And down it pours

The concrete, that is. Not the rain.

The forecast was for showers, but the rain held off, and the slab pour went ahead.

Interestingly, the Courier-Mail today reported that "In just three days, parts of Brisbane have had almost as much rain as the October average." Apparently some nearby suburbs had up to 60mm over the weekend, just shy of Brisbane's average October rainfall of 62.5mm.

With more rain on the way it could be that today was a great window of opportunity to get the job done.

We watched a succession of cement mixers pull up to transfer their load to the crane. As it's quite a large slab (261 sq metres, not counting the alfresco and portico, which will be poured later) we had concrete coming from two different batching plants - Redcliffe and Lawnton - and ended up with a darker mix at the bottom and the familiar light grey on top. I wonder if the slab will end up looking like a Cadbury "Top Deck" chocolate? Hehehe.

Here's some shots of the work in progress.