Ravenshoe - House Sit

 13 July - 2 August 2025

We were invited back to Ravenshoe to house sit again and gladly accepted. This time we would be there for three weeks over winter. Ravenshoe sits at an elevation of 930 metres and is often covered in cloud so we were expecting some very cold weather. Rob had left plenty of fire wood and we had all our "Tassie" warmies with us so we weren't too worried. We had to light the fire on a few nights, but mostly the weather was surprisingly mild.

We enjoyed drinks by the fire on cold nights

This time as well as Lexie the dog and the sheep we had looked after last time, we had another 12 sheep. Dinner time was like feeding a mob of 6 year old boys at a birthday party - they followed me into the paddock and almost knocked me over trying to get to the feed. They pushed and shoved each other out of the way and acted like they hadn't eaten in days - instead of having grazed all day. We had one lamb born while we were there and we could see there were more on the way.

Once again we settled into a good routine and used the time to restock our freezer ready for the next leg of our journey. We had decided to go "up the Cape" when we left so we reorganised our gear and arranged to store some things we wouldn't need in the shed.

We took the opportunity to igo "to town" in Atherton a few times on business as well as a rush to the hospital emergency department when Mick developed a very nasty swelling following some sort of a bite. Ticks, leeches and all things bitey seem to love him. Fortunately he was ok with some anti histamines but we never did figure out what had bitten him.

We visited Mt Hypippamee a couple of times and met up with a birding friend who was in the area for a few days. Mick was able to show him where to find a couple of birds he was after so he was very happy.

Homeowners Rob and Cheryl arrived back the night before we were due to leave and we enjoyed a great night with them, and some of their friends and family, at the Ravenshoe Bowls Club. The club hosts a dinner every fortnight - delicious home cooked food at a very reasonable price.

We did all our final packing on the morning of our departure, saaid our goodbyes and set off to Daintree Village where Mick had another boat cruise booked.