Commenced:
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01/01/2005 |
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Submitted:
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08/04/2011 |
Last updated:
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16/02/2016 |
Location:
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Cherokee, Victoria, AU |
Climate zone:
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Cool Temperate |
(projects i'm involved in)
Project: Fernglade Farm
Posted by Chris McLeod over 9 years ago
It’s like having a feral piggie running around the orchard
at night. Plus, that little piggie has friends, quite a few of them in fact. What
on Earth am I talking about? Fatso, who is King of the wombats here at the farm,
that’s what I’m talking about.
He’s a big wombat and usually camera shy, so it was very
exciting the other night when I managed to capture a photo or two of Fatso,
King of the wombats here, who just happened to be enjoying himself munching on
some choice herbage.
Fatso, King of the wombats here, ambling into view |
Close up photo of Fatso, King of the wombats here |
I occasionally take the camera with me on walks at night so
as to take photographs of the wildlife. You never quite know what you may see.
Unfortunately that night, I also had one of my dogs with me and Fatso was a bit
nervous about all of the attention. He soon quietly went off about his wombat business
elsewhere – not too quickly though, for he displays a general air of disregard
for humans and their foolish activities – but he did leave quickly enough that
he was soon lost to sight in the surrounding forest. He’s cool and he knows it.
Today the trailer received the final coat of bright – in your
face – yellow paint. I reckon that the trailer is looking good and hopefully it
lasts for another decade or more. The trailer can’t be used for a week or two
whilst the paint cures in the heat of the summer sun. The longer I leave the
paint to cure without damaging it through use, the harder the paint surface
will end up being.
For the rest of the blog goto: http://ferngladefarm.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/one-wombat-to-rule-them-all.html
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