Mingenew and wildflowers

Last weekend, we hit the road again and drove around 150km southeast to the small town of Mingenew for the largest Agricultural Expo in the Mid West region.

Rob was exploring possible new job opportunities with exhibitors including local farmers. So, we met some interesting people from Irwin Valley Milling that are involved in lupins production (low GI, high in protein and gluten free grain), Perth based farmers producing carob beans that are quite often substituted for chocolate. We also met some business people that are introducing GPS based farm mapping software that enables farmers to do very efficient automated planting, fertilising and harvesting these days with self-guided tractors and things - my granddad would probably love this high tech stuff for "efficient" farming.

Here's one of the "non-GPS" tractors from a few years ago on display...

Gotta love those wooden wheel spokes! Beautiful works of art!

On the way back to Geraldton, we decided to stop in the Depot Hill Reserve located northwest of Mingenew and finally saw what everybody has been raving about - wildflowers of many varieties set among the vast landscape. I've no clue what we saw and was told that two of my pics included South African weeds - interesting and a bit unusual to see such variety of colours wild in nature.

This week, Rob is fully engaged with job hunting and hopefully, he'll find more suitable job/project that would enable him to apply himself. I'm getting busy with my Pilates teaching, marketing and also seeking new business opportunities within the social media arena.

In the meantime, we'd love to hear from you if you're considering to make a trip to the Wild West in the near future. Don't forget, we're now moving into the "windy" season and there is plenty to do if you don't like to be out when it's blowing.

Seven months in Gero!

It's hard to believe but we've been living in Geraldton already seven months.

Since Rob's departure from his last job, he has had finally a chance to catch up on his lost sleep over last six months or so, and also do more enjoyable things such as fishing, chilling out, a bit of surfing, and getting back to his backyard - now also growing potatoes, more corn, etc. 

 Happy Rob

THREE fish

I'm now teaching three Pilates per week, and getting more and more people interested in my group and also private classes so, my marketing efforts are finally working. A few weeks ago, I started doing Iyengar Yoga that puts emphasis on details, precision and alignment in every posture and must admit that this practice nicely compliments my Pilates teaching. 

Happy Kat

Last week, I've been also working on one of the upcoming event "Dare to Dream 2050 - Future of the Mid West". Attached for you is our logo that we created for the event. More information re this project will come later on. 

Next week, I'm off to Sydney for a Pilates Conference 2013 and also to renew my passport - yep, it needs to be done in a person these days including pick up--in SYDNEY. Something to keep in mind for all of you who are still holding your European passport. On the other hand, I'm really looking forward to seeing some of you while I'm in the Big Smoke again. 

 Geraldton Port during the sunset

Stormy clouds in Drummonds