Managed to get these pics out of sequence - lol -thi 1st pic is supposed to be last !
One in 100 year flood (they evacuated the local hospital!!)
Near back boundary
Back boundary (southern)
Back boundary (Eastern) -This stretch of the river is approx 300 mtrs wide (1oooft) and is considered by some skiers to be the best section of skiing water between Sydney and the Queensland border.
"The Jungle paddock" -Scrub in middle foreground is approx 15 acres -and 100 cows can hide in there House etc in background is over the southern boundary
More of same - Dead tree is an old River Red Gum- and has at least 4 separate bee hives in it - 
And another - All the country in the last 3 pics goes under in a major flood - tho that generally only lasts for 2 - 3 days , but have had repeated floods in the past
7 comments:
I'll bet the stars are beautiful at night. Living in Vegas with so much light, I don't have the opportunity to fully appreciate a stary night like I do out in the country.
What a fun way for me to visit Australia. Thanks for taking these photos and posting them.
Great pix!, thanks for sharing. Hope you're house doesn't get flooded when it does flood.
Glad that you enjoyed the pics, some nights the stars are very clear, used to take the babies out when they were unsettled, and get them to look at them - usually were relaxed in 10 to 20 mins.
If a flood ever gets high enough to get into my house, then Grafton (NSW) will have been washed off the map-there is at least 60 ft (20 metres) higher to reach the level that the house is on - the river level in the photo had the river lapping the tops of the levees around Grafton by 2-3 inches.
wow great pics Robert, your back paddock looks beautiful, did the kids ever have a paddock basher? my hubby and his brother had various incarnations of one called "Betty" and drove it round in a paddock that looks very similiar to yours!
Wont even discuss paddock bashers - cause of MORE grey hairs and poverty - lol . might just have to blog on the subject in the future tho
Once a farm girl, always a farm girl. Just gotta love the back paddock :-) Great post Robert.
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