28th -30th July 2010

Steve went to the Block with Ben(steve’s Worker) armed with chain saws and spades. Started cutting a track around the fence line and filling in the holes under the fence. After a while we flagged the track cutting (leave it for another day) and concentrated on fixing the holes in the fence. We walked almost the entire fenceline in 3 half days fixing it as we went. We filled in a huge amount of holes under the fence. Most weren’t big enough for a deer to escape but over time would have been. But there were a few holes where deer wouldn’t have had a problem getting through and 2 or 3 where they have! been getting out from. The fence needs to be kept an eye on and if we check it every few months then we shouldn’t have any escapees grazing on Hildridge’s paddocks. It might be good to make some ramps for the deer to get  in, on the outside of the fence while we have the digger too.