With a Lot of The Fox being removed from the Island by shooting . Quail have returned to the area around the Lodge

Jordy has come down to Help me with some work ,,,,, She sets in to Move The Roadbase by Wheel barrow ,,, Tough job .

The Black Snake Cycopath starts at the Front of the Lodge and Goes out through the property skirting the Mangrove forrest , along Duck creek and Back through the She Oaks and finishes at the Lodge ,,, It is only 600 + meters at the Moment but I have Plans to add more and make it around One Kilometer .
It Starts here at the Front of the Lodge ,,,,,,,,,, No snakes here ,,, When not many anyway ,,,, Just one near the BarB and another near the front gate ,,,, he he he . That will keep the Kiwi's away .This is the one on the left of the Front Driveway ... Sunning himself ,,,,, Got a home in the Pile of Mulch left over from the Tree Pruning a year ago . Best leave him alone

Jedda Tries out a Newly Roadbased part of the Path ,,,,,,,, Thanks Jordie .This is Tinas Corner , Where the Path turns north to avoid going through the Mangrove ,,, Which has some water over it during High Tide ,,,,,,,,,,, Jordie did some Great Barow work here ,,, As it is about 300 meters from the Road base Pile ,,,,,,,,,

Unfortunately the path come up against a Bee Hive in a Tree after this corner ,,,,, They have to be moved on SOON ,,,,,,, The alternate path through the swamp can be wet ,,,

Jord Relaxing with Friends after a hard days work ,,,,,,, All of the Friends are thinking ,,,, When the Bloody hell is she going to stop it with the Barrow and take us for a Walk to the Beach .

The Timber lining boards in the Front Loft are looking Good ,,, But time to move onto some Upper Wall insulation and ember entry closures ( Bush Fire)

I have been doing the insulation on the High vertical walls as well as Filling and covering any ember entry points under the Iron Roofing ,,,,,, also trying to stop the spiders from living inside and making webs and a mess ,,,,,
Still got time for a coffee break and a photo opportunity for a visiting King Parrot ,,, Such a beautiful Bird
Finally have done the Vertical High walls ,,,,, Lots more work to GO folks .
But can take a walk to the Beach and marvel at the clouds and water making their own magic ,,,,,
Or after a Hard day Just relax and have a bit of a Snooze on the Lounge .

Or better still just hang out with Friends ,,,,,,,,,,,,, And take a look at me ,,, Thinking ,,, " When the Bloody hell is he going to finish that Insulation and take us for another Walk to the Beach .

It a Beautiful time of the year ,,, an Indian Summer

I think Polly now Knows Jedda is Blind and cant find the ball .

Polly would like to be able to Ride the Bikes as well ,,, instead of being left behind .

Until I get a Nikon and some Long Lenses I will have to resort to going to the Nowra Nature Park to get shots like this ,,, Come on Nikon ,,, get an answer to the Cannon 5D soon .

The Beach is Looking Beautiful .

Take the Next Left turn after the Helicopter on a stick in Nowra

Just a Few Old Favourites until I get my Photos sorted out

Interesting Cloud formation over Mount Coolangatta shot on my phone while walking across the dry mouth of the Shoalhaven River on te way to Shoalhaven Heads for a Morning Paper
An echidna caught taking a early morning walk ,,,,,, The Dogs loved it ,,, couldnt work out this moving pin cushion that started to disappera into the ground ...
An Olive-backed Oriole nesting meters from the front verandah
AView Of Mout Coolangatta through the Mangroves across the road in front of the Lodge

Funny the THINGS you see while you are up a ladder and take the time to be observant

BOY OH BOY ,,, Count those EGGS ,

The regency tongue & groove pine (Wallnut stained) panels are going up slowly but looking good

There were a couple of young bower birds drinking at the verandah bird bath ,,,,,, They get chased away everytime I come and go to the roof to push the lining boards through to the inside ceiling .

Had a few other posts up here but they have disappeared ,,,, So I will have to remember what they were ,,, Here goes

To try and Tidy up the Place I loaded up a Couple of Trees ,,, From a House being Demolished

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The Trees had been sitting in Pots for Quite awhile ,,,,,, A 3 Hour Journey of 100 K winds must be like a Storm to them ,,,,,,, But 1 months down the track ,,, They are happily flowering .

When Polly got to the Beach she saw 2 Big Scary Dogs

When Polly goes to the Beach , sometimes she likes to be aloneon the Edge of the Pacific Ocean

BIRDHAVEN LODGE ,,,,, Google

YOU GOT TO TIDY THE PLACE UP <<< BLAH BLAH BLAH

Move that ugly Van away from the Front of the Lodge ,,,,,,,,,,,

NO NOT ON THE TOP OF THE HILL,,,, TO THE DUMP !!!!!

Things you have to do before Guests visit ,,,,, Bloody Mowing ,, Keeps the snakes away

I think I have Mowing Genes from my Dad ,,,,,,,, Turn Grass into Lawn with a Victa ,,,,,

When you have friends down to stay ,,,

Taking a Drive down the north south Nature Reserve Road ( Coal Wharf Rd ) is a must ,,, But at the Moment is is a string of Ponds ,,, Attracting every 4 wheel drive hoone for miles around ,,,, It just makes the ponds bigger ,,,,

THINGS YOU SEE ON A WALK TO THE BEACH ,, Jed is Almost totally Blind & Polly has no brain 2 speak of ,,, So it is The Dumb leading the Blind

The Beach is a 500 meter walk through the Nature Reserve and I always try to get in an early morning walk ,,, I always have my camera on my belt for any photo opertunity .

Particularly when you see a little fella punching above his weight .. any thing is possible ...

The Dogs love the beach ,,, 

A lot of red bellied Black snakes around this season ,,,,,, Just have to stop Polly from Picking them up as if it was a Stick . 

THE BLOODY BEES WERE BACK ,,,,,, I had been warned by Bren before I went to Canada ,,,,, So now 6 weeks later I feared The WORST

When I drove down I was expecting the worst after being away from the place for so long ,, It would be nice to get on with the Building work without having to engage in BEE WARS 2 .

When I got there it didnt look to bad ,,, Not as Big as last time

The Hive patterns were very interesting ,,,,,, there was NO honey in the Hive yet ,,, The local Flowers were not blooming yet , So they were making artistic shapes on the window Glass .

 So I started as before ,,, Put the Room heater on high and close to the LAMINATED glass to heat up the wax , BEE WAR 2 Had started .