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Rain has arrived

Written by Natasha, on 14-11-2008

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The weather has finally broken - we even have rain, which is always welcome. It's been a hard slog this week for Peter - we must have been in these trenches up to 10 times cleaning them, marking them for stumps and trying not to get caught up in string lines....he is so amazing. I have so much admiration for his stamina and strength of will. Today will be the last day of this kind of work, hooray!

Dad is coming to stay for a few days and it will be great to have his eyes and arms and contribution! He has built his own house in far North Queensland, and has heaps of experience. Tomorrow we get our concrete poured in our stump holes and trenches. Exciting stuff, but a fair bit of pressure for us to get the depth of concrete right (200mm deep) and cut into the concrete with our shovels to mark the stump position. Let the pouring begin :-)