Now he moves onto just beside the main large shed...
All manner of things pop out of the lantana at us....
What a waste...we were to find more and more of this. Fencing wire taken down and rolled up. Why....
Slowly working from the sheds along a bank on the northern boundary which has creek flats beside the bank....
A view we have never seen before looking back at the sheds....
John's heart was in his mouth a lot of the time as Andy just went up and down the slopes without a care in the world. As we were to see over and over again this man knows his machine and how to operate it.....
A duplex Hilton Chook house emerges from the lantana and vines....
A very high tank stand is discovered...
And a Pig Sty with a concrete slab floor....
Cuppa anyone. This panican has hung here, swinging the breeze since 1988 when Shelia died....
Andy is down that bank again.....
Toilet block we didn't even know about...
More wire, how many thousands of dollars wasted here.....
At the end of day one and we are exhausted keeping up the instructions and the pace that Andy sets for us. Little did we know or expect he is coming back tomorrow....
Day Two of our Dozer and we are up early to have boundary pegs in place for him to follow...
It really does resemble a jungle....
But what a difference a few hours make....
We did know this old trailer was here and maybe can be repaired one day just depends how many hours there are in a day....
The cattle yards are in here somewhere. No honestly we are not joking...
John has found the Tamarind tree his mother planted in the yards all those years ago...
He has to show Jenelle what Tamarind's are because she is not sure. Looks like there will be some online searching to see what we can use them for.....
It is like a work of art watching as the dozer pulls away vine and lantana without damaging the fences....
A lot of the yards look in reasonable order but will still need hours and hours (no days and days) of cleaning up. It is around this time Jenelle decides she wants a chainsaw too. Just a little one to help in the clean up....
The old killing block is still here after all the years of neglect...
The most beautiful trees are now able to be appreciated. These trees are where many picnic lunches were had when the men were working in the cattle yards. The females would bring the lunch and set it out on rugs under these trees....
Another boundary peg is found to back up our skill as amatuer surveyors...
This the last area for the day to be cleaned is beside the orchard and for as long a John can remember even when mustering cattle as a young boy this was an area no one went into. Until now. Andy finds a most amazing fig tree that is really a picture but we have a lot of work still with chainsaws first before it's full majesty can be appreciated ...
As we finish day two, Andy tells us he will be back tomorrow but a later start of 9am becuase tomorrow is Sunday....
Day Three and we have become inspired by Andy's knowledge of trees and timber and so have added lumber jacks to our skill set. Who knows we might turn into wood turners at some stage so we keep some of the timber logs. Jenelle has already ordered coasters and pot stands and so she has to help in the taking home and storing of the logs...
More tidying into stacks for us to burn later...
We have had a very large unsightly hole near the front of the Studio and so we are getting Andy to fill this in for us and at the same time improve the slope of the bank near the vegetable garden...
In and around the garden with such a big machine and nothing bumped or bruised...
Just perfect!!!!
Back on the boundary and some of the time creating smooth roads and filling in some of the deep ruts made by trespassers in the past. This in some areas is giving us a fire break around part of the block...
A little invention by John to help smooth the road areas....
A whole lot of fun for the both of us. Just as well we get on as there could have been arguing over who gets to drive Chucky the most....
Later on Sunday we take payment to Andy's place which he has invited us to have a look at. We are only 8 km apart. His family has over many years planted most of the fruit trees you could name. These are called miracle fruit. After eating the flesh it can make lemons very sweet and the opposite of a sweet fruit very sour. Andy gave us these to try at home and they made a lemon taste like lemonade. Well we think Andy gave us a miracle in all the clear ground we now have our little block seems huge and that's only one part of it....
