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Mostly European Cowgirls

Melbourne, VIC, AU

Unbeknownst to us, this job put us smack into the middle of the backpacker working trail and as a result, our workmates were not who we expected.  In what we anticipated to be a primarily Australian work group we found ourselves surrounded by 2 Kiwis, 3 Germans, a Sweede, 2 French, a Scott, 2 Americans (us) and a paltry 5 Australians.  The foreigners outnumbered the locals by more than 2:1.  Also the overwhelming majority of employees were female or as Greg put it to his unmarried brother Chris,

“Dude, wanna meet a bunch of young European Cowgirls?”

the horse hands
Exactly one person in this picture is actually Australian.

 

“Then come to Australia.”

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Chicks Dig Scars

Melbourne, VIC, AU

…just usually not so much on themselves.

While Greg spent the majority of his time feeding and mucking Tiffany got to “train” the horses.

At this point we should point out that Tiffany has a tendency to…smack things (Aside from Greg, that is).  We’re not saying that Greg has ever been approached by a pastor at church but he has had to field a few worried glances from time to time from fellow parishioners.  It came with the territory when he decided to marry a woman who gets her kicks zip lining over tropical rainforests and sailing through gale-force winds.  As Tiffany puts it, “I don’t bruise easy.  I just hit things hard.”

Tiffany & silver fern
Don’t be fooled, she’s probably better with a hand gun than you are. Seriously.

Now we’ve already gone over how these horses are half-ton hyperactive 2 year-olds that are fed nothing but sugar all day, every day, right?  You put them together with Tiffany on a daily basis and well…

It keeps it interesting

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