Working Bee

The first weekend of the school holidays was spent relaxing working at the lodge. Opting not to drive for hours on end to Easter O in Queensland, this was our only trip of the holidays.

With a couple of late withdrawals, the working party was much smaller than previous years. We were joined at the lodge by the supervisor Tony S; the Walter/Jones clan and another family of 4. The jobs on the to-do-list included renovation of room 6; renovation of the downstairs toilet, shower and change area associated with the sauna, renovation of the main lounge area; removal of all the window pelmets; clean out and restock of the stores; firewood stacking; wombat digging clear out; garden weeding and general odd jobs as needed!

Jobs were divided up based on preferences and skills (if required). Rob and I did the reno of room 6; Andy took down the pelmets; Al, Max, Ella and Alma did the store restock run and clean up; Mira and Katy did the weeding of the front garden; Rob also cleaned out the wombat digging. A late decision saw Mira, Alma and Katy painting the bedheads of rooms 7, 8 and 9. The other family cleaned out the hidden ski dumping room; began on the downstairs reno as well as various odd jobs. Meanwhile Tony ran between jobs ensuring everyone was on task and happy plus problem solving as issues arose.

 

We all helped with the wood pile stacking - and Max collated a timelapse of our efforts!

In between, we managed a few short walks / runs. Overall the weekend was fun (and tiring). Our family and Tony stayed up on the Sunday night making it a long weekend which was lovely.

Also exciting was the erection of a sign at the (very vacant) Guthega ski centre - a new cafe opening before the winter season!!