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November 27, 2009
An in-situ “artists impression” of the house at Castle Hill
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Posted by conor at 12:21 PM
November 26, 2009
Checking out progress with my Mum & Dad
Mark the Builder needed a flat-plate compactor brought up to compact the material inside the slab, so it seemed like a good opportunity to take Mum & Dad up to check out the progress and explore around the village. We tramped up through the beech forest to the bush-line, which gave us a great vantage point over the basin, and from where we could see Mark & Jamie beavering away 300m below. I also stitched together a panorama of the Castle Hill basin stretching from Craigieburn/Broken River round to Lake Lyndon.
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Posted by conor at 2:21 PM
November 16, 2009
First sod has been turned!
Mark the Builder’s been busy on his first week; he’s encountered a fair amount of rock, but as he said, at least that means the house won’t be going anywhere! We’ve also got a big pile of soil/rock that we’re probably going to have to find a home for. Great to see work started though.
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Posted by conor at 2:45 PM
Quack
A small family of Paradise Ducks were enjoying a paddock pond near Castle Hill Rocks at the weekend.
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Posted by conor at 2:30 PM
November 10, 2009
Bunny rustling and other Farmyard adventures in Geraldine
Had a superb weekend down at The Farmyard near Geraldine with the Keohane, Dadds & McKinnon families. 20 degree days, quiet campsite, dips in the Geraldine outdoor pool, starry nights, good company, happy kids, donkey & quad-bike rides, bunnies & guinea pigs to pet, marshmallows to toast…
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Some photos courtesy of Trevor Keohane.
Posted by conor at 8:58 AM
November 9, 2009
D-Day (as in Dig Day!)
Mark our builder will have started today on foundation work up at Castle Hill. We spent a great weekend camping with friends down near Geraldine which is where Natural Log Homes are based, so we called in to see how things were there. We were amazed to see the first of our logs (the “sill logs”) laid out in the yard, and Graeme also showed us the unusual log he proposed to use as the main support for the top ridgepole. Another milestone reached on the journey.
 Ildica, Ruairi & Evie sitting on the south bunkroom wall |  This support log will end up about 3-3.5 metres long |
Posted by conor at 1:45 PM