The bushfires of 2019/20 destroyed or damaged at least 50% of our boundary fences.
For the last 18 months we have been replacing and repairing them with the help of our friend Stirls.
And just when we think we are finished, trees come down over them or our creek floods requiring more remedial work.
But that situation seemed now under control so we decided to completely replace a dividing fence which separates the western and eastern paddocks.
This fence has never been touched since I moved in here nearly 3 decades ago so was in some disrepair. The gate posts had also rotted and collapsed.
We removed all the rusting hinge joint wire fencing and took out the remaining wooden posts which will make good firewood.
The large strainers at each end were in reasonable condition so they remained with new stays installed.
We then stretched four strands of high tensile barbed wire to a new strainer where we had decided to hang a new repositioned gate and then a short run on to the creek edge.
We decided to use steel pickets instead of wooden posts as they are easier to install.
About a third of the area crossed is permanently quite boggy so there we used 2.4m pickets with the drier areas taking the conventional 1.6m.
Three days of rain interrupted work and it was done.
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