Some advise to potential purchasers.....

Grumblebum and Dragon,

I have taken a week to respond to this email. In all fairness, it is so glowing and independently sincere, I was a bit taken aback and did not know how to respond; that you had taken the time and gone out on a ledge in the light of your peers to make such a Praise report in a Nation of tall poppy knockers.. But I thank you....

And I am glad I was able to help in the resolution of your fridge problem... Please post the message you sent to me on the Owners Forum, for others to see how it was finally solved please...

By way of thanking you, for going out on a limb, as it is not popular in this nation to praise people, somehow we think knocking the acheivers is the way to go when in reality it is unproductive and damaging to the Nation... But that is another subject... Any way, by way of thank you, here are some pictures of the Bushtracker project underway to benefit the less fortunate:



This is a picture from the front entrance, over the Post and Rail style across the open air arena to the covered arena.. (Some of the children are just a little impaired from an accident or stroke or something, but some cannot take the sun at all...)



This is taken from about 1/10th of the way down the back of the 30 acre property, showing the size of the arena, in relation to my own Bushtracker van where I have been staying for the past two weeks to guard dog the project..... Along the right are some of the offices, handicapped bathrooms and such ready to go along side the arena once it is completed...



This is a bit further back, showing some of the horse paddocks and facilities... There are 14 double stables and horse paddocks... This is about 1/4 of the property length.



This is the style of it all, I want a bit of an Old Western feel, wagon wheel furniture, hay rides for the kids sort of thing... I had a rough childhood, but am hoping to bring joy to others like I wished I had....



One of the larger stable blocks is 25 metres long and has a great room I am trying to line in hardwood and burl tables, with a kitchen, to provide a Respite place for the Parents as well.....



This is one of the two houses on the property, a weekender for the lone Ranger, and a collection of horse and western art and gear for the kids...

We all leave behind something in our passing. I am hoping to have this be the Equestrian Headquarters for Special Needs Children for Queensland. It is about 1/2 finished in the two years I have spent carving it out of the bush... It is WAY beyond my own personal needs for my six Performance Cow Horse Reiners.... But not when I can do something good for others... In that context, I am worried that it is not big enough. But it is a fantastic venue, bordering a creek on one side, the highway on the one side and the North Maroochy River on one side... There will be camping areas, trail rides, picnic areas, and I hope to build another 40 meter section of Arena so maybe we can Host the National Competitions for Disabled Riders.... This will take years to finish building, and where the proceeds of the future of Bushtracker will be channeled. You can all have a smile....

lone Ranger rides again.....