Construction has begun to connect the original section of boardwalk to the open area at the foot of the bank. Eventually there will be stairs joining this to the lower boardwalk making another complete curcuit of paths. Enabling year round access to different areas of the gully has been a key factor to the progress we have made with our planting and weed control over the last two years.
This is what we started with ...
Saturday 29 December 2012 - approximately 11 am.
Buried under the weeds are several sleepers. These are used as temporary walkways for access into new areas. These ones have been on duty for a long while ...
We removed the sleepers ...
and lay out the string lines.
The ground is then cleared and leveled - fortunately the apprentice arrived to help with this job.
The soil goes from silty clay at the high end to peat bog over the space of a few metres. Digging the foundation holes is challenging but as they fill up with water within a few hours it makes concreting easier.
The foundation posts are measured and cut, the first rail is attached and the board walk begins to take shape.
The second set of posts and rail are prepared and placed.
Temporary cross bars are added to hold the widths and levels until the concrete is in.
Time was called then at 7.30pm with a solid days work done.
Concreting was planned for the next day but had to be called off due to poor weather conditions.
Tune in for the next exciting installment of Brilliant Boggy Boardwalks - Phase Two.
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