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So we recently sold our house and have moved into a rental in a modern house. The new place has a 30sqm (322sqft) double garage, which after 2 years of effectively not having a useable garage or shed is really awesome! At our old place my tools were literally stored under our bed because I had nowhere else to stash them.

The challenge for this space is that it really needs to work for a range of uses – storage (5 bicycles and a heap of parts, camping gear, garage and garden tools, paints), car parking (for my wife’s new car which we’ll be buying soon), workshop space (wood working, general maintenance on stuff, sign painting and anything else I come up with). Once you start looking at all of these needs it starts to look pretty tight!

The other challenge is that it is a rental. There’s a double power point in the back wall, a single overhead light, and that’s it. In the entire house there isn’t a single hook on the walls, not a single plant in the backyard, so it all points towards the tenants not having many options to be able to do things to the house. That’s fair enough, it’s just a parameter I need to work within, so restricts me from doing things like attaching cabinets to walls. Also we don’t know how long we’ll be here, so not looking to invest in anything we can’t take with us!

So this is the current state of the garage, literally just backing up the moving truck and unloading heaps of it into the garage. Nothing is stacked properly and it’s really inefficient. So my challenge is to sort this out so that I can get a workspace, storage and park a car in here! Will be an interesting challenge, but looking forward to it.

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My wife has just started a new job, which means we now get weekends off together. Previous to this she’s only had one weekend off a month, and since January every weekend has been ******* with the house sale and move. So on the weekend we took a drive down South from Sydney to a place called the Southern Highlands. We love just turning up a random country road and seeing what we find. And we find things like this track which lead to half a dozen farms and featured a few different creek crossings.

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Looking good. But I'm surprised with all the stuff you've got to arrange that "you know who" lets you sit at a computer to make a GJ entry...... :rocker: I can just hear what mine would be saying right about then.

Have fun. And yes, the Southern Highlands has some nice roads around it. The XJR loves getting exercised down there (not far from me).

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Thanks Lyndon :) We're looking at getting the wife some new wheels in a few weeks time, so that sets a deadline for getting the garage sorted - or at least enough for her to park in it :p

No garage update yet. Have got some shelving, still sorting the layout.

On Friday night we went to the Orpheum Cinema in Cremorne in Sydney's North. It's a gorgeous art deco cinema which was restored in the 80s. As well as regular new releases, they play more left of field/multicultural films, and they play a lot of old cult movies too. On Friday night they were playing Ferris Bueller's day off, so how could we say no :rocker: Dinner was fish and chips on the beach :)

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The exterior of the cinema has some great lines and neon
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The foyer has some great lighting
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And the inside of the cinema itself, with some great features on the wall.
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Have also been getting out on the bike a couple of times of a week, in our new place I've got bushland within a few hundred metres and its littered with singletrack - loving it :rocker:
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Today the missus and I went into the Sydney Classic Wooden Boat Show. She enjoyed it, but bribing her with doughnuts and quality coffee from a newly opened hipster doughnut shop certainly didn't hurt things :bounce:

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So bout time for an actual garage update eh?

So this was the before photo, with everything just thrown into the garage when when we were moving in.
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I bought 4 of these shelving units from Masters, $100 each, and overall pretty happy with them. Each shelf can hold 350kg, adjustable heights, and more versatility in terms of layout options than the pallet racking I was also considering.

And the in progress photo. As you can see it's a massive improvement already, but still a little way to go yet as we want to park a car in here too. The new shelves are on the right, I'll get some decent pics of everything when it's full sorted and its daylight ;)
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It might not seem like much, but this is the first time I've had a workbench in 2 years! In our old place all of my tools were under the bed in our main bedroom. The bench is my pa's old one, but unfortunately it's not in great shape and the timber isn't great. It'll do for now while I work out what I should do with it.
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I also got in and spent 5 minutes getting my wife's beach cruiser roadworthy again. Again it hasn't been ridden for basically two years, so great to get it back on the road, though it badly needs a clean as well. We got out for a quick ride as it was getting dark.
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And if anyone is interested, I posted up the process pics from start to finish of when I had my art deco wedding ring custom made with a buffalo horn insert a couple of years ago, over in the free parking section http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=326812

