Saturday is traditionally a day devoted to trains around here, although today there was a bit less train content than expected. The Southern Downs train to Wallangarra came down from Warwick and I had planned to follow it from Stanthorpe to our place, but it was running very late, so I gave up on that idea and got stuck into some work at home. It was the first time this year that it has run down here, owing firstly to flooding and then loco repairs, so it was good to see it, even though late. We heard it coming from home, and raced down to the nearby level crossing to see it.
It was a really stormy day again today, and I took a photo of a storm moving towards our cottage. It doesn't look quite as bad as it actually was!
We spent some time at our cottage today as there were no builders around, had a beaut lunch on the verandah, and cleaned up the kitchen area. I had built all the cupboards from Ikea parts, and it is fantastic to now see it installed. I love the oak benchtops!! We also installed the shelves in the cupboards, and I was very tempted to start packing them with food supplies!
I'm really happy with all the mowing and brushcutting that I've been able to do recently, and with all the rain we've had, the area around the cottage- the front yard- is looking very green and attractive!!
All in all, not a bad way to spend a Saturday!
A superb day today, absolutely perfect. Good progress on the cottage, particularly the bathroom being waterproofed and the shower-recess defined. The bathroom is minimum sized and I was a bit worried that it wasn't going to work well, but it's going to be fine!! Some more painting has been done, so I took a few more photos this evening.
Below: Looking north.
In a previous post I mentioned that the railway line that runs beside Whistlestop, which is part of the Warwick- Stanthorpe- Wallangarra line, is being re-sleepered with approximately 30,000 new timber sleepers. Yesterday and today they were working right beside our place, with lots of action and a 'hornfest' every time they needed to cross the level crossing. There are about 8 0r 10 machines, all with a different task, although quite what that task is isn't obvious just by looking at them. This is a massive project, and we are so lucky that it's happening.
Here's to more of the same tomorrow!!
