Farm Monitoring

Enduro 4G gives peace of mind on 50 degree days in WA

11 March 2022 2 min read

In searing temperatures this summer, Swift Enduro 4G cameras brought peace of mind to land holders in Western Australia.

Michael O’Brien tells us about his camera set-up on his property, near Mullewa.

Where are you from?

I’m from Mullewa in WA. It’s about 5 hours north of Perth. We are mainly a broadacre wheat farm but also run 140 breeders of black Angus cows. We have 12 water points spread over 4500ha.

How is the Enduro 4G helping you?

Your camera has saved us a lot of worry this summer.

I’m using it as a cow cam. I have the camera set to only work from 8am to 5pm and take photos every few hours (these photos are then transmitted to Michael’s mobile phone).

I concreted posts in at every trough so wherever the cows go, the camera moves with them. It was 45 degree out here around Christmas and predicted above 40 for 10 days straight, so it was really handy to know they had water.

Where have you placed the cameras?

I have concreted a length of drilling rod at most of the troughs, so we can pull up to in the ute and stand on the roof and slide the camera set up onto the pole.

Tell us about the camera set-up?

I have used one of your Direct Mounts to fix the camera so I can angle them all to suit each different site. I welded two nuts onto the camera set up with a bolt, so that it clamps onto the pole.

It’s been one of the hottest summer we have had for a while so … I have made a bit of a cover for the camera because it was saying the camera was 54C. I was worried it would do damage to the camera getting that hot. I also added some spikes to keep birds off it.

(You can also see that Michael uses a Swift Solar Panel in the set-up for unlimited power to the camera. This also reduces the visits and time needed to check on batteries.)

Would you recommend the Enduro 4G’s?

We are really impressed with your camera and solar set up – just how simple it is to use and move around. It makes running cattle a lot less stressful and means a lot less trips out to check on them when you know they have water.

Yeah, I’m really happy with how it turned out.