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sprgroup · 4 years ago

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The best plumbing and gas fitting service in town.

SPR Plumbing and Gas Fitting have gained popularity and reputation for demonstrable skill and quality workmanship. We are a plumbing organization situated in the Latrobe Valley, Gippsland, and give plumbing administrations across Australia. We have completed a variety of work across the residential, commercial and retail sector, travelling across Victoria and interstate.. Our customers know we provide high quality solutions at competitive rates. Some of the services are:

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Realtors and private property managers know to contact SPR for immediate and productive help by our friendly staff and our obligation to their necessities whether introducing or adjusting a split system or window air conditioner, fixing a leaky tap or re-roofing a home.

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lindoig7 · 4 years ago

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Friday-Sunday, 14-16 August

Friday

A lay-day to recuperate and restore some energy for our next excursion. The weather forecast for the entire next week is rain right across our area every day, except for a possible cloudy break on the south coast on Sunday and Monday. It rained here overnight – enough to wash some of the mud off the back of the car – and has predicted rain all day again, but it was fine with a spot of wet sun until early afternoon.

After lunch, the storm-clouds started to gather and the sky blackened. Away to the west, a bit of thunder rolled and gradually got closer and louder and a few spatters of rain sounded on the roof. And soon it was over us and the thunder was so violent that the whole caravan was shivering in the wake of each flash of lightning. The rain increased and the thunder roared and with us safe and snug inside, it was really quite exciting. Soon the rain was drumming and thundering on the roof as the storm passed over and headed further east. Two hours later, all was calm again, but our site was surrounded by puddles and there was no way we could do our hoped-for walk around the water-logged path across the raging creek behind us.

It was another great opportunity to lay on the bed and read, do a puzzle or two and post to our blogs and FB. And almost before we knew it, it was time for some bubbles!

Saturday

We hung out in the caravan most of the day again. It was quite a nice day after a wild afternoon and evening yesterday.

We got a call from the office about 8am this morning to advise us that our parcel had been delivered by the postie. (Note that the postie had already been and gone before 8am on a Saturday!) We had arranged for Arji, the Chair of the Owners’ Corporation Committee, to send all our mail and other deliveries on to us and it was a reasonable-sized package – about 5 Kg. After breakfast, we opened everything and I spent the entire morning dealing with the last 7 weeks’ mail. A big job, but we feel much more organised after wondering what time-bombs we may have missed. The main item was probably about the Council elections, so I emailed them and told them that we would probably be unable to vote unless they could find a convenient way of getting all the voting crap to us. They are all such a bunch of no-hopers that I would probably end up voting informal anyway – I just didn’t want us to have to argue why we shouldn’t pay the resultant fines. They subsequently replied and advised that because we are both over 70, they don’t care whether we vote or not – clearly, older people’s opinions are not that important to the Council.

Heather spent the day working on her FB and blog posts and I went out for a short walk in the afternoon. I had hoped to photograph some of the little bush-birds we usually see when we walk around the area across the creek but it is the weekend and I think the birds have gone away for a break – I never saw so much as a feather.

We also did a supermarket and booze run late in the arvo - a bit bigger shop than usual so that occupied over an hour. I also had to post a few letters arising from the mail-run so that finalised all the issues arising from the mail.

Sunday

A small cause for celebration today. It is 35 years today since I moved from Canberra to live with Heather. That marked the start of a wonderful new life together featuring exotic adventure after adventure over the years.

It rained a lot during the night – for hours and sometimes quite heavily. It reminded me of our old house in East Victoria Park where I grew up. It had a tin roof and when it rained, it was simply delightful to lay snuggled up safe and warm in bed and drift off to sleep with the rain drumming on the roof. It was much like that last night – cosy and warm, completely relaxed and comfortable, with just a tingle of excitement as I recalled the feelings from my early childhood.

The morning was very mixed with fine cloudy periods, then just enough rain to get wet if you were out in it for more than a minute, and occasional heavier downpours. We have dodged the showers so far and even got some things done. We did a bit of cleaning and reorganising inside and Heather did a big load of laundry (with a modicum of help from me). While she did that, I ‘washed’ the car. Basically, between showers, I hosed it down – great water pressure here – and used our soft car-washing broom to encourage several kilos of mud to leave the car in favour of the stormwater system. The rain had already removed a few kilos of accumulated mud, but I loosened a few more and sent it on its way to the flooded creek behind the van. The flow in the creek must be at least twice what it was yesterday and that was twice the torrent from the day before. I sincerely hope that all the drought-stricken areas in Australia are getting some of the moisture too. There are big puddles everywhere in Gippsland with many flooded paddocks and walking on any grassed surface risks sinking to your ankles in sloppy mud or water.

