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Commenced:	01/06/2006
Submitted:	18/09/2011
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	46 Wollar Road, Budgee Budgee, NSW, AU
Phone:	0411755682
Climate zone:	Warm Temperate

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Observation and succession

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Posted by Rosemary Hadaway over 12 years ago

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Observation, research and planning have been occurring here since mid-2006. We live a three and a half hour drive away, and visit on average once a month.

For the first year, we thought we had bought a hill that was just dust and rocks - no ground cover or grass of any sort. It was DRY! A two-wheel drive car could go anywhere - but you needed to drive carefully to avoid the rocks, for fear of punctures or damage to the tyre wall. Then in June 2007 it rained! The ephemeral creek was flowing just where the map (and the red gums) indicated that it would - parallel to the road and just inside the fence. The dam overflowed, and we went exploring in our gumboots, just as all good farmers should. Since then we have had a couple of relatively good seasons. Now we keep the car on the access road (you wouldn't have a hope of seeing the rocks, or any depressions), and at times the grasses have been so high, the car couldn't be seen.

It has been fascinating to watch the successional changes in the pasture and grass mix, as the site has responded to the changing conditions and increased soil cover. On arrival we always check out what is growing where, and compare the observations to the same time last year. Yes, the capeweed came first, then thistles that are slowly giving way to pasture grasses, and the purple top has remained in the gullies.

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Gordon Williams : Sounds exciting Rosemary. I'm sure your patch will never stop surprising you though.

Posted over 12 years ago

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