The Beginning of Winter

The last two long weekends have been busy, and slow in a good way. On the Anzac long weekend (whatever we call a Tuesday off!) we helped OHs boss to lay a new decking/pathway. The previous deck was 30 yrs old and was needing replacement. I don't have a before photo, but just imagine an old deck with the classic thin wood. We replaced it with big sleepers for something a bit more sturdy. This is the result:

It looks really great and is super sturdy. That took us a day and a half to assemble. On Anzac day we went to the local dawn service, then went to OHs Dads place to build a set of shelves for the back of the ute. It is going to be custom built for camping. I haven't seen the finished product yet but here is a dramatic photo of OH and his Dad building it into the evening.

It is built out of welded tubing, and it will have a pull out tray for the esky, a very large drawer and a small cavity for our mattress roll and other items. There will be a shelf on the top to put other things on top if we need to. I will take a photo of it all loaded up with camping gear soon.

We got paid for our work on the deck so we used it to buy some camping gear for our trip to Fraser Island next weekend (and stuff we have been wanting forever!). Some of it went to the items to build the shelving, and the rest went to some items that we were planning on getting like an awning, water jerrys, a recovery point for the tow ball and a snatch strap kit. OH installed the awning which arrived yesterday, and it looks very useful and sturdy. Can't wait to pull it out on the weekend! We got a sidewall for it as well which can be put on any of the sides for extra shade.

Woo!

This past long Labour Day weekend I spent the weekend in Brisbane working on uni assignments and OH went to a shooting competition nearby. It was good to spend the weekend not doing heavy physical work!

Next week I will put up photos from the trip! The weather is looking like its going to be good, probably overcast but warmer overnight temps (happy face from this gal!). Have a great week!