Augathella #2

September/October 2025

Augathella also known as ‘meat ant country’. Like many other country towns the water tower has some beautiful murals, in the main street there are quite a few sculptures made out of wire which are really good. There is quite a lot of memorabilia about the amazing story/film – ‘Smiley’, a young boy who grew up in Augathella.

There has been a few storms with a little rain during the last month, one particular storm that consisted of lotz of thunder & lightning ignited a fire, approximately 200 acres were burnt out, Peter & quite a few of the neighbours managed to get the fire under control after a light shower of rain & many man hours. After 1 week green shoots were appearing & within 2 weeks a good coverage of green was appearing. Buffel grass is the main grass source which is a great feed for the cattle but when dry ignites easily from lightning.

Santa Gertrudis & Angus are the main breeds of cattle at Plevna, at present the calving season has just about finished – there are so many cuties, the bulls are getting a little frisky & soon will be mustered then put in with the cows. One particular Angus cow walks on her knees, she was born missing the lower portion of one leg & over time the other leg seems to have collapsed – so thats why I call her ‘kneecaps’.

Akaray is the other property where I spend 3 nights a week caring for an older guy who has dementia, an interesting position but does have limitations.