From Camping to Glamping, to building a shed.
Welcome to Blocklife
Our story begins with the search for a block of land in the bush, starting on the coastline of Northern New South Wales, then moving inland, in accordance with our budget. Further in we go, and a little further until coming to rest on the stunning and very cool granite belt.
Blocklife clambers over every rock, hillside, peak and gully, chronicling our successes and failures. Landscape metaphors abound! There’s also a lot of cooking over fires, avoiding bush fires, watching amazing sunsets, rescuing lambs, building, digging, partying and constantly, desperately seeking water.
This blog is by no means a ‘How To’ guide, in fact for the most part it’s a clear example of what not to do. We’ve learned a lot through trial and error and are prepared to learn a lot more.
Blog Posts
Chapter 24 - Schultzy and the Pig - Part Two
Even Archer, Schultzie’s best mate, couldn’t find him when he went missing.
Chapter 23- Schultzy and The Pig - Part One
Torn between two loves. Trying to enjoy pig on a spit when Schultzy is at the vet. It’s harder than you might think.
Chapter 22 - The Tractor - part Two
Finding out that the tractor can do just about anything.
Chapter 19 - Friendly fire - Part One
The wood heater arrives and we have a serious talk about fire safety and petrol.
Chapter 16: Living simply, with a hoarder.
Less is more. Hoarder wars, and how to move a bench made out of hardwood.
Chapter 13: Dynabolts, and other things that shouldn’t be messed with.
Finding out how important it is to get things square when building.
Chapter 12: Build in haste. Restore at leisure.
Trying to find someone to build our shed. Anyone.
