So a while back a friend gave me twelve second-hand yet hardly used 68W BP solar panels (possibly unused – they were apparently originally from the Sydney Olympic village all those years ago and were still in their packaging). I set up six on a small ground-mounted aluminium rack I had laying about (my roof…
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Building Our Bush Cabin – Part 4 – Chainsaw Milling a Log
It has been a while since I’ve posted anything on the cabin progress, so first up a quick update: roofing and guttering is on flooring is down some walls have external cladding The dimensional timber I’ve used so far I have milled with the help of a friend and neighbour who owns a portable mill…
Building Our Bush Cabin – Part 3
After a chilly night in the bus we awaken to a beautiful winters morning. The cabin will be post and beam construction, so time to find some nice straight trees that are tall and wide enough for our posts. Luckily our hundred acres is pretty much all bushland, although choice trees for posts are not…
Building Our Bush Cabin – Part 2
Part one left off with me having a beer and enjoying an evening by the camp fire after finishing off the ground floor bearers. I can sit for hours staring into the flickering flames, perched under the stars with a beer, or perhaps a port if it’s chilly, in hand. Some time went by before…
Building Our Bush Cabin – part 1
We’ve been camping on our bush block almost every available weekend now for a few years and have gradually progressed from cheap dome tent (above), to nice big canvas tent (which you can kinda see in the background of the other pics) and now an old 1969 Bedford bus converted to a motorhome (I might…
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