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After the big day yesterday, we woke to a dull and drizzly morning. While the rain is much needed, as Tassy is in the grip of a water shortage, it was a bit chilly for our un acclimatised Northern Territory bones. … Continue reading
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Today was a good day… One of the challenges when embarking on a major build project the size of Selah is researching and sourcing the materials, and then managing the vast amounts of it, when it arrives. Surprisingly we were … Continue reading
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Back in Alice winter was our festival season. Every weekend a concert or community event. Here in Tassy the summer weekends are full of potential activities to distract us from the build! But we are not complaining. Today we took … Continue reading
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We had a bit of a win today. For some time I have been trying to think of a low cost way to build the strongbacks. They need to be straight and strong, but with a combined length of 48 … Continue reading
Now that the shelter has been completed, we can commence preparing the site for the build. The two hulls are to be built concurrently upside down on ladder frames called strongbacks – in nautical terms. The stongbacks keep all the … Continue reading
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This morning with some help from family and friends the massive tarp was hoisted in place. Initially we wern’t sure how we were going to get the tarp over the 4.5M high frames, but after a suggestion from our sister-in-law … Continue reading
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Today we finished lifting the frames for the shelter. The job was made much easier by the use of a forklift, plus this time around I had pre-drilled all the connecting saddles and locating holes. Rob & Russ, Debs dad & … Continue reading
Building Selah 