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Looking through a couple of the other threads on here, looks like there's a few people with old sewing bases doing duties alongside Webers :thumbup:
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One of the projects I've been meaning to get to is tidying up this old drafting table so it is actually usable. The plastic surface was peeling and wrinkled, as well as covered in bits of paint and other things.
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This gives you a better idea of the surface.
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And without the plastic on it, looks much better already. I've scraped off all of the glue, the next step will be sanding it baby **** smooth and a coat of matt varnish or oil, but that'll wait till daylight so I'm not annoying the neighbours :thumbup:
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The other project that will be getting some attention soon is my neglected Electra cruiser. It's got a few flat tyres and the Rat Rod Bikes forum have just started their annual build off competition, so using it as an excuse for the rebuild I've wanted to do since I bought it.
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Hewey, I must say those boats are a thing of beauty. It appears that you are into bicycles.(I don't know why I'm thinking that.)
Thanks for sharing. I'll be back to see more. And if I can find them, I have some photos of some amazing Chris Craft boats that a friend of mine works on.
 

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Are you actually going to ride it???? :dunno: :eyecrazy:

I mean, it's a fantastic piece of Art Deco sculpture. And I love the design. But can you ride it? :dunno:

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Thanks for sharing. I'll be back to see more. And if I can find them, I have some photos of some amazing Chris Craft boats that a friend of mine works on.

Make sure you share them :thumbup:

Are you actually going to ride it???? :dunno: :eyecrazy:

I mean, it's a fantastic piece of Art Deco sculpture. And I love the design. But can you ride it? :dunno:

Absolutely! This is my old Taboo Tiki (have since sold it to a friend). This is the time I road the Thirroul to Gong bikepath, about 35km (22m) down and back. Singlespeed, weighs a tonne (metal frame, metal guards etc), only back pedal brakes. I've since sold the Tiki bike to a friend. All my bikes get ridden :thumbup: When they're not broken or incomplete :willy_nil:lol: The new Electra build will be even better for riding with no guards, alloy frame, and a 3 speed hub.
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You didn't feel a little, um, out of place, on that? (No dis-respect intended).

I mean I love it, and can see one of my daughters on it, but, well, just but???? :dunno: :dunno:

And I know the bike path to which you refer, I have a good friend that lives on it, and rides it often. Also, my transport company was in Wollongong, and when the bride came down to work with me once a week we used to lunch on it at Towradgi. My sister also lives at Woonona. :thumbup:

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This is what I ride :

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That photo was taken by the bike shop that restored it about 18 months ago (and must have been taken with a very old phone camera...). It's a Reynolds tubing frame, Campag wheels hubs, American spokes, close cut rear gear set (the bike shop owner loved that) and was custom made for me in 1977 specifically for me to go road racing. It weighs about 5 kgs, and when they finished it at the shop several of the guys there test rode it, and said it was the fastest thing they'd ever been on...... :willy_nil

The rear gear set is set up with only a 1 tooth change between every ratio. You can't get sets like that these days I'm told.

It cost me $1000 to build in 1977, when I had a coach and all, who helped me put it together. Frame was built by the famous Thornleigh Bike Shop. But they didn't measure me correctly, so I have a 5" long handle bar mount to get me in the right position. Since it has been finished I've only ridden it a few times, and I haven't been game enough to go beyond 5th gear yet. It is very fast.

The last competitive race I used it on was the 1977 Goulburn to Sydney Milk Race. Unfortunately I fell off my group when the chain came off, and was then picked up by a fast moving guy from the group behind me. We went wheel for wheel for 60 kilometres until just after Hilltop when every muscle in both legs froze solid. I rode it to a stop, fell over, and my father, in the chase car, picked me up and threw me in the passengers seat, and the bike in the back. So that was that. Then I went to Uni, discovered wine, women and song, and the rest is history. :dunno:

I'm going to post this on my thread as well. Just bringin' back the memories, so thanks for starting me on that.

