Going leaps and bounds
THEY are everywhere. From tiny little fellows to our big Southern Bell Frogs and everything in between.
It used to have to get wet for them to come out but not at the moment.
They are just out all of the time. even in the heat of the day.
They really love the light above my beer fridge in the workshop.
It is on 24/7 and attracts plenty of insects during the night.
On the odd occasion, I visit that beer fridge, I have to be carful not to step on too many of them.
Frogs are always good news when they are breeding, but not if you do not like snakes.
Back in the 70s, the frogs breed up, then we had a snake plague because of the abundance of food. Great fun when you are a kid.
Snakes were not protected back then so it became a bit of a sport to see how many you could kill in a day out with the old man on the farm.
For those of you that do not like snakes, be prepared for your worst nightmare.
Just on another note. We are probably heading for a mouse plague in the very near future.
More food for the snakes. Sleep well until my next instalment of your nightmare.
Carp gone
WHILE the oxygen levels were low, the gazillion carp were up on the surface looking a bit of extra oxygen.
Even carp need to breath, but they can handle much worse conditions than our native fish, unfortunately.
The levels got down to 0.7 to 0.8 two weeks ago.
The good news is that the last measurement I took was over 5.5.
This is great for our Billabong Creek. On the official gauge, it says six at Moulamein in the Edward River.
The rest of our local rivers seem to be ok.
The only worry is that our Niemur has been good all year but at the time of writing, it is down to 0.6 at the Mallan School.
Let’s hope that this is a false reading. If you see a big fish kill, or any sort of fish kill, we need to know about it.
Give Rodger a ring on 0487 455 511.
He will get something done or point you in the right direction.
Getting back to the disappearing carp. Unfortunately, they are still there in their gazillions.
It is just that with the oxygen levels back up, they do not have to stay on the surface to breath.
Let’s hope that enough cod survived to eat them all.
I may have some good news on restocking our rivers with catfish very soon. Stat tuned for an exciting announcement in the very near future.
Floods gone
OUR rivers in town have dropped over 4m.
All roads are now out of water, but still stuffed.
We can only hope that our council can find the time to take down all of the road closed signs and water over road signs.
It only confuses those that are traveling through our district.
Most roads are stuffed but there is no reason for them to be closed.
Some of the roads are that bad that we do not need signs to say stuffed roads.
We need to have some new signs that say, “Good road, go for it”.
We can only hope our council gets plenty of flood funding to fix our roads. I also hope they do not just spend it on white pegs.
If I see them surveying my Hay Road again before they fix it, I will not be happy.
It has been surveyed two or three times that I can remember.
The last time someone had the brilliant idea to weld worn out rotary hoe blades to steel posts so the steel post is about 10cm above the ground. Great on tyres.
I still find one every now and then when chasing sheep down the road.
They will probably have to re-survey the Hay Road because all of their bench marks are in my tyres.
Gallery back open
OUR gallery girls have opened up again after the floods.
So, if you feel like a good coffee and some great homemade cakes while you check out the local art and produce, come for a drive to Moulamein on a Thursday or Friday from about 10am until about 4pm and check it out.
Pump’s back in
WITH off-quota water on offer, it is good to get most of my pumps back into the water to get a bit before it runs out.
We have still only got 65 per cent of our water right on the Murrumbidgee system, so it will be good to fill the storage back up after having to use it when my pumps were still underwater.
