What a big day it was today for the F-Troopers. Talk about boys and their BIG TOYS!
Wouldn't we just love one of these excavators on hand 52 weeks a year to remove tree stumps and keep the dams and drains clear. We will have to put that one on our wish list.
F-Troopers on hand today were Martin Gallagher, Geoff Bridge, Duncan Dyer, Des Wilson, Peter Martin helping with the rubbish removal and Ray Presdee and Garry Trigg working on the rough cutting. This was a great effort from everyone given that we are in the midst of the silly season when time is difficult to find.
This was all made possible via Bruce Binns organising with his friend Tony Wade. Adam & Tony Wade (father and son) offered the use of their excavator for a very reasonable price & the work that they did was invaluable. The workload that they managed to get through this morning before the rain storm called them to a halt was fantastic. Our sincere thanks to Adam & Tony for their help and also for offering to come back tomorrow to finish off the work.
The dams on the 3rd had the drains cleared - what a great job as you can see by the photos above. That job is very difficult to do by hand due to the heavy weight of the fungus.
The oleander stumps have been removed. They apparantly had tap roots that were heading for China and they would have been impossible to remove by hand. It took five hours to get all the stumps out which will give you an indicator at how hard the job was. This area is now cleared and levelled - thanks to Matt Smith (greenstaff) and his handy bobcat. We can now replant some environmentally safe trees that will not cause any distress to the farm animals next door.
The Troopers also cleared & removed the rubbish that was building up at the back of the "Old Third Tee" - or better known as the temporary second tee.
There are some stumps on the first fairway that still have to be removed so the F-Troopers are fronting up again tomorrow to take care of that job.
How good are these boys!!! - YES! YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Images attached: A 'before' and 'after' vision of the drain at the 3rd dam - what a difference!; removing rubbish from the back of the temporary second green; various photos of the removal of the oleander stumps; Alvin arriving for an inspection of the work; Peter supervising the rubbish burn; clearing around the third dam.
My thanks to Martin Gallagher for all of these great photos.
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