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Hewey, With all the time I spend here, I missed the start of your thread, apologies for that.:eek:

Congratulations on your new digs, you won't know yourself in the new garage.

How long are you planning to stay there?

PS I just love those wooden boats and great work on the ring.:thumbup:
Thanks for sharing.:thumbup:

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Lyndon - I've got no worries riding a beach cruiser, and I have absolutely no cares about what people think about me :thumbup: That blue bike is gorgeous. Road bikes aren't my thing, but I can appreciate that. And those chainrings are huge :rocker: Thanks for sharing :D

No worries 1/2 cup :thumbup: We've got a 12 month lease, beyond that we're keeping our options wide open ;)

So this weekend was a hot rod show called Autumnfest, in Maitland (inland from Newcastle for those who don't know it). It's marketed as a 'kustom kulture' show, with art, pin up pageant, rockabilly music - not just old cars.

On the way we spotted this Holden Monaro (it's an Aussie GM muscle car for the Americans and others). This one had the 'grandpa option list' ticked with brown and beige paint, external venetians etc. That haze is bushfire smoke, they're doing a lot of hazard reduction burns around the place. Been that way for a few days now.
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We got there latish on Sunday afternoon. Getting home at 1am after going to a rugby union game the night before for a friend's birthday didn't help things, so a lot of cars had left.

My wife and I usually play the 'which car would you take home' game at shows, and we both agreed this Chrysler with matching caravan was just awesome :thumbup:
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Other cars around the place
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And a couple of arty shots for good measure
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I love lowbrow/kustom kulture/hot rod art, so I love the art on display at shows like this. A highlight was meeting American artist David Lozeau (see his work here http://www.davidlozeau.com/). I've been following David's work for almost 10 years I reckon, coming across him on another forum I'm on. Nice guy. Here he is in action.
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And a motorbike tank he painted at the show
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The other work that got my attention was by an Aussie artist Gav Black
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Thanks Flattop and 1/2 Cup :thumbup:

So this week I was in Melbourne for work for a couple of days, my wife's new car arrived, and we did a bunch of stuff on the weeken. Melbourne was a great trip, but by the end of it I was completely knackered. Finishing it off with a 2 hour drive in peak hire, only juuuuust making our flight on time was the icing on the cake :wtf:

So Saturday my wife had booked us in for a tour of The Brickpit in Sydney Olympic Park. We started off with a quick bite to eat in the Abattoir Blues Cafe. Nice food, good music, and great decor! Keen to get back here on a Friday night when they have some live blues.
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This is the Brickpit. As the name suggests, it used to be a quarry and kiln for making bricks many years ago. Sometime in the lead up to the Olympics an endangered frog was found on the site, so it was fenced off from the public (except for the elevated ring walk above it). They only take 4 tours a year into it, so public access is very limited. What it looks like from above.
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And a rare shot from inside the pit, nicely showing the old and new uses of the site.
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Saturday night we went to the drive-in to see the new Captain America movie, along with a mate who was there with some other mates in old cars
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This is the last surviving drive-in in Sydney, and they've just spent a lot of money updating. These days it's packed every night and is seeing a resurgence in popularity. It still retains the mid-century styled building at the centre.
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On Sunday we decided to take my wife's new wheels for a spin. Mazda 3 SP25GT. Great fun to drive on flowing twisty roads, very happy with it.
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On our drive we stumbled across a Holden car show in Berrima. Made a perfect stop for lunch and a stroll around. For our American friends. Holden is the Aussie arm of General Motors.
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On our trip we got as far as Goulburn, before deciding to turn to head home. Goulburn is home to the Big Merino - a giant concrete sheep!
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With giant balls!
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A lookout we found on the way home
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And some rustic buildings from the town of Marulan
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Hewey Melbourne traffic can be a nightmare, even at the best of times.:shocking:

Thank you for sharing pics of your trip, the Car show would have been a bit of a treat, there are some nice vehicles there.:thumbup:

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Thanks guys. I really enjoy a bit of photography. Unfortunately some moisture got into my camera while taking wave photos at the beach, I had to replace the chip and it hasn't been the same since. These days all my pics are from my phone, which does a reasonable job but struggles with challenging lighting.

