Well wasn't yesterday "fun"

Anybody in Victoria yesterday will undoubtedly attest to this - it was a tad breezy. Well actually it blew a bloody gale. It was so windy we had to take the shade sails off the front of the house to stop them ripping the front wall off or taking off, heading for the Mallee.

We then had to raise the sunblinds and put up with the heat because the wind tried to blow them off the front of the house.

Then the duststorms started up. The dust here wasn't anywhere near as bad as it was in the Mallee proper (somebody rang from outside Birchip to say that they were in a real peasouper), but it was interesting. Most disconcerting for somebody who bloody hates dusting. I suspect I'll be doing a lot of it - there's sort of fine sand everywhere in the house. Still there was a cool change - eventually - overnight so once the wind died down it wasn't too bad. But before that it was hot and sandpapery and horrible.

We got it lucky though - those poor people around Malmsbury and Woodend that found themselves in the middle of a firestorm where much worse off than us. Hopefully that fire won't flare again.

Now needless to say, nothing much got done outside yesterday - other than a bit of rushing around to grab flying things. But the next construction item will be to get some hanging space sorted out in the titchy kitchen so I can unpack some pots and pans.

So a before shot

Okay - so it's already untidy

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