I may be tempting fate but I am going to title this tour "Ending the wet". This is a contrast to our trip to Tasmania in 2007 which was entitled "Breaking the drought". Another fine sunny day with no clouds in sight. The clay swamp here is actually starting to dry out!
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| Sitting in the window |
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| Cleaning up the loose bits note the clamping plates on top and how close they are to the fascia board |
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| View of an installed clamping plate (3.4 metres long) |
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| Looking inside over the wall. Plenty of bales still available |
Today we continued with our hay bale construction. This was a heavy day since we had to lift the clamping plates on top of the wall. This presented a few difficulties the main one being they are bloody heavy. Susan being unable to lift one end over her head. However by some judicious techniques and a hand from Misato for the one piece we couldn't lift end for end we finally had them on top, in position and mostly bolted together. This small amount of work consumed most of the day.
Susan has been researching straw bale construction and downloaded a document sponsored by the CSIRO so we now have a bit more background into various techniques of construction.
night folks
Cheers Simon
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