13/1 North end of the NS Fence. Bill S & Ben F on the auger drilling posts for the 4.2m + 2.4m gate
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13/1 First post in at the south end
13/1 Geoff M and David W
13/1 Installing posts for the gate at the centre of the field Should make it easier to retrieve planes A great idea from Ben.
18/1 David W meets with Civilmech (Robert on left, Ryan on right) to finalize the scope of the SEMAC earthwork at MulchjXpress
18/1 David W shows Robert and Ryan the important SEMAC landmarks at MX. This was Civilmech’s third visit
18/1 Checking truck access with Civilmech
18/1 David introduces MX site boss Glen to Civilmech. Importantly a working relationship was immediately established
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18/1 Ryan checks where the nearest non-metered hydrant is located. Water is needed to set the crushed recycled concrete access road
18/1 The work is agreed to start in Feb
20/1 Glen of MX is out slashing gorse. Geoff, Dino and Bill are at MX for the arrival of the second container which is to be the new cookhouse
20/1 Another view of the MX Gorse slasher
20/1 Glen had arranged the MX guys to expect the new container so there were no delays.
20/1 Lowering the container
20/1 The cookhouse has landed.
20/1 Dino and Bill inspect the interior
20/1 The long and short of it
20/1 Dino inspects the secure lock fitting. Don’t lose the key
20/1 Bill prepares to launch a glider
20/1 Rod works on slashing the fence line
28/1 Dino and Geoff at the field checking all is in place for the 31/1 working bee
New 100lit tank delivered by Rob B beside the leaky one
28/1 Dino inspects the newest gate delivered by Brendon on 27/1
There will be a 7m opening at the north end to allow MX slasher through and any emergency vehicles
28/1 New gate is top quality - a great find by JJ
28/1 Looking south towards the south end of the NS runway and showing the work done by Brendon on 27/1 with the Bobcat to prepare grading by Civilmech
28/1 Looking north up the NS runway
28/1 South end of the NS runway
28/1 East end of the EW Runway looking west
28/1 East end of the EW Runway looking west
28/1 West end of the EW runway looking east
28/1 Posts laid out by Brendon in readiness for the 31/1 Working Bee
28/1 Still plenty of posts left for the pits & flight line
31/1 Working Bee to put in all the posts needed for the North South fence to keep the cattle off our future runways.
A hard day’s work but very successful
31/1 Gary, C, David W, Ben F, and Rob Bruin hard at it
31/1 Simon brings in another post
About 70 were installed
31/1 Taking a break are Bill S, Dino T, Simon, Gary C, Vince M, David W and Rob B
Also present were Ben F, the man with the fencing smarts, John A, and Geoff M
31/1 One more hole
31/1 The view at the end of the day
Hi Everyone,
Click on the photo above to see more pics of the progress on the field during January. If the photos appear cut off at the drag in the LHS or RHS of your screen to bring everything into view. If using a mobile just rotate your phone 90 degrees.
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Regards,
Simon
