Full.... and "fully sik", mate!!

Looks the goods now. The liner is in and works a treat. Very impressed, we are! Little bits to be done but the main job is done. Paving has to wait for a few weeks till the layer is free. Bit hard over Chrissy. Time to relax and enjoy it.  

The Cutest Swimmer

Emily McInerheney was happy to have a swim....heaps of water as far as she was concerned. 

The Reward at the End

So do we have to wait for more than a couple of litres of water are in it?
Answer: Not Bloody likely!!
 

Finally!!

The liner goes in. WE have been waiting for this day for a long time. 

Headers are Done

The boys and I did the pool headers....nice job,too!
All ready for the liner. 

The Outlook

It'll do... all the existing paving is coming up to make way for the new 400mm Fremantle Stone....didn't factor that in:-( 

Pool Fencing

Pool fencing.... a necessary evil. Didn't go for the glass. Too pricey in the end at $700-$800p.metre! 

The Water Feature

Still waiting for the water blade which sits on at this height then two courses more of brick and clad with saw cut andicite (lava).... looks a treat 

Ready for the Liner

Bring on the liner...'bout two weeks to dry and then it's water time!! 

Who's a Pretty Boy, Then??

Gee, that feels nice.... under my feet.
Soft.... and with a little bit of grip. 

You Want Some Cheap Cement Mate??

Chris from A! Waterproofing donated the cement and lime for the project. Nice locks! 

Feature wall

The water feature from the back...ran out of bricks. Need to go 2 more courses. The front will be covered on saw cut marble.. nice, huh? Classy! 

And We Rendered

The fellas who did this earnt their money!
10 hour day for two big boys...glad it wasn't me. they did a good job. I did the water feature wall. Needs 2 more courses. 

Now its getting there

The overall picture....renderers to work on Sunday. 

Prelims are complete

One pond with water, one pool dug out and brickwork complete and one feature water wall in the making. 

FreeLoaders

Can we swim in ya' pool, yet?? 

Every metre has a buttress.....no on said I'd have to dig 'em out by hand though. 300 bricks ordered... took 2997 to finish the job. 

All over...now for the brickie.

Nearly deep enough....

The fish have a new home...

New home for the fish....all things need to be considered. Rusty the dog, is overseeing the work, and guarding the tools.

Load it up and ship it out....and we had spent so much time making it a nice lawn...

That Turf cutter was a godsend but a fair pig to use.

and again....

more of the same....

Nearly finished wrecking the yard....

Timeframe for the Pool

The pool will go in, in 7 weeks 'cos Perth has got a buliding boom and you can't get a bricky for love nor Money.
My bricky is someone I know.... he'll do a good job so I'm willing to wait. We'll get the hole dug in a month and let it sit for a while. Too windy and sandy to have it too early.

The yard where the pool will go is having to be completely ripped out. There are lots of plants that we want to keep so the work is ahead of us. Ahhh, it'll be worth it, come summer!!

The yard as it stands

The Planning Stage

The plans for the pool are through the Council.
I am in the middle, of moving all of the larger plants to different parts of the yard.
I'm very popular with a lot of people at the moment who are lining up for some free plants.
The unfortunate part of it, is that the large pond will have to go. We will, however, build a new pond in another part of the yard, in order to save all of our large koi and goldfish.
There is a lot of preliminary work to do. The reticulation needs to be dug up and moved. Approximately 150 plants need to be moved or given away. Soak wells need to be dug up and relocated. Hopefully, we'll be ready to start the actual building of the swimming pool before the next school holidays. We have chosen a Poly pool with a vinyl liner. The colour of the pool walls will be royal blue. It will be a nice big pool, approximately 45 square metres. It has been designed in the shape of a trapezoid in order to fit in with the unusual shape of this yard.

The pond at Kallaroo will have to go

The front of our new house in Kallaroo

The pool area at Woodvale

The New Pool

I resisted for a while, even got the yard to the point that I thought this is looking pretty good.... but still they wanted the pool. We had one at our last house and it was great. The kids all either learned to swim in it, or became much better swimmers because of it, and Jane loved it, spending heaps of time (though not too much;-) ) relaxing by it.