The challenge is two fold and based on the geography.

First: the electricity line up from Troutbeck  enters Hornbydale running through the bottom of a small valley. Along the valley sides pine, wattle and gum trees have grown over the last 20 – 30 years. Now they tower over the electricity (ZESA) lines and we are carefully removing them on both sides. The direction of the prevailing wind is of course just right to blow weaker trees onto the line.

Second: some of the same trees are poised to fall right over the line of our new fence – and that would never do!

The picture below sums up these two challenges pretty well…

Trees on the fencing line and above the electricity lines

Ramius directing

Watching the see when the tree will go

Begins to fall

Falling

Ramius tidying up

Preparing the winch line for the next tree

Two axe-men start work creating the hinge

Time to look up

and we are off to the races…

Tree coming down!

Ramius standing and watching

Megan with the crew

Tendai working in wetter weather

Saving the log for fire wood later

Hamlet the Jack Russell

Megan and Julien (pronounced French way)

Looking for the article about the school