Yay, sort of! We received 105 mm in 3 hours on Wednesday evening, always grateful for rain however this time it has caused some damage – thankfully nothing major but it will require some effort to restore the fence and move some soil back across the paddock.
We (by the way when I say “we” I usually mean Lindsay!) had mowed some grass to allow for green pick to come through with the storm burst it picked up the grass cuttings and hurled them at the netting fence, making a mini dam wall which then gave away over about a 20m section as the force of the water and more grass cuttings hit it.
The same thing happened between us and our neighbour so we will (meaning Lindsay) will try to remove our fence from his topsoil and when it is dry enough for him to get on, he can use his dozer or tractor and bucket to reclaim his topsoil and spread it back across his paddocks.
In the meantime, Linday will also have to salvage some of our topsoil that has washed from paddock 2 into paddock 3 back into paddock 2 (see maps page) and go through the preparations again for planting some lucerne. Paddock 2 was ready to be seeded when the storm came and hence why the topsoil has washed, thankfully we had not planted the seeds, or we would have lost the seeds.
There is a fence between the Blue Arrows, it is currently taking a break and lying down on the job under the weight of the grass debris!
Bimbury Laamb 