At last, the moment we've been tearfully (well me, anyway) waiting and hoping for (drum roll please Hamlet) ............................ The Roof!
Somewhere at the tail end (please let it be the end) of the wettest wet season in - I don't know, 150 years - the roofers came and materialised Phil's wild flight of fantasy. I'm being facetious - I should say his very clever, yet untested, roof design.
And much to Phil's relief, it worked.
Above: Roofer drills furiously as clouds loom overhead
Above: Looking towards Mt Eerwah from the neighbours' drive. I do love that soaring, twisting studio section (right).
Above: Close-up of front of house, before ridge-capping and gutters were attached. The bathroom is under that low centre section. (Note the complex, tiered scaffolding system, which presented its own set of challenges.)
Big cheers to the boys from Brian's Roofing, who remained unfazed by those vertiginous sweeps and dips - not to mention the (intentionally) non-perpendicular beams.
And cheers to Kylie, Oliver, Amy and Danny, who were the first happy campers (literally) to sleep under it!
Stay tuned for walls ...
