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Week 8: The only way is UP!

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No sooner had the ground floor frame gone up then the 2nd floor frame appeared!  Things are really starting to take shape and the builder said the roof trusses will be up by next week. We're very excited to see how much progress will be made between now and when everyone packs up over Xmas. 

Weeks 6 and 7: We've been framed!

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Seemingly overnight, the frame sprung up above our newly laid slab. It's quite amazing how quickly things move.  For the first time, we could really start to see our home taking shape and get a sense of the true scale of the rooms. Again, Bumblebee (yes, we've named our drone) was able to deliver some cool aerials. Bumblebee also resumed his ongoing battle with the resident magpies for aerial supremacy. Not long after launch, he came under attack and had to hover higher to evade the onslaught. It seems that the magpies don't really attack high in the air, but do tend to swoop when hovering or landing closer to the ground, which is annoying because I really want to be able to do some manoeuvring around the site a bit lower, but can't risk being bundled out of the sky by an aggravated avian adversary. Hopefully the mating season ends soon and BB can resume low-level inspections. I also have to be careful carrying BB as I've been swooped when I've picked him u