THE DOG FENCE

THERE ARE FEW structures in the world to rival the famous ‘Dog Fence’, the barrier created to limit the impact and damage of wild dingoes on the ever-growing sheep industry. In fact, the fence, which is 5600km in length, is so extensive it can be seen from space. Well, the fence itself cannot be seen from space, but its effects on the environment are so significant and widespread that they are visible from outside our atmosphere.

The Dingo Fence, as it’s officially known, is a 6ft (1.8m) chain link fence built in the 1920s