G'day from Australia.

[bentaz]

G'day all, new member here from Victoria, Australia.
Over the years I've had a few ponds and built ponds for other people as well, I currently have two ponds, a semi in ground/ aboveground turtle pond and an aboveground 5000lt Aussie native pond that is still kind of under construction.
Both are converted plastic rainwater tanks.
Looking forward to reading and sharing on the forum.
Cheers
Ben.

 

[bentaz]

A couple of pics of my turtle pond.

 

[MoonShadows]

 

[cas]

Neat looking turtle pond. Welcome to the forum.

 

[addy1]

Very nice! Welcome to our group!

 

[Lisak1]

Welcome!

 

[BarbO]

I like your turtle pond! How many are in there? Welcome!

 

[sissy]

welcome and hope to see more pics .I was wondering what the plastic sides were for ,I just thought it was some new pond building stuff until I saw the turtles

 

[Gemma]

Welcome to GPF!

 

[bentaz]

Thanks all for the warm welcomes.
There are two Murray river turtles in that pond and yes the open plastic side are to keep them in.

 

[j.w]

@bentaz
Love the turtles and their nice looking pond

 

[JamieB]

Welcome! And nice turtle pond. Is that a decoration or was there a bird perched on the rocks?

 

[bentaz]

Thank you.
There is a rusty metal kookaburra and a pelican that go with the windmill you can see fallen over in the background. I do get lots of great birds at the pond though, lots of honey eaters, finches and wrens as well as my pigeons. The dogs even get in there from time to time and my wife's horse will take a drink in between pulling g out the plants in the filter.

 

[bentaz]

Sun peaked its head out for a moment here so I grabbed a quick pic of the new pond.

The water is going through a bit of a green stage but that's normal while the filter sorts its self out.
At the moment there is 2 water Lillie's, 6 water lettuce, azola, duckweed and some reeds/ rushes on the island. 12 goldfish, about 20 small yabbies and some minnows.
I'll do a break down latter of the build so far.

 

[callingcolleen1]

Welcome to the forum. Nice rocks, moss and wood you have collected, wish I had that nice moss growing in your pond.. Must be really hot there. Do you get wild animals at your pond?