tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50953062011-09-26T07:23:42.658-07:00The Yapeen Pubyapeen pubJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comBlogger801100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-22422144836060804122010-12-27T01:46:00.000-08:002010-12-27T01:51:04.559-08:00lack of posting has not been for lacking of going to Yapeen...small improvements all the time, though of course there are so many big jobs - painting, floors - that seem to be fated to never happen. the fire hypnotises me the second I get it going; if I'm there alone there are bike rides to do, and if I have the family, trips to Castlemaine or walks to take.anyway...the good news is that the pub JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-75870862911548379682010-01-02T16:02:00.000-08:002010-01-02T16:04:56.220-08:00the pub is not only fun, it's educational!for instance: it's taught me what an anaglyph is: this is an image a photographer took up there.and it's musical, too! this is an album recorded up there, at least partly. I don't know if it's any good; who knows, it could be my very own Trinity Sessions! wish they'd named it after the pub, though.JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-13314697670433083312009-12-05T14:48:00.000-08:002009-12-05T14:52:08.271-08:00a year between posts? how very country of me.the new roof has made it warmer in winter. I hope it will be cooler in summer too, because I'm actually going to spend a bit of time up there (in short bursts) over the next month or so.it has also changed the sounds the place makes; no more tin panels creaking in the wind. less echoey.and the lovely underground electricals killed my fruit trees. or JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-46406388015375046492009-01-17T22:54:00.000-08:002009-01-17T22:57:37.190-08:00if 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 effectJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-43160473313347537562008-01-29T20:21:00.000-08:002008-01-29T20:24:57.525-08:00anyone 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 JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1164017546983832822006-11-20T02:07:00.000-08:002006-11-20T02:12:26.996-08:00if 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, JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1161234497954980922006-10-18T22:07:00.000-07:002006-10-18T22:08:29.556-07:00central victorian events calendarJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1159676483441978682006-09-30T21:20:00.000-07:002006-09-30T21:21:23.453-07:00an aerial viewJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1158883911081410362006-09-21T17:10:00.000-07:002006-09-21T17:11:51.096-07:00the 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...JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1155468789831301452006-08-13T04:31:00.000-07:002006-08-13T04:40:49.076-07:00Google 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...JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1149549880903216312006-06-05T16:22:00.000-07:002006-06-05T16:29:04.740-07:00now I see why my neighbours are so keen to have superstrong fencing:A Charolais bull.anyway, with luck the last week of negotiations - the fence has been pretty much the sole topic of conversation in my house - have paid off, and the fencer will recommence works next Tuesday, in time for the fruit trees. and the giant cows.JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1149206397602582792006-06-01T16:56:00.000-07:002006-06-01T16:59:57.610-07:00rabbit elimination guidethe rabbitproof fence has been halted by what is essentially a dispute between the fencer and my neighbour; I am completely annoyed with both of them, as the natives are in the ground and the fruit trees will be arriving soon. we may have to make a special trip up to put wire guards around about 20 fruit trees and however many natives are left: there are hundreds of JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1146095591261496432006-04-26T16:50:00.000-07:002006-04-26T16:53:11.273-07:00pub now with added bike! not that I've ridden it yet; and I have a cunning plan to stop people riding it without a helmet, involving a combination lock.met some more neighbours yesterday: Bruce, who was installing a letterbox, and Trish, who brought over some lovely windfall peaches while I was anxiously running around trying to get all the planning for the big planting day done.blackberry JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1145855293470402712006-04-23T22:06:00.000-07:002006-04-23T22:08:13.480-07:00I am trying out a new rentals site that has an online calendar: it's at http://www.gulivers.com/2786. if it gets a few rentals a year it will be worth doing, just to have a reliable calendar and not have to send people long emails on availability. the main site is not updated yet, will be soon.JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1145594932771826402006-04-20T21:41:00.000-07:002006-04-20T21:48:52.783-07:00fence-ness is now only a matter of weeks away; I have some residual doubts as to whether a mere fence will keep the wascally wabbits out, but that's what I'm paying for. my front hall is a jumble of Things for Pub, not to mention the garage; fixed lamp, bedcover to exchange for current one, random mouseproof kitchen containers, an old rug I bought on eBay - you get the idea. really looking JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1142654780784984172006-03-17T20:05:00.000-08:002006-03-17T20:07:28.560-08:00satellite pic; pub is somewhere in the middle there.JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1140409669418029342006-02-19T20:25:00.000-08:002006-02-19T20:27:49.420-08:00an inquiry about rental recently referred to the place as a "writer's retreat". which of course is