Somewhere near the Snowies!
You may recall from the delayed November posting, that Kathryn and I located a nice cottage in the Snowy River area. Finally in January all the negotiations and paperwork were finalised and we got to return once again to start on some long overdue maintenance.
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So we packed up the car and the boy and headed south for an extended Australia Day working weekend.
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He took some time to get used to it especially being left on he ground floor at night.
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We came across some wildlife along the track, like this echidna.
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Located on approximately 40 acres of bushland, the west (mountain) facing gables are in need of relining and recladding.
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Northern facade showing driveway on left and entrance door to lounge, Dining Room window on right. A pergola required here along with landscaping. We have replaced the missing and cracked window glass.
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Eastern facade showing driveway, shed at rear left and
skillion roofed laundry on south side of house. Again
lower weatherboards left off for skillion roofed verandah.
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Southern facade showing laundry door on right, toilet window centre and shower on left end of skillion roofed corragated iron extension.
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While clearing debris around the back Kathryn located Bub & Dara the concrete koalas.
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Dining Room on west side with Loft Bedroom above.
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Kitchen opposite Dining Room on west side. The wood stove has a wet back system for heating the hot water tank above in the loft.
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Steps up to the lounge and stairs to Loft.
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Shower and broom closet.
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Loo with a view! Laundry behind.
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Lounge and loft
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The Kitchen Sink
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We discovered this 9 terrace fenced garden plot down the hillside.
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View out through the hole in the vapour barrier in the loft towards the Snowies in the distance.
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Off to explore the block.
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Down along the Northern creek bed (sans water).
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West across the granite outcrops at picnic spot # 1.
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Curse those nasty burrs #%!, they are everywhere.
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Views from the South West boundary.
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Views from the West boundary.
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One type of Butterfly
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A soak that soaks in well but maybe with a little bit of clay ....
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View up the North Boundary access easement to Ironmongy Road.
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Kathryn's gate and her new sign.
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View north across surrounding farm land from track into block.
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Visiting the Deep Space tracking station controlling the Mars rovers.
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