With 2 rainwater tanks giving us a total of 45,000 lts. it's surprising how fast it can all disappear!
Of course it didn't help that the previous owners left the tanks half empty.
With our trees and vege garden going in, the water levels have been dropping fast. so money has been invested in a decent water pump to pump water from the spring and an extra 10,000 ltr tank for the top corner of the property which will then gravity feed to the taps along the sheds and garden. luckily all the piping has been already installed and all we have to do is connect the pump, tank and the garden hose for it all to work.
Having said all that; today we have had the worst dust storm in history and the air is dusty and dry and the plants are suffering. If it rains now we will get some great topsoil!!! if you know a good rain dance please let me know!
(Photo Courtesy Tweed Daily News)
The view from the house site looking up Limpinwood Valley, north to the Queensland border. It is wonderful waking up each morning to look out at this scene... I will never get tired of the vista.
The area of land which will be levelled to create the foundations for the house which will made from the soil inself. This method known as Pise' will mean that the walls will be thick and strong (300mm) and the colour of the subsoil.
The view looking west up the land to the road, showing the dual driveway and where the new tank will sit in the top corner, this is to supply water from the spring fed dam to the taps in the garden for irrigation.
An overview of the ridge with the sheds and house site. The road down to the dam will be regraded and the dam wall lifted from the extra clay.
The dam level never drops and the water constanly runs through the overflow to continue it's way into Hopping Dick Creek which flows into the Oxley River and then ultimately becoming the Tweed River.
