Walls are retaining |
July 31, 2005 |
After a couple more days of hard work, I now have the retaining wall at the front of the house all complete. Also managed to complete the wall to the north side of the house.
Next week I am hoping I'll have the turf come in and I can get to work on some planting.
Then its on to the back yard....
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Hard Work |
July 23, 2005 |
The last two days I've been working away on the front entry of the house . The plan was to build a new set of steps and a small deck at the front door, along with a retaining wall for the garden. Judge for yourself on how well things have gone from the photos...
And many thanks to Darren for moving 20 tonne of dirt around in the front yard ready for the next part of the wall.
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Budawangs II - The Wrath Of Burumbeet |
July 18, 2005 |
You can find all the trip photos here.
One more attempt to conquer The Budawangs and the Burumbeet valley. I must remember though that next time Mark wants to go hiking in the Budawangs, I’m going to be busy!!
Day 1:
Early start for this trip, Mark and Doug came past my place at 6:45am. We transferred all the gear into my truck and then head off to the park. After a quick stop at Nowra for some fresh bread and then it was on to Turpentine road. Ooops, there goes our turn off!! We eventually got to Wog Wog camp site and ready to hit the track.
We left Wog Wog at about 9:25am on a perfect morning for walking, the sun was warm, the skies were clear and there was no wind to be spoken of. Our first issue was the amount of rain that had fallen over the last few days, which raised Wog Wog creek to a much higher level than what we had expected! No longer was it a hop skip and a jump across the water. We moved up the creek and found a log to cross, after I took my first spill!
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Big day in the office |
July 14, 2005 |
Ok, so not technically in THE office, but working at home anyway! I spent most of the day sorting through my DVD collection and getting them all back in alphabetical order! And they are also now all installed in my new DVD cabinet. And of course the cabinet is now full! Thats ok, there are plans for a second unit, which will give me capacity for another 600-700 :)
Also spent a bit of money today preparing for our next hiking trip. We are leaving before dawn tomorrow morning for 4 days hiking in The Budawangs. Yes same area as the last walk, but getting to see more things this time. But I really needed a proper rain coat, and some thermal underware! Mostly so that I could lighten my pack a little so I dont need my heavy rain coat, and the heavy warm clothes. Amazingly, my pack now weighs only 15kg, including food for the trip :)
I still hope it doesn't rain though!
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More on the house |
July 12, 2005 |
There are many things that I am working on while on holiday, and none more important than shopping :) I've bought many new toys over the last couple of weeks, getting the house into a more comfortable configuration.
First purchase was a new TV for upstairs, following by a lounge suite for the theatre room (which is three months away from delivery!). Also purchased was a new dinning setting and a large ice/water dispensing fridge :)
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Office Closure |
July 01, 2005 |
Well finally after many weeks, I have a chance to update my pages.
The major event that has happened recently is that I have finished up working at Nortel after 14 years and 6 months! They officially close the office at the end of July, but right now there is only a skeleton staff in the office shutting things down and cleaning up. I officially finished on July 1st, and have been home since then working on the house. I do have a new job to go to, and will be starting on August 15th at CSC.
I've set myself some pretty serious goals while off work, as I have many things that need to be completed here at the house. I've made some progress already, but it is very slow going!
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