Come on in, the water is clear! And a CONTEST…
It’s a vital part of the setup here, with long, hard, hot dusty days a regular occurrence (and the men work pretty hard too! Heh!). Just the knowledge that a place to cool down awaits our hard-workin‘ musterers, tractor drivers, fence builders and truckies helps no end with the general atmosphere in our (very big) workplace! The fact that the musterers, tractor drivers and truckies are usually the same few people makes it all the sweeter. 
The pool – 17 metres by 6 metres and 2 metres deep at the deep end – would prove popular in this district. It has hosted many a party – family events, polocrosse break-up days, birthday parties. And for almost four decades of it’s life it was UNFILTERED! You heard me. Basically, it was a glorified dam. Murky and mysterious. The leaves were scooped out, of course. No-one expected clear blue pools in those days. Mind you, the image of horrid cane toads floating around in the green rippling pool water (double and triple deck! Ewww!) still haunt me to this day!
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Of course, seeing as how Sven the Pool Boy refuses to show his mug around these parts, it doesn’t always reach the heady level of clarity and blueness shown in this pic. Mr Incredible is required to wear Sven’s hat (because he doesn’t already have enough to do round here!) after I was sacked from the role (with a chronic inability to remember lever positions on pool pumps). I sometimes ask him to take his shirt off while performing this duty. He usually ignores me!
He is quite some way off being trusted with the mechanics of the pump and chemical distribution. Can you see why??
Of course, he gets plenty of mileage out of our water hole.
And his Mum does enjoy his enjoyment.
And he is pretty handy as a lifesaver too!
My little Violet (aka TLW) seems to appreciate his efforts (well most of the time!)
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There is just one thing about the pool that visitors do need to bear in mind when they take a dip in our great pool, however.
It’s not the cane toads.
Or the green water.
Or the potentially shirtless pool boys.
*sigh*
It’s this…
Can’t see what I mean.
Well this brings me something I haven’t done for a while…
it’s MYSTERY PHOTO TIME!
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Can you guess what this hole is for, right beside the pool?
Best answer wins a BB print of their choice.
Leave your entry in the comments section.
Contest finishes Friday, 8pm Aussie time.
Hint: we live very very close to Mother Nature here at Granite Glen.
Postscipt: I should have made it clear in the post that ACCURACY matters little or none in any Bush Babe contest. You WILL get the answer from me in good time. In the MEANTIME however, let your IMAGINATIONS rip. Go wild. Go free. Go crazy.
Ask yourselves: What MIGHT POSSIBLY be down that hole?
I need lots of silly ‘colour’ in the answers. I need descriptions that make me spit my coffee. Please?? Cause what I really need is more housework to do!
So, go your hardest people! Make me spit!
31 Comments
Anonymous
Snakes!
Portia
I’m afraid to agree with Anonymous above. It looks like snake or mole hole.
I’d like to think it’s the hole they put one of those portable dryer lines in so you always have dry towels. (I know, not realistic, but a better alternative to SNAKES).
A Novel Woman
Oh, Crikey, you don’t make things easy, do you? At first I thought it was a clump of manure rubbed off a work boot, and thought well yeah, of course you want to take care of THAT before you get in the cement pond. Then I saw it was a hole.
We have little holes like that around our lake cottage, and that’s where our chippers live (chippers being the goofy little chipmunks that are so tame, they will literally bounce off the ground and run up your leg to your shoulder and give you heck if you don’t have a peanut or two to share.)
But we also have garter snake dens, and I’m thinking this might be a snake hole. Now, normally I’m a big fan of (non-poisonous) snakes, but not water snakes of any kind. I hate the way they come right at you with terrifying speed, and then raise their heads and….(shudder) I can’t go on.
I’m going to just ignore the possibility that that is a snake hole and go with a harmless laundry pole for hanging towels because even though I know it’s not correct, that doesn’t give me the heebie jeebies.
Reddunappylitivensfe
That was my thought to a snake hole. And being from a part of the US where we dont have to worry about snakes at all, only have garter snakes and maybe a grass snake nothing posinous or big. When we took trips when the kids were little we always had to tell them about snakes, rattlesnakes usually. we just dont have many. Then I thought…. snakes cant dig holes LOL visual, so it has to be some kind of rodent, not knowing what you have down under, and in your area? dont know what kind LOL
Kate
yeah, i’m guessing some sort of critter that likes to burrow down around and under the pool. Maybe it stays warmer near the pool in the winter?
I was going to say a brown snake but i can’t imagine you would let one live that close to the pool but maybe the goanna?
It would be a good place for her to live. She can wash her clothes nearby, get a quick drink, bath…perfect home really!
Tami
Smurf bunker.
jeanie
I reckon a phobia is going to be coined just for you and your contests, BB.
I still remember how the lure of the pool got all those teenage boys into our vehicles spurs and all many a year ago…
Isn’t that where we buried ’em?
2toads2luv
Is it some sort of escape hole for critters who get into the pool but can’t climb out?
P.S. Love your blog, it’s fun reading about the similarities and differences a half a word away!
Gem
Hey BB, Is it a yabbie hole? That’s the only thing I can think of near a body of water. Although I think I could be wrong as it doesn’t have it’s tower of mud on top – maybe it got knocked off. I don’t know much about cane toads except they are very ugly – do they live in holes? They should cause they is very ugly!
Cheers
Jayne
Snake.
Mr Farty
What a beautiful pool, it looks so cool and inviting. Do you get many lizards swimming in it?
Bush Babe
Firstly, welcome Mr Farty. What an awesome blog name. Wish to heck I’d thought of it myself!!
And welcome 2toads2luv… not so sure about THIS name. See today’s post. Not a toad lover! But welcome anyway!
