It’s a [bore irrigated vineyard](https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2018/03/16/federal-study-casts-light-on-future-source-of-town-water). Not sure why it’s there, but it is. About 60ha.
For those interested in the water allocation: NT Portion 1476 - Undoolya Rocky Hill Agricultural Block
This is just a short drive out of Alice Springs, so not as bumfuck nowhere as all that.
If OP looks around a bit more they'll see things like this all across the NT where fruit farms have operated for decades. There's also Palm Valley out west which shows another great pop of green in an otherwise red landscape.
Used to love going camping out there when I lived in Alice. Alice is such an amazing place once you get used to it. Unfortunately, crime drove us away.
Telephina Gorge was always one of my favorite places.
Pasteurial and mining companies are draining the great artisanal basin for their cashcrops without any oversight by the government while the traditional owners watch their country die around them and cries fall on intentionally deaf ears.
Not surprising it’s happening in the NT also.
It's definitely happening in the NT, but there has been some great research done because of the use of this aquifer. It's set to be the source of town water once the current one hits a certain level, so there's an invested eye on how it's used.
There's a lot of history around fruit farming in the NT, and it was found pretty early on that some fruit thrives out here when you can irrigate it. Grapes, citrus, melons, mangoes, and especially dates have all been part of Central Australia's farming past.
Hale is only a short drive out of Alice Springs, which is actually a larger town than you probably imagine.
>Hale is only a short drive out of Alice Springs, which is actually a larger town than you probably imagine.
TIL people couldn't imagine a town the size of Traralgon, Mt Gambier, Armidale or Devonport.
I thought the green stuff was some sort of dessert lol. But yeah sorry couldn’t sleep last night which is how I ended up looking around Australia on google.
Centre pivot automated circular water irrigation (sprinkler) system.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/23%C2%B051'45.5%22S+134%C2%B005'16.2%22E/@-23.8710687,134.0969757,776m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d-23.8626407!4d134.087824?entry=ttu
Couple of large circular objects in this view, the one you mention and another north-east of it, can't find any information about craters, caldera's, don't know?
https://www.google.com/maps/place/23%C2%B051'45.5%22S+134%C2%B005'16.2%22E/@-23.8674582,134.0376667,49644m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d-23.8626389!4d134.0878333?entry=ttu
Could it be this family's hay growing operation?
Hay is worth bigger money here than anywhere else in Aus so the economics must stack up.
[link to article](https://bigrigs.com.au/2023/07/25/outback-truckies-put-it-all-on-the-line/)
This demography map will help since you’re bored
[demography map](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Australians#/media/File%3AAustralian_Census_2011_demographic_map_-_Australia_by_SLA_-_BCP_field_1888_United_States_of_America_Total.svg)
Holy shit. If Australia itself was bumfuck nowhere, this would still be in the middle of bumfuck nowhere.
Hale doesn't even show up on Google maps when you type it, you have to zoom out to the entirety of aus and click search here
Reddit is over everyone: from Google Gemini:
Determining the largest agricultural crop in Hale, Northern Territory (NT), Australia is difficult without specific data on crop yields in the region. However, Hale River Holdings, a prominent agricultural company in the area, focuses on cattle properties and mixed cropping. This suggests that cattle and potentially common crops like wheat or barley could be significant agricultural products in Hale, NT.
For a more definitive answer, consider contacting the Northern Territory Department of Industry, Farming and Fisheries or searching for recent agricultural data on Hale, NT.
Except the top upvoted answer on Reddit is actually correct compared to just AI waffle, and wheat and barley are not commonly grown (or present at all maybe??) in the NT
It’s a [bore irrigated vineyard](https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2018/03/16/federal-study-casts-light-on-future-source-of-town-water). Not sure why it’s there, but it is. About 60ha. For those interested in the water allocation: NT Portion 1476 - Undoolya Rocky Hill Agricultural Block
I'd be bored in the middle of bumfuck nowhere as well.
This is just a short drive out of Alice Springs, so not as bumfuck nowhere as all that. If OP looks around a bit more they'll see things like this all across the NT where fruit farms have operated for decades. There's also Palm Valley out west which shows another great pop of green in an otherwise red landscape.
Used to love going camping out there when I lived in Alice. Alice is such an amazing place once you get used to it. Unfortunately, crime drove us away. Telephina Gorge was always one of my favorite places.
That ‘see nearby restaurants’ prompt has to be a joke too
So bored you’d start irrigating the desert though?
There used to be a vineyard and orange orchard in Wiluna, WA until about 20 years ago
What you have there is a healthy crop of nunya.
Man haven’t had some nunya in yonks 🤤
Nunya with updoc, delicious!
What's, uh, going on today fellas
Nunya business!
You weren’t supposed to say it!
Oops sorry
It's a secret!
It's a secret!
It’s Snu
No, It's a Bunya Bunya nut farming enterprise, not a Nunya Nunya business.
And a buttfor.
Nunya bees? They make wax from them
Who the hell is Steve Jobs?
Is this the real a liga lord golec?
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Someone squandering precious artesian bore water on cashcrops.
