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Monday, October 31, 2016

The cleanest air in the world

I took a very deep breath. And a few more. It seemed the thing to do at Cape Grim on the north west coast of Tasmania, which lays claim to the cleanest air on the planet. Scientifically measured by this baseline air pollution station.

When the wind is blowing from the west, it has travelled more than 16,000km across the Antarctic Ocean to reach land again. And when it rains (which is often), the entrepreneurial Cape Grim Water Company bottles it, claiming to be the purest water on the planet - and again its been measured. A work colleague once told me hed seen this water in New York restaurants for more than $20 a bottle. Marketing genius. I have tried the sparkling water and it is lovely. No doubt about it.

We visited Cape Grim during a half day tour of Woolnorth, the large property on the north west tip of Tasmania owned by the Van Diemens Land Company. We saw stretches of green pasture feeding dairy cattle (Cape Grim Beef is now mostly raised elsewhere in Tasmania), historic farm buildings, wedge tailed eagles soaring, large flocks of Cape Barren geese and the 62 turbine wind farm operated by Hydro Tasmania. It was wonderful to get up close to one of these amazing structures providing clean energy to many households. Just an awe-inspiring sight and sound.

The cleanest air in the world

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What do you really need your shed for? To start with you might think its going to be employed to store just the yard equipment. Think hard concerning this. Is it going to end up being a family shed? In other words, are the kids going to need to store their sports equipment in there? Or is your wife going to find a new place for the Excessive equipment, in your shed? Consequently make a hard and fast principle of what the shed is going to be used for. What size are you wanting it to be? Now you know exactly what it is going to be used for, that may give you the size that youre going to want. Don’t forget to organize for the future. If its restricted to garden outdoor goods, you will most likely become adding to your selection over the next few years, and that means you don’t want to have to build an outbuilding all over again. Where can you put it? You need to figure out when is the best place for it. It has to be some place available, without walking through your spouses favorite flower bed. Probably tucked away so that it doesn’t interfere with your gardening. Again think of the long term, you don’t want to have to move it. Now is the spot you have allotted for it and the size of your garden shed you want compatible? If not then there has to be a compromise, either in the space or even the size. Does in need to be insulated, water resistant, or open? If youre in a four period climate then you need to choose what seasons you will need the shed to be able to withstand the most.

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Sunday, October 30, 2016

The Kettering Incident

Its quintessentially Tasmanian. Stunningly beautiful and dark at the same time. After seeing the first two episodes of The Kettering Incident at last nights world premiere that kicked off the Dark Mofo festival, Im hooked and cant wait to see the rest.

Image source: Foxtel

Mysterious signs bearing the letters TKI started appearing around the Huon Valley and the Channel during filming last year, directing cast and crew to the days location. The eight-part series was filmed entirely in Tasmania, and it shows. A snow-capped Sleeping Beauty looms outside the windows. The light is soft. Plovers screech in the distance at night. The grey besser bricks of Mountain River Hall. Wet dirt roads. Bright green moss and man ferns. Spectacular views. Forestry loggers versus the greenies. The Bruny Island Ferry. Utes. Lots of utes.

The full series will air on Foxtel later this year, and while we dont get Foxtel at home, Ill find a way to see it all one day. Most of all, Id love to get my hands on one of the snow globes on sale in the local Kettering store... if you missed last nights screening, youll have to wait to find out whats inside them.

The Kettering Incident

The Market Franklin turns two

There are plenty of good weekend markets around here, but theres nothing quite like having one in your own town. I love being able to pop down the road, pick up some fresh produce or a birthday gift and catch up with friends. Today we took the dogs with us and took it in turns to wait outside with them as they collected pats and cuddles from locals and visitors to Tasmania. We bought some rye sourdough bread, a free trade coffee, potatoes, a cute purse for a young relative and a delicious warm jam doughnut from the colourful little van out front. Stopped for a chat with friends and favourite stallholders like Kellie from The Forgotten Tree with her buttons and jewellery made from salvaged Tasmanian timbers and Marie from Wakky Taz Creations with her handcrafted glass jewellery - all great gifts when we need them. There were fresh mussels, cakes, scarves, second hand goods, cushion covers and a local musician singing.

When we first moved here, there was a market only in the summer months, but two years ago, local business owner Natalie of Simply Spellbound skin care products took the initiative to take it over and run a monthly market all year round. Stallholders vary so there is always something new and different. The Market @ Franklin is on the last Sunday each month. See you there next time?

The Market Franklin turns two

Friday, October 28, 2016

MAKING A MARK The Making A Mark Awards Part 4 The Home Front

MAKING A MARK: The Making A Mark Awards (Part 4 - The Home Front)

MAKING A MARK The Making A Mark Awards Part 4 The Home Front

The not so quiet life

We were under the impression that life outside the big city would be quieter, more peaceful, with plenty of spare time for simply sitting and admiring the view. The opposite has turned out to be true. Well, its definitely quieter in terms of noise (I find it hard to sleep in Sydney hotels these days due to the traffic noise) but not in terms of things to do. In fact, we find ourselves doing much more here than we ever did in Sydney, partly because it is so much easier. Its easier, quicker and cheaper to drive into Hobart to see a movie or a show or eat out than it was to do so in Sydney. And then there is so much to do in our own local area, and even more as the weather warms up and festival season starts in Tasmania.

