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 up after landing. It's also put paid the hand launches and landings for the time being. 

Oh and the reason Weeks 6 and 7 have been combined is that we were away for a couple of weeks, but our new neighbour kindly offered to take some snaps for us in week 7, but as it turned out, not a lot more happened in the time we were away. The main change appears to be the brick piers for the garage going up. You may have noticed most of the photos are taken from the front of the property - that's because there is a powerline at the back and I'm not skilled enough of a pilot that I won't electrocute BB and knock out power to the neighbourhood...







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