The Long Paddock with

Gerard Walsh

Everyone talks about the winters on the Southern Downs and I deliberately took a photo of some short grass near the sheds and there is virtually no growth from 76mm rain a few days earlier.

The ground is too cold to grow grass where it is short, a bit more grass is coming amongst the long grass.

The reality is winter rain might bring a sheep pick but not enough for cattle.

The photo I took for this week’s column shows our old woolshed and cow bales and a couple more modern sheds behind.

“Our cow bales were probably built in the 1920s and the woolshed in the 1940s.

The woolshed was put back into use about 1980 for a decade but for some time in the late 1980s and early 1990s, we got our sheep shorn at the TAFE College.

TAFE wanted sheep for students to shear and wouldn’t charge us the shearing costs, we only had to pay the transport.

The truck driver from TAFE, either Lex Brackin or Ray Scotney, would muster our sheep as well from a close paddock, great at a time I had a fulltime job.

$36 to park

My wife Margaret and I are three-game members of the Dolphins in the NRL and stayed with some friends in Brisbane at the weekend as we went to the Saturday night game.

With parking prohibited near the stadium, it was either a train from Carseldine station or a bus from Chermside

Clearing Sale

794 VINEGAR HILL ROAD, LEGUME

28KMS SOUTH OF KILLARNEY

MACHINERY

1994 Landcruiser ute

1982 Mitsubishi Canter with stockcrate

International BTD6 Dozer (British made)

Massey Ferguson 35 Diesel Tractor

LA Case Tractor (restorers item)

CATTLE EQUIPMENT

Cattle Crate for Landcruiser

2 x 2.5 tonne grain feeders

3 x Roundbale feeders

2 x Hayfeeders

Dry lick feeders

Cattle dehorners

Cattle tippers

Gas Brander

Number Brands

Cattle prodders

Cattle handling halters

HORSE EQUIPMENT

2 x Stock horses

Electric chaff cutter

Manual chaff cutter

3 saddles (Rogan, Hiscock)

Bridles

Horse feeders x 3

Horse rugs

FARM EQUIPMENT

5ft slasher

Offsets, Box Blade

Jib, Carryall

3 point linkage pallet forks, Fertiliser spreader

Hammermill, Horsefloat

WORKSHOP

Firefighter Unit , 2 x Stihl chainsaws

Stihl Whipper Snipper, Bench Drill

Assorted Poly pipe & fittings

Pipe bender, Generator

Air Compressor, Battery Charger

Trolley Jack, Engine lifter

2 x Jerry cans

FENCING

250 Iron

Shopping Centre to watch the Dolphins and Storm.

Wanting to arrive for the early game, we arrived at 4.40pm at Chermside and parked our car in the parking centre carpark.

Came back after the game expecting a $10 or $12 parking fare and it was $36. The tickets to the game were only $30. Gather I must be looking the wrong side of 60, someone at the bus stop offered me a seat but I said I was right.

VEHICLES/TRAILERS: VW Golf TSI Sedan U/R: Franklin Slide-on Camper; Ute stock create; Tandem car trailer

MACHINERY: Oliver OC12 Dozer; W6 petrol Tractor; 2 farrow 3ptl Mouldboard; 16 plate 3ptl Offset; 7 tyne 3ptl KKK; 3ptl post hole Digger; 3 leaf fire harrows; Lang & Walker corn picker; Old Fordson Major Tractor (in Parts); Old ptl Hammermill; 7 Tyne 3ptl Curly tyne; Old Farmall tractor parts; Old David Brown parts; H. Richter Thrasher

WOODWORKING EQUIPMENT: Carba-Tec wood punch; Carba-Tec 6' x9" belt & disc sander; Carba-Tec Align a rip saw bench; Trupro MS25 Roller sander; Elec/Air bench planer; Sherwood 18" band saw: SymTec 1500 wood lathe; Altendort radial arm saw; McMillan 12" band saw; Ryobi 230mm band saw; Ryobi 16" scroll saw; Hafco Power hack saw; Woodman 3ph bench router; Qty Elec hand tools

SCRAP: Old ICH AA160 truck; old ICH C1800 truck; IHC 1800 truck; Blitz with hoe; Acco 180; Old AC prime mover; Bedford J5; Hino FD

GENERAL: Old portable sawmill; 1 x 3000L, 1 x 4000L, 1 x 5000L Poly tanks; Qty pool fencing; 30 length 3m 6" C section; Fencing gear; Qty Gal iron; Qty S/D timber; Auget Torque trencher; Old Tow truck back; 5 lengths 6" beam 5m; Qty 10" steel pipe; Qty S/D steel; 20' shipping container; Binford twin head compressor; Large qty scrap

• CANTEEN

For more information call Stuart Bond on 0419 677 775 or Dean Fagg on 0412 809 544