Friday, January 4, 2013

Jan 2013 -blackjacks, repairs after concert, channel in lane, clearing top dam.

 December 2012 was a busy month for us.

 
Though decreasing, the blackjacks still needed cutting down.
 

All clear again -- at least for a few months.
 

This little grove of black wattle was pulled out -- roots and all!

 

Repairing the damage done during the concert       

                                                            
 Before

                                                                
The compacted mud road
                                            

The 80 square meters of grass arrived

                                                   
After digging the area over-
 

the laying of the grass began.



We put tape around so no one would walk on the new grass
and two weeks later -- all finished!
                                     

The lane and Top Dam

On New Year's Eve we had two jobs to do : 1) In the lane -- make the channel bigger and  put a bigger pipe in, as the smaller pipes couldn't take the flow of water

                                      
We started by clearing the outlet pipe of grass
                                        
 
                                       Making the channel wider                                         


and put a bigger pipe in,
                                      

                       The walling was placed on top of supports                                    


Pieces of brick walling were put at either side


Lots of soil and grass was put on top.
 

Top Dam


That was finished by lunchtime -- so off to top dam.
The plant with blue flowers -- not hyacinth, was blocking the outflow at the wall
                                               
 
The guys hauling chunks of it out.
It was surprisingly easy to remove         


This little bit was rooted and needed Peter's persuasion to move.
                                            

  All gone and the water could run freely.

                                                 
I wondered what this weighed -- a ton?

We finished eight hours before 2013!