Thread: The rural block

Your own bush camp ground.

Has it got any water on it?

Sure does.. A nice big dam!

Hi Mick

You must be close to Kyogle and the new power station. My rural escape is about 150km further west than you, Yuleba. My place is covered with cypress and a small dam. Not everyone appreciates the country out there but it does have it's own appeal. And besides, green grass and rain are so overrated I would love to make the move out there permanently and experience life without power and running water, I'm so over IT. Please show us some photos.

cheers
Derek

Originally Posted by mickwroth07

Sure does.. A nice big dam!

Big enough to have fish?

4 acres just out off Geeveston Tasmania.
Never living in a city again.


Cheers Terry

6.2 acres within the confines of a small NW NSW country town. Protected from floods by a levy bank, the property is only a 15 minute walk from the main street of town (where I work). We came here originally from Sydney...haven't missed the place yet... As I have horses, so we ended up with the acerage and I don't know many other places where you could live like this!

Land cost us 50 grand to purchase and we moved an old school house onto the property about 10 years ago and we've been renovating it ever since.

Seeing as you guys have been bragging about your toys...I have an Iseki 50hp tractor and an Iseki ride on lawn mower (which I've actually raced if you can believe it. Being a diesel it can out tow just about any other ride on that goes up against it! ) Of late however, due to this on going drought, I've not had any need to use the ride on or the tractor for slashing sadly...

Well done, Duchess, hope you all continue to enjoy the life.

90 acres just 10 or so k's out of texas on the stanthorpe side .
tried a few things just about to give boer goats a try .

Do you have good fences, mate, and a Maremma? Best of luck.

the fences i have to do first and the dog wont be needed with any luck ( retired pro fox shooter plus a few tricks i wont discuss on here )
the fences are my only hold up at the moment still getting the materials together 8/90/30 aint cheap.
just got rid of the last of my pigs yesterday i am over pigs now i rekon but they were a fun learning curve ,
but i want some thing that i dont have to feed twice a day every day .
then again maybe some time down the track i will breed a few more hogs how could you not love a face like this and or these little tackers , whoops how did that happen one wrong pic inside tractor cab at work .

try again a face like this

texx, I don;t want to come across to you as an interfering know-all but I am surprised the manufacturer's recommendation is for a 90cm height for goats.

We have not had goats for twenty years but, then, we found it reassuring to have a 5ft height, more to keep the male bush goats out!

You are 10 kms from town, I think you have told us. Would a pack of town dogs be a threat?

town dogs are not a problem ,
on the fencing thing they ( the goat experts ) tell me that 8/90/30 and 2 barbs above is all thats needed for domesticated goats . ferals on the other hand are a different thing alltogether . i will be running one hot wire around the inside mainly to stop the goats from rubbing on the fence and stretching it , also teaches them a little respect for the wire .
no doubt there will be the odd rouge .
i am told to use the 30 wide spacing rather than the 15 so they dont get their heads stuck , the little ones will be able to get out but they come back to mum anyway fingers crossed.
i have been told to build a jump up on the outside of the fence and the ferals will come in and then have trouble getting out and they can be harvested , we'll see what happens there.
the guy i work for farms deer as a side line and we have 8 foot deer wire around all the paddocks they are in and we still get the odd escapee .
time will tell its all fun and learning .
and thanks for your concern all ideas are taken onboard.
on the dog thing all around me are sheep and cattle an unruly dog has a very short life span in my area.yes i could get hit by a dog one night i suppose but a small chance only .
they rekon a lone donkey in with the stock is a good watch dog too

Got donkeys and maremmas. Heard it said that donkeys get a little off or confused at birthing time and as a result can sometimes kill the kids or lambs. Also heard from other breeders/owners of maremmas that, at birthing time, in the case of twins the maremma will sometimes clean the first twin while the mother gives birth to the second twin. Only second hand knowledge as our maremmas guard our chooks and anything else that belongs on the property (probably includes the ride on mower).