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by invicta280 » Mon Jan 02, 2023 9:09 pm
Planting and rock faces looking awesome. It really is turning into a railway at home in its landscape.
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by FWLR » Tue Jan 03, 2023 7:09 am
MAM's expertise in the greenery is now showing what can be done to elevate garden railway lines to real life and the wildlife will enjoy it also as well as humans.
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by Peter Butler » Tue Jan 03, 2023 9:19 pm
I think your ballasting looks spot-on. Clearly the Kingfishers approve too!
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by Hydrostatic Dazza » Tue Jan 03, 2023 9:59 pm
Peter Butler wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 9:19 pm
I think your ballasting looks spot-on. Clearly the Kingfishers approve too!
Thanks Peter, as I have said before, I followed your ballasting methods.
Thanks !
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by Peter Butler » Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:12 pm
I think you are building a miniature theme park where passengers can ride in rail mounted 'bubbles' to view your answer to 'Jurassic Park'. You have a great variety of endemic wildlife there.
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by ge_rik » Sat Jan 07, 2023 7:11 am
Well, it looks pretty darn good to me. The dye dusting adds another dimension.
I've not noticed the drainage ditch in the cutting before - the whole thing could easily be mistaken for the real thing.
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by Hydrostatic Dazza » Thu Jan 12, 2023 10:04 pm
ge_rik wrote: ↑Sat Jan 07, 2023 7:11 am
Well, it looks pretty darn good to me. The dye dusting adds another dimension.
I've not noticed the drainage ditch in the cutting before - the whole thing could easily be mistaken for the real thing.
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I cannot remember seeing or reading about mortar dyes, so I think it is my idea, or was it MAM's idea ?
When it rains here, it can be 2 inches in 30 minutes, so drains we thought would be good, or we might have a lake.
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by Hydrostatic Dazza » Thu Jan 12, 2023 10:08 pm
Peter Butler wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:12 pm
I think you are building a miniature theme park where passengers can ride in rail mounted 'bubbles' to view your answer to 'Jurassic Park'. You have a great variety of endemic wildlife there.
Like this
https://www.experienceoz.com.au/en/cair ... t-cableway
MAM and Plod did this in June last year as well as the 4 day Savannah Lander trip. I can recommend the Savannah Lander.
https://savannahlander.com.au/
Which is all up the Cairns end of Queensland
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by GAP » Thu Jan 19, 2023 3:56 am
Where did you order them from?
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by Hydrostatic Dazza » Thu Jan 19, 2023 6:47 am
GAP wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2023 3:56 am
Hydrostatic Dazza wrote: ↑Wed Jan 18, 2023 9:11 pm
We cannot sustain moss growth here in south east Queensland , however the POR's head horticulturist (MAM) discovered 'Pratia - white star creeper'. Kept moist is spreads nicely as a ground cover and keeps bubbling out cute little white flowers. In dry times it seemed to sulk but hangs in. With daily watering from the rain water tanks and the occasional dose of the worm juice water it spreads along in a nice manner. It is a 2 hour round trip to the only nursery known to have these little fellas, so Plod dived into the ethernet and ordered 10 more tube stock on line and they arrived in good nick 3 days later and these are doing well. Plod had never had plants delivered before and he was most pleased with how it went.
Where did you order them from?
Captain Plod googled and found this mob
https://www.australianplantsonline.com.au
Ordered on Thursday, delivered the following Monday.
They were buried late afternoon Monday
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by FWLR » Thu Jan 19, 2023 7:30 am
They look far prettier than our myob....

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by Andrew » Thu Jan 19, 2023 9:04 am
FWLR wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2023 7:30 am
They look far prettier than our myob....
Especially after the frost's killed it off until Spring!
Looks like White Star Creeper grows in the UK too:
"A ground-hugging perennial to 1.5cm, forming a mat of tiny, rounded leaves. Throughout summer it produces a mass of star-shaped white flowers to 7mm across. Spreads rapidly. Grow in fertile, loamy, reliably moist soil in full sun to partial shade. No pruning required."
I imagine the trick is to balance the requirement for "reliably moist soil" with its seemingly only tolerating partial shade, but I might buy some and experiment. Thanks Dazza!
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