how I advertise it. And she and I had a conversation about the mechanics of earning money while writing, how far you should go to please publishers and so on; it's a pleasant side effect of where I advertise it that I'm getting intelligent, literary people who care about the things I care about. andJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1140409543250951342006-02-19T20:23:00.000-08:002006-02-19T20:25:43.260-08:00quotes for roof replacement are coming in, and they're not pretty; could I get away with charging $1000 a week, I wonder? probably not. not even after there's a new roof and the rabbits can't get in. still, it's one of those things that has to be done. I hate to think how much internal improvement I could do with what I'm going to cost - maybe it's a good thing. the place doesn't need a JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1137560207347130782006-01-17T20:55:00.000-08:002006-01-17T20:56:47.356-08:00after digging up the council heritage report, I find I already knew it was the Miner's Arms. the building, the front at least, is roughly 150 years old according to those dates. must copy the heritage report and put it up at the pub for people to look at. last use as a hotel: 1897.JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1137557127403365292006-01-17T20:04:00.000-08:002006-01-17T20:05:27.413-08:00the historical society tells me that Curry's hotel was called the Miner's Arms. they have some info relating to same; I hope to get up there in coming months to look at it. just as interesting, though, will be the 20th century history, for which I have to physically chase down (well, go and see) a few people whose families had connections to the place over the years.JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1137124398594492342006-01-12T19:51:00.000-08:002006-01-12T19:57:04.390-08:00after a long period of internet incompetence on my part, I'm hoping that the site at http://www.yapeenpub.com.au is finally up and running again. there be pictures. (and just to maintain the tradition, the new email address: yapeenpubATgmail.com - is not featured on the main site yet. the hotmail a/c still works for the moment.)JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1137063357183540732006-01-12T02:52:00.000-08:002006-01-12T02:58:59.070-08:00the great thistle farm of 2005 is now gone; now all I have to do is keep it gone. sadly, my fruit trees and many of the eucalypts have been ringbarked by the #$#@ rabbits; I'm awaiting a quote on a rabbitproof fence before even thinking about replanting. the bottlebrushes, however, are kicking on, and the blackberries are very healthy. that's a joke, son, a joke; the neighbour whose land they're JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1126837483734872772005-09-15T19:21:00.000-07:002006-01-12T02:45:56.316-08:00the Yapeen Pub main site.JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1123562305041609802005-08-08T21:36:00.000-07:002005-08-08T21:38:25.046-07:00things are busy at the pub these days, with lots of visitors, some even with local historical knowledge; apparently the original visitors' book is at the Castlemaine museum. I plan to hunt it down soon. to cope with all the visitors I've found a local person to drop off keys and tidy up afterwards; this meant a small increase in the rent, but it's still dirt cheap. so far most of the people JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1118444345235458432005-06-10T15:57:00.000-07:002005-06-10T15:59:05.240-07:00well, it looks like people actually want to rent my pub and stay there! the ad has only gone into the writers' centre magazine - I figured I'd get the quieter types that way - and I now have the desirable problem of people booking back-to-back and trying to book over each other's stays. this means of course that I have a cleaning/key problem, and will have to make special trips up there. what I JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1111315111788091522005-03-20T02:38:00.000-08:002005-03-20T02:39:08.333-08:00JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1110947043262847142005-03-15T20:23:00.000-08:002005-03-15T20:24:03.263-08:00I guess in the country you have to expect snakes. at least it was outside the house.JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1106189818077885562005-01-19T18:55:00.000-08:002005-01-19T18:56:58.076-08:00some info came through from the heritage study: the pub used to be the Miners' Arms. it last had a licence in 1897. JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1106107443458968662005-01-18T20:03:00.000-08:002005-01-18T20:04:03.460-08:00the pub is probably going to be covered by a local heritage overlay. not as if it isn't clearly jam packed full'o heritage.
it's also available for rent again, if anyone's interested. tenants are still there, so no peeking through the windows! JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1091089571128701512004-07-29T00:57:00.000-07:002004-07-29T01:26:11.126-07:00well, the pub is now let, for the time being, so updates will be infrequent for a few months unless I get some historical research happening ...JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1086151684863494462004-06-01T21:47:00.000-07:002004-06-01T21:48:04.863-07:00it's raining at Yapeen. go you 100 little planties!!JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1086088458681734292004-06-01T04:13:00.000-07:002004-06-01T04:14:18.680-07:00a daily rain bulletin from the bom - need to search on Castlemaine to find it quickly. of course today, like many others, is an "X". JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1086063926338334582004-05-31T21:21:00.000-07:002004-05-31T21:25:26.336-07:00it's surprsing how few trees 100 are. and the river red gums didn't materialise...I'm working on that.
