The water issue resolved

It appears the poly water pipes expand and contract with the heat of the day and the cool of the night.  One of our main 2" pipes had come off a joiner so the water from the main tank was filling up a paddock rather than the cattle troughs!

The rest of Thursday morning was spent ear tagging and drenching the cattle; the cattle crush was a breeze to use and we had the guidance of one of our neighbours to give us the right techniques.

We were planning to go back to Sydney in the afternoon but the Pig Paddock we planned to put our beasts in had a dam surrounded by broken star posts and old wire netting.  The next two hours were spent cleaning up the paddock to make it safer for the wee beasts.

The poor dog got covered in sticky beaks... a pest of a weed that covers you in sharp, irritating spiky seeds.