Now, everyone. Listen up. I should have made it clear in the post that ACCURACY matters little or none. You WILL get the answer from me in good time. In the MEANTIME however, let your IMAGINATIONS rip. Go wild. Go free. Go crazy.
What MIGHT be down that hole? I need lots of silly ‘colour’ in the answers. I need descriptions that make me spit my coffee. Please?? I KNOW you can do it!!!
Hugs
BB
rhubarbwhine
Looks like a goanna hole, or some lizardy home?
Gem
Dash was in the garden digging a hole when his mother came over and asked, “What are you doing there, Dash?”
“My goldfish died,” replied Dash tearfully without looking up, “and I’m going to bury him.”
Dash’s mother was very concerned. “That’s an awfully big hole for a goldfish, isn’t it?”
Dash pointed his shovel behind the mound of dirt and then replied, “That’s because it’s there – inside the cat.”
I can’t take credit for the joke – I just reworded it!
Kate
Now this i can do!!!
50 years ago BB’s dad started digging the hole for the pool… About five feet down he came upon the subterranean lair of the elusive Kangacoot. This unique mix of a Kangaroo and Bandicoot lives underground 99% of it’s life, only emerging on the 29th of February each Leap Year. Much like the Yank’s groundhog, the Kangacoot is worshiped in Australia as a harbinger of good luck. Each leap year when it emerges, it’s feces is collected and analyzed. The moistness of the feces will foretell the bounty of the coastal shrimp catches for the next four years.
Being a shrimp lover himself, Dad decided to not kick the Kangacoot out of it’s home at Granite Glen.
He carefully shored up the lair and tunnels and poured the cement around them. He then created an access hole next to the pool so that the Kangacoot could emerge and leave its feces right on the cement, where it could more easily be collected. He taught BB and then Dash and Violet the Kangacoot Lullaby so that they could sing to him each day. The Kangacoot loves singing, it makes him very thirsty. And we all know that a well hydrated Kangacoot produces moist and mushy poop, thus ensuring a bumper crop of shrimp for all to enjoy!!
Kangacoot Lullaby
“Kangacoot, kangacoot,
you are so small and round and cute.
You leave your poo for all to see,
to ensure some shrimp from the big blue sea.
Kangacoot, Kangacoot,
You wear a blue pin-stripped suit.
You spend four years getting beauty sleep.
So you can rise and shine each and every leap…year”
Cactus Jack Splash
It is where Bush Babe hides her secret stash of chocolate. It would be safe there because everyone will think there is a critter down that hole…yep it is a chocolate safe.
Reddunappylitivensfe
OK I had a wild, well maybe not so wild if you live with men, idea…
Is it the hole that “Man in Boots” left after he peed in the yard??
Andrea
Hmmmm……let me think…..
That pool sure looks nice now that it is a little less green!!
I am going to say that that hole there is for the frogs. For when the frogs get tired of swimming and they get stuck at the bottom of the pool, they have an escape route. Kind of like the underground railroad!! Goog thing that hole is there, or we would have a lot of drowned frogs!!
country girl
I’m guessing it’s where the pool fairies stay with their shirts off of course! Because of the sun, they must stay shaded so their ripped abs don’t get burned. Fairies are funny like that.
Anonymous
Wow – a few pretty close ones here. Contact from out here as can’t log in or phone so a bit of a cheat note here. My best guess runs along the reptile line too!! Great story about the pool!! Love from the briny! Mxxx
Word verif – recog – pretty close huh!
Bush Babe
Hello Mum!!!! Check your gmail account NOW!!!! Love you.
The rest of you – most excellent work indeed. I have coffee and chardonnay stains everywhere!!! Ahh… too funny…
I am so lucky to have such clever, witty, crazy readers. Keep em coming!!
Hugs
BB
Bush Babe
PS Kate… Holy Moly!! Was that all off the top of your head??
Beth
I’m going with the Thanksgiving Turkey…he needs somewhere to hide.
Debby
A chemo head cannot compete with Kate. I will not try.
Kate
Sadly yes, it was off the top of my head. I have issues…
2toads2luv
Hi BB,
I’m not quite sure where my lovely, obedient, well mannered children ever earned the name of TOADS… But you have to admit, it does roll off the tongue easily when mixed with exasperation! (You’re being such a TOAD!… Quit being such a TOAD!… You’re acting like a TOAD… {although I’m not sure I know what a toad is supposed to act like}).
Thanks, and have a great weekend!
P.S. LOVE, L-O-V-E your prints. LOVE THEM!!
LandShark 5150
Enjoy your writings-Happy Thanksgiving Day, not sure if ya do that thing – but anyway – I believe that is the mighty burrow of the 2 species of the elusive Toejam ! Terra-Mako and I have'em both here in Texas.
1: Is a big brownish hairy spider that comes out at night making him hard to see – hence the name. Or
2: A hole that was placed – on purpose – for sheer enjoyment!
Blessings to you & yours !
Anonymous
Its the hole for the volleyball net pole? A kid and a spoon trying to get to China? The beginnings of a new spa? A small geiser? A Barbie doll porta-potty? Just a plain old hole? yep thats the one I am going for! Catherine McP.
Diane L. Dodd
are you familiar with the American game ‘whack a mole’?
Well I think that ‘big boot man’ is about to play. And I think he might be using something other than a mallet.
Did that make you spit out your coffee?
Anonymous
Looks like a “P” hole to me. Particularly since there are man boots right next to it. I’ve known some fellas that live “close to nature” also.
Bronwyn,
I love those sibling photos. I must take some before my firstborn heads off to uni. We’re going to miss her so much!