Homepaddock blogs on the recommendation that all farm houses be fenced, after the tragic death of a child.
Farms are full of dangers but is an effluent pond nearly 100 metres from a house in the country any more dangerous than a busy road right outside one in town?
And how do you make a whole property completely childproof?
Friends had a deer fence round their house and the children learned to climb it. Other friends had their gate fastened so securely that visiting adults couldn’t get in but their three year old son managed to get out.
Interesting that I haven’t heard anyone suggest that this pond might have been given a temporary fence if it were so dangerous. You can setup some netting and waratahs pretty quickly.
Unfortunately, we often are so wise afterward…
Life is dangerous. We have to live with that.
Something should go here, maybe later. 