The
wind came back as the sun rose, strong and gusty south-easterly.
7am
22 degrees, clear sky.
Headed
off to do our bore run. Packed lunch as we will be putting up some fencing as
well as checking the bores today. Lots of cattle about as we head down to Glens
Bore. The ‘boys’ are having fun head butting. Big bull looks angry.
Got
to St Patricks Well and we saw the tank had split open. There had been a patch
at the base and with the recent hot weather it must have let go.The windmill
was still pumping but the water was just going over the ground and the trough
was dry.
Steve
got his thinking cap on and he set to work and changed the pipework so the
water would go straight into the trough but as it has a float he was worried
about leaving that for too long. Will come back later with the water pod which
is on a trailer and use that as a tank for the time being. There is a new tank
near our camp which Rob will have to get erected when he gets up here.
Continued
on and put up the wire around the star pickets we put in previously and made
the enclosure to keep out the cattle and donkeys. We even remembered to put in
a gate.
At
the next one I said to Steve that we think it’s hard just putting up a fence,
fancy having to build a base for the tank like this one. Next fence completed
at Grey Mare Well.
Checked
all the others and used the last bit of wire to do one side of O’Keefe Well
enclosure. Will have to get some more from the homestead to finish it and Glens
Bore enclosure. The windmill ones are fine.
Back
home for a cuppa. I rang Rob to let him know about the tank breaking. He will
be up next weekend so he will deal with it then. I said we were taking out the
pod and he thanked us for doing that.
Steve
got some more pipe and connectors and hooked up the trailer with the water pod
on it. Back to St Patricks where we used the winch to pull the busted tank off
the concrete stand.
Pulled
it some of the way then the cable slipped over the top. I hooked it on one of
outlet holes and Steve got it clear of the slab.
Backed
the trailer up onto the slab and changed the pipe so the water goes into it
then reconnected the pipe to the trough. The wind started blowing and the water
pumped into the pod. Water flowed into the trough again.
Home
for a nice cool dip in our pool while we had our drinks. The water was colder
from the cooler night so it was very refreshing.
6pm
33 degrees, clear sky and the wind has stopped blowing.
Nice
evening though the mozzies are out in force again so dinner in the van.
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