Gallery
Photos from the farm at Tower Hill and the Fingal Post Office.
Swales on Fonthill Farm, looking east. Above the homestead site, looking east. The creek through the paddocks in winter. A small waterfall in the gully. Native bush and ferns. A big old tree fern. The swale lines from above. Over the swales towards the hills. One of our dams from the drone. Our second 500+ metre swale, nearly done. Planting rows on contour. Looking out over the young trees. The Fonthill wallaby fence along the bush edge. The view from East Tower over the forested hills Cattle and pigs grazing under the gums. Chainsaw, our polled bull. A young heifer in the long grass. Our house cows. Our newest calf with mum. A sow and her litter in the straw. Piglets out exploring. Three piglets keeping warm in the straw. Pigs out foraging. Pigs in the paddock. Pigs on fresh straw in a bush paddock. The mobile chicken caravan on pasture. Goats in the yard. William checking a frame of bees. Flowering species we planted for the bees. A bumblebee in a poppy at the post office. Spring tulips in the post office garden. A young shrub in the planting rows. Fresh snags hanging in the coolroom. Whisky Barrel double-smoked kransky. Whisky Barrel smoked saveloys, vacuum packed. William with fresh snags off the hooks. A side of beef, cut and ready for packing. The post office fridges, stocked after Christmas. The post office out front, with the LPG refill sign. Maria and Michael outside Fingal Post Office The LPG Swap and Go cage. Our new PO box wall and parcel lockers. Early light on the arched window and post box. Dusk on the main street. The arched window glowing at night. The post office at early dawn, with snow on Ben Lomond. Moonrise behind the post office. A pink sunrise over Fingal's main street. A rainbow over the post office. A rainbow over the farm sheds. Sunrise over the hay bales. Tower Hill. Tower Hill. Tower Hill. On the farm. On the farm. On the farm. On the farm. On the farm. On the farm. On the farm. On the farm. On the farm. On the farm. Farm work. Farm work.
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