Machinery that buzzes

Thursday 4th November was a busy day at eightmangana.  First arrival was Simon and his bobcat - not his pet (that was a white and ginger border collie/terrier cross), but machinery with ADHD.  This little mini-digger/dozer goes at 100 mile-an-hour in forwards and reverse and didn't stop all day long.  After him was the first of 17 truck-loads of 'slab fill' - a sand and gravel mix that went into the blockwork to build it up to 100mm down from slab height.  One of those noisy days - constant whine of the bobcat competing with the deep thumping hum of the 'whacker' compacter - with lots of shoveling just to remind me again how much of an office-boy I am.
But... as the day went on and the slab fill kept going in we rose higher and then a bit higher again and the view opened up down the valley as we gradually made our way up to the real height of Level 2.  By the end of the day you could see the view we're going to have as we eat tea each night or enjoy a quiet cuppa as a new morning begins - and not a bad view it is...

Josh whacks while the bobcat whizzes - like an alley cat on a hot tin roof after a double-shot of espresso.