For a long time, we wondered where the pipe from the dam down to the house was located. Now we know. We also discovered a tap to turn the bloody thing off (after we had been told there was none, and I had got myself soaked trying to extract yabbies from the system while the water was flowing).
Note the date.
A general view a couple of hours after the start.
Somewhat overexposed (the QV5000 will perform fill-in flash if you ask it, but it appears not to compensate with the exposure) and only partially compensated: this is the tap that was supposed not to exist. I couldn't be bothered to take another photo, since I have to reboot a machine with Microsoft every time: Casio doesn't supply any other way of downloading images.
Here's the end coming from the top dam.
Looking to the house from the top dam end.
The corner by the big gum tree in the previous photo.
This pipe went straight through the proposed dam, so we decided to move it to the right (pointing to the gum tree) and then bring it down at right angles to the tap.
On Saturday we had to lay the new pipe. This photo is just to show that I don't spend all my time in front of a monitor.
This gesture is called the ``Australian Greeting''
This and the following picture show the new pipe before being filled in, mainly for documentation purposes.
On Sunday, after the bulldozer work on the dam pond finished.
Taken at the same time. This is further to the right. The pile of dirt in the middle of the pond is intended to be an island.
Monday, the 16th, after Chris came in to do the fine work. They insisted on a 30 cm high rim on the West side. We're still not happy.
And after I sprayed more water in my face, we finally began draining the top dam into the pond.
Tuesday, the 17th. The top dam was pretty much empty by this time, having filled the pond much more than we expected.