Training Log: Mess Engineer

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Another flower for RJ (my Adelaide based mother who reads my log). Numerous flowers coming out with Spring on the way.

From Wallalong Gardening

Mega Gardening 45:00 [3]
shoes: Gumboots

More chainsawing of 2 large fallen trees. Big tree for a little saw. No chance of lifting any of these logs! Ran out of mixed fuel and didn't want to aggrevate any muscular issues.

From Wallalong Gardening

From Wallalong Gardening

From Wallalong Gardening

Walk (with Partner and two Dogs) 50:00 [1] 0.8 km (1:02:30 / km)
shoes: Gumboots

Went for a lap around the back 3 1/2 acres. Partner and I treat finding a 'fern' down the back like finding a gold nugget. She not happy as I have found three (after spending many hours down there) and she has found none. Upon completing our walk, and discussing that I am still finding things so there may be more ferns, I went back to get chainsaw where I had been cutting and found the gold motherlode with FOUR ferns growing around 1 stump (and it was located in viewing distance of the main track near the main gate!). 2 Ferns one side of the stump and 2 Ferns on the other side.

From Wallalong Gardening

From Wallalong Gardening

Gym Cycle Class 55:00 [3] 20.4 km (2:42 / km)

Standard part of Weekly Routine Wednesday 6 am to 7 am. Beat last weeks mark by 0.1 km but was expecting a bigger margin than that. Looking forward to some back / shoulder therapy this afternoon.

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Thought the dog boundary zap collar may have finally given her one shock too many when I got home. But she jumped up again when I opened the back door.

From Wallalong Dogs

C • Just tricking you! 3

Mega Gardening 1:45:00 [3]
shoes: Gumboots

Skipped gym this morning as thought weights would set off my "only in one direction - motion" shoulder / back strain so arrived at work at 5:45 am. So left at 2:30 pm to compensate. Tested out the chainsaw with the chain freshly sharpened by step-son....wow what a HUGE difference. Cuts like butter again with large wood chips and no burning and MINIMAL effort. Have to remember to stop and get it sharpened earlier next time. Tested it out cutting through the large tree fallen in the back 3 1/2 acres (photo previously shown). Even managed to cut the 40cm + trunk (thicker than the blade is long so had to cut from both sides) up into 1 - 2 metre lengths (which will still be too heavy to lift but its a start).

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Tinytoes and Rockman ... I got your email with jpeg Satellite view. Thanks. Surprisingly the most up to date Satellite view I found on the Nokia Maps website as it includes the shed but not sure whether this has the correct boundary line. I will have to play in OCAD to put as background.

C • boundary line 3

Gym Cycle Class 55:00 [3] 19.0 km (2:54 / km)

Standard part of Weekly Routine Monday 6 am to 7 am. Can't exactly remember the distance ... was around this. Class a couple of minutes shorter than normal.

Mega Gardening 50:00 [3]
shoes: Gumboots

Wheelbarrowing yesterdays stumps down to bonfire pile. Did a lap of the boundary and a quick stump check and there is easily another 30 to 40 yet to go .... some of which will be too big to get out. Partner also found a Supurb Blue Wrens next complete with chicks (although couldn't see them could only hear them).

From Wallalong Birdlife

From Wallalong Birdlife

Mega Gardening (Part 4) 3:00:00 [1]
shoes: Gumboots

6:30 am to 9:30 am. 3 Wheelbarrows of Partners raked leaf piles down to the back main compost pile. Picked up more sticks and set the firepit blazing. Spent 1 hour 'cleaning up' the shed whilst intermittantly checking the fire to ensure all OK. Also wheelbarrowed all yesterdays stumps down to the main bonfire pile. To have a break we decided to go on our 2nd Sunday drive and explored Clarence Town, Glenoak, Dungog, Stround etc although we had been there before a year or so ago. Passed what looked like a very fatal car accident at Glenoak. NBN News said it was a 28 year old in a stolen car (now a write off) at 5 am this morning and amazingly he survived (at least to now).

Mega Gardening (Part 5) 3:40:00 [4]
shoes: Gumboots

1:30 pm to 5:10 pm. Another 17 Stumps fell victim to the 3 tonne chainblock plus about another 5 to 7 which I found easy enough to kick over or use body weight to uproot. Some of these stumps had huge root systems and pulled up 0.5 m radius ball of dirt ... was surprised I could get them out. Will have to return chain block and slings tommorrow but may get again for next weekend.

From Wallalong Gardening

From Wallalong Gardening

Mega Gardening (Part 1) 55:00 [1]
shoes: Gumboots

6:40 am to 7:45 am. Cleaned pool again as I made the mistake of hanging last bag of pool leaves (from Wednesday) on the pool fence which then blew off and landed back in the pool. Plastic bag was sucked into filter at pool end so lucky it didn't cause a blockage or something. However gradually learning more efficient ways to maintain the pool, pumps and filters. Miscellaneous weeding of the drive whilst waiting for Partner to get up as we were going into Raymond Terrace for miscellaneous tasks.

Mega Gardening (Part 2) 2:00:00 [1]
shoes: Gumboots

10 am to 12 pm. Miscellaneous cleanup to recover from the last week of high winds. Filled wheelbarrow several times with blown down sticks and twigs and transported to firepit. Cut up small tree that broke in wind. Re-hung two artifical ferns which hung from the back verandah but pulled the small hooks out in the wind. Partner raked up 9 piles of leaves in the dog yard alone. Twin Brother and his Partner came over briefly resulting in a work break.

Mega Gardening (Part 3) 4:00:00 [4]
shoes: Gumboots

The "3 tonne Chainblock Stump Serial Killer" struck big time claiming 19 victims in 4 hours. These were from only about 1/5 of the back area.

From Wallalong Gardening

From Wallalong Gardening

From Wallalong Gardening