Dams filling up fast

After 24mm of rain in the last few days, and good rains since they were constructed, our two dams are filling up fast. I'd say they are about a third full right now, and that by itself is the equivalent of an Olympic swimming pool of water. The water is still an opaque clay colour but I'm hoping it'll settle out before we are ready to use it otherwise we may have to consider adding a substance to bind with the clay and make it settle.

In other news Sarah and I visited a house that had been built in the same design as the one we selected, kindly opened for the purpose by the owners and organised by our kit home company PAAL. It was a fantastic opportunity and we gained a better perspective on the actual space inside the house and picked up a few good ideas from the owners. The only disappointment was that they didn't actually build it themselves (employed a local builder to put it up) so I wasn't able to get any technical tips. Maybe I'll set up an online forum so that we can swap building tips with other owner builders.

On the upside, owner Ken had the exact same make and model of tractor that I intend to buy, bought from the same place and with several of the same implements, so it was good to get a look at that ahead of time. We are going to the Field Day in Murrumbateman this weekend and plan to put our order in then.

And if you thought all that was good, we took the Hilux through Swallow Tail Pass on the way home - not super challenging but the most 4x4ing the Hilux has done so far (Rav4s should stay home though), and it was topped off by a beer and a toasted sanger at the Taralga Hotel.

Life is good.