The Sound Of Drilling!

Around 7:30 am the door bell rang.  We had expected the Solar Panel Installers 'just before lunch' but there had been a change of plans and they were here at 7:30 am.  Since then there has been a lot of drilling on the roof.  The tracks to hold the panels are in place, the inverter has been installed in the garage, wires are hanging into the power meter box and there is a ladder from the front drive up onto the roof.

Two vans are in the front yard, one backed up the drive, the other straddles the front lawn.

This photo was taken about 30 mins ago (10 am) and shows some of the rooftop activity.  Our lovely whitish driveway has boot marks all over it from the red dust on the roof.  It will need a quick hose down after the guys finish sometime just before lunch!

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Surprisingly there were 11mls in the rain gauge this morning.  I hadn't noticed but Trish said it was raining when we went to bed last night.  We still have mild days and high teens overnight.  Our 'normal' winter pattern returns later in the week with cooler low humidity south westerlies becoming the prevailing wind.  This wind comes in off the inland so it is a very dry wind.  This is where Queensland gets it dry sunny but brisk winter weather from.

Foolishly I decided to bike ride this morning.  The 11mls of rain had left plenty of dampness around with some seepage across the paths I like to ride on.  The sky clouded over and became threatening as I was on my ride, causing me to curtail the trip and head for home early.

Since then the sun has re appeared and eventually I will get the bottles I washed yesterday completely dry and ready for the bottling.

Tonight and tomorrow are predicted to be wet with light rain!