Enjoying the lengthening days of south eastern Australia in the southern spring was a glorious, laid back rural experience. I spent time on two farms: each of them suffering in the drought, one of them seemingly with greater success though as the herds were larger, the activity greater and the property more expansive. Both families were very friendly of course, putting me up at part of the Wwoofing scheme - it's still going strong by the looks of it, although they're persisting with their Comic Sans obsession...