Friday 22nd January 2016
So here is poor ol’ Junior loaded up to the hilt at Bunnings Goulburn getting ready to tow another load of wood to the farm. The weather is torrential rain with over 30mm in the 3 days including and prior to today. Pouring rain through Crookwell and slippery through the unsealed roads around Reids Flat and Wyangala.
I got a msg from Chris at 5pm telling me to be super careful on the roads as they were boggy. The boys found themselves with traction issues on the driveway up to our first gate ao I’ve made the decision to head in the long way tomorrow through Boorowa. Sealed roads the whole way!
I spent my Friday night packing my luggage bag and Colin the Colorado. I bought 6 slabs of water on special at Woolies plus Chris bought 2 also. Esky of drinks, 2 Deep Ocean coloured Whirlbirds for the cabin roof plus the plants and shovel for screening.
Saturday 23rd January 2016
I arrived shortly after 9am and the fellas were already up and well into their workload.
Bottlebrush screen planted out and four roof trusses complete. All timbers for trusses cut to size.
Sunday 24th January 2016
I accidentally left my phone outside the camper with the alarm activated for 5am. So an early morning it was! I made everyone coffees and managed to see the planetary alignment. Couldn’t get a photo as it wouldn’t show on a phone camera but here’s what happened:
During the morning Chris and I went to Bunnings Cowra to get a lot more gang nails, brackets and nails, surprise surprise they didn’t have half of what we wanted! Managed to make do with bits and pieces.
The rest of the day was spent assembling trusses while Chris made a good start on the deck.
Monday 25th January 2016
Monday just wasn’t a great day, no one was feeling it, it was just a hot humid flat day. We were all so flat that when we sat to eat at 3pm, we decided to go for a 4wd tour over to the treacherous side of the property. Turned out to be one of the most fun things we have done yet!
Tuesday 26th January 2016
Happy Australia Day!!
The last of the roof trusses were assembled and erected by 5pm, the weather was coming over dark and we had received a storm warning. Thankfully a very small amount fell but the wind was picking up everytime we wanted to install another truss. We just needed one more day to get the insulation and roof sheeting on but it wasn’t going to be today. Finished installing the trusses but the decking is 1/3 of the way through.
We left during the evening whilst still somewhat light, minimal wildlife on the road this time around.
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