LOOK WHAT WE HAVE

Never knew having an (almost) flushing toilet could be so exciting. No more camping toilet, we have the real deal now!

Now when I say almost flushing I mean the cistern hasn't been fitted yet so we have to flush with a bucket. No problem though. The water pressure from the pump is fantastic. We also have a shower recess installed. Although we only have cold water, it means we use very little water! But surprisingly it's quite warm in the day as it sits in the pipes being heated by the sun. Makes me wonder why we installed solar hot water which hasn't been connected yet.

Yesterday saw all our house and triple garage belongings delivered from Canberra. We are surrounded by boxes but at least we are sleeping on our own beds now. I blame Grahame for most of this as it's mostly his crap that we cart around.

Here is the latest addition to our family. Bowie, a short haired Border Collie. This is Ellioot's dog. Bowie is great company for Baz. They run wild tackling each other. They are both pups, Bowie is about 1 month older than Baz. We take them to the beach and wear them out in the mornings. They chase kangaroos and Tim usually has to go trekking after them to bring them home. On the whole the are well behaved and get on great with each other.

We are having a down pour right now and now that is wonderful when you are on tank water as our roof space is 220 sq metres.

So thats going to mean a decent amount of water going into thr tank. Tomorow morning we'll awaken to a big boggy mess and we'll be up to our kness in mud (in our thongs!)

Our little house in Narrabundah was officially sold yesterday. There's no going back now. But who would want to anyway.

LIFE IN THE SHED

So here we are 13 days into it, living in THE SHED. We have power, we now have some water in the 140000lt water tank. But we have no plumbing yet , so camping showers and toilet is what we are using. Great fun that is!!! We have a stove and fridge along with the BBQ so cooking is ok. I hate washing up dishes in a plastic bowl though. We have a huge mess as of today with all the plumbing trenches being dug. We also got an area scraped where the vegie garden will go. Oh and we have a real clothes line too.

Trips to the laundromat in nMerimbula are wearing thin, at $4 a wash and we always have several loads at a time. But its all good.

We go to the beach each day, sometimes twice a day. We have been socialising with the neighbors already. The kids have made friends and can just wander up the road, although it is about a 300 metre up hill climb. Tim has found a casual job at the local supermarket. The motorbikes are on order, the tractor arrives on the 18th, new body boards & wetsuits have been bought.

Life is great, we are having fun and enjoying learning the new language of living on the coast. We need to learn what winds are blowing, which way it's blowing, how it affects the surf, the tide etc etc.