There was very little rain in the afternoon, but it was still threatening. It didn’t bother us though because we never went out in it other than to walk to and from the ablution block for our showers. I had a go at a couple of cryptic crosswords. I never got them completely solved, but I almost did, and that is probably not too bad given that I have had a complete rest from them for at least 18 months. I used to do most of them from The Age (except for David Astle’s absurd Friday monsters) but have been more into other challenges for the past year or two. Of course, a couple of hours laying on the bed reading in the afternoon left me with a little less time for puzzling too.

We cooked a wonderful meal in the late afternoon. It was a fabulous paella - one of our favourites. We had purchased a container of mixed seafood and some choritzo at the supermarket and added a few extras from the fridge and concocted a feast fit for a king (and queen). The seafood was short-dated and heavily discounted so it was a very cheap meal - especially given that we were only able to eat half ofit and had the second half a couple of days later for an extraordinarily delicious lunch. Yum, yum. Did I say superbly tasty?

Stirring the pot - the Paella Pot that is! Note the essential culinary accoutrement in the left hand - and for once, I managed to point the correct (business) end of the spoon at the pan. Heather (to whom I owe the photo credit) would probably regard that as something of an achievement for me.

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topglaze-blog · 6 years ago

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About Top Glaze Roofing Systems

Top Glaze Roofing Systems was established in 1987 during the infancy of Roof Restoration. Before this, older roofs were simply replaced with new roofs at the extra expense of the homeowner. The development of roof coatings during the mid 1980’s allowed the homeowner the option of restoring their roof at a fraction of the cost of replacing it.

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jeremystrele · 5 years ago

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A Delightfully Rustic, Country Style Getaway

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Amelia Barnes

Marge’s Cottage is a beautiful Airbnb in Poowong, South Gippsland. Photo – Marnie Hawson.

The Airbnb is a restored version of the original cottage on the property. Photo – Marnie Hawson.

Marge’s Cottage owner, Cheryl Guzzardi. Photo – Marnie Hawson.

A view into the bathroom. Photo – Marnie Hawson.

Elements of the cottage’s original roof became exterior cladding. Photo – Marnie Hawson.

The charming clawfoot bath. Photo – Marnie Hawson.

Photo – Marnie Hawson.

The kitchen exudes chic, country style. Photo – Marnie Hawson.

A local craftsman recycled timber pieces into kitchen benches. Photo – Marnie Hawson.

A fire keeps the space toasty in winter. Photo – Marnie Hawson.

Photo – Marnie Hawson.

Much of the interior inspiration came from French doors and timber Cheryl has collected over the years. Photo – Marnie Hawson.

A cosy fireplace in the bedroom. Photo – Marnie Hawson.

Relaxing views from the property’s porch. Photo – Marnie Hawson.

An opening to the outdoors from the bedroom. Photo – Marnie Hawson.

Guests describe the property as a ‘restorative haven’. Photo – Marnie Hawson.

For 14 years, Cheryl used this property as a free-range egg farm. Photo – Marnie Hawson.

‘We always endeavoured to maintain her footprint and integrity so her guests could hopefully appreciate the beautiful materials and to relax in a secluded space,’ says Cheryl. Photo – Marnie Hawson.

Cheryl’s flock of sheep! Photo – Marnie Hawson.

The property is about a 90 minute drive from Melbourne. Photo – Marnie Hawson.

Marge’s Cottage is an accommodation spot 25 years in the making. The owners, Cheryl Guzzardi and Phillip Ledin, first bought the property next door in 1993, then this small farm in 1995, including a cottage tenanted by a beautiful woman named Marge. For 14 years, the couple used this extra land as a free-range egg farm and to raise a small flock of East Friesian sheep they still own today.

When the time came for Marge to move closer to her family, the cottage was empty and fell into disrepair. A tree began growing through the laundry window, and a section of the roof rusted away. ‘That was when we had to either bestow some well overdue TLC on this humble cottage or demolish her,’ says Cheryl. ‘Bestowing TLC won.’

The couple set about demolishing unsalvageable parts of the cottage and rebuilding with the recovered materials. Elements of the original roof became exterior cladding, and a local craftsman recycled timber pieces into kitchen benches. Much of the interior inspiration came from Country Style magazine, and an assortment of windows, French doors and timber Cheryl has collected over the years. ‘As I was renovating in a rural area, the regulations were very strict, but I was mindful that I had to do this right as I was using this cottage for guests,’ she says. The entire project took just over 12 months.

One can only imagine what would have happened to this humble cottage had Cheryl and Phillip not been brought to this South Gippsland property those 27 years ago. Cheryl says, ‘I feel that I have achieved with the help of many amazing craftsman…In the end we are only caretakers and I’m so grateful that the real estate agent took us for that drive.’

Book your stay at Marge’s Cottage here.

Marge’s Cottage is one of the many properties participating in Airbnb Open Homes in the wake of the Australian bushfires. This initiative offers free, temporary housing to people who need a place to call home.

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