Tag: Eco
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Fencing Off The River
East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority and East Gippsland Water approached us regarding the need to restrict our cattle from accessing the Mitchell River since our property is upstream of the water harvesting point that supplies household water to several neighbouring towns including Bairnsdale, Lindenow and Paynesville. The idea was not to re-establish a fence on the original boundary…
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Off Stream Watering
Our grant from East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority and East Gippsland Water included funds for “Off Stream Watering”. These funds are to be used for installation of an off stream watering system to support our cattle. After much thought and research due to the challenges that we face at the property including no power, significant elevation…
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The Office
Being eco friendly is a major component of the farm, so when ex-corporate office partitioning is being dumped, we jumped at the chance to pick these up so we could reuse them. The idea of small cabins, large enough to hold a queen size bed, some room for changing, clothes storage, etc was born. Each panel…