Thursday, November 30th, when I was supposed to be packing and sorting out my room before going away for 2 weeks, we had a flood! Now I know what flooding can do here, I shall be watching the river as carefully as Colin and Dorothy do.
After shifting three scrapping bulls from paddock to yards then onto a truck, we spent 6 or 7 hours moving the stock on the flats out of reach of the water, hoping that the water wouldn't rise beyond a certain level or we'd have to move them again. :c/ We had 9 mobs to move, plus Pilgrims' calves and two mobs of cows with reluctant calves. 7 of the mobs have bulls with them, and these must not come too close to each other, nor next to the river (the bulls are likely to swim across to visit the neighbours while the electricity isn't working), which requires muc
h complicated juggling of positions. On top of that, we had to work at speed on terribly bumpy paddocks and at the end even through knee-deep water and across a waterfall that had earlier been a crossing. Scarey. We succeeded without mishap, thankfully!
After shifting three scrapping bulls from paddock to yards then onto a truck, we spent 6 or 7 hours moving the stock on the flats out of reach of the water, hoping that the water wouldn't rise beyond a certain level or we'd have to move them again. :c/ We had 9 mobs to move, plus Pilgrims' calves and two mobs of cows with reluctant calves. 7 of the mobs have bulls with them, and these must not come too close to each other, nor next to the river (the bulls are likely to swim across to visit the neighbours while the electricity isn't working), which requires muc
h complicated juggling of positions. On top of that, we had to work at speed on terribly bumpy paddocks and at the end even through knee-deep water and across a waterfall that had earlier been a crossing. Scarey. We succeeded without mishap, thankfully!
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