Oh that's so nice to hear Bernie 🙏 We were watching those fires in the Hazards app and they were scary... Now we all have extra time to prepare better.. we weren't ready for it that's for sure
Congratulations on 1000 subs , enjoying the content it’s all a learning curve you guys will have a beautiful place in years to come , just on your camera work , look at the camera lens instead of looking at your self or put camera on tripod and stand back , cheers
Thanks Nags 🙂 we make the videos to help others and share free knowledge so it's very heartwarming to see them being received well. And that habit is hard to break for sure, very tempting to look at the little screen on the GoPro 😅 we'll get there soon
On your mound vetiver grass will help stabilise the mound and direct the water. They have roots that are 2-4 metres deep, you can also cut back regularly for animal bedding, mulch, chop and drop.
Oh if you say it's minimal that's a good perspective.. I freaked out seeing erosion on the mound. We're going around looking for lomamdra grass bunches to transplant from the bush to the mound to get that extra bit of protection. Scary seeing it slumping like that 😐
@@offgridcitycouple5695 Confident that you both can fix it, more soil then seed it as you said. Haven't heard of that grass before, about to google it. Bahia grass is good for erosion control and is drought tolerant. However it spreads to quickly and the animals dont seem to like it. I tried ploughing it out of one paddock/ then sprayed, it still came back🤦♂
Thanks Kurtis 🙂 it's real heart warming to see our videos being received well. It's all stuff we wished there were more videos about before starting our journey
It is nice 🙂 will probably take more work to make it fully watertight though, it's dropped a little 😬 And yeah another backup dam would be ideal to collect the excess from this one, but that would need extra approvals and too many $$$.. Funny enough when we were watching it dug we thought too big lol
How was that rain? I'm not far from you guys. Northern Rivers, near Nimbin. The creek behind us rose about half a metre or more. Fantastic for fire protection. Feeling safer now.
Out of curiosity is Nimbin changing in terms of culture and the like now? The price of properties is so expensive around there, being such fertile land. I wonder to what extent it is changing the area.
@normalguy7898 the rental market is hopeless here. The place where I am paying $50- p.w to camp is rented for $600- p.w. Admittedly, it's on acreage in a lovely part of Nimbin, but the house is nothing special with only 3 bedrooms. There's dangerous wires hanging out of walls, power points (several) not attached to the walls, a highly delicate sewerage system that blocks up, gaps in the ceiling, it's really not worth the money, but there's nothing much in the way of choices. The creek behind the property is absolutely magical though.
@@davidcarr2649 $50 a week seems like a pretty good deal 🙂 And yeah the rain/bushfire situation is a relief for sure, we weren't fully prepared yet as the bore pump still needs to go in and a tank to hold the water from the bore.. So now we all get a bit of a head start on preparing for the next lot of fires 👍 Copy on the expensive part, Nimbin was way out of our price range too, even 3 yrs ago
We were hoping the puddles would go away on their own but they were holding water real well.. so yeah I was about to drag the pump over but then thought, what about a syphon?! And long story short we set up an 80m long syphon with poly pipe and it's working really well, using the power of nature to transfer the water into the dam 🙂
It's a hard question to answer as the rules vary from area to area, from council to council, from state to state... In NSW, sometimes you can build dams under your maximum harvestable rights without approval, but it's best to check with your local council, and also Water NSW. And if vegetation needs to be cleared for a dam, Local Land Services works with the policies regarding that. Then there's the Land Management Act as well relating to land cleared after 1990, and also a tool to check for ecologically sensitive areas called the Biodiversity Values Map. However, if it's to do with building a mound and using soil from the dam for it, then that does require a development application from council, at least in our case. Hope this helps even though it's not a definitive answer, there's no definitive answers when it comes to these things unfortunately
the rain on the week-end put the fires out at my place at Tabulam .
WONDERFUL EVENT
Oh that's so nice to hear Bernie 🙏
We were watching those fires in the Hazards app and they were scary...
