to give a shout out to Cody & Sheena- Hope all is going well….I know the due date is fast approaching and that I am thinking of you. Miss you lots…can’t wait to see the little one. If there’s bets…I call baby boy Oct.29, 7lbs 2 oz, 18” (remember closest wins!!!)