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@@robstafford8306 hi Rob, Im actually not sure. Sometimes they escape enclosures and sometimes people let them go so they can be hunted. Either option is terrible for the environment. I removed one of them the other day and haven’t seen them since.

@@queenslandfarmer in the southern uk they have been a bit of pest….ripping up lawns and being aggressive to dog walkers….but they did make a mess of your paddock……as always great presentation…..if you don’t make another video before Christmas, best wishes to you and your family. Rob

Hi Leo, I did that in the next video on the structure in front of it.

@@queenslandfarmer Watched it this morning. Congratulations on the progress.

Very very wet. We have had over 200mm in the last 4 days.

They are visitors but very welcome visitors. I never get sick of seeing them.

My pleasure!! Thanks Kim.

It’s a boy :-)

@@TheMSS1977 if only I could play the guitar 😀

@@deandreherr7350 exactly. A healthy fear keeps them alive.

@@jaye6912 adorable alright. I think we are very lucky to have such beautiful native animals in Australia.

@queenslandfarmer I have to agree, we are extremely lucky to be Australians.

Judith, had planned to shoot a video on a new idea I have for a leaky weir this weekend however have had some dramas with a heifer that got “3 day” and was unable to stand.. dingos were trying to get her and we ended up building a cage to keep her safe out in the paddock. Video on that still underway. The leaky weir video will be a few weeks away now. Thanks for your question and for showing an interest in the channel.

Thanks Ludrock. Yes, I carry a bandage in the ATV for snake bites.

lol.

Funny you say that. I am about to release a video of what turned up when the rain started.

Welcome aboard! Great to hear that feedback.

Thanks Leon. They are indeed. The grass is growing and so are they.

@@heatherarthur6232 Hi Heather, the farm is in the wide bay.

@@Bernie5172 well done. Great to see its wide spread rainfalls.

@@Martin-f5q8o gosh I hope not. 😳

Oh wow! That sounds awesome.

We have a lot of water tanks already and for financial reasons I have to draw a line somewhere :-) I really do appreciate your comments on the land management, and I hope my videos help inspire others to adopt a low / no cost solution to improve their land too.

@@RealitiesCookiejar agree. 👍

Love the rain.

Really humbled by your comments - thanks. I hope we can all work together to tidy up some of the poor practices of the past.

There are lots of swales here, just not at the lower end of the dam. I do want to get some leaky weirs in there though.

Mine too. Love seeing, feeling, smelling and hearing rain.

Nice to see you again. They are so far in I might have to dig around them to get a chain in place. We have had so much rain, I will give the paddocks a break for now, but I do have plans composed in my head to fix that area.

@@queenslandfarmer Glad to be back! Here's a vid showing the post lifting plate in action --- th-cam.com/video/zkdbsa4VtD4/w-d-xo.html They bight in harder as you apply tension to them, so hooked onto the bucket of your tractor with a bit of chain instead of on a lever like in the vid...... you might just bend the post in half if it decides to be ornery! The best part is that they don't slip like a wrapped chain does. Once they get ahold of the post, they bite in like a terrier on a field rat! You can also make them by drilling a large enough hole that you can slip over the post. That's tricky, I think, but I know people who have done it. A hole in a 4" wide section of heavy truck leaf spring.... that makes for a very stout post puller! Holes work better than slots, imo, because they don't slip off the post before you can apply tension with your bucket.

Thank you Sir. I must also say your farm is looking amazing with the water management practices you have employed.

@@richardmossfrance6353 I really appreciate your kind comments Richard 👍

Thank you so much James.

@@lewisreed8415 thank you very much.

Oh wow Rob - Great to hear. I was joking about wanting 100 mm and we got really lucky. Glad you have heaps of water too.

Thanks Brian. I felt refreshed too 😂

Absolutely. I need to really get organised with more leaky weirs too.

A few things happen. The free grass seed in the cut grass grows more grass, the grass stops erosion by holding water that falls from the sky, and well as avoiding wind erosion as its no longer bare soil. As the grass breaks down, it helps increase the biomasss on the bare soil. Low cost, low effort solution.

@@queenslandfarmer I see. Thank you for the response. We also have some areas that need this but we chose to go with planting grass straight away, especially vetiver grass when we have it on the worst areas.

@@robstafford8306 works a treat Rob. 👍

As you know I always ask a silly question…but what are the flies doing on the cattle in the first place?

@ not silly at all mate. Cattle creates manure, flies utilise the manure as a great habitat for incubating more flies. They also like the sweat, blood and tear fluid and they bite the cattle which agitates and can harm the animal. Apparently, each fly can bite 30 - 40 times a day and the animals lose conditions swatting at the flies. Tags avoid all of this.

@@queenslandfarmer Thank you for your informative response….. as always great presentation…..look forward to to the next one….Rob

Given we are coming into the wet season, I’m going to hold off what I plan to do there. Keep watching :-)

Yes, they definitely need to come out. I want this place to be nicer, safer, viable, healthier when I leave here, than when I got here.

Chris, its been a really interesting activity undertaking this work with Erik.

Agree.

Thanks :-) After 3 years on this farm I am still amazed at how many snakes I run across.

I wish I had the time to investigate and action this further.

Glad you like them! Central west Queensland is on my bucket list. I really want to see longreach (hall of fame and the 747) and just love the Queensland vistas. I really enjoy the leaky weirs I create. They are just so good for the environment and don’t have to cost a lot. Hey, it’s dry here too. We have enough feed for now but the rain in the area has skirted right around us. I hope you get rain soon and thanks again for watching.

@@queenslandfarmer looking forward to your next video.

agree. It will be an interesting endeavor to get them out.

You know your stuff. I agree, no head wall so I want to be really careful about opening the ground up given its steeper the camera demonstrated. We do have a seam of rock under that area so I suspect it has hit bedrock too. The other trick is that I have cattle and they tend to 'investigate' any works around the place when they get access to the paddock. Interesting idea about ripping perpendicular to the gully.

Good idea Adam. So much feedback on this project has really got me thinking. It is coming up to wet season so I have to think about that too.

​@@queenslandfarmer if you have clay patches, you could do little dams, and divert the storm overflow across the fields, or have swale overflows,,,, only if you have good clays though

That was my first thought too.

Getting them out will be a challenge, but they definitely need to be gone. I may have to use a grinder after rain if I can't get them out with the tractor.

mine too :-)

@@queenslandfarmer arope in a 8 form around the top and pull it out with you the ascavator of your tractor

Whilst swales kind of work in many situations, this guys' land has sections and profiles of sodic soils. Sodic soils and swales are contra indicated every time. He could put a small swale in at top of country for stabilisation. But rotational grazing is the best long term solution, because it produces humus and improves water holding capacity at a molecular level quickly.

You are right on mark Adam. I actually liked the idea of a dam there, but the risk of erosion is just too great.

A dam in that paddock would be great, but there is a fair risk that it could just wash away given the sodic soils issues we work with. a swale on the other hand....

​@@queenslandfarmer a small swale at top of country might work,,,, but it has to be able to overflow at peak rain conditions,,, those 3 inches overnight events. PA Andrews' version of the swale where he reverses the swale mound direction either side of the gully. Have you got a pipe laying plough,,, you could do a few "keyline" scratches with a plow at top of country?