Greeting as you drive over the saddle
winding road down the saddle towards Tarata
New Zealand native bush all the way down on the left hand side as you drive down the saddle
protecting the native bush
grazing dairy heifers - rising two year olds
Dairy Heifers behind electric break
New fence line built by Mark up the newly cut track
Typical NZ 8 line wire baton fence
Wire strainers NZ style
Wire and baton fence lines follow the contour of the land well in NZ, Mark has erected the fence line and electrified the fence
Intermediate posts with 6 batons
Close up !
fence work further up the new track
batons laid out ready for battening
temporary electric fence running to gate way
Hold over cows with bull behind temporary electric fence
more young grazing heifers
temporary electric line wire on reel running through pigtail insulators, oh and Frank!
Line on reel (up to 500m) at the end of a temporary electric break
contractors felling the pine trees in the middle of the farm
Bulldozer cutting new track in front of the trees being felled
looking East
Same spot but looking South West
Mark, Frank, Tyne (with three legs) and Flo
Just another day
6.30 am ... out walking with the dogs at the top of the track
sun just breaking
a magical time of the morning
digger tracks and digger in the morning haze
foxgloves grow wild everywhere to mark the end of spring
Looking towards Mt Taranaki from the back of the farm looking South West
We're off Docking... where are the ewes and lambs
Spread out across the back the farm
Mustering the ewes and lambs with the dogs
Set of yards in the middle of the farm, built by Mark
New yards working well
Docking - lots of lifting
Docking the tails with rubber bands
ear marking the lambs
Mark built a docking table for the second round... worked much better
Dairy grazers need moving of electric break so trip to the back of the farm
A minute to look at the snow capped mountain
rare appearance by the photographer
Got in twice as it's not often I get into the frame
Time to head back
Move to Autawa Farm November 2013
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