November Update
A week ago we marked the anniversary of the fire. Sometimes it seems so fast- other times it seems like an age. We are still camped. Had to move from our nice little camp on the old house site to make way for the earthworks for our new home. We decided back in May to rebuild and we engaged a local builder to get us through the Development Application process. It has taken til TODAY to get approval to build - At last!~
Life has been pretty goods to us- although the outdoor life , as much as we love it, can be a bit much when there is no choice involved. A lot of time is spent just managing basic necessities. carting water, collecting firewood (although now summer is nearly here this is not a daily chore) watering the garden and continually working on removing fallen and felled timber. Bruce aka 'my lumberjack', has been working the chainsaw pretty much continuously for m onths,. We now have a tractor to help move some of this. That's a big help. The work is physically demanding but on the whole n ot a bad way to pass time.
90% of the time we are happy as clams, but it is getting a little harder as the time stretches out. Nevertheless, approval for the build is a big turning point, so seeing building actually begin will be a great boon.
We have removed many many trees tyo comply with the new bushfire regs which is fine by us, but the earthworks have left us with a big revegetation job. Luckily we like this sort of stuff and are busing propagating plants via cuttings and seeds.
Anyway folks I have posted a few pics from the last few months and will try and do a few more sometime soo.
Life has been pretty goods to us- although the outdoor life , as much as we love it, can be a bit much when there is no choice involved. A lot of time is spent just managing basic necessities. carting water, collecting firewood (although now summer is nearly here this is not a daily chore) watering the garden and continually working on removing fallen and felled timber. Bruce aka 'my lumberjack', has been working the chainsaw pretty much continuously for m onths,. We now have a tractor to help move some of this. That's a big help. The work is physically demanding but on the whole n ot a bad way to pass time.
90% of the time we are happy as clams, but it is getting a little harder as the time stretches out. Nevertheless, approval for the build is a big turning point, so seeing building actually begin will be a great boon.
We have removed many many trees tyo comply with the new bushfire regs which is fine by us, but the earthworks have left us with a big revegetation job. Luckily we like this sort of stuff and are busing propagating plants via cuttings and seeds.
Anyway folks I have posted a few pics from the last few months and will try and do a few more sometime soo.
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