Wow, time has flashed by in a blur since Christmas. We are now on the verge of the final move to Nannup with the White Gum Valley house settling on the 19th March, we finally got an offer after three months on the market. Quite a stressful time doing home opens with infant Alfie. I think a fair amount of stress came from Ali and I not feeling too optimistic about the world financial system problems and what this might mean for house values and the Aussie economy. We’ve long felt that there is a major meltdown coming which is one of the major motivations to do the tree change and get a measure of self-reliance.
We had planned to build the shed during the xmas break but as it turned out the concrete pad was not cured sufficiently as it was poured on the 22nd December. Instead Ross (my dad) and I planned on getting most of it done during a four day break around Australia Day, 26 -29 January. Little did we know that this would be the hottest weekend of the year with each day getting up to the early 40c mark. Standing on a concrete pad surrounded by white sand definitely pushed up the local temp for us, not to mention the reflection from steel frames. The extreme heat meant Dad and I could only work for around 10-15 minutes on the pad before being driven back to the shade for a drink. By the end of each day our brains felt scrambled to the extent we couldn't add up simple figures. Progress was very slow with only a single bay, two attached frames, being completed after the four days.
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| The shed build begins 26 January 2012. |
We kept plugging though and returned the next couple of weekends to progress things further, this time with some milder weather and the help of many willing hands things went a lot easier.
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| Ali, Linc and Alfie and the Shed frame as of 18 Feb 2012 |
Thanks everyone who helped Ross, Jeannette and Elise, Katie, Charlie, Hallie, Guy and Minty.
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| The shed with half the roof done as of 27 Feb. |
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