Of single story construction with four bedrooms,m balcony facing the bay used as a dining area, and bathroom and shower, it also had, like most recent dwellings,to supplement the indifferent town water supply, a water tank which stood about five feet from ground level at the front on concrete foundations, which served as a massive 40,000 gallon fresh water supply, fed from roof collected rainwater.
To the front separating the house from the tree lined main road into town to the right was a patch of rough grass followed by a field and bushes.
Across the road were mangrove shallows at the head of the bay beyond which, through a thicket of coconut palms, could be glimpsed a tantalising prospect of the sea.
Our arrival coincided with a major reclamation project on the shallows which was to be called Wickhams Cay, the work being carried out by a dutch dredging company using a suction pump.
On our arrival we had little time for other than a sort walk on the Wickhams Cay foreshore, before a pleasant dinner and catching up on news and planning the days ahead.
Lee Family History 