Wednesday 29th we headed back to Blackball in the morning getting there just after 11. Allan’s parents Neil & Dianne arrived about 12 and set up their caravan and awning on our section. Neil is helping us with the framing…

The first stint of our frame building over our holiday break. We left Coalgate midday on the 23rd and headed to the bach at Bluespur, Hokitika which would be our base throughout. Christmas Eve we were up early and drove…

Another quick trip an back to Blackball today. The garage framing materials were being delivered at 12.30 from Mitre 10 and we wanted to be there to sort the container out first. We left pretty much as planned but there…

On Thursday Al went over after work ready for the drainlayer on Friday morning. Our kind neighbours Bryce & Kay once again offered their place to stay which was fantastic. The drainlayer was there to provide a connection to the…

It’s been a full on couple of days for Al. He drove over to BB Sunday after finishing a FENZ first aid refresher – arriving at 8pm just in time to get a bite to eat at the BB Inn…

On Saturday morning we headed back to Blackball – even though we knew the weather was supposed to be shite. And it was but we soldiered on. We wanted to get the last few fence posts in but the rain…

Part 1. Last weekend we went over to BB to start fencing our section. The materials had been delivered and as well as a container to use for storage. Here are a few photos of progress and there will be…

After many hours of hard work by Al in submitting the consent for our temporary accommodation/garage we have received the good news that it has been approved. Here are the plans for the garage where Al and I, Sammy, Freddy,…

Several weeks ago we had a small window of opportunity to get over to Blackball (there and back in a day) to set out our section and put pegs in for the boundary and where the garage/temporary accommodation is going.…

Al went over to supervise digger Dave clearing the section and there were lots of hidden treasures, including a portaloo and someone’s cannibis stash. So once the day was over there was some land under all that.