The earth moves

30.1.2010
Big changes. This week the huge earth moving equipment arrived and began to scrape away the soil to prepare a site for our new domestic buildings. Dust rose in clouds but they moved the earth with amazing speed. I was expecting that I would hate the new scar on the land but to my surprise it just looks like a ploughed paddock. I think this is because they have levelled out lumps and bumps and the profile is smoother and flatter.

Luckily Al and family are back from holiday so Al was available to explain his plans to the men with the excavators. Whilst we were doing this all the grand children escaped and went for a swim, which was fine, but they took Arden’s dog with them, which was not. Luckily they did not do any damage. I think at this stage it is a good thing that school starts again next week.

It will be a big year for education. My daughter-in-law starts a degree course at Latrobe. Bo’s second son, Ollie, starts school for the first time and Al’s kids Ti and India both change to new (different) schools. Edd has signed on to work full time in term two when the other science teacher goes on leave. Josh has now reached Perth and begun his masters’ degree course at the university of Western Australia.

He was out of mobile range when he drove across the Nullabor but phoned us on Thursday morning as he approached Perth. Our neighbour, Craig, had set him up with temporary accommodation with his sister who lives near the university so at least he had somewhere to go. Once again I am cleaning out his donga so that we have a spare room if anyone wants to stay. It is 37 degrees in our donga at the moment but I actually find it quite pleasant. Give me heat before cold any day!