Ding-dong, the rat is dead

With the assistance of a glue-trap our rodent companion was captured last night.  It was then dealt with appropriately.  A full write up of the saga is here and Ratty is there:

As I type, at 6:44 on 12 August at Wellington NSW it is well below freezing.  Please explain why we left Yungaburra!  Apparently the overnight low was -2^oC.  We forced ourselves out to start packing and completed this by about 9am and were on the road soon after.

The drive was basically a drive.  From Wellington to (about) Cowra we were impressed with how green the country was.

 In some places canola had been plated and was fully flowering, giving patches of bright yellow.

More yellow was evident from the wattles beside the road.

As we started to climb from the plains up to the Tableland the green-ness started to decline to the frost-burnt brown of a Monaro Winter.  While there there was plenty of canola planted between Cowra and Boorowa it was only just starting to flower.  This was a sure sign that things had been cool.  Probably not a pleasant time for these sheep to have misplaced their overcoats.

 At least the little lambs were capering well (although Frances noted a few in another paddock that appeared to gone to check on Ratty).

We got home at just on 2pm having paused briefly in Boorowa for a pie.

• Bird of the day: Pied Butcherbird: common through the trip but not in Canberra, so I had been saving the species for this day.  Flock of the day was NOT Superb Parrot, which as usual was unevident , except on various hoardings around Boorowa.  This tick goes to Little Corellas along the Macquarie River in Wellington.
• Vegetation of the day:    Canola near Molong.
• Memorable moment:  Swinging into our drive!
• Comment of the day: None
• Pie of the day: A steak and kidney item from Superb Bakery in Boorowa.  A very good offering indeed.  Everything well done.  It at least ties with the Quincan Cafe in Yungaburra for pie of the trip.  A little small so 9/10.
• Troppo moment of the day.I was so laid back that even a pause at roadworks on the edge of Wellington didn't cause me anguish.  We were also well below the tropics!

Some overall review of the trip material will be has been generated when I have caught up on a few other things!
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