Send her down, hughie!

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I have painted them to try and mitigate some of the alge dramas But at the end of the day this water will only be used on the garden anyway because my bore water isn't the best for plants.
Putting a bit of green water on plants can't be a Bad thing[biggrin]

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I like your idea and thought of doing similar, only I was wondering about burying them for space and algae reasons, I wonder how strong that frame is? I think you'd be better off with the connecting pipes at the bottom of the IBC's, as that way you don't have to wait for the 1st one to overflow to fill the 2nd and so on, especially in a cyclonic downpour, if you want to catch as much water as quickly as possible.

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Is that why I get called a pelican sometimes?

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Either that or your beak can hold more than your bellycan.

We've got 37,000 litres in three tanks and we've decided it's not enough, after having to buy 12,000 litres of water this week.
Found a good price on a 9000 litre poly tank from Toowoomba we might add to the collection later in the year.
More is better with water, I reckon.
And we live in a place with a 2000 mm annual average, so I hate to think what it's like in much drier places.

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I like your idea and thought of doing similar, only I was wondering about burying them for space and algae reasons, I wonder how strong that frame is? I think you'd be better off with the connecting pipes at the bottom of the IBC's, as that way you don't have to wait for the 1st one to overflow to fill the 2nd and so on, especially in a cyclonic downpour, if you want to catch as much water as quickly as possible.

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Try putting them in a shipping container, my mate up North did. He set up some kind of a collection setup on the roof, secured the container to the ground, didn't move during the last cyclone. Reckoned he had no problem with algae.

The average here is 483mm and yet my BIL has about 100,000l of storage tanks and they fill every year So Yes more IS bette[thumbsupbig]
We only use rainwater for cooking and drinking, We use bore water for the dunny, shower, washing machine and everything else.
I do "dip into" the rainwater every now and then for the more delicate plants that's why the IBC setup was installed.
I Hate seeing rainwater overflowing from the tanks in winter and IF I had more spare quids I would Definitely install more tanks.

We have had some good storms & rain over the past few weeks.
Almost like a normal Wet Season, it will be interesting to see if we get any Monsoon rain later in the year? If it comes it should be late January or early Febuary.
The Storms & showers have been very localised, I went for a drive up Hell's Gate way today & the country was brown where around Doomagee is nice & green & we have pulled the mowers out.
I go on leave to Cloncurry on Monday, be interesting to see if I can drive back.
Funny bloody country we live in.
Jonesfam

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We have had some good storms & rain over the past few weeks.
Almost like a normal Wet Season, it will be interesting to see if we get any Monsoon rain later in the year? If it comes it should be late January or early Febuary.
The Storms & showers have been very localised, I went for a drive up Hell's Gate way today & the country was brown where around Doomagee is nice & green & we have pulled the mowers out.
I go on leave to Cloncurry on Monday, be interesting to see if I can drive back.
Funny bloody country we live in.
Jonesfam

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It will be very interesting to see if the weather patterns go back to normal. Say G'day to step outside Katter in the 'Curry.

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Our pythons return to the same place every winter, in the granny flat ceiling. I put some chicken wire up in the entry last year to try and get them to go elsewhere as their urine drips down through the ceiling boards and makes a mess. It stopped the smaller fellas but 'Big Sammie' returned and just pushed and bent the wire out of position to gain entry. A pretty amazing feat of strength, really!

I'm currently devising a different, hopefully effective snake proofing method to put into effect before 'Sleepy Season'Attachment 157140.

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Maybe try a few guinea fowl
Let them run with the chooks, we got about 150 eggs off 3 pair this year
Oh yeah
No snakes

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Maybe try a few guinea fowl
Let them run with the chooks, we got about 150 eggs off 3 pair this year
Oh yeah
No snakes

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The BIL has just gotten some guinea fowl at his place, so I'll be interested to see how he goes. After living in the chook pen for a month to get settled, they will be released to live in the trees.

They are supposed to deter snakes by pecking them. They are also said to eat ticks. Will be interesting to see if it works.

We had another python snooping around outside the chook pen last night, but he couldn't get in because we have wired it pretty thoroughly. He got away before I could catch him and seems to have moved on this morning. The wife was not impressed as she is very protective of her 'girls'.

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I like your idea and thought of doing similar, only I was wondering about burying them for space and algae reasons, I wonder how strong that frame is? I think you'd be better off with the connecting pipes at the bottom of the IBC's, as that way you don't have to wait for the 1st one to overflow to fill the 2nd and so on, especially in a cyclonic downpour, if you want to catch as much water as quickly as possible.

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Connecting the tanks at the bottom wasn't an option for me as there is about a 300mm drop form the first tank to the last one, It also leaves the valve at the bottom of the tank free and easy to access for draining/cleaning.
I also removed the centre bung from the top hatch on the tanks so they are able to "vent" when filling to allow for a faster fill, We don't get "Cyclonic" downpours here more is the pity.
I also covered up the holes with mossie mesh to stop the little blighters getting into the tanks.
Its a project in progress and I will revisit this thread after the first rains to update it [thumbsupbig]