December 2008 - A verandah filled with the Christmas Spirit!

Check out the view from our new verandah and the flourishing vegie patch :) Merry Christmas!!

The Shed at 15th October 2008

A big thanks to Chris and Cass for coming down to help us out - we now have a mezzanine storage level to keep all our stuff out of the way. Also this means we have rooves on the bathroom and bedroom which is excellent news!! Chris and Pete also cut a window into the shed - so we have one window, and will have a few more when we have a few spare minutes to cut them in!! All going well though - lovely weather down here and the veggies are growing well in the garden!!

16th August 2008 - The Bonfire

So with the help of Simon and Gra we had our bonfire - burnt our big elm stump. It was a sad day for Sim and Loz to see their old treehouse disappear....but we had a drink or two or three to toast the end of the elm tree. Pete cooked our first meal on our block - a lovely lamb stew... and our new buds Cathy and George and their kids came round to help us eat it all (I think the kids came to torment the dog!!)

Wednesday 30th July 2008

It's all happening! We have some cladding on....should be finished this weekend! YEAH!!

Monday 28th July 2008

Hi - it's all happening!! Our good mates Tom and Dave were given weekend passes (thanks heaps Nik and Nat and Indie for letting your fellas come down and help out!!) and came down to help us - we got heaps done - battens on the inside, and as you can see, we put up the framework for the bedroom and bathroom....now if we can just work on the outside wall sheeting!!! Fingers crossed..

Monday 15th July 2008

So we are braced and framed, and I think the shed would survive the 100 year flood, 100 year drought and a dozen cyclone Traceys!!!

Early May 2008 - Framed up!

We've been framed!!!! The fellas were busy this week........ and in the middle of a drought, we had 9.5 mils on Thursday night, turning the area into a bog hole..... Murphy's law.

24th April 2008 - installing the poo pipes

The sewer pipes have been going through the school from the pump house - and they will go through our yard in the next couple of weeks - in preparation, the big boys toys came in to clear all the trees - including the big tree that used to have our cubby house/brick pallet as kids - this is the big ole stump - finally out of the ground!

22nd April 2008 - the big long trench!!

Tuesday 22nd April, after the big electricity ordeal, Bernie came and dug the big trench - from the road to the shed, 90-odd metres of trench at 600mm deep - we will put the electricity, water and phone cables in them.....

12th April 2008 - Slab is laid!!!

So the slab was poured on Saturday April 12th, while we were away in Sydney - we came home Sunday to see our new shed slab!!! Yeah!!

9th April 2008 - plastic bits - getting ready for the big pour

8th April 2008 - Pouring the footings

Concrete in holes - a good start.....

2nd April 2008 - marking out shed area and digging footing holes and delivery of the shed bits (Busy day!!!)

Exciting times - finally we see some action!!

26th March 2008 - Surviving the big rains...

So Tuesday 25th March - I wouldn't say the drought is broken, but holy crap it rained a lot!! These photos are taken the next day after the clouds cleared. The pipes are the poo pipes for the new easement, because everyone knows you can't push it up hill!!

13th March 2008 - Completion of inital earthworks

So Carb and Brad came back the following day to finish their bits for now and to take away the big toys (much to Pete's disappointment)