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Dairy. 3am. Bega is on the other side of the hill.
#bushlife #dairyfarming #darksky #begavalley -
Dairy. 3am. Bega is on the other side of the hill.
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One last swim at Tathra. It's a georgeous beach!
The waters down south will be a lot cooler 🥶
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One last swim at Tathra. It's a georgeous beach!
The waters down south will be a lot cooler 🥶
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I just finished my final shift at Drift Tathra. On Tuesday we leave the Bega Valley which has been our home since October. New adventures await but there is much sorrow in leaving.
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Doing the atmospheric theming thing at the dairy this morning.
#bushlife #farming #nofilter #BegaValley -
Doing the atmospheric theming thing at the dairy this morning.
#bushlife #farming #nofilter #BegaValley -
If you haven't read John Blay's books about walking Australia's SE and the region's links with settler-colonialism and First Australians you really should. They're excellent.
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If you haven't read John Blay's books about walking Australia's SE and the region's links with settler-colonialism and First Australians you really should. They're excellent.
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20mm rain yesterday. That’s a start to bringing the green back and filling the tanks, dams, and rivers. To get back to where it needs to be, we need that much rain every week from now to the new year.
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20mm rain yesterday. That’s a start to bringing the green back and filling the tanks, dams, and rivers. To get back to where it needs to be, we need that much rain every week from now to the new year.
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An elevated view looking north from our place. In the right-centre of picture, far distant, you can see Gulaga, the mother mountain of the Yuin people.
Tomorrow, we are likely to see our first high fire danger of the season, with temperatures over 30C and northerly winds.
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An elevated view looking north from our place. In the right-centre of picture, far distant, you can see Gulaga, the mother mountain of the Yuin people.
Tomorrow, we are likely to see our first high fire danger of the season, with temperatures over 30C and northerly winds.
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It’s the middle of Spring and the nights are getting warmer, so we won’t need much more firewood.
What we do need is some rain. The house tanks are at about 50 percent, which is normal for the end of winter (60,000 litres plus a 30,000 litre firefighting reserve when they’re full). The guest cottage tanks are about the same (20,000 litres for each cottage and a 20,000 litre catch tank at Bracken Cottage).
We need about 150mm of rain between now and Christmas to fill everything up and then consistent rain through to early Autumn (March) to keep everything topped up and give us the necessary reserves to last through to this time next year. The Bureau is forecasting a damp late Spring and Summer, but it hasn’t shown itself yet. #bushlife #rain #begavalley #australia
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It’s the middle of Spring and the nights are getting warmer, so we won’t need much more firewood.
What we do need is some rain. The house tanks are at about 50 percent, which is normal for the end of winter (60,000 litres plus a 30,000 litre firefighting reserve when they’re full). The guest cottage tanks are about the same (20,000 litres for each cottage and a 20,000 litre catch tank at Bracken Cottage).
We need about 150mm of rain between now and Christmas to fill everything up and then consistent rain through to early Autumn (March) to keep everything topped up and give us the necessary reserves to last through to this time next year. The Bureau is forecasting a damp late Spring and Summer, but it hasn’t shown itself yet. #bushlife #rain #begavalley #australia
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The rock lilies (Dendrobium speciosum) for which our property is named are in flower. These are on the boundary between our place and the neighbour.
#BrogoVineForest #BushLife #RockLily #DendrobiumSpeciosum #BegaValley -
The rock lilies (Dendrobium speciosum) for which our property is named are in flower. These are on the boundary between our place and the neighbour.
#BrogoVineForest #BushLife #RockLily #DendrobiumSpeciosum #BegaValley -
It’s a bit foggy at the dairy this morning!
#farming #agriculture #dairy #begavalley -
It’s a bit foggy at the dairy this morning!
#farming #agriculture #dairy #begavalley -
Took the opportunity of some sun this morning to drive up to the recently reopened Biamanga Cultural Area, home of a sacred men's space for the Yuin people. After European settlement, and even until quite recently, the sacred pools along this creek were used as swimming holes by locals. Subsequent to the post-2019 fires there has been extensive rehabilitation and repair of the visitors area including excellent parking, BBQ, and picnic facilities, and significant signage telling the story of the area from the Yuin perspective. While not outright banned, there is a definite strong discouragement of using the pools for recreation.
NPWS notes access along the dirt road as 2WD accessible, and while it technically is, the graded road is long, has some corrugation and minor washes, and wouldn't be terribly enjoyable in a front-wheel drive vehicle.
#BegaValley #YuinCountry -
Took the opportunity of some sun this morning to drive up to the recently reopened Biamanga Cultural Area, home of a sacred men's space for the Yuin people. After European settlement, and even until quite recently, the sacred pools along this creek were used as swimming holes by locals. Subsequent to the post-2019 fires there has been extensive rehabilitation and repair of the visitors area including excellent parking, BBQ, and picnic facilities, and significant signage telling the story of the area from the Yuin perspective. While not outright banned, there is a definite strong discouragement of using the pools for recreation.
NPWS notes access along the dirt road as 2WD accessible, and while it technically is, the graded road is long, has some corrugation and minor washes, and wouldn't be terribly enjoyable in a front-wheel drive vehicle.
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At this rate, we are definitely going over 300mm of rain for the day. A new front has just come in.
Climate change = more severe events, more often. This is that.
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At this rate, we are definitely going over 300mm of rain for the day. A new front has just come in.
Climate change = more severe events, more often. This is that.
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Turning free tomatoes into dried tomatoes in olive oil #FoodSecurity #Preserving #Tomatoes #BegaValley #BeliwTheLine
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Turning free tomatoes into dried tomatoes in olive oil #FoodSecurity #Preserving #Tomatoes #BegaValley #BeliwTheLine
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This seems suboptimal... 3500 affected properties. 3 hours and counting. #bushlife #windstorms #begavalley #poweroutage
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This seems suboptimal... 3500 affected properties. 3 hours and counting. #bushlife #windstorms #begavalley #poweroutage