Day One started with our team of 4, Miles, Gary, Peter & Aubrey, catching the 9.15am Rangitoto ferry, accompanied by regular volunteer for Motutapu Restoration Trust, Neil.
We arrived at the old schoolhouse to the sight of 2 pails of house paint at the front gate, one erected scaffold, loaned from MOEC and a petrol water blaster. So we hit the ground running with Peter waterblasting the house, Aubrey replacing damaged weather boards and Miles & Gary starting the paint preparation.
By the end of day one we prepared all the paintwork and managed to get half the windows undercoated.
Sunday, Day 3 was another fine day, so we were on track to complete our task. This saw the completion of the windows and weatherboards, followed by a clean if the lichen off the gutters and a fresh paint.
Finally, after a colour vote, we painted both doors red/brown (as per old nursery) and also the back steps. They set them all off very well against the white/grey colours. After excellent planning, hard work and great weather we finished at 2 pm, one hour ahead of schedule to allow us all to freshen up before catching the 5pm ferry. ANOTHER successful Rotary Club of St Johns community project.
