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.