…on my way to the Port Macquarie region, N.S.W, Australia for three months…
If you’re interested in meeting for a surf, maybe doing something with Paulwonia, P.M. me…
....have fun , Paul !
There are PLENTY of 'Swaylockians' on the east coast of oz , particularly if you head NORTH of there , [and south to Sydney ]....
let's hope a few of them are able to take the time to meet you , eh ! three months is a GOOD length of time , to be able to catch up with everyone !
q: why port macquarie , do you have friends / relatives there ?
cheers
ben , on the west coast of oz ...
Andrew Turner builds houses from heavy timber, assembled with mortise and tenon joinery…Think Amish style wood frame houses…Months of cutting and fitting culminating with the local community getting together for the final lifting and assembly, all done in a day…
In about a week, the six members of the Turner family will be heading to India…They are renting a house in the ancient city of Varanasi for five months, and will be building an 18 foot traditional timber rowboat…Their boat will be launched in a river in Allahabad, then they will explore the Mela and the Ganga rivers...Next they will ferry countless boatloads of Hindu pilgrims out to the bathing sandbanks in the middle of the confluence of the three rivers; the Ganga, the Yamuna and the mystical river, Saraswati…The pilgrimage lasts for a month and a half…At its completion, the Turners will journey down river to Varanasi using sail, oar and pole power…Their plan is to camp on sandbanks and in villages as they follow the course of the mighty Ganga…At the completion of their journey they will be donating the boat to a worthwhile cause or family…Check out their website http://sustainabletimberframes.com and follow them on their grand adventure as they, along with a few friends, surrender into the Indian kaleidoscope of color, sounds, sights and smells…
While they are in India, I’ll be taking care of their hand built timber frame/wood peg house, a one room wood cabin with an extension cord, and a large tin workshop with an attached kitchen and bath...I’ll have a lot of other things going on…
Hey paul----- Did you make that shapers forum in PDX the other night?
Good luck and health in your travels; may they be successful.
In New England that’s known as an old fashioned barn raising. I have participated in a few of those.