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17-Aug-04, 09:48 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: sydney | | | | nice pics Simon. your pits look like monitor paradise! will you plant shade tree/s before summer hits, or will they just burrow when the mercury soars? very nice work mate.
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17-Aug-04, 09:53 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Newcastle, NSW | | | | Thanks Dan.
Before I built the pits, we did tests with fence panels and finding where the sun would hit throughout different times of the year. There is always a good degree of shadow cast on the left side of the pits as you look at them, even through summer. This is why the ponds are to the left - in the coolest spots. Although the fencing will heat up, it isn't that bad (as we tested it) and the ponds will be used extensively by the Lacies I think. The heathies will have extra logs and they can also hide behind the waterfall which is nice and cool. I will mist / hose the enclosures on the hot summer days to raise humidity / drop the temps.
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17-Aug-04, 09:57 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-03 Location: central coast/n.s.w./au Age: 43 | | | | Yeah great show all.. bloody sneaky monitor that one.. i had been nursing him for quite sometime walking around..then caz took his photo and i guess he got the dirt's... i stood there and watched as he slowly turned around and bite down on the finger..all the time saying to myself nah he ain't doing that..and then the crunch down on my finger i guess proved to me he was doing a good job...nice to see your finger disappear down a monitors throat...man it bleed heaps
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17-Aug-04, 09:58 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: sydney | | | | Sounds like youve done all the homework mate, well done! They will love it! :wink:
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17-Aug-04, 09:59 PM
|  | Has Happy Herps.... Sponsor | Join Date: Aug-03 Location: SYDNEY | | | | Thanks for the info Simon, will help me with designing my outdoor pits.
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17-Aug-04, 10:02 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Newcastle, NSW | | | | Thanks again Dan. No probs Hugsta.
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17-Aug-04, 10:40 PM
|  | Seller | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: Epping, NSW | | | | BLOODY HELL SIMON!!!!
THOSE PITS ARE AWESOME!
Im insanely jealous.
Now if u dont mind im gonna go back and admire & dream :wink: |
17-Aug-04, 10:52 PM
| | Moderator Moderator | Join Date: Jun-03 Location: Sydney, NSW,Australia | | | | Very nice enclosures(Pits) ! Good work!
You sure have got a great collection of monitors there Simon.
Maybe you could do a fact sheet on pit construction and costs etc. I am sure alot with find it useful, as not everyone will see this thread.
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17-Aug-04, 11:34 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Newcastle, NSW | | | | Thanks Jonny and Neil for the compliments - much appreciated. Neil that's a great idea about a pit fact sheet and I'll definately take on the task.
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18-Aug-04, 08:07 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-04 Location: Melbourne | | | Great photos Simon!  You have given your animals awesome homes, you must be very proud! Good on ya! and thanx for sharing the pix.... :wink: |
18-Aug-04, 08:57 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-04 Location: Nowhere with NoOne:) | | | | Wow, Simon, that's incredible, I reckon I'd love to live in those pits. congratulations on a great job!! :wink: |
18-Aug-04, 09:14 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-04 Location: Sydney Gender:  | | | | yeah nome we can move on in to the pits! just whak a hammock in there and we are set!
love the pits simy!
now thats another thing on my list of things to do that never ends!
i'm jealous
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18-Aug-04, 09:42 AM
|  | Old Administrator | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Sydney south, NSW Age/Gender: 54  | | | | You must have lot of room Simon. Great photos. |
18-Aug-04, 01:34 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Newcastle, NSW | | | | Thanks guys. I worked my butt off for these pits like you wouldn't believe som I'm really happy with how they turned out. What's not shown is the colourbond fencing I'm attaching to one corner in each pit to add extra cover for rainy periods - especially for days like today up here. While the logs offer good protection, I'm not quite happy with the amount of cover they give. The extra cover should be in by the weekend.
And Slatey, don't have a whole lot of room - just manage to squeeze as much in as possible :-)
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18-Aug-04, 05:49 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Newcastle, NSW | | | | On an impulse I went and bought a digital camera today so I've uploaded 5 more photos of the V. kingorum, their enclosure and the tile formation I use as a rock crevice.
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