Here's a random selection of old pics of mine from years gone by.

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Thanks 1/2 Cup :thumbup:

So a couple of weeks ago I went down to Melbourne for a couple of days for work. Led a team looking at different urban design projects with good sustainability aspects. Was great, but a lot of behind the scenes work to make it all seem smooth and effortless to everyone else. Had great feedback and people are already implementing some of the ideas and features they saw, so well worth the effort.

Since then I've been working every weekend with another project, so shed time has been limited. The good news is, after working both days this coming weekend, I'll have my weekends back again.

On Sunday we got together with some mates and did a little work on our car club barbeque trailer. I didn't get any pics, so here's a couple old ones. It's the remains of an old trailer we got off gumtree for $80, an old fridge a mate had lying around, and an old barbeque someone else had lying around. The top 2/3 has been converted into an esky compartment, the bottom 1/3 into the barbeque.
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And here it is in action at last year's Australia Day long weekend
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We're just working on little things like guards to make it more legal, better tail lights etc.

Anyway we finished up our work early, so headed off for a cruise - in a '38 Ford sedan and '46 Ford coupe. Both cars were badly in need of a wash, hence the arty black and white pics :dunno:
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And tonight after work I got in and stripped my bike down to an (almost) bare frame, to start the rebuild on it. Nice and crisp out in the garage!
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Thank you for the update Hewey,. As usual great pics.

Yep your not wrong on get getting a tad chilly at nights now, we had our first frost yesterday.

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Great pictures Hewey. One question. Are you the *****:willy_nil turning the wieners or the guy leaning next to the beer cooler?:dunno:
 
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Thanks guys. The barbeque trailer has been around a little while, but just trying to finish it off for a weekend away in about a months time. Really looking forward to it.

One question. Are you the *****:willy_nil turning the wieners or the guy leaning next to the beer cooler?:dunno:

Neither, I'm the bearded guy in the beige flat cap in the first barbeque pic :). And to continue the Aussie slang education the other guys are doing, we call them 'snags', which is short for 'sausages' - we don't use the term weiner at all :D

One thing you guys might find interesting is the seat I'm looking at using on my bike build. It's a leather seat from Brooks in England. They've been in business for over 100 years, and still use traditional manufacturing techniques. Great to see a company who still do a lot by hand and take pride in their work. This short video is a good insight into them

And the model I've got, a B17. Got it a couple of years ago from the wife as a birthday present, looking forward to finally getting it on a bike.
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I stand corrected. Thank you for the lesson. I hope that I don't offend anyone with my "trying" to use a few words that you Ozzys do.:eek:

I'm not a bicycle guy, but that looks like a very nice seat that is well made. I can't say that it looks overly comfortable though. :dunno: I am probably wrong about that.
 

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I stand corrected. Thank you for the lesson. I hope that I don't offend anyone with my "trying" to use a few words that you Ozzys do.:eek:

I'm not a bicycle guy, but that looks like a very nice seat that is well made. I can't say that it looks overly comfortable though. :dunno: I am probably wrong about that.

Dan

Yeah - don't dis our snags! :) :D :D;) ;) Oh, and it's "Aussies"..... :spit: :bounce: (An "Ozzy" is something that used to be married to a Sharon).....

And as a long time cyclist (don't hold it against me), I thought that looked a little uncomfortable..... But if the leather is kept supple it should be ok.

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Getting close to lights out time..... :hellobye:
 
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All good dlcwent :D I think we're enjoying it as much as you. Oh, the other thing I missed was we call them an esky/eskies, not a cooler. :bounce:

In regards to the bike seat, I've never used one before, but lots of people swear by them. The idea is with use the leather softens and stretches and molds to the shape of your ****. But you've got to put in the miles to get it there. And yes they sell a conditioner with it to help keep it supple and hydrated.
 
