In 2000 Sandy, Anna and I moved out to our block of land outside of Rockhampton. The following is a record of what it looked like in October/November of that year.
It has been said that when I married Sandy I "obtained" the mother-in-law from hell (she's not that bad all the time). The plus side to that is I "obtained" the father-in-law from heaven. The hut in which we currently live was built by that father-in-law from heaven for which we are eternally thankful.
The hut is built between the coming together of a creek and hill (JPG image, 41981 bytes). It includes a caravan (JPG image, 45214 bytes) in which we sleep and cook.
One of the major benefits of the hut is that sitting on the lounge you get a view up the creek (JPG image, 56184 bytes). The reverse view (JPG image, 28768 bytes) is perhaps not as attractive, particularly in the aftermath of a flood. The view across the creek (JPG image, 65105 bytes) is a much nicer.
To complete the tour of the hut here's the side view (JPG image, 47879 bytes) and of course a view inside (JPG image, 39045 bytes). You have to remember the inside view was taken at night so it is okay to look tired.
After a couple of months on the land we had our first somewhat adverse experience with mother nature in the shape of an over abundance of rain.
The most immediate outcome of the floods was the flooding of the creek crossing (JPG image, 45674 bytes) which meant we missed work for a couple of days. Hint: the creek crossing is the gap between the two trees. The water would be between 1.5 and 2.0 metres deep at the deepest. Here is another view (JPG image, 48289 bytes) near the crossing looking back towards the hut.
With the hut as close to the creek means there were going to be some interesting times. Here's a side view (JPG image, 38469 bytes). The view from the patio (JPG image, 41517 bytes) changes a bit in the floods.
As you might expect we have a growing band of animals. Here is an example (JPG image, 6257 bytes) of two different species getting to know each other.
