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  1. #1
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    Default Close Shave for my carving shed!

    Had a heavy snow fall on Thursday night. Heaps of trees and big branches dropped all night under the weight of the snow. Sat up till 5am listening to the crashes outside.....bit scary! Lost the power of course! In the morning saw that a tree had fallen on my carving shed...but only just bent the roof a bit...very lucky.

    Nearly lost my little carving hide away! Phew!
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    I drove across from Nowra to home via Nerriga on Friday morning and there were trees down everywhere (especially around Nerriga). The heaviest section that I saw was between Tarago and Bungendore, there was snow about 20 minutes outside Nowra!

    Glad to hear your shed survived
    It's only a mistake if you don't learn from it.

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    Hi Corbs,
    Yeh it was a very radical night! I think you are lucky to get back to Bungendore on the Neriga Road....that's a pretty rough trip home...isn't it? Heard the Goulburn road had heaps of cars off the side, down embankments etc too. The Neriga Road still has some rough dirt sections doesn't it?
    Glad you made it back ok!

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    Going through Tarago there's only 3km of dirt just before Oallen Ford. I haven't gone through Braidwood for a while but have heard there's still 8-18km of gravel going that way.

    I have a 4WD ute so wasn't really worried about anything other than the water height at Oallen Ford but it hadn't risen that high yet.
    It's only a mistake if you don't learn from it.

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    That was lucky! Must have looked spectacular!

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    Nearly unimaginable problem for me, without the pictures. Amazing.
    When we get a dump of 20-30cm overnight, it's a real chore to get around
    but never the tree damage. When conifers, like spruce, get loaded,
    the branches just bend lower and lower to the ground.
    If/when that slides off or melts off, the branches just swing back up.
    But to see that potted palm-looking thing by the shop door, covered with snow,
    that's the novelty for us here at 53N.
    Good to see that your shop survived.
    Do the pictures imply that you now have several lifetimes of carving wood?
    Best excuse for buying a wood stove that I've seen in a long time.

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    Break out the chainsaw, that's insane. Glad the shed survived, hope the cleanup isn't too painful.
    -Scott

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    Hi RV,
    Yeh...the trees here haven't evolved for snow. Ninety nine percent of them are Brittle Gum (Eucalyptus mannifera) and as the name implies...yep... they drop limbs. The scary thing is...during that night I could sometimes hear just loud cracking noises so I guess a few more will come down next big wind! (One just randomly dropped yesterday while cleaning up)
    I've only carved older twisted bits I've found on the forest floor and they are nice to carve and have gone nice dark brown/red with age. Usually just use the rest for firewood as it's rock hard.
    Now that you've mentioned it...might give it a go!

    Hi Scott,
    Spent most of yesterday cleaning up...had to tie that big tree to the ute and drag it off the fence. It was a big dead old tree and weighed a ton!
    "I think we need a bigger chainsaw"

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    Hi,
    What amazes me is that you have to give the photos a second look before you realise they are not black and white.
    Regards
    Hugh

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    Some years ago we went for a drive in the bush (4WD). we ended up at a spot we had been many times before. What we saw at this spot was the trees were broken and snapped off in an untidy and random way (if it was wind damaged I would have thought that they would be laying in one direction). The time of year was just before Christmas, bright sunny days no rain though. Then it dawned on me. The latter part of winter had seen snow in this particular area. The trees were no tall, maybe 15mts and of scrubby habit. I had thought that some Yowie may have got annoyed with Mrs Yowie and took it out on the trees Here at Moonbi, foot of the Divide, we had just a powdering that melted as soon as it touched the ground. I kept the slow combustion heater company all day
    Just do it!

    Kind regards Rod

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    FW: Please be so very careful cleaning up.
    I lost a dear friend, he never heard the big branch coming.
    It clocked him and he died on the spot, in front of his kids & family.

    Up here, I don't go into the forest on windy days. "Widow-makers", they're called.
    I have saws, etc in the 'Burb for trees that fall across the roads in the wind.
    At the same time, I don't want to be creamed by another one while I cut tree #1.

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    Hi Hugh,
    I thought the same thing. Thought the settings on the phone camera were askew!

    Hi Rod,
    Yeh it does look like a bunch of Yowies have ransacked the forest...there are trees and branches down every 20-30 meters! Looks a mess..but good for next winters firewood supply.

    Hi RV,
    So sorry to hear what happened to your friend. That is really sad.

    We call these trees widow makers too!
    We've just about cleared the yard...but I don't think we'll be going beyond for a while. Don't normally go into the forest in summer...don't need firewood, too many snakes and too many jumping jacks (big angry ants that sting).
    Thanks for your concern RV.

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    WoW whats going on over there?? it's SPRING.

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    I don't know Rob, the yowies, drop bears and hoop snakes have been coming out in the woods at night and creating havoc!

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    Snowy winters are nearly a black & white world for me.
    Conifer needles on spruce/pine/fir/cedar stay dark green all winter
    unless the temp drops to -20C or colder. Then, for some reason, they turn black.
    When the WX warms up, they turn green again. Life span? 5 yrs max.

    FW: I checked a map, your place appears to be not too far east of Canberra.
    Is some snow a normal part of your winters?

    I recall my introduction to what you call "Jumping Jacks."
    Relieved to have a sewn-in floor in my tent, I was told they were Bull Ants.
    Like our wasps but no wings.

    Yowies, Drop-bears & Hoop snakes must be forces to be reckoned with.
    Just about bed-time up here for the grizzlies & black bears. For the next
    six months, the forests are patrolled by just the wolf packs, coyotes, Lynx, Bobcat and Cougar.

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