Living locally, I was able to log the progress of work from the time the area was still a number of seperate overgrown blocks.
A year ago, the only building on the property had been demolished to prevent squatters from entering and claiming rights to occupation... this was followed by clearance of overgrown weeds and a small amount of levelling to make the job of surveying the block easier. At this stage no contracts had been let for any of the various aspects of construction.
Each of the following views can be clicked on to obtain a much larger image which will open in a seperate window.
We can see above effectively a panoramic view from the far (eastern) side of Reservoir Road looking southwest to the left, west to the centre, and north-west to the right.
In the middle picture can be seen the two well established eucalypts which are shown on the site plan as large trees. The smaller one by the roadside (seen on the far right of the middle picture) didn't remain on account of being in the way of the perimeter wall.
On the far side of the right hand picture one can see trees bordering the small creek that meanders along the edge of the property. Barely more than a storm water drain at this time, it crosses under Reservoir Road from an area beautified by the local municipal council (City of Tea Tree Gully) about seven years ago; it passes unseen under Reservoir Road in huge cement pipes.
A few days after I took these photos, I noticed Ross Drew walking along the path with a prospective fencing contractor, and about a month later there was an eight-foot hight Cyclone chain link fence up along the whole frontage, which very effectively prevented entry.
This next block of three "thumb nails" show on the left the view of the creek boundary looking due north from approximately the centre of the block. The uncleared grass and weed, chest high in places, is very noticeable.
The middle one shows the view in the opposite direction, towards the first "dog leg" of the site, and the right hand one while taken from the same centre line, is from a spot further west towards the very long boundary that abuts on to "Tea Tree Gardens" retirement village. The view shows the far corner of the westernmost boundary, with the prominent gum tree on the corner.
Some of the photographs taken were from on top of what was referred to somewhat irreverently as "Mount Sinai" - the high mound of soil where houses 30, 31 and 32 have since been built.
Please use the links below to walk through the many and various visits made to the site on official residents' inspection days, and on other days when an amenable site supervision said "yes".
I would like to thank Will Vaatstra (Manager Assets and Property - Warrina Homes) and Brian Foreman (Site Supervisor - Homestead Homes) for their tireless help and co-operation, and their fielding of many questions associated with documentation and work in progress, some of which may well seemed to be dumb!