It has been a busy week preparing for this weekend. Ordering and taking deliveries at various outlets.
Big shout out to Stratco Campbelltown and Best Sheds Narellan for getting everything at short notice!
<strong>26th February 2016</strong>
We left of a friday afternoon, fully loaded as usual! It took 2 forklifts to put the roof sheeting on the Rodeo while Chris strapped the roof capping and flashings to the boat carrier on the camper.
We took a slow drive to the farm only stopping at McDonald's Suttons Forest for a bite to eat.
We arrived with minimal daylight and set up in ample time.
<strong>Saturday 27th February 2016</strong>
Up at 730am to coffee and making a start on the battens.
Roof sheeting started later in the day, dodging wind gusts to play it safe.
We had our first dinner in the house with just a partial roof which consisted of Chicken, Mayo and Lettuce rolls. Washed it down with a Somersby Pear Cider. Talking shit about the cabin name and other random stuff, we thought that the farm should be named "World's End" instead of "Amaroo", largely because; the property is beautiful and all but everytime we come here, something happens that we seem to attract either an unusual weather pattern or anything else that seem to make us think we cheated death! (Brown snakes, tornadoes, snow, getting bogged, severe heat, wolf spiders, giant rare huntmen spiders, golf ball sized hail, wasp stings and did I mention snakes?)
We watched the satellites and shooting stars pass over until about 930pm when it was time to head to Wyangala Waters for a well deserved shower!
We were all asleep by midnight!
<strong>Sunday 28th February 2016</strong>
Sleep in!!
Woke up at 830am which is something that never happens!
Back into roof sheeting by 930am and another hot day ensues!
Managed to get all the wall strapping on, the roof sheets of one side of the roof, all battens cut and ready to install.
It was a slow progress day but the heat was a struggle and safety first when handling 6m long sheets of corrugated steel in high wind gusts.
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We finished working at about 7pm but still had to pull 21 x 8m sheets of wall sheets off Juniors roof. Heavy as they were we were lucky the wind died down to allow the boys to safely relocate them.
We left the farm about 9pm and arrived at Goulburn at 1040pm. And in all the Km's we have clocked up on our travels, the wildlife we have dodged, the sleepy truck drivers we have avoided, it was while we were parked at a Service station when the damage happened. A P-Plater reversed into poor Junior while Johnny was refueling. Smashed his light bar across the top and luckily avoided a bump from the tow bar.
Arrived home at 1230am. Stuffed from a big weekend!
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