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Restoring 1870 stone Irish built house in Bendigo, Vic, Australia, Dja Dja wurrong country. Visual artist concerned with species loss. AVM survivor.
Vic Australia, just emerging fom snooze season, skinny and hungry I bet. Blue+tongue (Skink) in my garden just now. Tiliqua scincoides
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Vic Australia, just emerging fom snooze season, skinny and hungry I bet. Blue+tongue (Skink) in my garden just now. Tiliqua scincoides
Canada and Australia are stalling, they know the window for fossil f is closing due to the falling prices of renewables and want to sell as much fossil as possible before a total collapse as China's renewables come onstream.
Aust coal price per metric tonne.
Aust coal price per metric tonne.
November 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Canada and Australia are stalling, they know the window for fossil f is closing due to the falling prices of renewables and want to sell as much fossil as possible before a total collapse as China's renewables come onstream.
Aust coal price per metric tonne.
Aust coal price per metric tonne.
Still a bloody big egg though!
October 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Still a bloody big egg though!
A little similar built during Australian gold rush 1870s by Irish architect Robert Love who worked in Cincinnati for several years. I am restoring, Bendigo Victoria Aust.
October 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
A little similar built during Australian gold rush 1870s by Irish architect Robert Love who worked in Cincinnati for several years. I am restoring, Bendigo Victoria Aust.
Pure joy to reas Dave, congrats. Esp. love this bit..
September 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Pure joy to reas Dave, congrats. Esp. love this bit..
The Irish saying ' beyond the pale' comes to mind. We've maintained use of our 160 y old glazing as a garden conservatory and are replacing baltic pine for Australian hardwood Spotted Gum. Should last another 160.
August 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The Irish saying ' beyond the pale' comes to mind. We've maintained use of our 160 y old glazing as a garden conservatory and are replacing baltic pine for Australian hardwood Spotted Gum. Should last another 160.
This house was built to overlook the major gold mines of Bendigo in 1871 which provided the wealth to build Melbourne. Architecturally designed for Irish gentry investor using centuries old technology of Irish country houses with two facades.
July 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This house was built to overlook the major gold mines of Bendigo in 1871 which provided the wealth to build Melbourne. Architecturally designed for Irish gentry investor using centuries old technology of Irish country houses with two facades.
Glad to hear. I've been doing likewise on my 1871 stone house here in Australia. Both plastic paint and portland cement removal, then lime render and limewash. Australia is dry compared to UK but the 70mm thick walls were full of damp but now are almost dry.
July 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Glad to hear. I've been doing likewise on my 1871 stone house here in Australia. Both plastic paint and portland cement removal, then lime render and limewash. Australia is dry compared to UK but the 70mm thick walls were full of damp but now are almost dry.
Upper floor lime wash close to original colour, lower still plastic. Loughmoe House Bendigo Australia (after Loughmoe castle, Tipperary). Dont ask me how its pronounced, esp. in Australia
May 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Upper floor lime wash close to original colour, lower still plastic. Loughmoe House Bendigo Australia (after Loughmoe castle, Tipperary). Dont ask me how its pronounced, esp. in Australia
Libs can't drive their truck yet want us to ler them drive Australia. No way!
April 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Libs can't drive their truck yet want us to ler them drive Australia. No way!
This is joist timber 1870, first photo is sanded. Im guessing redgum. Thoughts? Hard as.
April 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is joist timber 1870, first photo is sanded. Im guessing redgum. Thoughts? Hard as.
Labor supports Ukraine, I'll still vote Labor
March 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Labor supports Ukraine, I'll still vote Labor
That's a lot of elbow grease if hand done! Shelterbelts here follow creek lines, you don't have a water problem. There are some 100 y old hawthorn hedgerows still existing from settlement days. The rabbits & foxes love them, all are feral and very detrimental together with sheep practice.
February 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
That's a lot of elbow grease if hand done! Shelterbelts here follow creek lines, you don't have a water problem. There are some 100 y old hawthorn hedgerows still existing from settlement days. The rabbits & foxes love them, all are feral and very detrimental together with sheep practice.
Niece cinematographer record from yesterday, Antartic peninsular. You only get one chance to do this.
February 5, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Niece cinematographer record from yesterday, Antartic peninsular. You only get one chance to do this.
Feral cat research continues in Australia.
February 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Feral cat research continues in Australia.
34C in Bendigo atm, just over 21C inside. No aircon, with old 3mm wriggly glass windows, and thats upstairs. Bit cooler downstairs, but in that area walls are still drying, having been damp for generations I guess.
February 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
34C in Bendigo atm, just over 21C inside. No aircon, with old 3mm wriggly glass windows, and thats upstairs. Bit cooler downstairs, but in that area walls are still drying, having been damp for generations I guess.
Stone two storey in Bendigo, 1871 listed. Walls are 600mm+. Extemes of temp climate, house very livable, feel sorry for neighbours in recently built pine & cement boxes. Builders here are dumping stone when they prep sites. Seems crazy. Guess stones dont have barcodes, packaging and instructions.
January 31, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Stone two storey in Bendigo, 1871 listed. Walls are 600mm+. Extemes of temp climate, house very livable, feel sorry for neighbours in recently built pine & cement boxes. Builders here are dumping stone when they prep sites. Seems crazy. Guess stones dont have barcodes, packaging and instructions.
Sometimes a snippet of life 150 years ago appears when restoring in an old house (goldrush era, Australia). This is wallpaper hanging loose behind 1940s plaster. Touch it and it disintegrates.
January 4, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Sometimes a snippet of life 150 years ago appears when restoring in an old house (goldrush era, Australia). This is wallpaper hanging loose behind 1940s plaster. Touch it and it disintegrates.
Mm... here's ours, don't think its in Antarctica though
December 28, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Mm... here's ours, don't think its in Antarctica though
Summer solstice here.
December 23, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Summer solstice here.
Yeah well. Here's ours in amongst the wine glasses, bought at an artiss exhibtion in Nathalia some years ago. Ceramic.
December 22, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Yeah well. Here's ours in amongst the wine glasses, bought at an artiss exhibtion in Nathalia some years ago. Ceramic.
I discovered this today behind a 1940s 'renovation' fibro plaster which I needed to demolish to reveal the actual stone wall. Wallpaper circa 1870, goldrush era, Victoria Australia (I'm guessing). It was no longer attached and hung like a delicate curtain.
December 20, 2024 at 6:02 AM
I discovered this today behind a 1940s 'renovation' fibro plaster which I needed to demolish to reveal the actual stone wall. Wallpaper circa 1870, goldrush era, Victoria Australia (I'm guessing). It was no longer attached and hung like a delicate curtain.
You obviously know your stuff David, Ive read about the polyurethane filler/glue. Im restoring 1870 house and looking for best way to fill/joint old exterior joinery. Do you think it would work on, see photo.
December 15, 2024 at 12:13 AM
You obviously know your stuff David, Ive read about the polyurethane filler/glue. Im restoring 1870 house and looking for best way to fill/joint old exterior joinery. Do you think it would work on, see photo.