small world.

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quarantine.

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new home.

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queen of the dam.

even in the midst of this health nightmare we are still very lucky: we have great mountain bike trails nearby and as long as we don’t cross paths with other people we are still allowed to exercise: that’s of course exactly what we do. being out there is good for our health, good for our…

kkarpets.

i have been working hard to prepare the karavan for what we expected would be two weeks of self isolation on our lovely new 20 ha property in st helens. except the tasmanian government in all its wisdom decided that it is safer to sit in a government paid tiny hotel room. safer than out…

stairs.

the electric stairs on the kk lead a hard life. somehow they are pretty much straight in the path of the stones and the dirt coming form the car. as a result the entire extending and retracting gets more and more tedious as dirt inevitably finds its way into the joints. i have disassembled and…

making the connection.

remember last time i finally managed to install the firewood cradle that’s been sitting in the garage for two years. amazing how much more room i have there now. and check how much more professional the karavan looks, too. there are a few more steps, however, before the cradle is fully functional. as it sits…

fire? wood? cradle?

i’ve had the cradle for a while. i actually picked it up on the way home near brisbane, just after it had transpired that kimberley (the makers of the karavan) had bitten the dust. economically speaking of course. the cradle was a bit raw at the time, so i got the parts powder coated. and…

the bare necessities of life.

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time to go.

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trail fairies.

have you ever asked yourself how berms miraculously appear in the bush (or woods in other parts of the world)? how wooden trail features that make trails safer and more fun get where they are? or how the trails always seem to run well, no matter how much traffic or rain they get? every mountain…