From then to now

Hey all,

It has been a while so I thought that I would update all on where we are at the moment.  We are up at Kingaroy QLD at the moment having a second Christmas with family.  I was looking forward to getting out to Dalby and having a look at Mikes 10.5SS but with all of the rain around and having a very low hire car, I have decided not to risk it.  There is always next time...  I have been thinking about all of the builders in the flood areas of QLD - hope that the floods are not affecting you.  I will be getting in touch with Peter and Anne when we get back to Brisbane and hopefully getting a look at Sarah, and if lucky, James as well (Pure Majak).  We also have an invite to look over a hull that would be ready to come off the strongback.  It will be great to meet these people and see the finished as well as in progress product.

The only place that we can build within our yard is in three separate (adjoining) areas that will need to be modified to get enough open area to work in.  As we are living in a company owned house, we have had to jump about 200 hoops to get the approval to extend the retaining wall by 3 meters (our front yard is split level.  When we get home, I will take some pics and add them...) 

A few of the big jobs have been done, I have built a new bigger pond for the fish, yabbies and plants, emptied the old pond and filled it in and have moved a few garden beds around in preparation of removing about 6 cubes of dirt.  We also are big in the Christmas lights, so all of the lights have been set up and packed back up.  We only had a small display compared with previous years, but still very effective.

We get home later in the month and I have about 5 days off prior to going back to work, so dependent on the rain, work on moving the retaining wall should start or if the weather is good, time spent on René's ute to get it ready to sell.  (anyone got a spare fuel pump for a holden ute - hahaha)

Anyway, off to the shops - I want to have a bit more of a look around this wonderful town.
Cheers and happy boat building
Scotty