Now that we have the ute (still unnamed), we've been able to start doing some more cleaning up around the place.
Today, we got up early (before the heat of the day, and before the snakes get too active) to fill the ute up with JUNK that's around the place. Mouldy cardboard, old wine bottles, tarps with holes, broken reticulation piping...just absolute junk, and a complete eyesore.
Two ute loads, a whole lot of sweat, a few curse words and $17 in tip fees later, we were done!
We then jumped in the ute and headed 50 minutes south to Hervey Bay to visit a catering supply store (for latte glasses and cake covers), the brew store (for some new buckets), the School House (a new cafe for a quick pick-me-up), the label company (to check out our wine labels!), then Bunnings (for the BILLIONTH TIME).
We have an ugly pink interior wall inside the cellar door, right behind the counter. We want to paint it something bright and cheery to lighten the place up. We were looking through the colour charts in store and picked out a few options...then noticed one called Waikiki. It was definitely fate - it must be the perfect choice for our Hawaiian themed winery!
We made it back from Hervey Bay at around 3pm, then Josh started oiling his beautiful planter box and I jumped on the mower for a stint. Two hours and a few scrapes from the finger lime trees later, I'd done about 6 rows of trees and it is starting to look ok.
The only issue is though...I have little legs. So, to fully engage the break, I need to shuffle forward on the seat and push the break with my tippy toes. If I lean too much of my weight forward, then there isn't enough weight on the seat - meaning the safety switch kicks in and the mower shuts off. Same thing goes when changing the height of the mower blades, or shifting into reverse. Aside from that though, mower duties aren't too bad!
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| Mower selfie! |
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