There are many different types of equipment out there to help
manage water on your place. Share with other landholders what has
worked for you.
Have you had telemetry on your place for some time?
Found a particular valve that works well in your situation?
We would like to hear about anything to do with stock water
management that has worked well. Send your comments (with photos if
available) to andrew.bubb@nt.gov.au.
Greg Campbell, Kidman & Sons
“We are moving towards using troughs with flat
bottoms & angled sides so that roo’s and calves that
enter the trough during hot weather have a greater chance of
getting out again.”
Billy Hayes, Haasts Bluff
“I prefer to have 2 bores and a big pump pumping up high
and gravity feeding to other sites than to have many bores and
pumps.”
Len Newton, Mount Ive
“Having the telemetry system has reduced the number of
bore runs needed giving the men more time to work on other
projects. It's made an absolutely huge difference to us, we didn't
realise how big it was going to be. Once we learned you could
trust the system to report truthfully what was happening at all the
water points the savings were massive."
Ray Jansen, Canobie Station
"One way to combat cocky's is to hang plastic snakes around your
solar panel, it works!"
Matthew Pryor, Observant
"At Pigeon Hole, the antenna solution was to sleeve the antenna
with rigid conduit, this worked well to stop bird damage."
Kylie Fuller, De Rose Hill
"The solar set ups we have installed are self monitoring using
float systems and they automatically shut off at the required
level, after installation they do not require any output of
fuel."
