Hi Folks,
D-Day plus 1. It was a sweaty day playing in the dirt. Consequently our clothes are soaking. The earthworks continued. Lazuli and Heidi were running around trying to achieve their goals in the time available. The helpers were running around raking up rocks, placing them to retain dirt, shovelling and anything else that needed doing.
I was using the laser level. Well by using I mean I was walking around with the stick working out falls in the drain and shovelling where adjustments needed to be made. Apparently drains need to fall about 5% so a 6 metre trench has to drop 30 cm which is not to be sneezed at. The excavator drivers were flitting from job to job. I managed to also get them to pull out a couple of lantana stumps and a camphor laurel as well.
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| Levelled dirt bed plus new drain |
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| Drain emerging from behind the shelter |
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| There is now a drain where the rock wall used to be |
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| Female blue wren enjoying the new feeding ground |
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| New swales and garden bed |
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| Sara's art work |
Susan prepared noodle pancakes and a rice noodle salad for tea, Dessert was sticky date pudding. The gluten free flour makes a good pudding. As well as the usual sauce we had blue ribbon ice cream as well. Yum.
There was some light rain tonight but only enough for some muddy footprints in the tent.
We have accepted a Helpx assignment at the end of next March for a month on an accommodation property an hour out of Mildura.
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