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Mt Goonaneman Storage Shed

Follow our portable shed project on top of a mountain

Is it a Shed Project.... or Historical re-enactment of the 1970's

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That infamous TRACK.
It's only about 350m long but it's the uphill steep gradient that's torture.
When you're carrying a heavy load on a side-sloping path every muscle is working hard.

It's quite spooky that nothing has changed... still a tough slog and many small loads to get enough material to the top.

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Everything unloaded... Right team - carry everything UP THAT HILL...

The shed must be removable so it was built in prefabricated sections which are bolted together on site.

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First unload and get all the gear over the obstacle and onto the path... VK4APP and VK4ION went on ahead to clear the encroaching lantana with a machete, so our worker ants could begin the never ending trips up and back... up and back.

We asked for ideas but some people just can't be trusted...

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Should we go Hobbit friendly?

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Perhaps a pitched roof in case of snow.

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We could have ended up like this if Stu hadn't taken the reins and sorted us out!

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Building the storage shed

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That's David carrying timber flooring on his head
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Tweedie Svenson carries 2 buckets of gravel along the same track in 1976.
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Shovel the gravel into the wheelbarrow and away you go.
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We learned the hard way not to overload the barrow... after we tipped over on the sloping path.
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NEVER were 2 men more happy to reach the top.... now turn around fellas and do it all again.
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Finally everything was at the top... We voted -we're buying a helicopter to carry stuff up in the future!
Who's going to put THAT to the Treasurer?
Ross pushed that barrow up and down the hill so many times and David trudged up and down with him, hauling timber and sheets of iron. Legends!
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And it's deja vu all over again... David takes a breather about half-way up and here they are in 1976, also downing buckets to regain their breath.

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Meanwhile at the site we had a couple of holes to and yes, it was all ROCK!
Crowbars were required and then it was time to assemble the base.

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And that's enough for today. we'll be back when the post holes are set
A week later 4 members went back to continue work on the project.

Once the job was started, they couldn't leave until the structure was waterproof so it turned into a mammoth day with an hour's travel each way and 9 hours on site.
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The floor is glued and screwed
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Up goes the framework and the cross-bracing is tensioned
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Insulation goes up and over, the roof sheets go on, and then it's time to begin sheeting the sides
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It's slow going, working their way around the frame
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Door is fitted and it's time to fit flashing
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Coral & Gary pose in front of the new waterproof shed... the site is clean... it's time to call it a day
Thanks to Stu VK4FSTU and Coral, Gary VK4APP and Gail VK4ION for completing the project for the club.

We now have storage space and we can make some room in the repeater shack for more equipment.
Walking up and down that hill is a killer... could there be a better way?
Maybe our next project!
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