A little catch up to do! Sorry I have had some technical issues with the blog so I haven’t been able to load it properly.

I got 102 native plants in by our pond/stream. I have more to plant but need to wait for more digger work first. They are all flaxes and and grasses with a few giant rush too. Hoping they do the trick. I am thinking of getting some natives for the water to keep it oxygenated and keep any algae at bay!

Rowan and I went down to Palmerston to organise a few things and ended up having a nice meal in Moeraki. Which was a late lunch/breakfast! We decided a night on the coast was in order and there was a bit of squall of weather. I have never been battered so much in the camper. We were wondering if it was going to push us off the cliff. It didn’t last long but it sure hit hard.

A bit more work on the Bedford done. I love my scallops, it was worth the work.

Cladding going on the houses. They just go up to the base of the windows. The windows have been ordered in Windsor Grey same colour as the roof iron.

The local timber mill has decided to close as they can’t keep up with the large timber mills. They have been going for 40 years and is a full family outfit. The owner actually went out to get all his workers new jobs before telling them it has to close. You wouldn’t get that sort of treatment in a big company.

We got a few packs of timber they were getting rid of for firewood. It is untreated Oregon that we will use for fencing rails and such. Unfortunately we weren’t in the market to buy anything else. But it looks like they got rid of most of it at the normal prices which is awesome! We did 3 separate loads. Two to site and one back to Herbert.

I have gotten our specification list for the houses to 80% done. Rowan and I are going on a break to the West Coast. There are no builders on site next week so why not!

A small amount of errands to do on our way out of town, with a shop for food as we have plans to be a bit bush. We aimed for 10am but got away at 11am. There is a restaurant in Twizel that has been on our list to try for a long time. I also want some Salmon and real wasabi.

Turns out the restaurant doesn’t open until 2pm, Google has the wrong hours. Oh well we are not hanging around. A quick stop in Wānaka takes us to a few op shops and a garage sale. Going through all this area we cycled brings back lots of memories. Especially around Lake Hāwera, man that was an exhausting day. We ended up camping exactly where we did last time, by the Makarora River before Haast Pass.