Tuesday 19 July

Maurie Cohen in front of the barn

Today I met with Marc, Maurie and Kevin Cohen of Co-Wyn Building Group at 9.00am to discuss the builders taking possession of the site and the demolition of the cottage and farm outbuildings. We discussed the removal of things we would need from the cottage and the outbuildings. The builder will help us remove the three statues the Varroville nuns have stored with us. It was agreed we keep two or three bays of the end shed so that we can keep the tractor there. Bruce Page our handyman who was also present suggested the builder will make this part of the shed weather proof. We also spoke about the Moreton Bay Fig which is very near the building. The fear is the huge roots will damage the building. The builder and architect will seek technical advice on this from the landscape architect.

Recovered Statue of Our Lady

Maurie organised a meeting later in the day with Vince Lopresti, whose cattle we agist. I attended this meeting at which Vince explained what he needed and Maurie Cohen agreed to put this into effect. Andrew Thiering also was in attendance and explained he owned a shipping container behind the sheds. I told him he needs to remove its contents and the container. Maurie expressed interest in buying the container for the use of the builders during the construction period. Maurie later told me he had bought the container.

After lunch the brethren rallied around and we went through the cottage, taking out and preparing for storage things that we do not want to lose.

The building site fence comes right to our chapel