Hedgelaying in Tasmania

During the summers of 2003 & 2004 I was fortunate enough  to be employed to go out to Tasmania (Australia) to hedgelay and dry stone wall. Luckily this fits in very nicely with my home schedule as our summer is their winter - thi s is great for hedgelaying as you have to do it in the winter when the trees are dormant however it meant i had five winters in a row!

One of my Australian pupils, James Boxhall of Meander working at Chudleigh, N.W. Tasmania. Note gum trees in background, and snow on the tops of the Great Western Tiers. The hedge is all English hawthorn, planted in the nineteenth century. Note grey lichen on bark. Photo taken July 2004.