Nearly Finished!

So we went to check on the house on Saturday and the house is nearly fished.

There's a few bits and pieces that need to be completed. The tiler has to come back and finish the grouting. The brickie needed to put a few bricks back in place that the plumber had to remove for the pump for the spa and fix a gap that we found. I guess the painter needs to come back and touch up a few bits and pieces and then site clean and we're in! YAY!

We have some weird switch that controls the pump and turns it off and on or something. I think that might be Glens department!

The kitchen completed. We managed to get an extra power point in the dining area because one of the cables wasn't long enough so he put another double in next to it! Oh and can you see our stupid lights... they look like the bottom half of a ballerina poking out the roof! Don't worry. We'll be changing those over!

The carpeted master bedroom. Glen in the mirror in the en suite! You can also see the shelving in the robe. I asked for it lowered so i could actually reach stuff on the shelf so.

The lounge area.

Bushwalking 12/08/10

On Thursday 12th of August at 4.00AM a very good Family friend of mine passed away. Fay will always be remembered to me as the Grandma I never had. I'll miss her, but I hope that she's at peace and back in the arms of Bruce and happy again!

I was upset and had the day off work as I'd been up since 4AM when i got the call that she'd passed away and Glen just happened to have the day off as it was his Day off in Lieu of the Ekka public holiday.

I decided that i needed some peace so decided to head to the D'Aguilar State Forest and go for a walk. Here's some of the pictures we took along the way. I should also mention this forest is about 15 mins from our new house!

The view just before you enter the park.

WE went for a 1 K walk to Bulls Falls. We walked down, down, down and finally got to the falls and they were tiny.... not what we were expecting at all. While I frigged around with the camera and played with the settings, glen settled in with and apple and some rice crackers and waited patiently!

The Waterfall.

More Waterfall

and some more. Like i said it was much less spectacular than we were both imagining so I had to play with settings to make it seem more grand!

Then we went back to the Gantry car park for a toilet break and saw a few Kookaburra's. More pics below...

This is the remnants of the sawmill that was in use prior to the area being closed off and made a national park. You can see just how big teh mill was as you can see Glen at the far end standing in the middle. the roof was at least 5 or 6 Glens tall!

We then went on another 1 k walk called the Piccabeen trail. It's pretty flat and very picturesque.

piccabeen palms

An amazing fallen tree that was hollowed out.

There was so much Moss everywhere. It was so pretty and so different on different trees.

Mid Week Update

Laundry

Spa Step

Kitchen with cooker, and rangehood.

Bathroom. Feature tiles, glass in and mirrors on!

The Spa

Kitchen cooker.

Me in the kitchen!

WEEK 19 - Fit Off Begins!

Fit Off has started. Only a few weeks to go and we'll be in our comfy new house!! YAY!

These pictures are in no particular order at all - and as we were peering through windows to take them some of them are dodgy.... like the one of the spa taps.... who knows what the hell i'm doing in that pic!

Main Bathroom - taps are in. towel rails are on, shower taps are done and so is the spa taps. Sink is in - now we just need the shower screens.

En-suite. Shower taps and sink.

Fittings in place for the gas bottles.

living side of the house. Downpipes are on now too!

Phone lines in.

In that box is the rangehood!

Main Bathroom sink and shower

I have no idea what i'm doing in that pic.. so ignore the dodgy picture of me and focus on the spa tap!

Hot water system is in!

Toilet in the en-suit!

the cooker in the kitchen. I keep telling Glen we can live there now. I don;t need carpets. We have a shower, cooker, toilets what else do I need?

Gas fitting in the alfresco areas is done.

Rainwater tap is done. We seem to like to warn people alot about rainwater... I dunno why?

My cooker. So excited to get in there and use that puppy!

WEEK 18 Bush Walking and Grout

We didn't take any pictures of the house this week. Nothing much had happened other than a bit of grout - which really isn't that exciting to take pictures of! We did have a chat with the neighbours and I got eaten alive by Gnats! YAY! I like souvenirs of our visits!

Glen did get a phone call late last week from the site manager letting us know what was going on and where it's all up to. Fit off starts mid week this week and will last 2 weeks. Then the carpet goes in and TA DA we're done! He said they'll allow a week for clean up and site clean and we should be in and have the keys by the end of August! WOOHOO so excited and we're so looking forward to getting our stuff back from Vic and actually have a decent sized house we can put everything in! YAY!

On Sunday we went for a bushwalk through Bunyaville Conservation Park. I'm not sure how far we walked - All I know is we were tired and so were the dog by the end. But it was really good fun.

The Map of where we walked in RED. We had a lunch break at the northern most point and a rest after walking up a big hill. Had a sit down and a bit of an explore and then headed back down and along some of the boardwalks. Somehow i was tricked into walking in front and cleared alot of the cobwebs out of Glens way with my face - LOVELY!!!




We spent about 2 hours walking and had a really great time. By the time we were heading home Chewi (who set the pace for the walk) was knackered and had started slowing down - much to my relief. By the time we got home in the evening she was too tired to even get off the bed from her sleep to have dinner.

On the track heading home.

Chewi loving all the walking and activity - lots of new smells and people to see.

Our Lunch rest spot at the top of the hill. We found a little area where I guess they have school talks or something. there was a few benches to sit on toilets and i guess a classroom type hall as well.

Happy smiley girl.

Some of the track. So green and very pretty.

Bird box.

Super tall trees

More big tall trees.