We have been back on Norfolk Island a month now and are in the midst of renovations, land clearing. and fencing. We intend to import from Australia a small herd of Boer goats and a small flock of Wiltipol sheep, but they wont arrive, I should not expect, until after Christmas - lots to do to get the land ready. As I type I can hear the dulcet, mellifluous tones of hammers, drills and chainsaws, I have no doubt it will go on for months.

It is great to be back and settling down properly. I have already been given boxes of the hugest grapefruit I have ever seen, they were growing on a massive tree at one of my favourite restaurants "Norfolk Blue", I can pick as many as I want. I have started 3 batches of grapefruit wine destined to be Grapefruit champagne. Next batch will be lemon champagne, from huge juicy lemons given to me by Caine the digger driver, also in the offing strawberry guava champagne from the strawberry guavas I froze over summer, yum! Each batch of wine amounts to 26 bottles of bubbles.

We went for a drive onto a private farm the other day and I saw the most amazing banyan tree, see photo below, bear in mind I am not the best of photographers. The tree was so huge I could not get it in one frame.

I love Norfolk Island!!!