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Diary Entry No: Date:       Major Developments
     
127 19/02/2009 Shelves turning into cup board
126 19/02/2009 Container into shed project has started
125 19/02/2009 Fencing
124 19/02/2009 Solar Food Dryer Construction
123 19/02/2009 Holiday in Tasmania
122 15/12/2008 Harvesting
121 15/12/2008 Skirting boards
120 12/11/2008 Some other little projects
119 12/11/2008 Garden developments
118 12/11/2008 Building decks
117 12/11/2008 Back again - what we did with the boat
116 31/07/2008 Short update before going on holidays
115 28/05/2008 Internal Doors
114 08/05/2008 So now we are more or less up to date again
113 08/05/2008 Kitchen drawers
112 08/05/2008 Kitchen range hood and splash back
111 08/05/2008 Floor boards
110 08/05/2008 The rest of the tiling
109 08/05/2008 Pouring the concrete bench tops
108 08/05/2008 Painting completed, now with pictures
107 08/05/2008 Why the long delay - well we had to move in
106 15/02/2008 Painting completed, but no pictures
105 06/02/2008 Recycling wood for windows
104 06/02/2008 Progress with bathrooms
103 06/02/2008 Finally some updates
102 13/12/2007 Last entry 2007, with a warning of a "strong" picture
101 21/11/2007 Laundry cupboards, bricks in kitchen, landscape pictures
100 21/11/2007 Cupboard doors with hidden hinges
99 04/11/2007 Entryway wardrobe, kitchen and old rendering pictures
98 31/10/2007 Building wardrobes in bedrooms
97 31/10/2007 Rendering inside and building walk-in-wardrobe and linen cupboard
96 09/10/2007 Plastering finished and walls mostly painted
95 26/09/2007 More plastering, some render pictures and some gardening
94 12/09/2007 Plastering, painting, fencing and inside second coat rendering
93 21/08/2007 Plaster board and a new video
92 07/08/2007 More pine lining, insulation, trees and plaster board
91 15/07/2007 Electrical, Insulation, pine lining and garden developments
90 15/07/2007 Installing doors - part II
89 01/07/2007 Nice morning frost in June
88 01/07/2007 Small jobs taking a long time
87 09/07/2007 Doors, Vacuum cleaner, electricity and some colourbond
86 03/06/2007 Installing doors
85 21/05/2007 Making doors
84 21/05/2007 Main house second coat completed
83 06/05/2007 Workshop completed and rendering inside garage
82 02/05/2007 Second coat on cabin walls completed
81 22/04/2007 Alan Johnston
80 22/04/2007 Cabin walls with first coat of render + window and door alterations
79 10/04/2007 Rendering and strawbales around the cabin
78 20/03/2007 House developments - sorry for the delay
77 20/03/2007 Garden developments
76 25/02/2007 Windows installed
75 13/02/2007 All external walls completed with one coat of render
74 03/02/2007 Trees and planned future planting
73 03/02/2007 Internal brick wall for thermal mass
72 03/02/2007 External walls all but completed
71 16/01/2007 Wall section 3 completed and section 4 ready for rendering
70 07/01/2007 Rendering of second wall section has started
69 30/12/2006 Last entry in 2006
68 25/12/2006 Christmas in Hobart
67 23/12/2006 Strawbale walls
66 09/12/2006 Eve lining and colourbond walls
65 20/11/2006 Besser blocks and garage doors
64 12/11/2006 Plumbing and window frames
63 04/11/2006 Veranda, down pipes and solar hot water system
62 29/10/2006 Ceiling joists and veranda
61 22/10/2006 Roofing virtually completed
60 14/10/2006 Hot and Windy October
59 08/10/2006 Roofing materials on the ground
58 03/10/2006 Ready for colourbond
57 20/09/2006 Surfing at the Tasman Peninsula
56 17/09/2006 80% of house structure completed
55 09/09/2006 Work has started on the roof structure
54 03/09/2006 A nice Sunday walk
53 02/09/2006 Internal and external stud walls finished
52 27/08/2006 Tree planting and wall construction
51 17/08/2006 House construction has started !!!
50 07/08/2006 Second coat of rendering completed
49 20/07/2006 Rendering has started....and is going well
48 16/07/2006 Ready for rendering
47 10/07/2006 Reeds planted and mounds around orchard
46 09/07/2006 Reed bed construction
45 09/07/2006 Garage almost ready for rendering
44 11/06/2006 Strawbale technique used
43 11/06/2006 Garage walls up, house slab finished
42 07/05/2006 Garage roof up and house slab ready for poor
41 23/04/2006 Garage roof almost done
40 15/04/2006 Garage, house slab and curtains
39 05/04/2006 First indoor shower in 4 months
38 03/04/2006 Bathroom walls and floor finished
37 03/04/2006 Sunrise and snow on the mountain
36 28/03/2006 Landscape changes
35 28/03/2006 Bathroom is starting to look like a room
34 28/03/2006 Hot and cold running water
33 15/03/2006 The pet we didn't know we had (and no longer have)
32 15/03/2006 The roof is up !
31 07/03/2006 Garage slab poured !
30 28/02/2006 Cabins, plumbing, strawbales, etc.
29 06/02/2006 Today we moved into the cabins!
28 01/02/2006 Container Living
27 27/01/2006 We have building permit + some site views
26 22/01/2006 The story of the boat
25 22/01/2006 It is now 141 days since your antivirus programme was updated!
24 10/01/2006 The phone is connected and working, and some other news
23 19/12/2005 And then we poured the cement !!!
22 15/12/2005 Slabs for the cabins
21 15/12/2005 Preparing the boat
20 14/12/2005 Container arrival and unpacking
19 14/12/2005 Building the toilet
17 15/12/2005 Ferry trip Sydney to Devenport
15 07/12/2005 New York trip
14 05/12/2005 Finally a new entry
13 01/09/2005 Packing completed
12 21/08/2005 Packing has started
11 01/08/2005 Passport arrived and some small house changes
10 26/07/2005 And here are some more house drawings
9 26/07/2005 We have a car and it is called "M"
8 27/06/2005 Good news and a name
7 09/06/2005 And now for some more drawings
6 12/05/2005 Not really building news
5 10/05/2005 Rethinking laundry and top floor storage space
4 18/04/2005 Comments sent to designer and our two perferred drawings
3 13/04/2005 Some comments and adaptions to the latest drawing
2 05/04/2005 House drawings - set number 2 arrived from designer
1 29/01/2004 After visit to Tasmania in January 2004

 

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