Thread: The rural block

hey MurrayD99 been too long since around those parts, tell me, your up the main north road from CHCH going towards kaipoi and Rangioura that right, good beach too. Tony
take the man out of the country but never the country outa da man, hell you should see me when rugby union esp All Blacks v Wallabies wahoo roll on world cup

ahem I do appologise for this brief highjack of a interesting thread

2.5acres semi rural right on the edge of town... 5 mins to the pub 5 mins to the shops 5 mins to the railway station... 20 mins to nearest large town 2 towns within 15 mins... nearest neighbors house to the left but hes single and very quiet fella

Hills to the east with grazing cattle, creek passing through bottom of the block with a pond near the house... masses of room for further shed development and replacement house which will allow for mucho grass stuff... so will have need for one of them ride on mowers/backhoes/frontend loader/scarifyer/whatever else can be attached machines shortly

Was going to sell up and move but her highness had a major mood shift and so were staying put and building a new ubeaut house on this one ripping this old place down and rebuilding it as an extention to the existing shed... hopefully all within the next 12 months

Originally Posted by Tonto

hey MurrayD99 been too long since around those parts, tell me, your up the main north road from CHCH going towards kaipoi and Rangioura that right, good beach too. Tony
take the man out of the country but never the country outa da man, hell you should see me when rugby union esp All Blacks v Wallabies wahoo roll on world cup

ahem I do appologise for this brief highjack of a interesting thread

Shhhhh! Nobody knows about that beach..... Quite right though.

Originally Posted by reeves

Snake is generic carpet python, theres several in and around our gully but the largest is affectionatley know as 'speedbump', over 10 ft, heres some more snake pics including some of when speedbump kindly offered to act as a gaurdsnake for my workshop..

Cool, looks like it just ate the cat.

HH.

Originally Posted by HappyHammer

Cool, looks like it just ate the cat.

HH.

haha yes , i think was probably a possum or wallaby, we used to have ducks for a while but they didnt last too long ;-)

Originally Posted by reeves

haha yes , i think was probably a possum or wallaby, we used to have ducks for a while but they didnt last too long ;-)

HH, there is no way I could co-exist with your mate speedbump. How can you sleep at night knowing he is wandering around? Jeez!

Originally Posted by MurrayD99

HH, there is no way I could co-exist with your mate speedbump. How can you sleep at night knowing he is wandering around? Jeez!

ahha Murray, do I detect a little of the classic kiwi snakephobia?

The pythons have always been very polite and i have never seen one get aggressive, even when you pick up them and pet them a little. In fact they are quite cuddly in a reptilian way. They are good to have around as they keep any rodents in a state of consistent paranoia (snake shows up, mice and rats are long gone) and are generally very lazy, just hang around on the verandah doing their thing. I have gone out to the lathe a few times and found one draped across it, " mm contemplating a bit of woodturning hey speedbump" no response so with best Steve Irwin impression grab snake and hurl over overboard for a while, crikey!

They are also large enough to keep any more poisonous snakes away, in a " i am bigger than you are " kinda thing, all in all good animal to have around the place. And if I am out I am dead sure no ones gonna sneak in and try to steal my gear or wood supply. with old speedbump keeing an eye on it ;-)

Originally Posted by reeves

ahha Murray, do I detect a little of the classic kiwi snakephobia?

......And if I am out I am dead sure no ones gonna sneak in and try to steal my gear or wood supply. with old speedbump keeing an eye on it ;-)

Well, an introduction would be nice... ."Hi Speedbump, nice to meet you & I just have to go now. Do you got Skype?" Excusez-moi, no, no, no, I can't deal with it. Naoowwww! Runs over the ridge screaming....

Shoot man Murry Ive been over here 30 years and still say the only good snake is a dead one.

real fun when hitting a big 6' brown with the front wheels and it dont come out the back end

Tony

Originally Posted by Tonto

real fun when hitting a big 6' brown ....

when you are on the motor bike..........
Talk about legs up................

50ha of stringybark forrest and pasture 10km out of town. I am now the proud owner of a Fergie 35 that is about the same age as me but goes really well. It is fun slashing paddocks.

48 acres of heavily timbered relatively steep land 15 mins west of the Brisbane CBD (2hours in the traffic) my piece of paradise with views to Morton island.

Originally Posted by weisyboy

48 acres of heavily timbered relatively steep land 15 mins west of the Brisbane CBD (2hours in the traffic) my piece of paradise with views to Morton island.

Don't you just love traffic.

300 acres (120ha) White Cypress (Callitris glaucophylla), Bull Oak (Allocasuarina lehmanii) and numerous other species 60km from Roma, QLD. Hard country but it has it's own beauty. Hopefully soon to have a strawbale house with hand hewn timbers. Maybe I'm being too ambitious at the moment.