I was originally going to bring Mum up, as she hasn't been here for a while, but her leg was hurting, so she decided to stay home.
That said, I'd told both Terry and Helen & kids that I was coming - so come I did ....
Got up there around 10am on Saturday morning, unpacked the car, and then drove on up to Kingower with Helen and the kids where we assisted Terry, Arlene, Jan & Chrissie make up antipasto platters for the Music night. Was as always a bit of fun, and scored a superb coffee from Terry also.
Only took a couple of hours - was one of the more modest food prep days, as the purpose of tonight's evening was the music, with a supper (the antipasto platter, dips and cakes )
So went back to the house, and we felt like pies for lunch - which we ate under the tree, and Helen relaxed and read her book there afterwards
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| book reading after lunch |
Meanwhile I was raring to go, and get some things done. Now I wasn't going to paint - as we haven't actually decided on the colour of the so called Blue room.
But our dear friends Karen & Mark had brought up some Yucca cuttings when they'd been up for the Australia Day Long weekend - Mark had planted 1 or 2, by the back fence, but we still had plenty.
So, I had a cunning plan, some work gloves, and a post hole digger....
And out the front I went - it was initially relatively easy going through the mulch, but then I hit pebbles and very hard compacted dirt....It wasn't easy, but luckily not as back breaking as when we put the olives in some years ago
And of course Xavier also wanted to help
I did one side of the new front fence - planting one per section of fence. From memory 6 on the left and 5 on the right.
I was starting to get blisters - despite the gloves, so made a stop, and started watering the plants...with Michaela, Xavier and Helen helping with that
Once we'd finished this it was veranda time - with a long Gin and tonic - ah lovely...
Then some whistling practice - we are in the country after all
And then onto the Village Green in Kingower for 7.30pm. Of course a lovely night - how couldn't it be? No Justin playing this time though (unfortunately). Sat at a table with Damo & Nicole, and Maile & David. Helen, David & Arlene's daughter sang and played a little, Mark did a few acapella songs with another bloke, The Kingower Rangers powered on, a couple of kids played the flute and trumpet respectively, there was a yukele band and duo, and of course David also got up with his fancy new guitar
Sunday morning, and had a bit of a lie in, not sleeping, rather just reading in bed, was very nice. Then got up and had breakfast, and then watered the garden some more. It's very dry.
But the olives are looking fantastic
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| gorgeous looking olives |
And then I had to (wanted to) do the other side of the fence with the yuccas. By the time I'd finished my hands were pretty sore, with blisters developing
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| thumb blister |
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| electrical developments |
And although not strictly from when I was up there. Inglewood was in the news yesterday/today as a tanker had rolled over coming around the bend on the Calder and spilled its fuel. It was rather serious with people having to be evacuated, and those who remained told to remain inside due to fumes.
We're planning on going up again this weekend, so will see what its like - will hopefully have all be cleared away by then
Vic town blacked out before tanker roll
Vic town blacked out before tanker roll
A blackout may have contributed to a petrol tanker crash in a Victorian town that closed roads and cut power.
Emergency crews worked into Thursday afternoon to right a petrol tanker and contain a 50,000-litre fuel leak after the truck went out of control on a bend and slid on its side into a power pole in Inglewood, near Bendigo, on Wednesday night.
As the situation was given the all-clear on Thursday evening, the Calder Highway was re-opened to one lane through the town and power had been restored to most residents.
Power had gone out in Inglewood about 5pm on Wednesday because of storm activity.
Pauline Wellman, who works at the local motel and caravan park where many people evacuated to, said the town was in darkness.
"The electricity was out hours and hours before the truck hit the pole, so the town was in absolute pitch blackness last night," she told AAP on Thursday.
"You come off the fastest road and into the town and I would say that the town being dark wouldn't have helped the truck navigate the bend."
Police at the scene also told reporters the town was pitch black, and the driver crashed where the speed went from 100km/h to 60km/h.
The Country Fire Authority (CFA) said 28 people were evacuated from their homes at the height of the incident.
Most residents had power restored by 4.30pm on Thursday, but a handful did not get power back until 10pm, as Powercor worked to restore the original fault.
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) said the fuel spread up to 1.5km from the crash site and soil was used to stop it flowing into a creek.
"We will work to remove the contamination and it's most likely that will be through excavation," the EPA's Danny Childs told AAP on Thursday.
"We need to scope out the extent of the contamination but these sort of clean-ups take a matter of weeks."
About 28,000 litres of fuel had been removed from a drain, and pumping would continue on Friday.
The truck's driver was admitted to hospital with minor injuries and a woman from a house nearby was taken to hospital after falling ill, an ambulance spokesman said.
The truck was towed away from the crash site shortly after 2pm on Thursday.
Local police are investigating the crash, but the resources of the Heavy Vehicle Unit could be used, a police spokeswoman said.
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