Salisbury Court

25/05/2025

12/01/2025

Sorry for not much (no) other action from Salisbury over the last 12 months but the annual rainfall report is IN! On the macro scale, not a bad year - about 100 mm shy of our long term average. The devil is in the detail though with rainfall over the last two years not really adhering to the long term pattern which means pasture patterns are changing as well.

The (good) news is that I'm taking a moment away from off-farm - i.e. paid - work, so maybe there'll be more project updates in the coming months.

A great 2025 to all.

13/01/2023

So the data is in - albeit a bit delayed. A third corker year for rain evidenced by the bogging of various tractors and vehicles. Highest rainfall since 1984 but still 250 mm off the wettest ever recorded in 1863! Now drying out again so the old adage holds true, 'you don't' know what you've got until it's gone'!

11/12/2022

Parliament hinge - before

11/12/2022

This is one of the long term projects. This started with taking off the first set of shutters about 5 or 6 years ago but most of the work was done in the last 12 months. There are another four sets of these shutters to go!!

28/06/2022

I know the rhyme about red sky at night, not sure about purple. A recent sunset over Salisbury..

05/06/2022

The last bits - french doors back in (although external shutters still in-progress) and Trish's curtain project revealed!! After near enough 18 months we can again eat in the Dining Room!

30/05/2022

Sorry that we've not been very active sharing the work on this. It's been a slow journey starting in February last year. Not quite finished with some last cosmetic touches in the coming weeks but you get the jist...

15/01/2022

It all seemed to be quite calm watching this storm cell from the front verandah away off in the distance. Turned real about 20 minutes later with a 30mm drop right on our heads - and I'm sure others copped worse. Nature huh!?

10/01/2022

How quickly a year goes by. The 2021 rainfall report from Salisbury Court is IN. Another good year for water and if you can gauge anything from the amount of pasture on the place and grass around the house, nature is enjoying the effect - although vegetation control efforts are creaking under the pressure. Cracked the 1000ml! Highest recorded rainfall since 1996.

08/08/2021

We try not to dwell on the past around here - unless it's remembering good things - but with SO much water around at the moment, it's hard not to reflect on what things were like pretty recently. Driving past Dangar's Lagoon today, we were reminded of a photo from November 2019. How 'awesome' is nature - and we mean that in the Oxford English Dictonary meaning of the word! Following photos from almost the same spot.