For the rest of the week, my brother and I (who is kinda my boss, which is pretty cool) were placed on a site, which to my legs hated, it was pretty much vertical. So when I say vertical, I mean you can put your feet sideways and slide down the hill. So forgetting anything from the car which was on the road above... yeah that was never good, not to mention we had some of the HOTTEST weather of the past few years, sitting at 32º - 35º. The site had been lined out ready for works to begin and had two trenches dug ready for the first two lots of footings. I learned how to correctly tie stirrups and how to gain a million cuts on your legs from the ties sticking out, to the point I had to ring Mum to check when my last tetanus injection was. It was a pretty good feeling see the section turn from a few empty holes, to a bunch of posts all braced in and ready for concrete to come. (images above) 

  

So that was pretty much what my first week on a building site was like. Including one rain day, which was also the day the concrete for the footings arrived, so we still worked the morning in the rain. One thing I would like to say is, I'm pretty happy with the team of guys I've been working with down here. Not once have I been given any shit for being a girl, not once has someone said "oh that will be too heavy for you, I'll get it" they have always let me give it a go and then if its a bit beyond my current strength then id let them give me a hand. Being treated no different than anyone else is exactly what I was looking for! So it's been a great start.