Visiting my aunties' house in the adelaide hills.

The house

	The squires live in a two storey house in the northern Adeliade hills.
	A shot of the family.
	The power to the house is controlled by this high power invertor and regulators.
	A lot of power is produced by this wind gnerator.
	The energy is stored in this battery bank.
	A front shot of the house. This is the top balcony. It is essentially finished, only needing a coat of paint.
	Kangaroo grass(Thelmeda) grows all around the farm.
	Three of the keightley clan.
	Anne has done a great job on the kitchen, aiming for a country style kitchen.

The animals and plants

The squire farm was bought to breed goats, but the goat markets dried up, so the squires decided they would return their land to the state it was in before white settlement(well, besides the odd dam, dead car and house). They got involved with various land care projects and provide lots of mannagum seed.

	The dog, lou, is a Brillade(sp?) sheep dog, and would really like to kill me... When I stayed here a few years back lou and I were on speaking terms, obviously I should have stayed with the pack.
	Although the squires don't keep any animals of their own, they barter their land for ostritch farming in return for carpentry.
	The view from the balcony. The trees obscure the view across the valley.
	On the driveway in I saw this willy wagtail. Not rare, but very hard to take a picture of!
	There are three creeks flowing through the property, they all meet and form this small pool.
	There a lots of rare grey wrens. They breed in the gorse, which prevents this nasty weed from being removed.
	Anne's favourite yakka. She has burnt this one for several years and the resulting flowers are very impressive.
	A portrait shot of the same tree.

The fungi

	An interesting species of green fungus.
	An interesting star puffball.
	This is the only example I could find of this yellow and red fungus.
	A yellow fungus that covered the entire hill.
	An interesting fungus with points.
	This orange fungus probably is attacking the tree.
	A rather large fungus here, not sure of the species, but it was 25cm in diameter.