Dog Fence.

Yesterday's blog mention something called "Dog Fence" so today I have posted some information on the world's longest fence.

The area of the fence that we photographed was just north of Coober Pedy in South Australia where the fence runs along side of the Breakaways.
















The following quote has been pasted from the State of Queensland's web site which can be found at their Wild Dog Barrier Page.

The Wild Dog Barrier Fence (previously called the Dingo Barrier Fence) was first proposed in the late 1940s to protect sheep from being attacked by wild dogs. Erection, however, was not completed until the late 1950s.

Originally the graziers were responsible for maintaining the fence, but with drought and changes in the wool market it didn’t take long for the fence to fall into disrepair.

In 1982, a $3.6 million state government program commenced to rebuild almost half of the original barrier fence (2500 km of the original 5600 km). The program also realigned a large section of the fence to exclude previously protected areas in central-western and north-western Queensland. This meant the barrier fence would only provide protection from wild dogs in central-southern Queensland. The current Wild Dog Barrier Fence is the result of that program.

In addition to the main barrier fence, a number of check fences were reconstructed and renewed in the southern Darling Downs area.

Today, the Wild Dog Barrier Fence is administered by the Department of Natural Resources and Water. It is about 2500 km long and protects 26.5 million hectares of sheep and cattle grazing country.