Surburbia approaches.....

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17th December 2005, 08:09 PM
ozwinner

Surburbia approaches.....

Welcome back.

We moved to where we are living 15 years ago because we liked the country feel of the place.
BUT....................

Suburbia is fast approaching the town.
We feel we have the need to move once the shop ( Craporium ) is sold.

We have always wanted the self sufficient life style, you know, chooks, veggies, make your own power etc.
Somehow we got stuck here ( Northern Melbourne ), we were at one stage heading for Qld.
Bundy looked good for a long while, but is too humid is summer.

Anyway, has anyone here done the self sufficient life style thing?

Al :)
17th December 2005, 08:19 PM
echnidna

Don't matter where you live in Oz there will be residential development.

Qld is too hot in summer.
Melbourne is too cold in winter.

Sydney is the pits.

BTW there is snow and ice in NSW and QLD.
Its not confined to Vic or Tasssy
17th December 2005, 08:24 PM
ozwinner

Tass looks good, all I got to do is convince the missus.

Al :(
17th December 2005, 08:27 PM
Pat

Close to a supply of Tassie wood, I bet!:)

Good luck were ever you roam . . .
17th December 2005, 08:50 PM
Auld Bassoon

Quote:

Originally Posted by ozwinner

Welcome back.

We moved to where we are living 15 years ago because we liked the country feel of the place.
BUT....................

Suburbia is fast approaching the town.
We feel we have the need to move once the shop ( Craporium ) is sold.

We have always wanted the self sufficient life style, you know, chooks, veggies, make your own power etc.
Somehow we got stuck here ( Northern Melbourne ), we were at one stage heading for Qld.
Bundy looked good for a long while, but is too humid is summer.

Anyway, has anyone here done the self sufficient life style thing?

Al :)

G'day Al,

I spent about a year in the early '90s just sailing around, mostly Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Atlantic. That's pretty sulf-sufficient as there wasn't any more than four people on board at any one time, and sometimes just two (i.e. moi plus one). Trouble was, they were all blokes, so some "shore time" was required :D

I love the idea of being quite independent from industrial/business life (maybe a darksider thing), to but not sure how I'd get a water/wind/solar generator to crank out enough for the Table Saw:confused:

Merry thingy and all that!
17th December 2005, 08:52 PM
rick_rine

well Oz our house is on the market here in Tas . 10 acres with a creek you could run a small turbine of , crayfish , platapus and trout in the creek, 60 fruit trees , pig pens , chook shed , 100 square meter workshop , 100 square meter hothouse with orange trees and mandarines , sweet potato tomatoes etc .
Lovely climate Tasmania

Regards
Rick
17th December 2005, 08:57 PM
echnidna

Quote:

Originally Posted by ozwinner

Tass looks good, all I got to do is convince the missus.

Al :(

T'other thing ya gotta do is grow an extra head:D :D :D
17th December 2005, 08:57 PM
ozwinner

Quote:

Originally Posted by rick_rine

well Oz our house is on the market here in Tas . 10 acres with a creek you could run a small turbine of , crayfish , platapus and trout in the creek, 60 fruit trees , pig pens , chook shed , 100 square meter workshop , 100 square meter hothouse with orange trees and mandarines , sweet potato tomatoes etc .
Lovely climate Tasmania

Regards
Rick

Actualy I thought I saw your place on Property Point today.

Al :cool:
17th December 2005, 08:58 PM
bitingmidge

Quote:

Originally Posted by echnidna

Qld is too hot in summer.

Been a while since you checked out the average temps in SE Qld Bob?

Bundy's not too bad Al, but it's getting close to the warm bits....at your age, shouldn't you be looking for somewhere close to a hospital? :D :D

There are plenty of places in SEQ which can't be urbanised for at least 20 years because of the ramifications of the SEQ regional plan, the Gommint says ya can't!!

As for temps, the AVERAGE MAXIMUM January temp is a mere 4° higher than Melbourne, but the ACTUAL maximum is about 10° lower!!

Cheers,

P (who shouldn't be telling anyone this, they'll all want to come here!)
No heater, no airconditioner.... life is great!
:D :D :D
17th December 2005, 09:04 PM
ozwinner

Quote:

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

(who shouldn't be telling anyone this, they'll all want to come here!)
No heater, no airconditioner.... life is great!
:D :D :D

Thats the prob,
Expected growth in our area 30,000 ppl in the next 5 years. :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Al :(
18th December 2005, 10:04 AM
ptc

Tassy.
Moved from Qld 2 .1/2 years ago.
Put some money in the bank.
Only draw back is its bloody cold !
18th of Dec and i'm sat here trying to decide
if i should light the woodheater.
If you want to get away from the rat race.
Smithton area.
18th December 2005, 10:07 AM
Iain

Built a two storey mud brick back in the mid 80''s about 30km out of Bairnsdale, solar powered and I designed the regulator for the big 2 volt batterries, one of the first MOSFETS around as most were using a big zener as an excuse for regulation.
Solar hot water was with big coils of 19mm black poly on the roof and heating was done with wood and a 'hothouse' with a bluestone block that got hot in the sun and pumped heat through.
This area suddenly became trendy and we started getting neighbours then power came through, then we got roads and rates went up.
I got transferred to Melbourne, then 3 years ago we moved here.
A nice compromise at the moment, about 1km out of town, close enough to get what we want but too far for the dickheads to come and annoy us.
But developement is underway with acouple of 1/4 acre and 1 acre estates on the move.
Tassy is nice but bloody expensive if you want to go interstate for a few days.
Have to add the price of getting the car and the family across and back, done it the other way a few times and found it prohibitive.
18th December 2005, 11:08 AM
Grunt

Ms. Grunt and I are planning to go back to nature next year.

We've got 30 acres on the Campaspe River at Redesdale. We're putting the Romsey house on the market in Feb and when that sells, I'll quit work and become Farmer Grunt.

We're buying a caravan in the new year to live in for the short term. I'm going to build a Straw Bale house and set up a purmaculture garden. Plant olive trees, grapes and about 100 fruit trees. Squish the olives to make bio-diesel to run the tractor.

We're planning to be self sufficient if we wanted to within 5 years.
18th December 2005, 11:16 AM
Gingermick

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Originally Posted by ozwinner

Anyway, has anyone here done the self sufficient life style thing?

Aeg20boat.
18th December 2005, 11:27 AM
Clinton1

Mick, I think Al is chatting to him on Ebay at the moment.

Al - Have a look at Biloela, Qld. Cold in winter, not so humid in summer. I rate it.
18th December 2005, 11:31 AM
lesmeyer

Once saw a program on TV about the self sufficient house. From memory the orientation of the house - north facing windows (not exactly north), and using the septic tanks to produce gas for the stove, solar heating to name a few. This bloke had it all set up nicely. His only problem was encroaching suburbia. Seems no matter where you start (with exception of the back o' burke), soon everyone is around.
Les
18th December 2005, 11:43 AM
bitingmidge

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Originally Posted by Gingermick

Aeg20boat.

I'm going to have to stop going on holidays. Al, Mick is deadset correct:

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Originally Posted by aeg20boat

N.B. Bleeding and going hungry are not things to be scared of, on the contrary they are feelings to be relished when neccessary.

Cheers,

P

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