Susan Phillips

Day 13 – Wednesday 29th November At 3pm on Tuesday the rain came in and saturated the site.  It rained heavily for at least 2 hours. Hence, we woke to a very soggy work site this morning.  The boys persisted and bailed out the water from the post holes and continued with the aligning and … Read more

Day 12 – Tuesday 28 November Today the boys continued to remove soil from the site down to the skip bin.  They also dug the holes for the posts of the retaining wall. The moved the digger down onto the driveway to load the gravel needed to backfill the gap between the new retaining wall … Read more

Day 11 – Monday 27th November Damo and John continued with the retaining wall slotting the last sleepers into place on either end.       Then it was time to tackle the bushes resisting removal at the front of the house.  Eventually crowbars were required to finish the job.  The digger started on scraping … Read more

Day 10 – Friday 24th November The day of the retaining wall. …and now to the front of the house and the removal of plants below the main bedroom to make way for a wider pool deck, stairs leading up to the entertainment area and the retaining wall. However, the plants are proving to be … Read more

Day 9 – Thursday 23 November The detailed measuring and placement of the steel posts for the concrete sleepers begin. John has a lot of concrete to mix and Wacker around the side and up the slope at the back of the house.

Day 8 – Wednesday 22nd November The auger was attached to the digger and the holes for the sleeper posts appeared in no time.

Day 7 – Tuesday 21 November The cloudy days continue with the threat of rain a constant. The boys worked on preparing the side garden for the installation of the retaining wall.  To achieve this the plants were removed from both sides of the existing path and then the large concrete pavers were moved across … Read more

Day 6 – Monday 20th November Disappointingly work on site was delayed by a week. But it’s action stations again with the concrete sleepers for the retaining wall being delivered. Unfortunately, the weather was against us and it proved to be a miserable wet and cool day.  The boys, Damo, John and Reece spent the … Read more

Thursday 9th November Today the mighty little digger arrived. Access was difficult. First of all it was up the side of the house and around the back, negotiating the narrow rock steps that link the lower part of the backyard to the top part and then squeezing up between the house and the side garden … Read more

Tuesday 7th November – Melbourne Cup Day The day dawned bright and sunny.  Three men on the job today dismantling and carefully storing the glass pool panels. Next it was onto the timber decking. Each board unscrewed and stacked into our trailer, destined for a new home in Charters Towers. We have a friend restoring … Read more