Post #373569 by Tamapoutini on Mon, Apr 14, 2008 2:47 AM

*Still no TIKIS just yet, so if you're expecting to see a grass hut turn back now.. We're on the West Coast of the South Island, Ao tea roa.. things happen slowly here - 'Coast time' they call it. Relax; it'll happen. Put some music on..

**It occurs to me also that this is pretty off-topic at present but wish to reassure that some day soon there will posts of tiki-hut-carving-cave-manspace-museum progress, which is surely relevant in a carving forum..??!! But if you wish to shunt me off to Bilge or sumsuch Ill understand..sniff

Tipua: You still around brah? I know its been a while- Would you believe that Spirited Away is (secretly) one of my all time faves? We have it on DVD and I must have watched it about a zillion times. Love those Centry-stones..!

Heath: I still havent seen that movie!! But you've reminded me so Ill make the effort soon Im sure.. :wink:

BenZ: the following is for you.. :D

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So the last time we looked our friend Scotty was just performing the finals act of creative diggerwork before leaving us to our fate..

..which was "how the hell do we turn this rockpile into a lushious lawn for our beloved offspring to frollick on..?"

Answer: 'gold-fines'; washed gravels left behind local modern gold-mining operations. The gravel cost us a grand total of one dozen beers per large truckload (I kid you not!) - I think we ended up with about 8 large truckloads. Tama=happy - Goldminer=sozzled

Dig, dig, dig... puff "Hi Ho, Hi Ho..etc" (damn, thats a moody West Coast sky..)

(much nicer weather today though..) Finally weve buried those big-ass rocks and have a much nicer surfaceto play with. Not a good photo but we have now fenced off the area with electric fencewire (switched off most of the time) to protect...

our new...

little babies...

Not just a lawn - a TIKI lawn! :)

Tama

*oh yeah, and remind me to show you the wee piece of greenstone that I found in the diggings. The pile of gravels that it was found in were dug out from a depth of about 15 feet..