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We all had a vote and decided you should post me all the cactus but seriously good luck with your sale and chat to you soon

Oh balls. I wish youwouldpostme some crests. But having just done a big cactus sale i understand.

Sounds like just what I want! Just walked outside and found these ones for you

Well round here hunting is a bit of a dirty word. I don't think I would get agreement, and although I am out of sight of neighbours, with the bushland being shared, firearm hunting would not be a safe activity on this land. The vermin around here that Ihave observed are mainly just rats, Iam told there are foxes and wild dogs, but I have seen neither. I have heard dogs in the distance occasionally, but could just be pets. Rats Ithink will be easier to get with traps. I would love to work on my snares and traps.. but even setting live rats traps in the house I find bandicoots trying to eat the peanut butter. I would be pretty devastated if I inadvertantly killed native wildlife.. so I am not doing that at the moment. I am waiting for a wildlife night vision camera to arrive so I can figure out what the large things making noise in the bush around the house at night are, I suspect sna['/kes monitors and bandicoots. Ihave the opposite view to you with firearms, I feel even using a compund bow is cheating! however I would like to have a .22 and ammo stored for apocalypse purposes (its my hobby) and also for euthanising animals. The wildlife down here has been pretty awesome (so far) nothing that I feel threatened by.. I just took a picture of the (I think) brown tree snake that I share my lounge room with. It sleeps there during the day and then disappears into the roof at night. I like having them around, they help keep the rat population down. So far I have seen carpet pythons, green tree snakes, and this guy. As I understand it, brown snakes are the big scary ones around here, haven't seen em yet. Thanks for the contact, I like to hear from others and get their ideas and opinions. Being out here on my own, the big thing I miss is being able to bounce my ideas off people. MAkes me indecisive. Well thats my hydration break, back to hacking up the lantana and devil figs!

Thanks mate it feels pretty good to be living the dream, yeah firearms are a bit of a delicate topic with the neighbours.. I am waiting until I am a licensed native wildlife rescue/carer, then I can tell them I need the firearm for humane euthanasia of injured/dying wildlife - which would be true. I don't think they will turn me down on that one I do have a couple of recurve bows and a polynesian blowdart for the meantime. I like archery, I am pretty good at it, but I need to do more regular practice if Im ever going to get anything to eat with it.

Next update is up - yay! Hmm... working bee could be a big help... anyone keen? we can have a campover party

Oh that banana pole looks like just what Ineed. I wish my banana bunches were as big as the ones in that picture! Cricket pads. Awesome Ihavent had any trouble with projectiles from the brushcutting as of yet, The grass is so think its like a foot deep mat of woven living grass, It is hard to even reach the ground, I have just been cutting it back to the mat so I can move through it. Heres hoping for a wet safe summer as Idont have much hope of making this place bushfire ready this season.

Yeah I think you might be right on that one, thats the feedback I am getting from other people too.. it had a pale yellowish belly that had the rainbow iridescence I have seen on green tree snakes. It was night time, it liked the roof, it retreated back through its hole as soon as it figured out how. I like having snakes in the house, provided they stay out of my bed Im good. So I found contacts for the local RFS (No CFA up here right?) and I am waiting to hear back from them.

Thanks for the tips I am keen on being an active memeber of the community, I was thinking of SES but maybe fire would be good. My skills are more medical but the whole idea would be to learn new stuff (and help) As you seem to already be an active volunteer any thoughts or advice on this topic would be welcome.

Next update is up! Waterboy - i did a bad job of describing my safety gear, so i have updated chainsaw pants included. Iended up with a stihl brushcutter rather than a honda as it was two stroke like my chainsaw, I figured it would be easier with both of them using the same fuel type, but turns out brushcutter wants 50:1 two stroke and chainsaw wants 25:1 .. annoying. Sarcophilus - I have big plans! I want a large permaculture garden to provide me with all my food, I would like to revegetate a lot of native plants, I am keen on native aninal rescue and rehabilitation, so I hope to get my NSW qualifications for that soon.. Want to put up a big hothouse for my cactus and plant lots of fruit trees, hoping to do some aquaponics as well. EVERYTHING! I want to do it all, but not all at once.. slow and steady Just keep cutting back the scrub.

Congratulations on buying someproperty Sarc! Whereabouts did youbuy? What are your hopes or ideas for the place?

Thanks for the good thoughts spooge, and yeah Halcyon I am keeping lengths of bamboo, though I dont hold up much hope of them being useful. its ornamental bamboo and seems to splinter pretty easy under not much pressure... good for garden poles but thats about it. ... and theres so much I dont think I will run out of poles anytime soon

Next update is up! Thanks for all that useful info darklight I will be reading through it thoroughly over the next few days. I have been having trouble finding info on where my local RFS/CFA centre is ... so I went to the lismore brigade, nobody answers their doorbell.. ill try giving them a call tomorrow.

Yeah brush turkeys arent too hard to find. I have seen them roosting in my banana trees. Iwonder if they are the bastards who eat all my bananas.

next update is up! if anyone can identify what makes giant nests like in the pictures I would love to know.

Yaaaay EGA! I notice Jess's tattoo perk has already sold out

Thanks for the replies. Ireally like the idea of chicken tractor, but i feel like snakes will wriggle under the edges no problems, the areas I would use arent perfectly flat. I like the idea of poly pipe to keep the snakes out... Ihave heard that guttering or pipe will keep snakes off but I kind of struggle to see it working. There is a 2+ metre pythong living in my roof and i feel like he would be able to just worm his way over. Anyhow what Iwas thinking was a nice snake proof coop and letting them free range in daylight. So Ireckon nice 10-20mm aviary wire on the open bits and secure doors should do it. My grandad has made a nice little addition to his chook shed where there is a slidey tray under the roost so he collects most of the poop without any effort for fertiliser.

39 . my lukcy number? we shall see

Hey folks, So I am still scratching my head over chicken coop design. I was hoping people might show me their setups to help me come up with a functional and inspired design. I got snakes and sometimes hear dogs nearby so I need it to be pretty secure. Let me see your designs and hear your ideas! Cheers

Nice one. Im in NNSW but a fair way north of you Iwould certainly be keen to catch up at some point though.. maybe we could arrange a NNSW meet for sometime!

Howdy, Im wondering if you folks have any different kinds of comfrey, and if you would be willing to send me some roots or seed of something

bugger i missed it. next month. Can you remind me when its on so Idont forget?

I miss all you folks and the meets. Next time Im down lets do it again

Week five update! Stay tuned for the next exciting adventure!

Seeing as someo e must have taken 15 just before i did ill ask for 20?