The weather forecast was grim for Sunday (light rain), but we decided to head off to the farm anyway. On the way, the rain was off-and-on and there was every chance that it would be raining again at the farm.
We arrived at about 9:20am and lady luck was on our side. While it was overcast, the rain had stayed away. In fact the ground was fairly dry and it hadn't rained here for a while. Even the drive in on the dirt track was relatively pleasant.
Today's task - make some progress on the shed (aka temporary accommodation). Within 5 minutes of starting that project, we were thrown a curve ball. The panels of the shed connect together with pop rivets. Well, my pop rivet gun decided that it would stop working there and then. This made connecting the sheets of metal impossible. Without rivets, there is no shed. With no other options, our only move was to drive to Boorowa and hope that a hardware store was open.
After over an hour of detour (which included a coffee stop at the bakery) we were back at the farm with a new rivet gun which worked fantastically.
Here's the shed - still to be completed. Kath does the Craig David and walks away.
You can tell by the thick jacket Kath is wearing that it was a bit cold (the forecast was only for a top of about 11 degrees). The wind added to the cold and it felt like it was going to snow.
It was a bit cold for Fonzi and he retreated to the car for shelter while the stupid humans continued with their work.
While putting the shed together, I caught a glimpse of something moving in the paddock. I turned to see a mob of sheep. My first reaction was "that's nice" followed by "what are sheep doing on our property?", then followed by "Mmm, lamb chops!"
It was like they could read my mind and they started to get a bit nervous. They headed off down a gully. I named the one at front 'pot roast'. We have no idea who they belong to or where they came from, but I hope they stick around.
After making a bit of progress on the shed, the next job was to mark out a track along the north border for when we put the front gate in. This will save us about 20 mins of travel time.
Most of the track is established because we have been driving along the field to build the fence.
However, there is a part of the track that is made up of Tea Tree bushes about a metre high (see below). We seem to drive through a different way each time, so the car tracks are not established. A once over with the brushcutter fixed that. That only took about an hour so there wasn't much time left now.
With that job done and my body aching from holding the brushcutter, there was a bit of time to work out where the end post to the fence needs to go. This is the surveyor's peg for the boundary. Unfortunately, it goes through a fence and it will be a bit tricky. I'll put that job on the list.
Anyway, it got to about 3:30pm and we needed to make a break. All in, the weather was good to us. We had about 2 minutes of rain and the sun was out for most of the day. The next trip is planned for 19 July - here's hoping for good weather.
We arrived at about 9:20am and lady luck was on our side. While it was overcast, the rain had stayed away. In fact the ground was fairly dry and it hadn't rained here for a while. Even the drive in on the dirt track was relatively pleasant.
Today's task - make some progress on the shed (aka temporary accommodation). Within 5 minutes of starting that project, we were thrown a curve ball. The panels of the shed connect together with pop rivets. Well, my pop rivet gun decided that it would stop working there and then. This made connecting the sheets of metal impossible. Without rivets, there is no shed. With no other options, our only move was to drive to Boorowa and hope that a hardware store was open.
After over an hour of detour (which included a coffee stop at the bakery) we were back at the farm with a new rivet gun which worked fantastically.
Here's the shed - still to be completed. Kath does the Craig David and walks away.
You can tell by the thick jacket Kath is wearing that it was a bit cold (the forecast was only for a top of about 11 degrees). The wind added to the cold and it felt like it was going to snow.It was a bit cold for Fonzi and he retreated to the car for shelter while the stupid humans continued with their work.
While putting the shed together, I caught a glimpse of something moving in the paddock. I turned to see a mob of sheep. My first reaction was "that's nice" followed by "what are sheep doing on our property?", then followed by "Mmm, lamb chops!"
It was like they could read my mind and they started to get a bit nervous. They headed off down a gully. I named the one at front 'pot roast'. We have no idea who they belong to or where they came from, but I hope they stick around.
After making a bit of progress on the shed, the next job was to mark out a track along the north border for when we put the front gate in. This will save us about 20 mins of travel time.
Most of the track is established because we have been driving along the field to build the fence.
However, there is a part of the track that is made up of Tea Tree bushes about a metre high (see below). We seem to drive through a different way each time, so the car tracks are not established. A once over with the brushcutter fixed that. That only took about an hour so there wasn't much time left now.
With that job done and my body aching from holding the brushcutter, there was a bit of time to work out where the end post to the fence needs to go. This is the surveyor's peg for the boundary. Unfortunately, it goes through a fence and it will be a bit tricky. I'll put that job on the list.
Anyway, it got to about 3:30pm and we needed to make a break. All in, the weather was good to us. We had about 2 minutes of rain and the sun was out for most of the day. The next trip is planned for 19 July - here's hoping for good weather.
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