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Snow, cattle, views and shed

Posted by Wanda Lach on Tuesday, September 16, 2014, In : House Building 
  Snowy morning at Sally Supreme
Poor girls freezing their udders off!
house in a blizzard
Shed at sunset


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On Building a Shed

Posted by Wanda Lach on Tuesday, September 16, 2014, In : House Building 

(August 25th)

The Shed

Finally we are building the shed! Slab was poured a while ago.  It is a daunting task. A 12x12m shed – can you imagine the span of the rafters? It’s all in steel too. A very good friend (not mentioning any names, Rob!!) has offered to come down and bring lots of tools and his engineering brain with him – could be interesting – two engineers from two different disciplines agreeing on what to do and how to do it!

We arrive at Sally Supreme – what? no water…...


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First World Problems...

Posted by Wanda Lach on Monday, August 4, 2014, In : House Building 
30 July, 2014
Well here we are at Sally Supreme and over the last few days there seem to have been an endless list of problems which has made the stay frustratingly uncomfortable.

For us 1st worlders access to water and power are just simply taken for granted.. right?

At Sally Supreme we have no power except what our blue Gennie supplies, no town water – our water supply is pumped up from the Grosses Plains creek below up to our very small tank and then gravity fed to Sally – there’s o...


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The day the wild wild winds huffed and puffed...

Posted by Wanda Lach on Wednesday, July 2, 2014, In : House Building 
Ferocious winds down in the Southern Alps region are not uncommon - but couldn't they have waited until the concrete had been poured???? really!

Our shed has been put off time and time again - finally last week the concreter came (from Cooma - I'd highly recommend him to Jindabynites...)  got everything in place on Saturday for a Monday early morning concrete pour.....arrghhhh!
It was called off because of the impending cold-front predicted (and it did arrive with a vengence) - if only they had...
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Plastering complete - ready for sanding

Posted by Wanda Lach on Wednesday, July 2, 2014, In : House Building 
Well, our gyprockers from Canberra have done a marvellous job. Unfortunately for us their final week and a bit has fallen smack bang in the middle of school holidays and a couple of dumps of much needed real snow!
I've found accommodation in various places - but of course the rates have all doubled and tripled because 'the snow has fallen'...! sheesh!
Thank goodness these guys are down to earth and are not really worried about where they lay their heads just so long as it's not under the stars ...
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Insulation Madness

Posted by Wanda Lach on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, In : House Building 
What an enormous job - I take  my hat off to Charles getting up on that shaky scaffold and doing the roof insulation!
Krystin has also climbed up there and has done the high walls and some ceiling insulation too, plus lots of walls.
Definitely not something I would have been comfortable doing.
Our insulation is R4.1 plus we have R1.5 sarking... total of R5.6.... let it snow, we won't mind!

The plumbers have turned the outside into a maze of trenches, everytime you step outside you just about fall...
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Avalon House

Posted by Wanda Lach on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, In : House Building 

 

 








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The first frosts have arrived

Posted by Wanda Lach on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, In : House Building 
There have been some very cold mornings and we were just waiting for the first 'real' frost of the season and we weren't disappointed. The early morning sunrays bedazzled the icy layer sending multi coloured sparkles this way and that!  The downside was the frozen water pipes! We had forgotten to disconnect and drain the water before we went to bed... luckily we have repaced most of those now with hoses that have some room to expand and contract unlike the old copper pipes - still - it did me...
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The day the mob of sheep came to visit and overstayed their welcome!

Posted by Wanda Lach on Thursday, May 1, 2014, In : House Building 
This is a past event now - thank goodness!  Back in January after the New Year we returned to the house for the weekend to do some work before the builders started in earnest.  All I can say is that when we arrived and saw the state of the house I literally cried! It took all four of us the entire weekend to attempt to clean up the disaster.

Now, you ask, why would there be a mob of sheep in the house?   Good question!

