Treated jarrah posts support shadecloth opening out to a deck path leading to the back corner of the yard. Photo: Handyman

 Our garden was just a plain lawn area without any real definition or good use of its best aspects.
 
The kids’ trampoline was up in the back corner, in the best spot in the yard, with great views and an elevated position.
 
So I reclaimed the space and built a low retaining wall then filled the platform area with liquid limestone.
 
My dad helped me cut some young jarrah then we debarked and treated them and bolted them on stirrups to support a shadecloth roof.
 
The landscaping followed then the decked curved path joined the area to the new patio around the house.
 
We’re out here all year round now.

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