Welcome to Autawa Farm - Tarata NZ our new home
the house sits down below the hills - Mt Taranaki in the background
A walk up the track towards the middle of the farm and you can still see the mountain
grazing ewes and lambs - 700 ewes and 900 lambs
rising 2 years olds in calf grazing heifers - running with service bulls
inquisitive heifers !
18 month steers - one knocked me down on boxing day.... he's dead meat !
paddock sub divided with multi wire electric fencing
Burger bull....
track running up from the house and implement shed
ewes escaping through hole in line wire fence, lots of repair work for Mark
few more pushing through
almost through
Frank has his eye on the ewes escaping
top of the bluff paddock in the middle of the farm
left to right
Tyne, Mark, Rage, Flo, Frank
looking down to road boundary on south eastern aspect of the farm
fence line damaged by service bulls
Mark completing a temporary repair
8 line wire with electric top up
fingers crossed the wires not too brittle
gingerly tensioning the line - may break
temporary repair completed
looking down to road boundary on south eastern aspect of the farm
on to neighbor's property approx. 2km from us
ewes and lambs prior to weaning
Tyne with a watchful eye on the lambs
wild flowers on bank in lane way
Hay Paddock by roadside - will cut and put back into rotation
ram paddock behind the house
mustering all the ewes and lambs for weaning - all through the farm and down the laneway
being pushed up by Frank 1 of our heading dogs
awesome looking lambs
being pushed down the lane way past the implement shed below the house
being pushed into the paddock below the house
ewes and lambs over spilling into the paddocks down to Autawa Road
Hope you enjoyed.. more photo's to come xx
