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Just bunging on a few pics of the farm for anyone who is interested... We have had a bit of rain lately, so things have greened up a bit, but the land can get very dry. This was taken before Christmas, mainly just to record how poor the feed had been at the time. The dam inlet runs at the base of the hill in the background and round to the dam.


This one was taken outside the top gate and shows the top of a very dry and dusty driveway and how low our billabong became. The fact you can see two dams tells you it is pretty low. The right catchment was only holding about a metre deep and the left about 3. They are home to silver perch and red claw lobsters. This is our main water catchment and this water is used for stock, yards, pool, ponds, loo & washing machine. Water usually sits at least 4 metres higher than this.



This ramshackle set up is the poultry range leading out to the left, the hay bay, the birthing/nursing stalls run inside behind the shadecloth and the feed store is in there too. The main garage is right at the end.


Sorry, sidetracking-as-I-too-often-do, and just found this one... How good is this dog, huh? Zara, the wonder dog, doing her thing...


This shot looks up the second hill to the house at the top. I have no idea just what you will be able to see once they post, but this pic was taken at the very end of the last dry. Feed was scarce and much of the remaining grass is native. Any green you can see is likely to be lantana. These paddocks are all open roam. The pens are over this hill behind the house.



This shot shows not a skerrick of grass, and I battled for 3 years to keep these pens providing fresh feed. Last year I just gave up. It was too dry and hot for just too long, and the ground just turned to dust. From left you have Sarah, Jacqui and Ringer, but these are actually goat pens. When things got real bad, all animals came up into pens to make hand feeding a bit easier. The Bamboo is used as hay stands to keep the feed off the ground. Tyres are used to extend the life of feed and water bins, and keep them upright. The tank in the background is the dam tank and water is pumped up with a petrol pump and dispersed by gravity feed as we need it.


Been trying to find a pic of the rock walls, which were my last kinda big project, but can't find one and am getting bored of this upload thing. That might give folks an idea of the land here anyway, and why I have spent so much time complaining about the drought!

aaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!

Does this site magnify stuff OR WHAT??? I went to tinypic, and they gaurantee reduction.

Help. Please help. I just knoooooooow Muddy is going to have a field day with this!

The pics are a little on the LARGE size

You can edit them if you have a programme to do so... or you can use an online programme such as the ones that BoB suggests on this thread on Neeps!

Wow.. how wonderful it is to see where you live. Thanks so much for sharing. Zara... is the absolute spit of my Zara... no longer with us, but wow.. she could be the same dog.

Gidday

They did that sorta thing with me and Milly told me to change the size to message board size in the photo bucket and it correct.

Gee I feel sorry for ewe Aussy jokers. You call that green.

It just makes me so happey to live in this little old country of ours.

She's mighty dry alright mate!

I hope you get a bit more rain too, we've been getting pretty good rain lately, but not all of it in the dam.

Nev

Strewth; "Tinypic"??? BIG don't come into it.

Tip for Firefox users: install the All-In-One Gestures extension. Then, with your mouse over the picture, hold down the right button and draw a clockwise square, starting at bottom right. This will halve the size of the image.

You know, the one thing I hadn't anticipated about your place, Boots, was trees. A bit spindly, but tall, proper trees, and lots of 'em. And shade. And views of mountains.

Thanks for posting them.

blimey ! i had to cut the html out of the code and go look at the pictures on my browser - that worked

thats some place you got there Boots - are those goats running about or are they tethered?

If I am clearing a particular area, like the dam inlet, I will tether them in it. When they are just grazing, I just tether the lead goats and buck, and the rest don't roam far from them then.

Will pull the pics out after a couple of days, So the page goes back to normal chatting size.

No, leave the pics there! When we get to page 2 normality will be resumed!

Lovely pics Boots, it's so nice to see some after trying to imagine your set up from your descriptions.

I can't see the pic of the dog though, just the red cross in the box.

Whereabouts in Queensland are you, or don't you want to say? At least tell us if you are coastal or outback. I know the place quite well having spent 3 months backpacking round it!

i like the big pics so there
the two donkeys should be called blair and bush lol
regards dave

Well Australia is on a bigger scale big pics seems appropriate in a way! You guys really were dry- it's hard to imagine such an arid landscape here, give it a few more years and I might not have to.
The piccie of Zara is a beaut! she is a good girl. Got any pics of your mud brick building?

kind thoughts
Deb

The dog has appeared! Love the kitty!

You have a great place there boots !

but indeed it must be hard work regarding feed and water ..

fair play to you !

Great place you have got there Boots. Thanks very much for sharing those photos.

Kev.

Great photo's thanks for sharing, I see boer goats...my fav! And donkeys..I'd love a donkey...but not allowed!