The 2026 Week 2 Restoration Works
The volunteers were hitting their stride in week 2 with visitor flow through the Bakery growing and Stonework and clean-up work around site progressing well. Work on the NSU 62 signwriting was looking great and the replica Ticket Office was taking shape.
Week 2 saw a visit from the ABC people from ABC North and West. Two crews visited, with the Radio guys doing the live breakfast show from the Cafe area of the bakery, and the TV crew filming and interviewing for an ABC News item which was broadcast a couple of weeks later. We provided them with some of our drone footage of the Bakery and the main street of Farina to use in the news item.
Closeup at the Underground Oven
Interviewing John at the Underground Oven
Filming action in the Bakery
Interviewing Coordinator John and Baker Kerry
Live ABC Radio morning show from the Bakery
Filming Kerry at the Bakery oven
After an initial visit to Farina, Chairman Bill returned home and visited Quirky Cots to pick up another load of dried fruit to bring up to Farina when he returned. He took with him a couple of our famous heavy fruit loaves to show them where some of the fruit goes. Prior to leaving Farina Bill also turned his hand to being a washing machine repairer to keep the old Twin-tub washing machine going.
A great local supplier
Another pallet of Quirky Cots fruit
Fresh delivery of Fruit Loaf
Loaded up and ready to head to Farina
Loading the fruit
Bill fixing the twin-tub washing machine
Stonework continued in week 2 at the New Police Station on North Terrace. The Stonemasons identified the defects that required repairs and then the stonies got stuck in to undertake the repairs, and also went around capping the walls to stop the rain getting in, and finally repointing where the mortar at deteriorated. As always they had a lot of fun along the way laughing and joking with each other.
Replacing missing stones
Up on the scaffold
Repaired wall
Removing loose mortar and stone
Pointing near the front wall
Pointing in the hallway
Nearly finished this section
Getting down to work
Checking whether the windows are dirty
Gerry doing some capping
Capping the walls
Capping to keep the rain out
Capping and pointing
Another great looking section of wall
The carpentry team were making great progress on the replica Ticket Office with the frame completed and then the cladding started.
Ticket Office Frame
Starting the external cladding
Good progress with the cladding
Getting the rafters up
