Brickwork ~40% done, and the sun is finally shining! Yah!

It looks messy, but our house is the one in the centre of the pic.

What will be the lounge/kitchen, with the TV room one the left.

Another view of the kitchen/lounge.

Boetie & Karin - A beautiful picture of a fair-dinkum great guy...

Bricks! Finally, the walls are taking shape. Awesome!

After waiting for months, we finally had some brickies on-site today and the walls are going up. Karin even sweetened the deal for them by dropping a case of beer before heading home to our rental...good girl!

Newdegate Roadtrip - South-East W.A.

I was fortunate enough to travel down to the famous Newdegate Machinery Field Days down in the South-East of W.A. This place holds a lot of memories for many of us (and now me), not least of which is Ian Mathersul, Rob Hallion, Andrew Lindsay, Ian Ashman and many others...

Great place, and God willing, can't wait for next year :-)

Threeways Cafe, North Bannister, where we always stop for coffee. Not the best coffee by any stretch, but tradition dictates that you HAVE TO stop here.
North Bannister is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 94 kilometres south-southeast of Perth along Albany Highway between Armadale and Williams. 

Lake King Motel. Another legendary stop, where the pepper-sauce is delivered by the truck-load, haha!
Great spot. If you ever need a place to stay down this part of the world talk to Murray and let him look after you.

Tripple Kahlua & a pint of Milk anyone?
The fireplace inside the Lake King motel, fuelled by Mallee root (the best ever fuel for a fire).

The Lake King Goods Shed was constructed in 1936 and is (amazingly) still used as a goods receival point today.

The Lake King Tea Room (or "Agencies") across the road from the shed.