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Category Archives: Water
Swimming in Milk
This morning I found this lovely green frog swimming in one of the poddy calf feeders. I was just about to put the teat in Paddy’s mouth when I saw a dark shape moving around inside the bottle. I took … Continue reading
Days don’t always end at dark
Gently overflowing water trough, found just on dusk 3 February. Home at 9.30pm. The next day when checking the herd at twilight, my husband found an alpaca giving birth. This is most unusual. Alpaca usually always give birth in the … Continue reading
Making a hole in the river bed
Last Thursday we got an excavator in to dig a hole in the almost dry river bed. The before and after photos show how bad it was. The new water hole for our intake valve means that we can now … Continue reading
Lagoon Creek…water in the middle reaches
We missed the fresh coming down Kewell Creek last Saturday morning but we saw it come down Lagoon Creek at the end of the day. It’s always great to see the leading edge of water flow down a dry creek. … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Bush Life, Dogs, Water
Tagged Ellie, Kewell Creek, Lagoon Creek
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Kewell Creek…running again
Walking upstream after rain.
First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is…
Rain! Last week we had 118.5 mm of rain. Beautiful rain, long overdue, life saving… We had had 10 mm one night the week before that had been divine to hear on the roof at midnight. Another 9.5 mm the … Continue reading
The Woop Woop March on horseback
Woop Woop is an Australian colloquialism that means the middle of nowhere. The equestrian protesters called the Franklin Horses are also using woop woop as a rallying cry. They are riding 1300km from Grafton, on The Clarence in Northern NSW, … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Bush Life, Horses, Water
Tagged Aberdeen, Arrowfield Thoroughbred Stud, Canberra, Coal Seam Gas, CSG, fracking, Grafton, Gundy, The Woop Woop March
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Gates of Gundy
This is the garden gate, in operation as our wash stand for showering using bore water from the hose. Dad made its trio of flying tin ducks. After a long period without rain last year, we ran out of drinking … Continue reading
Culvert over Native Dog Creek
…found out it needs some attention!
Country Life and Death 