Pasteurial and mining companies are draining the great artisanal basin for their cashcrops without any oversight by the government while the traditional owners watch their country die around them and cries fall on intentionally deaf ears. Not surprising it’s happening in the NT also.
It's definitely happening in the NT, but there has been some great research done because of the use of this aquifer. It's set to be the source of town water once the current one hits a certain level, so there's an invested eye on how it's used.
Stick to what you know
Name checks out
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We are. Duh Management.
There's a lot of history around fruit farming in the NT, and it was found pretty early on that some fruit thrives out here when you can irrigate it. Grapes, citrus, melons, mangoes, and especially dates have all been part of Central Australia's farming past. Hale is only a short drive out of Alice Springs, which is actually a larger town than you probably imagine.
>Hale is only a short drive out of Alice Springs, which is actually a larger town than you probably imagine. TIL people couldn't imagine a town the size of Traralgon, Mt Gambier, Armidale or Devonport.
desert* piqued*
My interest definitely peaks at the mention of dessert.
especially if it was a dessert as big as the simpson desert
[As long as you don't get stranded in it](https://pbfcomics.com/comics/nunez/)
shockingly topical comic
I thought the green stuff was some sort of dessert lol. But yeah sorry couldn’t sleep last night which is how I ended up looking around Australia on google.
dogs*
It's The Green Place, home of the Many Mother's.
That’s king’s canyon for sure
a place of abundance
I heard it’s got everything
Kale
Damn, I came to say this. 😂
Ganja
Is that a meteorite crater?
Centre pivot automated circular water irrigation (sprinkler) system. https://www.google.com/maps/place/23%C2%B051'45.5%22S+134%C2%B005'16.2%22E/@-23.8710687,134.0969757,776m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d-23.8626407!4d134.087824?entry=ttu
I'm talking about to the right in the first image. Looks like a depression a few kms wide
You meant the other right.
Couple of large circular objects in this view, the one you mention and another north-east of it, can't find any information about craters, caldera's, don't know? https://www.google.com/maps/place/23%C2%B051'45.5%22S+134%C2%B005'16.2%22E/@-23.8674582,134.0376667,49644m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d-23.8626389!4d134.0878333?entry=ttu
Ahh yeah. Also the one I mentioned has a smaller circular pattern inside to the right.
Hale Berrys.
Could it be this family's hay growing operation? Hay is worth bigger money here than anywhere else in Aus so the economics must stack up. [link to article](https://bigrigs.com.au/2023/07/25/outback-truckies-put-it-all-on-the-line/)
It does look like hay. Article is a good read too.
*Inhale
It is planted in rows about 2.5 m apart and looks like either drip irrigation or a trellis. I am curious
Desserts are definitely at the peak of my interests. Or something. English is not my native language.
After reading my original post I am starting to think it may not be mine either lol
If you’re from the US, you’d be extra weirded out to find that there’s also a lot of Americans living not far from there …keep searching the map.
Where are they living ?
Have to do your research :) But it’s not far and the location has been mentioned in the comments already.
Yeah I don’t care that much lol
lol, there’s a lot of Americans nearby there in Alice Springs
This demography map will help since you’re bored [demography map](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Australians#/media/File%3AAustralian_Census_2011_demographic_map_-_Australia_by_SLA_-_BCP_field_1888_United_States_of_America_Total.svg)
See that crop circle?? That’s from central pivot irrigation..
Potatoes are often grown in circles. Found that very handy as a truck driver trying to find a farm. Google maps and look for the circle crops.
It’s ‘piqued’ my interest, by god too much lead in the pipes
And "desert". 😂
High quality H2O
Probably hemp
Probably next land release of 250m2 blocks, starting at $499k
Australia is HUGE, GPS coordinate would be a good place to start
(-23.8626407, 134.0878240) Google maps finds Hale Australia with ease
It's just south east of Alice Springs
Weed
Probably something like watermelons. Those buggers will grow anywhere.
kale
The Green Place!
A hale lotta green
Bore water? Don't you mean *coke*
Common mistake
Mary jane
Holy shit. If Australia itself was bumfuck nowhere, this would still be in the middle of bumfuck nowhere. Hale doesn't even show up on Google maps when you type it, you have to zoom out to the entirety of aus and click search here
Walter White?
[Hale also has some pretty interesting geographical formations (๑¯◡¯๑) (NSFW?)](https://i.imgur.com/xmtuaOe.jpeg)
Reddit is over everyone: from Google Gemini: Determining the largest agricultural crop in Hale, Northern Territory (NT), Australia is difficult without specific data on crop yields in the region. However, Hale River Holdings, a prominent agricultural company in the area, focuses on cattle properties and mixed cropping. This suggests that cattle and potentially common crops like wheat or barley could be significant agricultural products in Hale, NT. For a more definitive answer, consider contacting the Northern Territory Department of Industry, Farming and Fisheries or searching for recent agricultural data on Hale, NT.
Except the top upvoted answer on Reddit is actually correct compared to just AI waffle, and wheat and barley are not commonly grown (or present at all maybe??) in the NT
Wheat and barley would not be good crops in Central Australia, this trend of asking chatgpt and posting whatever it says as obvious fact is ridiculous