http://www.ambitgambit.com/2008/04/24/under-the-moruya-moon-4/ Ambit Gambit Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:01:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ambitgambit.com/2008/04/24/under-the-moruya-moon-4/comment-page-1/#comment-2328 ronda jambe Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:40:34 +0000 http://localhost/ambit/?p=2960#comment-2328 Glad you enjoyed the pics, Graham. Good to know the name for the fronds, too. I just know them as budqwangs, and they are protected species that can't be underscrubbed. I used to cut the fronds at my previous bolt hole in the bush and use them as an outdoor shower screen. No problems with the composting toilet, as long as the fan is on. We only just rotated the big cylinder, after several years of periodic use. Gorgeous spot, I do adore it. The place in town is for future development, as the block is 3500 m2, and in town, near the golf course. Glad you enjoyed the pics, Graham. Good to know the name for the fronds, too. I just know them as budqwangs, and they are protected species that can’t be underscrubbed. I used to cut the fronds at my previous bolt hole in the bush and use them as an outdoor shower screen.
No problems with the composting toilet, as long as the fan is on. We only just rotated the big cylinder, after several years of periodic use.
Gorgeous spot, I do adore it. The place in town is for future development, as the block is 3500 m2, and in town, near the golf course.

]]> http://www.ambitgambit.com/2008/04/24/under-the-moruya-moon-4/comment-page-1/#comment-2329 Graham Bell Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:14:19 +0000 http://localhost/ambit/?p=2960#comment-2329 Ronda Jambe: Aah. So you've caught a glimpse of the Chinese in action; a mere taste of things to come. :-) Good progress on your place. Concrete floating? Of course. There were plenty of "concky" lighters and cargo ships during World War II and plenty of "ferro-cement" yachts since. If the builders say that concrete tanks can pop out of the ground, better believe them;near empty concrete tanks can be taken away by floodwaters too. Apart from investment potential - why buy another place in the town? This one looks terrific. Being so close to the sea, watch out for rust. You mightn't get any actual spray but but salt-laden air will travel a fair distance. If the palm-like fronds in the picture are macrozamia, do not try to eat them - they're poisonous. Aborigines may have done so but only after washing the pulped kernels in running water for a few days .... and even then I'm not so sure. Any problems with the composting toilet? Like your recycled curtains. Why wouldn't anybody be well-furnished .... or well-dressed for that matter? My envy meter is showing viridian green at the moment. :D Ronda Jambe:
Aah. So you’ve caught a glimpse of the Chinese in action; a mere taste of things to come.
Good progress on your place.
Concrete floating? Of course. There were plenty of “concky” lighters and cargo ships during World War II and plenty of “ferro-cement” yachts since. If the builders say that concrete tanks can pop out of the ground, better believe them;near empty concrete tanks can be taken away by floodwaters too.
Apart from investment potential – why buy another place in the town? This one looks terrific.
Being so close to the sea, watch out for rust. You mightn’t get any actual spray but but salt-laden air will travel a fair distance.
If the palm-like fronds in the picture are macrozamia, do not try to eat them – they’re poisonous. Aborigines may have done so but only after washing the pulped kernels in running water for a few days …. and even then I’m not so sure.
Any problems with the composting toilet?
Like your recycled curtains. Why wouldn’t anybody be well-furnished …. or well-dressed for that matter?
My envy meter is showing viridian green at the moment.

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