Thread: My new rural place

G'day Dazzler, I am a relative newbie on this forum and so hence havnt had the pleasure of knowing you. My brother has one of those ride on lawn mowers as he has 6 acres up at Summerleas Rd (Ferntree) to keep in check (some of it is bush). I can check with him and get back to you re what its called and specs.

Re your dam ideas, yes you are on the money re digging and forming your dam walls to catch the drainage. The use of liners (HDPE) I wouldnt have thought economically viable for the purpose, whereas the use of bentonite is definitely more appropriate if needed. If you have good clays on your land, compressing by track rolling should be sufficient.

I too have a rural property out the back of Sorell (1 ha) though don't live there yet as we are still restoring/rennovating it to a standard suitable for habitation. Its a touch older (1824) than yours and hence needs a little work and some $$$ spent on it. I am at this stage working on the bathroom, plasterwork and joinery, with some really nice timbers (Cedar, Baltic, Huon, Celary top and NZ Kauri etc).

And yes re living here in Tassie, its a pretty good place to be. NZ South Island would be my other choice, but then again I like to ski so hence its attraction to me.