The view from my "office"

[drron]

The view of tonight's office.The Adila restaurant in the Penny Royal complex,Launceston.
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[chelzmalee]

Travelling between offices in Central West NSW today. Beautiful view here. Bonus points to anyone who knows where it is...

 

[RB]

Burra South Aust-nice day to wander around

 

[drron]

A different office tonight.Stillwater,Launceston.
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[Cossie]

Burra South Aust-nice day to wander around

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@RB, I was meant to be in Burra today for the AGL Rally of the Heartland, had to change my plans. Will you go out to the farm house featured on the Midnight Oil album?

 

[RB]

@RB, I was meant to be in Burra today for the AGL Rally of the Heartland, had to change my plans. Will you go out to the farm house featured on the Midnight Oil album?

Going out there before we leave this morning. Saw a few rally cars arriving yesterday. There was also a group of long distance bike riders on a charity ride the other day. Plenty of visitors in town but very dry around here

 

[Captain Halliday]

View from my actual office today.


New Farm, Queensland

 

[chelzmalee]

Another beautiful day in the Central West. This was somewhere between Canowindra and Cowra.

 

[RB]

Drive from Burra to Auburn Sth Aust today





SevenHill Wines

 

[Daver6]

Herdsman Lake running office this morning

 

[OATEK]

Things were very steamy at this morning's office - Central Railway Station.

US built 5917 runs around the carriages of the Picnic train to Kiama.


3801 runs around the carriages of the Hydro Express (to the Hydro Majestic Hotel at Medlow Bath).

 

[RB]

A day spent around Auburn Sth Aust

 

[VPS]

A day spent around Auburn Sth Aust
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It is probably too late but Terroir is an excellent restaurant in Auburn

 

[drron]

This morning's office.Harvest Market,Launceston.Breakfast.
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Next saturday's breakfast will come from here.
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Late morning office.The Tramway Museum.Free except if you want a tram ride-$5 or $4.50 for a senior.
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My personal tram arrives.Even had my number .
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And has to take it's own power with it.
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[QF WP]

My old route to my office is still closed


had to go via this route instead



and my temporary office for 2.25 hours had great views during the journey



No prizes for guessing the destination

 

[RB]

More of Sth Aust

Easy hike from Mambray Creek Camp




Wirrabara Silo Art

 

[tgh]

Visiting Booleroo, I stayed in Melrose.
It was great to walk a few minutes out of town and be in the bush.

 

[RB]

More from our Sth Aust drive

Alford Golf Course-incredibly dry


Port Broughton




Port Pirie

 

[JohnM]

I got dusted off on a beautiful day yesterday to help with seeding some canola trials near Beverley, about 1.5h drive SE of PER.

Common agricultural trials are for things like cultivar (aka variety) comparison and evaluation. Generally, plots are 1.2 m (6 rows) wide x 10 m long. They need to be sown accurately in a grid with a precision seeder. A typical trial might be 12 varieties x 4 replications , so 48 plots, in a RCB (randomised complete block) statistical design with an ANOVA (analysis of variance) conducted on yield, or other parameters, at the end to separate effects.

Working in an area 40 m wide x about 100 m long, we sowed about four trials, running back and forth across the width of the site (ie. 4 plots sown in each run). Prior to sowing, the area was sprayed with herbicide with the rig on the ute.

Needing cm precision, we set up a differential GPS station locked to about 19 satellites. That in turn controlled the location of the tractor, which has fully automatic steering capability. So, once I swung the machine around and generally lined it up for another 40 m run, all I had to do was hit the auto-steer icon on the screen, switch on the precision cone-seeder seed feeding mechanism and lower the hydraulically-controlled tynes and press-wheels prior to the edge, then not touch the steering wheel until the run was completed and it was time to turn off auto-steer and the seed feeder and raise the tynes before steering manually for the next run.

The other operator was on the seeder, feeding the envelopes of coded seeds into the canister above the inverted cone (designed to spread the seeds very evenly) successively one at a time, with the gate opening precisely under automatic GPS control.

This is the same minimum-tillage methodology almost universally used in broadacre cropping. The tynes cut a narrow furrow into which the measured seed and fertiliser drops, while the rubber-edged press wheels apply pressure to ensure good soil/seed contact.

 

[Major]

Do you need to water in the seeds ?