rain coming

[Howard]

Talk about 12 months of contrasts!
One year ago local (and most eastern-state farmers) were staring down the barrel of a 7th, 8th and in some cases 9th crop failure. Now you should see the place; It's like a different planet.
The cereal crops are the best I have seen them for a very, very long time. The dams are full to the brim & those that had the forsight (and cash) to enlarge their water storage while they were empty are now reaping the benefits.
Now we face a couple problems:
Those in low-lying & flat country are watching portions of their crops drown... (however I am yet to hear any complaints)
The crops need spraying in many cases, however the ground is too wet to get on it! Some are able to use aerial spraying contractors, but some can't find somewhere for them to safely land!
Another problem just around the corner is the grasshoppers. All & sundry are predicting a locust plague this spring. Hopefully all the crops are off & into storage before these little bastards turn up.
But, all in all, it is shaping up to be a bumper year. I'll post some photos this afternoon

[cliff]

Originally Posted by Howard

All & sundry are predicting a locust plague this spring. Hopefully all the crops are off & into storage before these little bastards turn up.

LITTLE BASTARDS!!!! Howard don't you mean BIG BASTARDS? as the one's up here are 4 to 5 inches long and crunch nicely underfoot

only need 6 for a good feed though

[hrpearce]

The bridge up the paddock held so I was able to get Mum's car out by loadeing it onto a trailer and towing it behind a tractor across two properties and back up the main road, ten Km trip to get the car five hundred meters from the house
I carted twenty five meters of clay into the aproach today, it hasn't filled much of the gap

[hrpearce]

Mum got a shot of me tipping a load of clay for the core of the aproach, the gap is now full enough to get a 4x4 through

[gjamo]

Hi Robert,
Looks like a few big pipes would have been good under that fill.
Graeme

[hrpearce]

Yes Graeme pipes were considered but the drawback is that debree in big floods like this one block pipes and the road still ends up floded, also it is expensive to put pipes in properly so a flood won't move them.

[hrpearce]

The rain returned and the results are in the pictures.
Before lunch when I took Mum's mail into her.
After lunch