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Whoa Boy! – 9th July 2016

Whoa Boy! – 9th July 2016

One of our major issues at Arborlon is Erosion. Running or flowing water has caused significant erosion in most gullies across our property and severely affected the house hill. Now that the South path Wall is finished we can continue to add some more elements of our water control plan.

One of those is the use of Whoa-boys. Don’t know what a Whoa-boy is… neither did we. At least not by that name.

The Big Wet II 2016 – 20th June 2016

The Big Wet II 2016 – 20th June 2016

For the second time this winter we got an extraordinary weather pattern that brought about unseasonable wind and rain to South East Queensland. An east coast Low pressure system, inconjunction with a surface trough brought us strong winds and unseasonable rain.

We only received 75+ mm, but this represents a significant on day fall when the monthly average is just 42mm.

The total recorded here(so far) for July 2016 is 300.5 mm – representing more than 7 times the average for the month.

Everything moves downhill – 13th February 2016

Everything moves downhill – 13th February 2016

We had a little rain around the end of January, and beginning of February – 100+ mm in the last week of Jan, and 50+ mm in the first week of Feb. Some of this rain played havoc with some of our construction works. It was mostly due to volume and incomplete construction.

We had addressed most of the issues by now, and were therefore surprised to discover a big washout on the road side of the property.