One of the things that I like doing on fine days is to stir the Oldies into taking me for a drive. We just drive around roads and lanes that we haven't been along before and see what's there. Last week we investigated some lanes just east of Canberra in NSW. There are lots of small hobby farms there and on one of their driveways we found this interesting bit of old farm machinery. Dad knew what it is, after all he is almost as old as it. It is a hay-rake that used to be dragged behind a team of horses or a tractor. Great for small bears to climb on, you can see that I managed to get onto the seat. If there had been a horse or a tractor around I would have loved to have a go at raking something. Actually, the only horses we saw on this "lane-cruise" were these two in a paddock near an electricity sub-station. I guess that if they had broken through the fence and touched one of the connectors they would have found another, shocking, meaning of horse-power. (Mum: Apologies for Bart's attempt at a word joke)
Labels: animals, Canberra, climbing, engineering, New South Wales
# posted by Bart Bear @ 6:04 pm
