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3/30 The Recycled Chair

I’m addicted to this chair.
I found it in the Townsville tip some 10 years ago and it has wandered around continents with me since. Most of the colour has come off on my bottom and it has been retied to stop collapsing at inopportune moments. A most characterful chair.
Have you got one?

2/30 Nautilus

These are beautiful deep sea creatures that live in New Caledonian waters. Some species such as this one, Nautilus macromphalus are endemic to New Caledonia. 
They make staggering works of art and if you are lucky you can find a nautilus shell washed up on the beach. If you ever make it to New Caledonia they have [...]

Thirty Days of Everything 1 - Polished Concrete

I was checking out a friend of mine’s blog and liked what she did with this idea. Thirty Days of Everything involves a 30 day period of  documenting photographically things that you do/see on a regular basis.
My Thirty Days of Everything is going to be a little different. It will be a photographic journal of [...]

Choosing A Water Tank

It’s our great debate. Underground or overground? How big? What material? How much?
Costs and Rebates
Starting with finance…you are looking at anything from $500 (around 600 litres) to $15,000 (10,000 litres) installed. All states have some kind of rebate for installing water tanks though the specifics are constantly changing. In WA you get a rebate of $50 [...]

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