27.
1864
| June | 30 | Tucker & self at work in garden a.m.,p.m, loading & heaping manure stowing stores in loft. McC. & Joe working bullocks, Laing excavating for Dairy. Connor with ewes lambs. Yougalgarry the same but ran away. counted sheep; too many |
| July | 1 | Started McC., & Jack, to finish flat after dinner, McC. working bullocks a.m. with Joe & Tucker. p.m. Tucker put new floor in house. Self making & putting in nose-boards, & out horse hunting p.m., did not find them. Laing cooking in place of Jack. Joe at shed floor. |
| 2 | Tucker at garden. Men as above, self & Albert horse hunting on lower run, brought in all three; p.m. self after Bobby & Ney, found tracks too late to follow. | |
| 3 | Sunday. After horses, not seen. | |
| 4 | Tucker & Joe making addition to garden, Albert went with stray bullock to "Digdown", self brought in horses a.m. working at home & after cattle p.m. | |
| 5 | Men as before; Tucker & self cutting rafters & battens for shed. | |
| 6 | The same, very great difficutly in procuring timber for roof of shed. | |
| 7 | Men as above, self with Tucker, attempted to split rafters, but could not manage it. Albert & others after stray sheep & lamb, did not find her. Their tracks seen on wheat. | |
| 8 | Tucker & Joe at work at garden, self cutting rafters. T. brought in 2 stray ewes with lambs. McC., Jack returned from flat. | |
| 9 | Joe at work at garden fence, Tucker cutting logs. McC. & self carting logs & fire-wood a.m. stowing stores, at work in garden etc. Albert saw all the horses on lower run. Jack laid up with bad hand. | |
| 10 | Sunday. | |
| 11 | Two men raising stone. McC. driving, 1 gardening with self. |
