Now this is a crappy Job

So instead of having to HD Galvanise the 46 posts required for the footings - two coats of Bitumen paint will do the trick.  We had to paint the stumps that Paul the builder had welded.  The posts, the rods, everything!  from the bottom of them up to a metre up the posts needed to be black. So we arrived Sunday morning 7am to start.  Em arrived not long after, and Royce (to fix up Tallulah) showed up as well.

The paint was gluggy and half way through we had to clean them up with petrol to make it easier.  Of course Baxter the dog insisted on sitting underneath the posts - Consequently he is a little blacker for it.
It took us most of the day to complete 28 of them - 18 have not been made yet - so there's another fun afternoon in the making.

With only a break for lunch we finished - hot, sore, and sunburnt.  These are the times when all those romantic notions of owner building fly out the window - I even prefer the de-nailing to this.

Thanks to Em and Royce for helping - made a yukky day a littl bit more bearable... we'll let you know when the rest of them are ready for painting!!