Glenrod

Well you may think te big story for us has been a new yellow tractor. News it certainly is but there’s a bigger story. Alice Springs the land of the big stories. Inspired by the Woods, I have had this goal to build a retreat hut for people who want to com eto our place and get away from stuff like tractors and spend queit time in prayer or contemplation.

These last two weeks with our friends Glen (the prophet) and Rodney his friend who knows a thing or two about building we have set about building this vision at the back of our block. It has grown from selecting a location to a real hut. For the design I was inspired by the huts I have slept in whilst bushwalking in teh Australian Alps so Ryan and John will know what I mean. It needed to look like its been there for awhile. Now that is tricky because I didnt want to spend much money so you have to use what you can find whiuch is also kind of fun. We’ve scrounged around for corrugated iron, and windows, and doors. Rod wanted to put trusses in it which I dont think are veru Australian Alpsish but they are certainly spivvy. Glen wanted to put in a stone floor by using the rocks on the property. All in all its been pretty bloody good fun and Glen and Rod are my heroes. Prophet and Building Priest. How good is that.

I have a whole heap of pictures of teh development of teh hut which I’d like to put up but it sems I cant even get one photo to work based om my last post. Never mind I will try again. The hut is still to be finished but I am over then moon about this little place. I invite each and everyone of you to come and stay in it some time.

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