The most stressful period at work for me ended at the start of this month. I flew back to Tasmania on the Friday afternoon after a week working at a conference on the Gold Coast, a fantastic event that takes months of preparation from many people and creates a lot of pressure. Its the same every year, so I know what to expect, but that doesnt make it any better. That night we dressed up and went to a Halloween Ball in the Franklin Palais. Saturday morning there was unpacking, chores... on Saturday afternoon, American guitarist Richard Gilewitz and local musician Steve Gadd played at the Palais. Friends handed over a large bucket of herbs from their garden for our chooks. We had a lovely home meal. Sunday afternoon we spent at the

Longley International Hotel enjoying smooth ska and reggae from Hobart band Lively Up! (right) and on Sunday night we were back at the Palais for the monthly movie, this time a truly terrible French film called Breathless, enjoying a chat over shared plates of food at interval. The weekend was so full, I didnt have time to worry about the past week, what needed doing or what lay ahead. My left eye stopped twitching, the chest pains stopped and my right arm (the mouse arm) stopped aching. I felt brain dead, but happy.

We love the social aspect of life here, going to functions where you know half the room, trying and seeing new things that we might otherwise never have done in Sydney because it was all too hard. If you think moving to the country means becoming a hermit, think again... unless thats what you want, of course.

The not so quiet life

Hiking in the Huon

I finally managed to pick up a copy of this lovely little book called Family Bushwalks in Tasmanias Huon Valley. I knew of it because it contains a description of a walk that can be done from our place to the Old Mill, which I stumbled across on a web site while researching our move to Franklin. The book was published 20-odd years ago now and contains a good list of walks in the area as well as basic information about bushwalking in Tasmania, photos, drawings and poems as well.

Despite several attempts, we didnt actually manage to find the Old Mill hidden up in the forestry area until a friend showed us. This was because the "New Road" described in the book was no longer in the same place - forestry roads tend to shift, appear and disappear over the years. However, this morning while out for a run in the semi-dark (daylight saving ends this weekend), I discovered that there is once again a road or forestry spur leading to the Old Mill! The overgrown, wet path lined with man ferns and young myrtle beech trees has been cleared and fresh gravel laid. I feel kind of sad, as it was a pretty section of the walk, but if the nasty gorse patch and the spot strewn with beer cans are gone, it might be a good thing.

Hiking in the Huon

Thursday, October 27, 2016

The Obligatory Salute 2014 Post

Its a little late but I have been rather busy!

Lenin and I ventured along to Salute again this year. Queuing was back to being in another empty hall rather than in the main concourse and it seemed plain that there were a lot more pre-paid ticket holders at opening time than pay on the door people.

As several people have mentioned the lighting wasnt good but there seemed to be a little more space than previous years and the range of traders was good as always. I had pre-ordered quite a bit of stuff to ensure the journey made sense but I made the rather daft move of collecting most of it early and carting it around for the day (note to self dont do that again!).

Notable moments for me were meeting old friends and in particular seeing some from the Jersey Privateers putting on their first mainland show game - a very nicely executed 15mm WW2 game:

Having a brief chat with Richard Clarke from the Too Fat Lardies when I collected my copy of The Raiders for Dux Britanniarum - what a splendid chap!

Rich running the Lardies Chain of Command game later in the day

The enhanced Maidstone WW1 Belgium game (no pics, sorry - not sure what happened there!)

The bloggers meet up (good to see everyone, finally meet Michael Awdry of 28mm Victorian Warfare and get some delicious fudge from Clint of Anything but a One - what a generous chap!):

Picture shamelessly pinched from Rays blog (he got it from Carls...)

And some lovely games on show:

And heres what I came home with (more of these in later posts):

The Obligatory Salute 2014 Post

The annual dust bath

Today we cleaned out the chook shed. Thankfully, it only needs to be done once a year. The deep litter method of having at least six inches of hay, straw or sawdust on the floor seems to work well. The wooden floor of the old pickers hut was completely dry and clean underneath. And unlike last year, I did not find any little rat corpses hidden in a corner under the straw.

The amount of dust that poultry creates is pretty disgusting. You dont want to breathe that stuff in. Dressed in old work clothes, masks and goggles, we dragged out all the old hay and swept away piles of dust, grain husks and chicken poop. After the dust had settled, we spread out fresh hay. Following a tip from a local blogger, I cut all my remaining spearmint and distributed it around the shed (apparently rats dont like it), and then sprinkled lice dust around all the nesting and perching areas in the shed. Im glad that job is done for another year. Our hens really do have luxury accommodation - check it out.

The annual dust bath