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Well that’s the bookcase installed.  Some modifications were required as it wasn’t designed to be fixed to a wall.

Regrettably our collection of books is a shadow of itself after the losses we experience when they were in storage.  Being philosophical about it….. books are only “stuff”. 

I’ve realised there were sufficient remaining scraps of Jarrah hardwood to make a fourth chair-side table.  A number of old nail and screw holes needed to be filled which means the table is far from perfect.  Jan doesn’t want the table so I’ll need to find it a good home.

Not quite completed

The ‘sand flag’ for outback travel has been completed.  You can buy sand flags for $100+ however I am reluctant to spend that sort of money.  My sand flag has cost us $1.

We bought a $1 hi-viz safety vest from Ebay which Jan then cut and sewed a flag.  The metal mounting bracket came from some recycled square tube salvaged from the old garden shed and the yellow mast is a 40 year old fibreglass fishing rod.

The one job I have decided not to undertake is replacement of the back and side fences. 

It’s a corrugated asbestos/cement fence and because of the additional safety requirement for the removal of asbestos I’ve decided to pay a fencing contractor to complete the work.  The fence has to be replaced as it doesn’t meet the height restrictions for swimming pools.  However I will install the other two sides of the pool fencing…… But not until after the pool has been installed.  Once the pool project is complete we will be able to do the backyard landscaping.