Dam it

There's been some excavation work going on, on the farm, and I think everyone, including Muddy Hubby, is just a tad excited. On one of the blocks we have always had a wet patch, after the floods and heavy rain it was almost like a swamp with bird life and marshes. Rumour had it, it's where there used to be an old well on a spring, so they've been doing a little digging, and lo and behold they struck water.

So they decided it would be as good a place as any to put a dam, so it has two methods of filling, one from the natural spring and one from the rainwater runoff, a win-win situation really.

They called in the excavator and he dug a test hole, which once he broke through the hard crust, struck water underneath.

 

He then began the digging process, working his way from the centre point of the dam to the outside, Muddy Bubby was in awe of the machine.

 

This is what it looked like by the end of the day.

 

 

This is what it looked like this morning, with water filling from the spring.

 

The sheep will no doubt soon be down to check it out, do a taste test on the water and probably camp next to their new paddock addition.