It's been a rough week

Last week was a very rough week.

The sunday afternoon we discovered the two large rainwater tanks in the western paddock were dry! They supply the house with all it's water, and they were empty!! Shit, shit, shit.....

So we flicked the supply over to the smaller tank attached to the garage, which was full, it couldn't get any fuller and called the plumber out first thing Monday morning.

The plumber, Greg, seemed to think there might be a blockage in one of the drains, but we should wait until the next time it rains to see where the blockage might be.

Monday night, we were only getting air through the taps, so called Greg again first thing Tuesday morning. This time, he suspected the pump in the garage wasn't working properly, so he took it to pieces, couldn't find any problem and put it back together again. I was able to fill the sink to do dishes and go for my shower, all appeared fixed. When Michael got home on Tuesday night, he only got air coming through the pipes again... and was not a happy chappy.

So, out comes Greg on Wednesday morning and was greeted by Gomez like one of the family. He removed the big yellow air compression tank on the top of the pump and replaced it with one of his own, and all worked fine. He thought it might be the diaphragm inside this device, it appeared to be sticking. So he lent us his big yellow thingie until we got our big yellow thingie fixed.

Anyway, we didn't know how long it would be before we got a decent amount of rain at a time that we could check gutters, so Michael bought a long hose and the last weekend we poked it down drainpipes to see where any potential blockages could be. Found only one, thank goodness, at a point that is reasonably easy for Greg to get to with his worm or eel or whatever they call those things.

So hopefully this will all be rectified in the next few days, and we can have water carted in to fill those tanks to last us through summer. Unless we get a decent rainfall between now and summer!

As well as the empty tank saga, we learned that we were losing our best tenants! So now the decision has to be made, sell or rent the Kedron property? (Congratulations on Gigantor, Carla, hopefully it didn't cop too much of a blasting during Sunday's storm)

And now, it looks like Gomez might have conjunctivitis, so I'm taking all three dogs to the vet this afternoon, the puppies can have their jabs and be microchipped while Gomez gets checked out. That'll be a fun trip!!

PS. The plumber has just left, the drains are unblocked so Bring On the Rain!!!