Now we all have extra time to prepare better.. we weren't ready for it that's for sure
Congratulations on 1000 subs , enjoying the content it’s all a learning curve you guys will have a beautiful place in years to come , just on your camera work , look at the camera lens instead of looking at your self or put camera on tripod and stand back , cheers
Thanks Nags 🙂 we make the videos to help others and share free knowledge so it's very heartwarming to see them being received well.
And that habit is hard to break for sure, very tempting to look at the little screen on the GoPro 😅 we'll get there soon
On your mound vetiver grass will help stabilise the mound and direct the water. They have roots that are 2-4 metres deep, you can also cut back regularly for animal bedding, mulch, chop and drop.
You're not the first one to mention vetiver grass, sounds like a really good idea, will have to order some 🙂 maybe weave some baskets from it?
The damage is minimal despite that amount of rain. Few things to work on, but nothing that cant be fixed.
NIce to see water in the dam👍
Oh if you say it's minimal that's a good perspective.. I freaked out seeing erosion on the mound. We're going around looking for lomamdra grass bunches to transplant from the bush to the mound to get that extra bit of protection. Scary seeing it slumping like that 😐
@@offgridcitycouple5695 Confident that you both can fix it, more soil then seed it as you said. Haven't heard of that grass before, about to google it. Bahia grass is good for erosion control and is drought tolerant. However it spreads to quickly and the animals dont seem to like it. I tried ploughing it out of one paddock/ then sprayed, it still came back🤦♂
Great vid
Gz on 1k!! Well deserved
Thanks Kurtis 🙂 it's real heart warming to see our videos being received well. It's all stuff we wished there were more videos about before starting our journey
How wonderful is it to finally be collecting water! You might need a bigger dam 🤣
It is nice 🙂 will probably take more work to make it fully watertight though, it's dropped a little 😬
And yeah another backup dam would be ideal to collect the excess from this one, but that would need extra approvals and too many $$$..
Funny enough when we were watching it dug we thought too big lol
How was that rain? I'm not far from you guys. Northern Rivers, near Nimbin. The creek behind us rose about half a metre or more. Fantastic for fire protection. Feeling safer now.
Out of curiosity is Nimbin changing in terms of culture and the like now? The price of properties is so expensive around there, being such fertile land. I wonder to what extent it is changing the area.
@normalguy7898 the rental market is hopeless here. The place where I am paying $50- p.w to camp is rented for $600- p.w. Admittedly, it's on acreage in a lovely part of Nimbin, but the house is nothing special with only 3 bedrooms. There's dangerous wires hanging out of walls, power points (several) not attached to the walls, a highly delicate sewerage system that blocks up, gaps in the ceiling, it's really not worth the money, but there's nothing much in the way of choices. The creek behind the property is absolutely magical though.
@@davidcarr2649 $50 a week seems like a pretty good deal 🙂
And yeah the rain/bushfire situation is a relief for sure, we weren't fully prepared yet as the bore pump still needs to go in and a tank to hold the water from the bore.. So now we all get a bit of a head start on preparing for the next lot of fires 👍
Copy on the expensive part, Nimbin was way out of our price range too, even 3 yrs ago
@offgridcitycouple5695 yeah $50- is definitely a good deal.
Are you going to break out the fire pump to move the water to the dam?
We were hoping the puddles would go away on their own but they were holding water real well.. so yeah I was about to drag the pump over but then thought, what about a syphon?!
And long story short we set up an 80m long syphon with poly pipe and it's working really well, using the power of nature to transfer the water into the dam 🙂
@@offgridcitycouple5695 smart
your land is zoned farming. are you allowed to build all the digging/ pond/ mound/ clearing without permit?
It's a hard question to answer as the rules vary from area to area, from council to council, from state to state...
In NSW, sometimes you can build dams under your maximum harvestable rights without approval, but it's best to check with your local council, and also Water NSW.
And if vegetation needs to be cleared for a dam, Local Land Services works with the policies regarding that. Then there's the Land Management Act as well relating to land cleared after 1990, and also a tool to check for ecologically sensitive areas called the Biodiversity Values Map.
However, if it's to do with building a mound and using soil from the dam for it, then that does require a development application from council, at least in our case.
Hope this helps even though it's not a definitive answer, there's no definitive answers when it comes to these things unfortunately