The shed went up in 1 day after plenty of help from the children. It was a team effort. Even though they learnt a few new words it was a successful day. Finished off with a spectacular camp oven roast lamb and a bottle of wine. The secret we found (after a google search) is to put the oven close to the fire and 2 shovel full of hot ash on top. No hot ashes underneath. It worked great then a little flour in the juices for gravy.
To put the finishing touches to the shed we will need couple of metres of crushed stone around the outside. Something else to save up for.
The vegie garden is doing fine. We thought it may not be getting enough sunlight but everything seems to be growing. We are looking forward to spring.
The problem with trees is sometimes they fall down or are blown down as was this case. A large storm passed across the state recently and blew one of our large trees down. You don't realise how tall these trees are until they hit the ground. We spent the weekend cutting it up for firewood and burning the branches. We also had some crushed stone delivered and spread it around the shed and paths. The fire season is coming soon and we are slowly cleaning up the the fallen branches.
As the shed is small the thought was to buy a cheap caravan to house children particularly teenagers that like a sleep-in. So ebay to the rescue and finally a decent clean caravan was found. It has 240 volts lights, power points and bunk beds and is a 6 berth. Friday night Anzac weekend and we headed up, lucky the van was picked up on the way up. A little rain overnight and we woke to a very wet landscape. Saturday was spent in town checking out the many great shops. Then cleaning caravan and fixing broken things in the van. Sunday we were up early to attend the Anzac Dawn Service in town then home for bacon and eggs. We lit a large fire and cleaned up the block. Monday morning we found mushrooms and had a feed, then home.
