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Saturday, January 17, 2009
if you happen to be driving past the pub and notice the new roof, please, stop and look at it. admire its shininess (which doesn't go with the old stone walls, but you must admit is very shiny). note how it prevents water getting into the walls. know that it also includes nice solid insulation which keeps the place much cooler in the summer and so on in the winter. appreciate the aesthetic effect of having the electricals come through the ground instead of overhead across the road. be pleased with the heritage colours on the new verandahs.
because the whole thing has just about bankrupted me. I may have to sell my place in Melbourne and move it. hooray for saving dodgy old buildings.
because the whole thing has just about bankrupted me. I may have to sell my place in Melbourne and move it. hooray for saving dodgy old buildings.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
anyone up for a bet on when the roof will eventually cave in? say, $30,000, which is the approximate cost of replacing it...
but meantime, the furnishings are looking quite good: I dropped off four new-old Ugly Chairs (carved backs, brocade upholstery) and spend Monday night there; never enough time, of course, but any time is better than none.
it's funny how particular corners of the place are the ones I love: the far left-hand end of the couch, near the fire and opposite the window; the left side of the bed, with a view of the old stone wall and sash window.
but meantime, the furnishings are looking quite good: I dropped off four new-old Ugly Chairs (carved backs, brocade upholstery) and spend Monday night there; never enough time, of course, but any time is better than none.
it's funny how particular corners of the place are the ones I love: the far left-hand end of the couch, near the fire and opposite the window; the left side of the bed, with a view of the old stone wall and sash window.
Monday, November 20, 2006
if the rentals of the place get any more popular I might have to take it off the market; I'm finding I have to book it for myself well in advance if I want to go up there...oh well, it's good for the mortgage.
spent a very brief weekendlet - Saturday afternoon and an hour Sunday morning - there, and was pleased to see that the fruit trees are still alive. the tank is half empty already, though, and it's only November, so I turned the watering frequency down. many of the gums are definitely dead and those that survive are struggling; I gave a couple some water, but as watering from the mains isn't allowed, it's not easy. I did scoop some water out of the kitchen sink, and there's one spot down the back where the septic obviously exits which is bright green; the rest is yellow.
had a nasty moment just before I left when the power went down; I was thinking electricians, cost, etc. turned out it was only a brownout that affected the whole district.
in the course of my visit I had cause to drive through Hepburn Springs and realised I hadn't been there - only to Daylesford - in the three years I've owned the pub. will remedy that in a couple of weeks; there are many little cafes and shops that clearly need visiting.
neighbours all around continue to construct strange giant dam-like structures. imho they have Buckley's of seeing them filled, but whatever keeps them happy...
spent a very brief weekendlet - Saturday afternoon and an hour Sunday morning - there, and was pleased to see that the fruit trees are still alive. the tank is half empty already, though, and it's only November, so I turned the watering frequency down. many of the gums are definitely dead and those that survive are struggling; I gave a couple some water, but as watering from the mains isn't allowed, it's not easy. I did scoop some water out of the kitchen sink, and there's one spot down the back where the septic obviously exits which is bright green; the rest is yellow.
had a nasty moment just before I left when the power went down; I was thinking electricians, cost, etc. turned out it was only a brownout that affected the whole district.
in the course of my visit I had cause to drive through Hepburn Springs and realised I hadn't been there - only to Daylesford - in the three years I've owned the pub. will remedy that in a couple of weeks; there are many little cafes and shops that clearly need visiting.
neighbours all around continue to construct strange giant dam-like structures. imho they have Buckley's of seeing them filled, but whatever keeps them happy...
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Thursday, September 21, 2006
the Castlemaine diggings National Park is to be proposed for World Heritage Status. and you don't get much more original than the Yapeen Pub. thinks: maybe I shouldn't have put that internal loo in after all. it's anachronistic...
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Google Maps have new images that show the pub (and the neighbours!) at much better resolution. warning: the image is big and might take a while to load. it's here (it's the square dry-looking block in the middle of the crop circles-mown loopy land)
darn: it didn't work. anyway, if you know where Yapeen is, you can zoom in quite easily. I'll try to find a way to link it tomorrow...
darn: it didn't work. anyway, if you know where Yapeen is, you can zoom in quite easily. I'll try to find a way to link it tomorrow...