When we moved into our new place, the well out the front of the house was both an asset and a liability. It was a large open well with precipitous sides and covered with sheets of iron.
It was a disaster waiting to happen, so it became known as the "Pit of Eternal Peril"... Needless to say one of my priorities has been to make it safe.
I moved 14 cubic metres of gabian rock by hand to back fill around the well pipe, then made a cap for the pipe. More recently, I've started landscaping the area to eventually turn it into a bit of a feature, by reusing rocks from other gardens that we have decommissioned in preparation for the extensions to the house
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These photos were just a bit of a play with the 8mm fisheye lens and the E-510 under moonlit conditions tonight. The landscaping isn't finished yet... we have a stone tank stand out the back that is yet to be recycled into the newly forming "Pocklebonk Walls National Park".
(Named after the cacophony of frogs we have living in the dams just downstream from the spring fed well.
) BTW I have it on good authority that "Pocklebonk" is Anuran for "Wow! Look at the Stars!"
The Pocklebonk Walls National Park may not be big, but it's packed with features
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- Pocklebonk Stone Walls of course
- The Pocklebonk Springs Municipal Water Supply Scheme consisting of the "Eternal Spring of the Leaning Well" and the "Pumphouse of Unfortunate Appearance".
- Copperhead Walking Trail
- Pocklebonk Lakes (the dams)
- Three Lookouts with Rest Areas (out of the prevailing breezes from the South and West): Pocklebonk, Copperhead Switchback and Lower Pocklebonk.
- The Twelve Apostles (11 basalt columns on the top wall and one at Pocklebonk Lookout - guess who???)
Ahh... it all just in fun...
The photos were all taken at 400ASA, ICNR on, tripod mount, all either f/4 or f/8 and 30s or 60s.
Al.
... I'm keen for the POD to arrive!
I'm hoping that will make a big difference - no setup and shelter from the wind!