Our neighbours down the lane (a right-of-way through our property) don't see...
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Jindabyne house, work in progress

Posted by Wanda Lach on Sunday, April 6, 2014, In : House Building 
garage exterior complete
Eastern wall
front veranda and painted posts

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Jindabyne house, work in progress

Posted by Wanda Lach on Sunday, April 6, 2014, In : House Building 
garage before mini-orb put under eaves

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Jindabyne House, work in progress

Posted by Wanda Lach on Sunday, April 6, 2014, In : House Building 
The marks on the roof are a manufacturing problem. We have been waiting a very long time for the builders to sort this one out but the way it works is that the manufacturers will replace the roof but we have to put it up (i.e. we have to PAY someone to replace it...) sigh! think it will be cheaper to have it spray painted!   Any takers?

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Jindabyne - work in progress

Posted by Wanda Lach on Sunday, April 6, 2014, In : House Building 
Well the garage is finished on the outside now and work has started on the house.
windows and door frames are in. We are waiting on the glazier to fit the fixed glass panels in the top of the
very large window/door frames at front of house.
Boards have been put up on 2 external walls and eaves as well.  With the inclement weather the builders are
doing quite a bit of carpentry work inside - our walk-in wardrobe, the stairs to the mezzanine, blocking under front veranda for the eaves and some work...
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Jindabyne house pics

Posted by Wanda Lach on Sunday, April 6, 2014, In : House Building 
front veranda
view from kitchen
master bedroom
view from lounge room across kitchen and up into mezzanine
the 'formal entry'
view into kitchen area



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Jindabyne, work in progress

Posted by Wanda Lach on Sunday, April 6, 2014, In : House Building 
Well, this house has been in mothballs for quite some time now.
The last couple of months have finally seen lots of progress. I will post some photos from earlier this year and hopefully I will catch up with the present.
It's definitely autumn, lots of trees changing colour and loads of rain - unfortunately we are still waiting for the delivery of our 130,000 ltr rain tank!


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Plastering has begun...yay!

Finally the house is taking shape inside. It's been a drama tring to find trades people in downtown Jindabyne and areas close by.  With the approaching opening of the ski season, actually, this weekend now... the lodges have been trying to get all their remodelling, renovating and new work finished. What that means is that this is the busiest time of year for all trades. As soon as that snow falls in earnest work up on the mountains will be done for the season. Then, of course, these workers will be taking some well deserved time off. None of this is of any use to us mere mortals...

We have finally found some gyprockers  in Canberra and they seem to be good workers and have many years experience.  We have our fingers crossed!

Today the temperatures plummeted - cloudy, cool - very cool and damp - must have been a few snowflakes up on the high peaks for sure.

We had some visitors - Rob & Sandra came for a drive with Bella and took a tour of the house and gave us a great reason to take time off - great guests who brought lunch and some great wine - thank you!

Back in the warmth of our home away from Sally Supreme we have the fire going, the doggies fed and can hopefully relax for a while in front of the tele (thank you Cathy & Angus!)


 Photos below...

1st row: the plumbers needed to flush out the drains and test their plumbing...so down to the dam to fill up the cube, Charles decided to wash the car too - at least he managed to clean off some of the mud on one side! lol. 

Now there's a problem - flat tyre on the trailer when it's got a full load of water on board, lucky the hydraulic jack was in the garage :) (not so lucky for Justin when he had a flat tyre at home and Kk had to change it and found the jack was bu**ered!

The trench to the builder's outhouse?

2nd Row: No, it's not some alien worm... it's our alternate heating source for the bedrooms - hot air trapped in the apex of the mezannine is pumped into the bedroom below (hadn't been put in place in this pic)

3rd row: velux windows being put in and the finished front veranda roof  - even has my initial :)

4th & 5th rows: more veranda and velux window

6th row: Shed site  from the new velux window and our lovely rainwater tank before the downpipes were connected.


About Me


A traveller by name and nature. I constantly marvel at the beauty that surrounds me, from the miniscule to the panorama. The end result is a passion for photography, capturing that moment to be able to share it with everyone.