Another New Toy

We finally picked up our new 4WD yesterday so here are the "before" photos.

Our next step will be to start pulling bits of it off and putting other more expensive bits on! We're starting with a snorkel, mud tyres and tow hooks, along with a 2 inch suspension lift and a few other bits and pieces. We promise to post "after" photos!

And for those of you who aren't as excited as we are about an old 4WD to pull to pieces, here's a pretty sunset!

And just quickly...

We had just finished the previous post and sat down with a cup of tea when we looked outside and saw this:

And just had to put it up for the rest of you to see as well!

PS How's that humidity treating you all? Currently 45% humidity and 17 degrees outside. Forecast overnight low tonight of 9. Started off the day at 3 degrees at 7am. If any of you want a decent night's sleep, there's a spare bed or 3 upstairs!

Sunset

We told you you'd get sick of sunset photos! Photo taken from upstairs main guest room

It's been a busy weekend. On Friday the owner of the empty section next door came by to let us know that the council have asked them to clear the section due to fire risk. It will be cleared in about a month, and the large Douglas Fir trees were also going to come down. Being the enterprising people we are, we asked if we could fell the trees prior to the section being cleared and claim the firewood. The owner had no problem with this, so we had a chat to the neighbours on the other side and came up with a deal for us to take 2 of the trees and them to take the other 2.

So we spent our Saturday felling the trees, removing the limbs (and stacking them tidily for removal - one of the conditions of us taking the firewood), then cutting to size all the rings, splitting the firewood, and throwing it over the fence. And then stacking it all up!

We have collected all of our firewood for winter 2009 from various places that shall remain un-named for reasons of firewood-stash-preservation!

We now have around 13 cubic metres of firewood, which should see us through with some left over. We are both very happy about this, as it means we might stop smelling like pine gum some time before winter starts. Also if we collect any more firewood we're going to have to find a new place to stack it - the clothesline is already being compromised!

The photo below is of the "outside stash" - we also have a nice big pile in the garage.