Day 9 Gulmarrad Saturday 16th June 2012

Evening folks,
Laurel and Hardy strike again. We awoke to water droplets on our heads and the rest of the bed this morning. Memo to selves "make sure you leave sufficient ventilation to avoid internal dew fall".  Fortunately it was sunny today and the temperature under the tent climbed to over 30 quickly drying it out.

Misato the Japanese helper drove Carl into town today after we had both had a lesson in using the tailgate loader. There were two mishaps in this operation. Susan told me to open the gate for the van and I obeyed. Whereupon Clarry the female italian sheep dog used this opportunity to bolt down the road. I walked in pursuit but could not gain any distance. Meanwhile Misato had managed to impale one of the vans mirrors on the gate. After they had left Susan and I took the Pajero and some dried liver treats and recaptured the errant hound who was making her way back slowly anyway.

We continued on with our hay bale walling today with most of the blocks being in place. Whether they are any good or not remains to be judged. Since there is the possibility of rain tomorrow we nailed the plastic drop sheeting back up to protect the hay. While doing this i discovered the gutters completely choked so we did a last minute rough and ready clean out. Should make the area behind the extension a lot less boggy with the rain water going out into the paddock rather than down the fascia.

DOH!

As you can see from the picture I managed to pull the drawer out too far today. It descended to the ground in a controlled fashion with no injuries to plant or personnel.

We have a day off tomorrow so the plan is to do a tour around.

night folks

Cheers Simon