Like most of the hut it's a combo project - some new timber, some old - with our key donors being Rach, Marty & Eva's old house in Albert Tce (we swooped in & scavenged the deck the weekend before the demo crew arrived). We got the macrocarpa posts & beams from Musgroves - we would have been quite happy re-using old posts etc, but the new ones are quite nice :-)
Not long til we put the roof on & have a jolly good knees up to celebrate a whopper of a summer project!
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| Boggy conditions as the posts go in |
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| Mixing cement, by hand, in the rain - SO much fun!! |
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| Our wee bivvy is about to be dwarfed by a whopper verandah |
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| Lizzie can't quite believe we roped her into this, but nonetheless seems to enjoy long days & hard manual labour...much like walking Te Araroa! |
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| Criss cross stuff going everywhere |
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| A swiss one finger salute? Crusty glove on a warratah |
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| Nessi sets the dust flying as the tops come off the posts at the inaugural 3 York St woodchopping champs |
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| Decking on, beams on - getting there |
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| YIPPPEEEE! |
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| Rafters on - just needs a roof |
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| Hope it's REALLY strong |
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| View from the NW |
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| Cuppa tea & a cold sausage in the sun |
