Update

Time for an update of whats been happening at gullygunyah. A lot and not much at the same time.
I've since given up on any plans to build new accomodation in the near future and stuck the shed savings into the mortgage which is redrawable anyway. Silly of me not to have done this from the start. But I thought it was going to happen quicker than it has worked out.
The rainfall in the past year has seen me losing the battle against the jungle that surrounds the humpy.
I spent all last year cleaning up and being so happy with the results and then the extreme wet season take me back to the start again. The tractor as to be expected from a 50's model is proving to be a pain in the ass and needs constant attention. Fortunately nothing major at this point.
The battery I was running my power from died an early death and I learnt a lesson I should have known already about shoddy manufacturers rebadging their crappy products under other names.
I got barely 3 years out of it and it never had a hard working but avoid AmpTech batteries which I was told belongs to super charge and has various complaints about it's quality about the net.
So I've bought some Trojans this time with double the capacity and at least double the lifetime
of the other. We had this type at our fishing club and they got at least 6 years of hard work from them by 20 odd fisherman. I hope I get 8-10 at least.
It is difficult having a foot each in two camps particularly working mostly alone and I have at times been so close to just saying right that's it sell the house in Brisbane and move to gully full time. The current economic conditions in my trade make me feel all the more that way.
It's going to be an interesting 12 months ahead because I suspect that may be my direction chosen. The lower gully or back gully was flowing hard I could hear it from the shack. Kelly loves water and is the strangest dog in that she will put her head under water and look like a snorkeller. I thought dogs didn't like water in their ears?
She is as all good cattledogs worth their salt a fanatical game player. Also great company while you're working and actually useful. With the tonnes of lantana and unwanted sapplings cut and all the dead wood collected from the ground, she loved to catch as I threw it onto the stacks and helped by pulling and tramping the stacks down.
There's more I could post but that will do for another.