Earlier this year you may remember a somewhat wild Thursday night which caused substantial damage across the state. I had a tree up the North Eastern corner of my block come down that night. Mostly due to the water in the ground the previous few weeks and the high winds that night. Basically it just lent over and went to sleep on the shed roof of my neighbour over the back fence.
Old Man Gum Sleeping
This is the first time I’ve had to document the lumberjack activities of the weekend a fortnight ago. One could call it a “family” outing. My Father, Uncle and myself (with a brief cameo from Patriko) made a morning of it with assorted ropes and a couple of chainsaws. The results was:
A Sad but necessary situation
Fortunately no damage done to fence or shed.
As good as before
Hopefully a fence that will last some years yet, and probably the shed too!