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Popular Post yoeddynz Posted January 17, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2016 Wow. Crikey. Its been a while aint it. July was the last post. A few things have been done since then so I better get typing. First off. Come February we will have owned the land for two years and it will be 14 months since we moved out to it. Its settled in nicely and we are getting a good feel for the seasons and all the little things that happen out here when they change. Starting to get to know the locals quite well and have had lots of work coming into the workshop from just word of mouth which is awesome. Hannah is working a summer season job down at the beach front and when thats over we will be doing a flyer drop around the valley and surrounding areas to put out to people that they can get many sorts of engineering/repairs/bike repairs/advice on cats/great coffee from us* *my coffee aint that great.. In the start of spring I spent a morning going about the land taking photos. I tried to compose them as close as I could to the original photos we took as we cleared the land. Some are ever so slightly off. This was because things have changed so much that even I struggled to work out where the original photos were taken! I'm pretty happy with the resulting before and after collection so I'll put them right here. I have tried to list them from the drive way entrance and then heading down the drive to the north end of the property. The driveway entrance.. heading up the drive.. The highest point of the driveway.. I like this one.. looking down the driveway. Such a difference. Next up- one of the 5 old caravans that got taken away. This one was surrounded by lots of junk/scrap steel etc. Now just trees and some sweet old gates we saved. The mountain bike track I started heads in just around there. These next ones are looking out from about where the cabin veranda is.. Looking back towards where the cabin is now. Thats my brother duncan trying to locate where the Gravely mowers might be. We found them a few months later. and now.. Hannah wondering WTF... This next one is from the first night we stayed over to check the land out. We had pushed the driveway gorse down by throwing the van into 4wd and just driving over the top. Here down at the north end I was just laying back in the grass chilling and imagining what the area could be like. There is now a bit more parking area.. The following morning of the first night Hannah chilling in the morning sun with a coffee. We didnt really know what this area was going to be like in two years time.. This is it. you can see we kept the little Kanuka to the left. Its thriving now! The main yard was not much of a yard back then.. This is better !... Our first morning.. two years later.. I'm really glad I took so many photos before we cleared it all. Its great to look back at. Moving on to recent times. Not long before xmas this happened.. https://youtu.be/uaAHS96LGP4 We had been wanting rid of that 70 plus year old bugger for ages and its so good to see it gone. Shane (sideways sickness) and Greg (64Valiant) came round and got to see some of it heading to earth. Then we had a nice BBQ. Big thanks goes out to Shep for chopping it down. No way would I be doing that job. For starters I dont have chainsaw with a metre long bar! Nor the skill or experience. It was great fun just helping out and watching. We have many more big pine trees to come down over the next couple of years but this one was the one I wanted gone now. The view afterwards is heaps better!!!. Plus we now have a sweet as 8 metre high trunk to build a cool viewing platform on one day Before.. After.. Then for the end of the year we thought we had better crack on and finish the bathroom before my brother came over to stay. We needed the shower going for him so we got stuck in and finished it just before xmas eve. It still has some little finshing touches like light switches, extra lights, better prettier shower head, hand rail up the steps etc but its pretty much done. It works really well however I reckon we'll get a new califont for winter as the old Palomar is a bit small on heating capacity. We'll see. The compost toilet is working really well and still doesn't smell. Ive not yet even wired in the fan. Happy with that. Its taking about 3-4 months to fill a bin. Will put in a third bin soon and then start a secondary outside composting area away up under the eucalyptes just to be safe. The bathroom lights and shower pump are running off the cabin solar panel setup too and we have run wires to add a couple of outside lights to light up the pathway from the cabin to the bathroom. I just have to make some lights yet. Anyway.. some photos of the new bathroom ... We moved all the various piles of gorse and Kanuka into one place to chop too. Here you can get an idea of the amount of Gorse we cleared.. We have also started a vege garden and although a bit late its going well. Its certainly not a massive affair like our neighbours but we'll learn and it'll get bigger/better. The strawberries all going mental and its great to have 4 or 5 fresh strawberries on the cereal in the morning. Our fruit orchard trees are growing well and seem pretty happy. We'll plant heaps more this winter. The olive tree seems happy as so we'll plant more of them along the driveway. Finally Hannah spotted an old picnic table offered for free down at someones holiday home so we grabbed that. I told the owner we had been after one for ages so he was stoked it was going to be used. It looks the part and is an ideal little spot to chill. Thats it for now. I hope you enjoyed it. Im pretty damn happy with it all and now the rush is sort of over (for a bit) we have both finally been enjoying more of a summer recently of just swimming and cycling. Next big plan is the mezzanine floor in the workshop but that will be a winter thing. Then more cabins! Oh and bike tracks. Oh and spa pool. Damn... 56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mof Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Fuck yeah new post. .. So epic Much jealous! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimShadboltfan27 Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 man so much pine (literally) over your acreage amazing amount of effort put in. definitely living the dream!would be an ideal little bed n breakfast type arrangement, for punters wanting to re-live the pioneer experience such as yourself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 I knew you had done a lot of work,but those photos show that you've done more work in 2 years than I have done in 30. Very envious and am pining for a visit! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 bloody awesome guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willdat? Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 I see there's someone on Airbnb charging $200/night to stay in a house truck (and it's popular!). Maybe you need to build some more! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreatestben Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Solid effort, we did the same recently and compared then and now photos. Yours are much more impressive! It certainly provides good feelings and motivation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 Cheers fellas! Yeah I'm bloody glad I took heaps of photos of what at the time was just.. Gorse.. Yeah Will- there are a few housetrucks out for rent locally and the websites show them often booked out at silly prices. We do have plans to rent out what ever we build up on the ridge because it is just so sweet up there. So what ever we build is going to have to be something pretty special. We have only just spotted another area at the south end up on another ridge that gets great light and has a awesome view plus looks down on a gully of massive tree ferns. Never thought to look up there. Will be a mission to build there but could always try to build a real deal pioneer chainsaw milled hut up there. Got to make a track first. Good thing is there would be a completely separate parking area in the gully so it could be rented and have complete separation from us. Oh man..so many ideas and things to build. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Inspirational stuff you two.. Amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewaysickness Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Wow! Your bathroom floor matches perfectly with my bus's bathroom wall! Awesome stuff guys. I've seen most of those pics and seen it all in real time too but it still amazes me to see the amount of work you two have done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 This is epic. Truly Epic! I think I will have to take the family to stay with Beka's friends in Nelson, then I can spend quality time chilling with you guys next summer! I will bring my MTB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igor Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Amazing progress in just two years. 'Twas your post of this on LSB shortly after you bought it that led me into OS. Would love to come for a look some time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 This is epic. Truly Epic! I think I will have to take the family to stay with Beka's friends in Nelson, then I can spend quality time chilling with you guys next summer! I will bring my MTB Yes- do so. I'll tell Will and he can come out with his bike and we ride together. Amazing progress in just two years. 'Twas your post of this on LSB shortly after you bought it that led me into OS. Would love to come for a look some time. Ha- wow. Ive not been on LSB in ages. I should really put up a thread on there but not sure if they have a section for this sort of thread? Yeah come have a look for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllTorque Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Sure is the flashiest long drop I've ever seen. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCARE! Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 spent the whole day reading this thread from start to finish in between pretending to work.. living the dream man, so inspiring 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cute wee gem Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Shit that looks like a lot of work! Inspiring to say the least. Amazed and also jealous of bushy goodness 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I want to come visit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 #nats17 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Really impressed by your gorse removal, I hate the stuff! was any tordon involved or 100% manual? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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