Ballimore
 

I recently moved to ballimore, NSW Australia

Population: 300

Very country and outback, i'm staying here temporarily in an old country homestead and the views we have from our front verandah are awesome!!

Thats my driveway you can see running along the fenceline.

Beautiful. 300 people? Must be so peaceful. There was an island for sale on Ebay the other day, got me thinking about living away from madness and computers. But you live in this paradise... why do you have a computer?

i work - therfore i need a computer!! Therefore i need to hang around here.

haha - we still in a days drive of Sydney tho yes, it is VERY peaceful.

i'll try get some more pictures.

Please do try to post more pictures, I would love to see more.
Six years ago, I didn't have a computer, and I mostly wanted just internet access and e-mail, so I bought a Web-TV Plus. (I really liked it, no hard drive, but I could kick back on the sofa and surf the net on my TV screen with the wireless keyboard, well worth the $200.)
The first lady I met on-line was in Australia. We met in an on-line support group, she'd lost her son to the same childhood cancer that I lost my daughter to, and at the exact same age. She was several years older than me, but I loved talking to her and have always been interested in Australia ever since.

Mitchell Creek runs through Ballimore, and although it is pretty dry now it runs into the Macquarie River.. a popular spot for picnics, kayaking, and walking the family pet!

Macquarie River.....

My front yard.. after crops are harvested.

Thanks - the creek is beautiful! I hesitate to ask - but what are the crops? Growing up mostly around Oklahoma and Kansas, I should probably know, but I have no idea what crops are grown in your homeland.

Wheat and Marijuana, most likely.

Beautiful photos. Keep 'em coming.

I think I'll try to get some pictures of my city to share... It will be difficult to avoid the homeless crack addicts and pollution though. Probably not as appealing as Australia.

Oh gosh, what a beautiful place. Makes me want to get the fuck out of Manhattan to somewhere decent in this world.

I would probably enjoy comparing your homeless crack addicts to mine ...

Didn't someone do a coffee table book of such things a couple of years ago? I kind of remember Philadelphia being really pissed off at being featured in the book ...

The crop pictured was Lucurne.

Around here there is Bali, Sorghum, Wheat, Lucerne, Canola, Saltbush, and variuos other edibles such as olives, lots of vineyards, pea farms and corn.

And yes wolf, around these quiet and secluded parts there are many marajuana farms. But a lot of have been busted of late and not too many more are game enough to continue.

Ballimore Wildflowers
 

A pic of some Wildflowers growing in the paddock.

Thanks to google, although it wasn't as easy as usual, I've established the Lucurne is a variety of hay used as fodder for horses.

(my usual standby, dictionary.com was of no use for this, as they believed I'd mistyped the name of a city in Switzerland ...)

Lucerne is the name of a local dairy operation here in the upper left hand corner. I always thought it was Fr*nch for alfalfa.