Zimbabwebound

This whole building project has definitely been an interesting task to say the least.  I know that when building back in Brisbane it didn’t take much to find the labour or the materials to complete a variety of tasks … come to Bulawayo and it is a totally different story.

I had always planned to be on the build site to get some building experience but I just have not had the time to stay out at Willow Park all day every day.  A majority of my time is spent sourcing out all the building material such as cement or trowels at a reasonable rate and then trying to find the funds in cash to pay for such rare commodities. Fun and games all round!!!

Just the other day I came out to Willow Park to collect some of our trainees to take them to the local rural council to pay for pitt sand and then we would have to drive another 30 kms to the site and load the back of the bakkie manually.  Much to my delight, one of our young men knew of a “location” where pitt sand could be retrieved without paying for it from the rural council (don’t worry it was totally legal … I made sure of it).  After a VERY bumpy ride through the bush we came to an old private mining site with more than enough pitt sand to build 100 dining halls.  As they always say … “it’s not what you know but who you know”.