I thought I might just show the plans for our blocks. We bought the black block 13 years ago. The option to buy the blue block came along 3 years later. Our kids bought that one.
There is only the one house - shown in a red circle. There are multiple large granite domes and pancakes - shown with a white cross. There are several dams - shown with a red D. There are quite a lot of very boring agricultural paddocks - shown with a green A. And there are a couple of old, very photographic, orchards -shown with a yellow O.
We bought the first one on a mad impulse - from an ad on Gumtree! It has turned out to be one of the best things we ever did.
I hope you don't mind me showing this - I thought it might make more sense of some of the photos that I take. Cheers Rob
@wakelys Hi Susan. We're about 10 minutes out from Stanthorpe. It's a reasonably large (pop approx 5,500) town about 3 hours drive from the capitol of our state. It's got lots of wineries and agricultural areas eg strawberries, so also has quite a lot of facilities catering to tourists and locals. It keeps us out of mischief looking after it! Cheers Rob
Very interesting and I love documentary images. They leave something for the future to reflect on. I'm looking forward to images to come. You can point us out as to where you shot the image :-) I might just go look on Google maps.
Thank you all so very much for your interest -I was actually undecided whether or not to post this. Your wonderful comments have made me so pleased that I did. We fell in love with our block because of its rocks and plants and animals and history.. The size was due to the fact that it was a part of the soldier resettlement plan after WW1 - each soldier was offered a 50acre block to try to make a living from. Unfortunately, most of them were unable to do so and the blocks were bought up by neighbours. Many are now agricultural farms - which you can see on the plan. Much of the high- altitude bush is gone, so we really value ours and are trying to rehabilitate those parts. It definitely keeps us out of mischief...
Thank you so much again - your interest is wonderful. Cheers Rob
Hi Jackie. I loved all your questions. The green is forest but it's high-altitude remnants of typical Granite Belt vegetation - think rocks and lichen and mosses and small shrubs and gnarled short gums and cypress pines and small wattles and assorted grassy clumps - and native ground orchids in Spring -my favs!
The brown bits are definitely farms - mainly strawberries and small veges like broccoli, cabbage and other stuff that we usually can't identify! We have some of these cleared bits too - the paddock near the house - which we have to keep mowing - it's a fire hazard otherwise.
It's actually got 8 dams - of assorted sizes and usefullness. Most hold water all year and a couple of really good ones are spring fed. There is a bore which feeds a couple of them too. All of this was there when we bought it - it had a long back story of infighting within the family that we bought it from.....
There was a small stream through the property in years gone by - it's been dammed in several places and no longer runs except in flooding weather - when it floods out the back sections!
All in all, it was a crazy decision 13 years ago - and it has given us so much joy ever since.... Thanks for your wonderful interest and questions. Cheers Rob
@photohoot Hi Wendy. Thanks for your lovely comments. Isn't Google just the coolest thing - being able to view areas from the sky and feel as if you know what it's like. I'll try to remember to mention where some of the future images were taken... Cheers Rob
Thank you for sharing.
So many questions! Sorry
Soo fabulous
Thank you so much again - your interest is wonderful. Cheers Rob
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The brown bits are definitely farms - mainly strawberries and small veges like broccoli, cabbage and other stuff that we usually can't identify! We have some of these cleared bits too - the paddock near the house - which we have to keep mowing - it's a fire hazard otherwise.
It's actually got 8 dams - of assorted sizes and usefullness. Most hold water all year and a couple of really good ones are spring fed. There is a bore which feeds a couple of them too. All of this was there when we bought it - it had a long back story of infighting within the family that we bought it from.....
There was a small stream through the property in years gone by - it's been dammed in several places and no longer runs except in flooding weather - when it floods out the back sections!
All in all, it was a crazy decision 13 years ago - and it has given us so much joy ever since.... Thanks for your wonderful interest and questions. Cheers Rob
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