Mountains in Reverse!

As promised yesterday the main blip today is the reverse side of the mountains in yesterdays blip. When the early settlers first arrived they cleared the land of all trees. Todays farmers are a lot more in tune with environmental needs of the land. There are two examples in view, on the far left there is a line of eucalyptus trees which are about 8 to 10 years old. They have been planted to provide a wind break and to restore the environmental balance. In the foreground there is what looked like a plastic bag on the ground. In the centre of the plastic is a baby eucalyptus tree that has only recently been planted. The plastic bag is buried a short distance into the planting hole, this in a dry climate like Australia prevents the surrounding soil from absorbing the soil moisture from the plant. Lastly , with the dry winds in the next two months the plastic bag reduces ground soil evaporation from around the plant. The second shot today was taken after I had driven through the creek "carefully" then turned around and took the third shot. I realised that I couldn't stop in the middle of the creek because int was flowing about 2 feet over the road. The second shot is number two of five taken through the open window of the car. Now to put my water crossing in perspective, half way up the picture are tufts of debris from the local flooding some time ago. The last photo shows the view which is on the opposite side of the valley to the first picture. In the distance there are several hundred head of cattle. The shot shows the pasture improvement that has been carried out to allow the cattle to graze as opposed to purchasing the feed. The property was established in 1864 as "Glencoe" and covers 251 hectares, it has 8 dams and the deeds have a tank water supply with self contained machinery sheds but no house. A snap at $830,000AU, hope you are having a great weekend.