The excavations went for the best part of a week. The machinery, a bulldozer, an excavator, a bobcat and tip truck, have all left. the tip truck carted many loads of topsoil away, not far, because he was back quickly. There's a big gouge now on the high side of the paddock, levelled presumably as the housesite. There's a big depession or hole on the low side of this gouge, perhaps for the septic tank. Then away from the house on the low side of the paddock is another levelled area, I'd say for a large shed.
The galahs were in the paddock next door on the weekend, I counted sixteen. On Monday twelve were sitting on the electricity wires. This morning with all the machinery gone and no human activity they were back in their paddock, browsing through the disturbed earth, looking for whatever they forage for.
There's a blue and yellow portaloo on site ready for the tradesmen who'll soon be working, and a layer of metal (gravel) has been laid on the driveway to the housesite.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
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