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We are the owners of a 1.4 hectare block of land on the Central Coast.

The site includes areas of rainforest which have been badly overrun by non-native plants. Our project is to restore the rainforest and to build an environmentally sustainable house on the site.

This blog records the bush regeneration work we are undertaking and the progress on building the house.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Photos from week starting 1st November

If disasters come in threes then we are currently waiting for our third disaster.

We have had 150mm of rain this week and, apart from this meaning that very little progress was made, it was probably the cause of the excavation along the west side of the building collapsing.  In addition a dead tree fell onto our car whilst it was parked on the driveway and pretty much smashed up the back of the car.

So what will happen next?

Earth from the west retaining wall has fallen on the slab excavation
The excavation has collapsed behind the garage
You can see how wet the site is
The swimming pool has 0.5m of water in it.  Fancy a swim?
The gully is normally virtually dry
At least the east retaining wall is now at full height
Blockwork for main entrance steps and south retaining wall
The dead tree vs. our car
Ouch!  I think this is going to be expensive

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