Sunday, December 5, 2010

Santa came early to Watagan Creek Road

4WD Santa Sleigh


I was busy with "horse stuff" this weekend so I must remember to pay more attention next time he says "Honey I'm just going to look at some quad bikes."
This one slipped past the keeper.....but it's loads of fun and it's my favourite colour!

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

It's not just about the building...

This little guy greeted us when we came home one night. The light above the door was attracting all manner of insects so it was just  like a buffet for him.
 The recent rain has brought the bush to life. Everything is lush and green.

 See the family resemblance? He's got his mum's ears.
 So tiny. So beautiful.

I love it when a plan comes together....

It’s a surreal experience to see an image that you’ve held in your imagination for so long, suddenly become real.


Sunday, November 21, 2010

It's a dog's life.....

Muffin & Cooke love the farm and they take every opportunity to “immerse” themselves in farm life.



Wonderful Walls

The cladding is called "Bushland Grey"
It was interesting to watch the colour change throughout the day.




Thursday, November 18, 2010

What a difference a window makes...and a few doors!

We started the roof sheeting on the 17th October. It was completed on Sunday 14th November. Bad weather plagued us during this period. If it wasn’t raining then we had strong winds, and on one particularly bad weekend it was both. However the frustration was soon forgotten as the roof was completed and the windows and doors went in.

 








A Roof Over Our Head

17th October 2010





Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Too Easy!!

13th September 2010
The frames go up.

All hooves on deck!! 
7.02am
 8.57am
 9.03am
 9.25am
 10.10am
 4.53pm
5.06pm

Monday, November 15, 2010

See honey I told you it would be easy.....

These 6 photos represent 3 weeks of hard work in very trying conditions. The cold mornings were bad enough...but then it started to rain...and rain....and rain.





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Just to add insult to injury, we had to pump out the water that had collected in the footings before we could pour the concrete. How do you pump the water out of footings?
Don’t even ask….
The rain held off just enough for us to pour the slabs on the 9th July 2010.


Who's The Boss?

 Site Manager- Cookie


Quality Control- Belle, closely followed by the Safety Supervisor-Muffin



Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Foundations and Frost

July 2010 and after years of planning we’re finally ready to start the foundations. Trent is particularly excited because he’s about to fulfill a life long dream of building his own home. After some careful consideration we decided to lay the foundations for the house & the 2 cabins at the same time. Economies of scale and all that stuff….

It’s probably a good idea to pause at this point and fill in a few details. Actually it’s more background information than anything, but I think it will help you appreciate my following posts.

We both love our farm. We plan to retire there one day. We have spent many hours dreaming up the design for our home and the cabins and we believe that the passive solar design will make it a wonderful home to live in. It’s just the building part.  A major part of the dream for Trent is actually building them himself (along with some help from contractors)  Me, not so much……..

Anyway it’s all part of the journey and I'm willing to give it a go. How hard can it be?
The form work arrives at 6.30am on the 1st July and  yes....that is frost you can see in the background.

No turning back now!


23rd January 2010
I took an early morning walk around the farm to inspect the  damage, I mean progress.  It didn't  stay  like this for long, but still it was rather confronting


The leveled site for cabin 1


and cabin 2