Following on from this:
As of last weekend, we now have this:
Isn't it pretty! It's a removable hills hoist - the top folds down and you can pull it out of the ground, and hide it away. Helpful for:
A) cyclones, and
B) driving over it to get into the back yard.
I've also learnt that I'm only marginally better at concreting than I am at paving, and I suck pretty bad at paving. Still, with 5 x 10kg bags of concrete holding it in, it shouldn't be going anywhere any time soon. I'm a bit concerned with how plastic-y the new hoist is - doesn't really seem built to last. But considering that the old one was *completely* galvanised (even the crank handle), and even ran wire rope for the clothesline part, anything even slightly younger is probably going to use more modern materials in it's construction. Still, I'm not going to guess how old the old one is, and it still works perfectly...
The line itself is slightly smaller than the old one, which suits us fine. We didn't have that much space to put it in, so this size lets us keep it down the side near the laundry, but without cutting the garden back too badly so clothes don't snag on trees. It's the smallest one they make, in fact. It wasn't until the concrete was all set three days later that I realised that it might not be long enough along the sides for drying queen-sized bed sheets. I still don't know if it will be - I guess I'll find out on the weekend.
Also, on the weekend, we painted the back fence. It's still dangerously decrepit, but at least now it looks less hideous. As Stevie would say - "Good from Far, Far from Good".
What it used to look like:
What it now looks like:
$25 worth of fence paint well spent! We've obviously only painted till just behind the second palm tree - as we uncover more of the garden we'll paint the exposed fence as we go. Hey - I already said it wasn't a good job! We painted everything - the fence, the sheet of iron we attached 3 years ago to cover a large gaping hole, star pickets which hold the iron up, as well as other star pickets that hold the fence itself up - everything got a coat of Ironbark Blue. Trees near the fence and creepers growing on it simply got brushed aside for long enough to slap some paint underneath them, then they got moved back. It's hard to tell from my dodgy photo, but it's really made it so much nicer than it was.
Talking about fences - we've got a visitor for a couple of days:
Max is up staying with us while Trev & Kelli get a new fence put it along the back of their place. Badger's kinda ready for him to go home already though. They mostly get on well, except if there's food involved. Max doesn't particularly want to eat the food, but he'll be damned if he lets Badger eat any. Meal times usually involve dragging each dog to opposite ends of the patio to feed them (something which confuses Badger greatly, as he's a little OCD about where he should have his dinner), and then standing guard in the middle. It's good fun. That said, he's no problem to have, and it's nice to be able to repay our dog-sitting debt, after BAdger has spent so long living at their place every time we're away.
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