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4th
June to 11th
June 2011
DEBRIEF
Dear Members and
Volunteers
I wish to
thank all TCWA
members who
attended
Warriedar
Homestead
restoration
2011.
Those who
attended;
Terry &
Nanette Wilson
Ken & Iris Hart
Selwyn Scott
Ray Masters
Pete & Ria Stolp
Barry Brown
Charles &
Patricia Miller
Ross & Maureen
Campbell
Don Smailes
Jeff &
Lyn Hemsley
Also thanks to
Debbie Duncan
& John Gustafson
who nearly made
it.
The restoration
went to plan and
even better.
Some of the
doors were
picked up from
Karara on the
way to Warriedar.
Peter,
Ray & Don were
kept very busy
repairing the
walls to the out
buildings whilst
the rest of the
crew prepared
the homestead
for painting.
The under gutter
blocks and
scotia trim were
installed whilst
the rest of the
crew washed
walls and sanded
down skirtings
and doors ready
for painting.
Barry worked his
magic with the
timber work,
making a new
fireplace
surround and
repairing many
other timber
related
requirements.
Selwyn & Ross
was kept busy
repairing and
cleaning
gutters.
After all prep
was completed
the painting
started in
earnest.
Myself on the
spray gun
painting the
exterior and Ria
on the roller
painting the
inside walls
with everyone
else busily
painting
skirtings,
architraves, the
French doors and
the lower render
on the outside
walls plus more.
By this time
Peter, Ray & Don
had exhausted
their cement
supply before
completing their
task.
Many thanks to
Ken & Iris who
volunteered to
travel to
Geraldton to
purchase another
10 bags of
cement to
complete the
shoring up of
the original
homestead and
the saddle shed.
To our welcome
surprise Peter &
Angela from a
neighbouring
mining tenement
arrived to give
us a hand.
The TCWA Bbq was
installed and
used, with many
evenings enjoyed
around the fire.
After of
a full on week
of restoration
at Warriedar we
finally packed
up all the
equipment and
then did a
reconnaissance
of the homestead
and out
buildings to
quantify stage
two of this epic
Warriedar
restoration.
Many thanks to
all the
volunteers who
worked so hard
on this project.
A special thanks
to Barry and Ray
for towing the
trailers with
gear required
for the project.
I am
looking forward
to future works
at Warriedar and
the many other
DEC Rangelands
buildings that
require TCWA’s
Rangelands
Committee
support.
If you
wish to
participate in
future
restorations
please call me
any time.
The full
report will be
in the next TCWA
newsletter and
many photos to
be put on the
Web site soon.
Many
thanks
Jeff
Hemsley
Rangelands
Adoptions
Committee
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