Apparently the men would travel south on the weekends to build the house, it was a little remote back then so trucking in materials was difficult along bush tracks. From what I am told, it was a long trek to get there in the transport of the era. Houses of that era had outside toilets or outhouses. There was no plumbing so it went into a pan, there was a little side door to retrieve the pan to empty it. Needless to say, they wanted this well away from the house.

The old outhouse is no longer functional, it is now used as a shed to store wood. We had a rain water tank for fresh water, nowadays there is scheme water with indoor plumbing. The water tank is gone, ironically, we don’t drink the tap water and instead use bottled water. Even better, you no longer need to stumble outside in the cold of night. Then there was the rain, rushing outside in your rain coat trying to avoid getting wet. There are no problems with snakes or spiders curled up in the outside toilet. Was this a problem before? You bet it was.