getting board, my phone don't work out here but my PC does so i thought i would fill in a bit of time as i am laying here board to death. its raining and i am stuck in this old hut, quoted this job over the phone kinda do and charge, the first part of the job is an old cottage with lots of glue on the floors, and the second job will be a deck that runs throughout the homestead 10K's down the track. Every time i walk from the cottage back to the hut i pass about 5 of these bloody brown snakes, hope the wet weather drives them away. on the other hand the wet weather is now being a pain because to get to the cottage it takes me about ten minutes as my shoes keep clogging up with red clay and i end up being 6" taller by the time i reach the job, I am not game to move the van for fear of getting bogged, hope it all drys up by mid next week so i can get home as the driveway is 17K's of red outback clay that has turned into sushi. the job is between Nyngan and Brewarrina out in the sticks on a 50,000 acre cattle station. my phone don't work out here but my laptop does, I bought a young bloke out to do the labouring and the first job i gave him was to clean the toilet out in the middle of the paddock, he came back shaking and said he saw a couple of snakes, lol now every time i go out there i pass at least 5 browns the place is full of them, anyway i got here wed night and hope to be back home by wed or Thurs next week, will mark this place in my diary as never to return :evil:
here are a few pics.
barnsey
brown snake vid click on image for video

our toilet before i got the boy to clean it.

our shack that we are staying in :shock: ops:

our shower.

the floor in the cottage i am sanding.and the young bloke i have working with me punching all the nails.



another brown snake.

there's a kitchen over near the shearing shed, its not too bad and after an hour cleaning everything it is at least usable, one of the stoves is not that old and one stove looks ancient, the old stove still has an old baking dish inside the oven with what looks like some old sausages and chops left behind from when the shearers were last here 6 or 8 months ago, the water in the shower has a septic smell to it so you need to use plenty of soap to hide the smell. its too late to bail out now as i have spent the last two days sanding all the glue off, and even if i decided to bail i don't think i would get too far as the road is too wet and boggy, hope it drys out by next week or i could be here for a while might have to start catching them browns for food as i only bought enough food for about ten days, might have to start rationing it out from now on lol.
anyway a jobs a job and if i don't do it someone else will and i need all the work i can get at the moment.
barnsey
will update tomorrow as the rest of the dramas unfold