August 19, 2018 AD
Bixbus Tent Community Register, 19 August 2018
The second day of the Bixbus Tent Community. With the first night under canvas behind them, Aaron Smyth and Brett Wilson's volunteers had learned the drill, and more of the military tents went up across the cleared ground as settlers began moving in from their own shelters.
The Count
- Residents at start of day: [carried from 18 August]
- Arrivals: [to be set]
- Departures: [to be set]
- Residents at end of day: [to be set]
- Tents standing: 8
- Beds standing: 144
- Beds in store: 108
Conditions
The second day of building went faster than the first. The volunteers who had fumbled with poles and guy ropes the day before now knew the order of the work, and Aaron Smyth kept them at it from first light, with Brett Wilson, rested at last after the raid, working alongside them. Five more tents went up in a line beside the first three, bringing the total to eight, with 144 cots. More ground was levelled for the remaining six.
Settlers began carrying their belongings across from the camping tents and motorhomes they had been living in, and latrine trenches were dug at the edge of the new lines.
Arrivals
[to be set]
Departures
[to be set]
Roll
[to be set]
