Following the unseasonal but very welcome rain a fortnight ago, Rob has decided to ‘drop a match’ and do a little ‘fuel reduction’. The Connors Range forms our Western boundary and is a jungle of rank grass and lantana. A proper fire hazard, come September and October….

With plenty of moisture and creeks full of water, along with the cool freezing nights, it seems an ideal opportunity to reduce our exposure. 

We’d hate to sacrifice paddocks of palatable grass with plenty of fresh, green growth underneath…

These wearers are steaming ahead, bellies are full and they’re mostly content. Today they gleefully bucked and played and galloped over to meet us. Curious, perhaps, by the menagerie of kids making a noise on the Ranger…

Now the photos I’ve taken aren’t doing justice to the green growth and fresh feed we have…

Seems photography can play tricks and when we arrived at the next paddock (to check on the breeding cows), the sun had dropped and the light was much more favourable. One dear old cow even obliged to show how palatable the pangola is….

Rob was concerned that people would notice he had a loose wire in the fence, so I have provided proof that we he did get off the Ranger and fix it!

And yes, the wire is rusty…it is on a long list of fences that need repair or replacing.

Maintenance is ongoing…..bloody overheads!

There are 3 comments on this article:

• On 6/08/2012 annewheaton said:

  Interesting that your wire goes through holes in the fence posts.

• On 13/08/2012 Old Nev said:

  Interesting that you should be interested anne. I am just starting to re-wire some internal fencing and the contractor and I are debating wether to string the wire through the holes or tie it on the outside of the post. Any recommendations?

• On 14/08/2012 Ainsley said:

  Before replying to your question Anne, I consulted Rob. Why do we put wire through holes in fence posts?! We use split Ironbark timber for our fenceposts (an abundance of ironbark growing here) and traditionally the wire has always gone through the post. As for a good reason why, I’m still waiting a reply! He did say that the ties on the outside of the post tend to rust off earlier compared to the wire running through. Other than that, I think it may be because “that is the way it has always been done!!”.