Thread: The rural block

My place is just under a half acre, but for suburbia it is fine. My folks have semi retired to 300 acres but they used to have a property out near Hillston (central west NSW) that had a house paddock with a fence line so long it would take more than one tank of fuel in the motorbike to check.

But out there the only thing i can remember is that they had around 150000 acres. Not the biggest by far but not exactly a hobby farm either.

2.5 acre high set bush block with 180 degree views to the south west over agricultural land and river flats. Walking distance to school, shops, pub. 5 minutes to the beach.

What is this, a real estate ad? No, I don't want to sell!!

Originally Posted by Honorary Bloke

Only a bit over half an acre in the Southern USA, idyllic by today's block size standards but hardly rural.

Still, I have a lawn tractor (SWMBO loves to drive the tractor! No lawn mowing for me. Worth every penny), as well as a small wood chipper and a roto-tiller for digging the veggie garden. We'll probably buy a larger piece of land (10-15 acres) in a few years as we wind down our careers.

Roto-tiller: Like this one maybe? Landmaster Kestrel 1956. My folks bought one new and I always wished it was still around... then one day, it's mate was parked on the side of the road for sale. $350. Wahoo. Still had paint on the tines. Great runner.

Originally Posted by MurrayD99

Roto-tiller: Like this one maybe? Landmaster Kestrel 1956. My folks bought one new and I always wished it was still around... then one day, it's mate was parked on the side of the road for sale. $350. Wahoo. Still had paint on the tines. Great runner.

Yes, much like that one, with the tines in the rear. Most today have the tines in front which is cheaper but not as easy to manage.

I only have 600sqm house block but my IL's have 160 acres where we go and play on the quads, Ag Bike, Tractor etc.... My favourite thing to do is get the tractor out and slash the grass for half a day, very relaxing.

HH.

146 acres of Messmate bush.
(The scouts own it - I just live there)

I am on a 3/4 acre block here where I live and work with just under 2000 acres at Moorngag which is about halfway between Benalla and Mansfield which belongs to my Uncle, but treat it as my own place since I got the place up and running for him and built just about every shed there.

Not talking about the tin cans that most of us have. The last one I did for him is 48mt long x 18mt wide x 7mt high.

We're on 1.5 acres in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. Nice and quiet, tank and bore water & plenty of birds (the feathered kind).

My yard toy's a Greenfield with a Kwaka twin.

We've got 3 1/2 acres, lightly timbered with 1/3 or so cleared, and the slope facing north. Harsh country though, with ironstone less than a metre below the surface, so the trees are a bit scrawny. Between that handicap and the water situation, none of my plantings have come to anything in 3yrs. We almost gave up and moved back into town, but the thought of having neighbours that close put me off. My recent trip back to the family farm (19,000acres) made me realise how much I like being out in the open with no-one around!!

Cheers,

Originally Posted by Andy Mac

We've got 3 1/2 acres, lightly timbered with 1/3 or so cleared, and the slope facing north. Harsh country though, with ironstone less than a metre below the surface, so the trees are a bit scrawny. Between that handicap and the water situation, none of my plantings have come to anything in 3yrs. We almost gave up and moved back into town, but the thought of having neighbours that close put me off. My recent trip back to the family farm (19,000acres) made me realise how much I like being out in the open with no-one around!!

Cheers,

Snakes.... I bet you got snakes... Urrgghhhh!

[quote=Andy We almost gave up and moved back into town, but the thought of having neighbours that close put me off. [/quote]

Amen to that!

We live on 1 hectare or 2.5 acres. But we're in the process of trying to buy 5 acres.

I have the same toy as Swiftden, a Kubota b6000 with an underbelly mower, and a COX ride-on for SWMBO (that I mainly use)

Oooo! We got our own paddock to play in.
Thanks ubeaut .

This is our tractor/mower loaded with Larry offcuts.
We also have a 4' slasher & a blade that goes on the back.