Our People
In the last year, we have had a few different people join us.
Ron Reed
Ron comes with many years of experience in machinery, maintenance ,and local council work. He started in March 2023 and has been very helpful in putting the time into such jobs as getting the old tip truck going again, fixing gates, burying pipelines, spreading gravel around the dog kennels, pulling box thorns, and all the jobs that often get pushed aside when busy with livestock work. As evident by the previous list, there is an endless register of things for him to attend to.
He also helps out when things are busy with jobs such as lamb marking or shearing time. Originally from Pt Elliot Ron (and his wife Jill) have become an integral part of the day-to-day plans and our family.
Aline & Etienne
We met Aline and Etienne at a service station purely by chance - sharing an air hose. They are from France and were traveling around Australia in their van. Further chats ended with them coming to Keri-Keri to work for 3 months. They also ventured to the neighbours (McKindlays and Willox) to help out. We loved having them as part of our life, and even Butch the Jack Russell spent alot of time having sleepovers with them, Dan in with them after school and they had a wonderful experience learning various aspects of livestock management. They took part in anything that was going on from shearing, lamb marking and even participated in the local Moulamein Sheep Dog Trials. With names not familiar to Australians they affectionately became known to everyone simply as The Frenchies. We stay in touch with them and look forward to seeing them both again one day.
Silas Brew
With a connection to Moulamein dating right back around 50 years ago, Silas was living in Melbourne and completing an Agricultural degree. Silas’s grandparents owned and ran the Moulamein Tattersals Pub in the 1970s and were family friends of the Dowling family. Silas contacted us to see if he could take a gap year and work with us for 2024. He has integrated into the local community very well and plays football on weekends, helps out with the fundraising wood cut and seems to have met everyone within a 50 km radius. It has been a steep learning curve for him not having had any experience to rely on, but he has been dedicated to learning. He can now ride a motorbike, move livestock alone, lamb mark, clean troughs, and fix fences. Sadly his Moulamein football team has only had one win for the year so he won’t be needed for the upcoming footy finals. We have had many laughs and totally enjoy having him as part of our lives.
