Beating the grass and our echidna

We're slowly winning the battle with the grass.
After speaking to the local CFA, it turns out the grass was still too green to burn at the cut off date for burning.  Luckily though, Anthony the fire chief had a spare hundred or so sheep to come and eat it   .  Now instead of looking at the sheep through the fence they're running around our property and pulling out my agapanthas by the roots.

We've also been attacking the grass front, prior to the sheep coming, with the old mow it then round up it combination.  Everything has suddenly dried out anyway with the recent heat wave, and the sheep are doing their own combination of eat it/trample it flat.  The problem with having sheep is that we only have 3 fences, so they are also grazing on the two properties next door.  We went for a walk the other night to herd them back to our end, I didn't realise how many sheep there actually were.  Now we can see the ground it is possible to walk anywhere without battling the long wild grass. Seeing the ground has revealed we have a real life echidna living with us.  It was very exciting, I don't think I've ever seen one in the wild, though Aidan had seen them squished on the side of the road, and it was huge.  The size of a big bike helmet!  It was a shame the boys were in bed, but luckily we have a video taken on Aidan's phone... Check it out here
We also have to cut fire breaks, and for the first time ever I was easily able to use the lawn mower because it was clear enough to see where the rocks and holes were.  Hooray for the sheep!