Getting the mill
AQIS – the quarantine people – had held the mill back for cleaning. Last Thursday I went out to Port Botany to pick it up the mill.
Francis who has done odd days in the old Faulconbridge shop for me lent me the Mountain Arks Wonder Ute for the day. The wonder ute is just that. It’s a 1984 Toyata ute with mag wheels, a small wooden steering wheel, slightly worked engine, a hoon horn and a drum full of straps and ratchets. It goes. Francis picked it up a couple of years ago in Lithgow.
Francis uses the Wonder Ute to transport Mountain Arks. If you do a lot of grain brewing then instead of maintaining the feral compost heap, what you need is a couple of chooks to turn the grain into eggs. The chooks of course will need a comfy home, which is where Mountain Arks fit it. Francis also makes homes for dogs and birds.
The day went smoothly. Drove out to Port Botany to the warehouse office, did the paperwork, over to the bonded warehouse, waited for about 10 minutes in a queue behind two trucks and then the warehouse guys took the paperwork and re-appeared several minutes later with the mill on a forklift. The forklift driver was also very keen to buy the Wonder Ute. From there straight back to Johnstons at Smithfield, the mill was taken off again with a forklift and put in the warehouse with the rest of the gear.
I regret not taking a photo of the Wonder Ute with the mill, a bright yellow, on the back.
hi pat i whant pics lol good to see it all on the go and go and go (soon)