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So we got together with some mates today to do some work on our barbeque trailer, and also make a fire bucket. We're going away in a couple of weeks time to Webby's Mud Run, which is a weekend hot rod event held at a country showground, with plenty of track time for fun :beer:

Anyway my job today was cutting up the fire bucket. The Pariahs Car Club is the name of our club, and I figured a Coop devil was the perfect piece of artwork for the bucket. The Pariahs text at the bottom also means there's plenty of air flow in at the base of the fire too :thumbup:

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First step was making the stencils. Mocked it up on the computer, copied the design on to overheads, and then used that to draw the designs on to brown butchers paper. Cut out the designs to make the paper stencils, and then used some black spraypaint to paint it on to the drum.

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Now the fun part! It was cut out using a plasma cutter that a mate had been able to borrow. And yes the drum had been thoroughly decontaminated before I started cutting!

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All cut out

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And the first fire test - it came out pretty good :evil:

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Thanks 1/2 Cup - it'll be great when I'm camping next week with my mates :thumbup:

So today saw me up at 4.45am, to take my wife to the airport, so she can visit her mum who lives interstate. I took the day off, so I could get to a bike shop in the city, and figured I may as well make use of it and take my bike in with me as well.

A couple of pics of the sunrise. This is Botany Bay, which is the next harbour south of Sydney Harbour. It's actually the first bit where James Cook landed on Australia in 1770, and was destined to be the first colony when the first fleet came over in 1788, but the decision was quickly made to move to what is now Sydney Harbour. Now what I was looking at across the bay is Sydney Airport and the container docks for the ships.
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A shot of the bay-side bikepath
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A fairly crazy tiling selection on this house! :headscrat
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After that ride I chucked the bike back in the car and headed off to find a cafe for brekky. I drove past this, this area is called La Perouse after a French explorer. Believe it or not, in 1788 he landed in Botany Bay just 8 days after the English had got there with the first fleet. This island was first fortified in 1885, and then later updated in WWII.

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And a pic looking back across the bay to where I was before, with storm clouds moving in.
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I then went to the bike shop and picked up some parts for the project bike, and then on to Iron Cove to do a lap of a track I'd been interested in checking out for a while. As you can see the scenery is pretty nice!
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One of the highlights was finding this awesome art deco house, which was in really good condition. The neighbour was out the front when I was getting a pic. It was built in '53, and is still owned by the original owner/builder. Underneath is the foundation for an ak-ak gun. The neighbour behind found an old entrance tunnel and storage areas for ammunition when they dug out the hole for their pool. Great to see such nice house kept in such good condition.
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And my new bike pieces, it's a polished alloy rack and a brushed alloy bell for the project bike.
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Well that's it for today. I did about 23km (14.3 miles) on the bike today, so looking forward to a nice quiet night kicking back.
 

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Re: Hewey's 30sqm (322sqft) 'do everything double' garage

Hewey, that is real cool. I'd say someone had too much time on their hands but sometimes doing fun things is far better and more rewarding than working on a "must get done" job. I really like it. It shows some talent for sure.
 

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Re: Hewey's 30sqm (322sqft) 'do everything double' garage

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Lucky you were down by the harbour today, because apparently it's bucketing down with snow up in your neck of the woods this arvo. I hope you got home OK.

By the way - great photos...... My SIL lives not far from where you were, and we visit a lot (they are the rich relatives after all...... :)).

Lyndon
Yes, I know it's late, but the wine is still delicious . . . . :beer2:
 
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Re: Hewey's 30sqm (322sqft) 'do everything double' garage

Lyndon we're back down in Western Sydney, but yes our old place would have got snow today.
 
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Re: Hewey's 30sqm (322sqft) 'do everything double' garage

No garage update today, but got out for a ride with a mate for his first mountain bike ride. We checked to see if the roads were open, and went up to Blackheath in the upper Blue Mountains. Still some snow in the shady patches, but most of it had melted by mid day. Was 5 degrees (41 Fahrenheit), but as long as the wind stayed down it was lovely.

Bikes in the snow
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Some native Aussie flowers
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And the view at the end of the ride :thumbup:
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