it's also surprising how fast 100 trees can be got into the ground, staked and (next day) watered when you have 6-8 pairs of hands working on it. one person just about physically restrained me from starting work Saturday when I told him we couldn't water until Sunday (water restrictions), but JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1085472414583869492004-05-25T01:06:00.001-07:002004-05-25T01:06:54.583-07:00some references to chase upJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1085472413638573092004-05-25T01:06:00.000-07:002004-05-25T01:06:53.636-07:00some references to chase upJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1085471848494856262004-05-25T00:56:00.000-07:002004-05-25T00:57:28.493-07:00a bit of local history, with gems like a notice about the cemetery bridge being a disgrace, causing drays to overturns and coffins to fall off...
big tree planting weekend coming up! it's going to be good to get some vegetation happening. JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1083540982103910392004-05-02T16:36:00.000-07:002004-05-02T16:40:36.606-07:00apple treesJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1083217155642448362004-04-28T22:39:00.000-07:002004-04-28T22:43:25.280-07:00local paper; castlemaine, bendigo.JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1083152754372290562004-04-28T04:45:00.000-07:002004-04-28T04:50:02.983-07:00fruit growing instructionsJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1083063669870934822004-04-27T04:01:00.000-07:002004-04-27T04:19:40.560-07:00OK, we're officially "on the market"!
It's not what I expected: I've decided to start with a 6-month lease from June while I sort some other things out. The pub is now fully furnished, bar an oven (there's a gas range) and a washing machine. so if you're looking for somewhere to stay while you build your own place, or renovate, or like the idea of a country retreat of your own this winter, send JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1083061508219157652004-04-27T03:25:00.000-07:002004-04-27T04:15:43.450-07:00historic stuffJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1082878788097612942004-04-25T00:39:00.000-07:002004-04-25T00:43:52.560-07:00JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1082698651965497492004-04-22T22:37:00.000-07:002004-04-22T22:41:33.560-07:00I can report that it's very hard to spring-clean with a small baby in tow. I settled for a bit of dusting-down, and for taking delivery of the lovely new wood heater. I don't know if the fireplaces should ever be used; there's just too much timber in the place, and the chimneys are from the century before last...
anyway, at last I got to spend my first night up there, in that blanketing quiet ofJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1082363967810758772004-04-19T01:39:00.000-07:002004-04-19T01:43:24.263-07:00mapsJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1081649960654137592004-04-10T19:19:00.000-07:002004-04-10T19:23:06.500-07:00wood heatersJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1080806647612010932004-04-01T00:04:00.000-08:002004-04-01T00:07:40.670-08:00the wonders of Google. it's sniffed out the rental site and now it appears in the top five results for "Yapeen". if you're champing at the bit to enjoy Yapeen, go ahead and mail me. hey, I could even waive the rent if you want to help with the dusting. there's still a ways to go before we can open the doors is what I'm saying...JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1080806005335040912004-03-31T23:53:00.000-08:002004-03-31T23:56:58.483-08:00neighbours!JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1080805715478866432004-03-31T23:48:00.000-08:002004-03-31T23:52:08.076-08:00publicansJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1080539975748241252004-03-28T21:59:00.000-08:002004-03-28T22:03:03.950-08:00finally got up there yesterday to "sort things out". this involved simply doing what my brother called rearranging deckchairs; moving all the big stuff until it was more or less in place. a couple of years' of dust still needs removing and of course I came unprepared to clean. but now I have a comprehensive list of what's needed to finally get things going, and I have to say that with the fat JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1076563079360915972004-02-11T21:17:00.000-08:002004-02-11T21:20:27.326-08:00and then there was a treatment tank! not any old septic, either, but a proper tank that produces water I can use on fruit trees. when I get fruit trees. soon there'll be a toilet attached to the tank, then even a HWS and maybe, just maybe, the pub will be GO! JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1074736533077939472004-01-21T17:55:00.000-08:002004-01-21T17:57:32.513-08:00the furnishings are on their way up. hooray! about time too, she says under her breath. JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1073888497901458662004-01-11T22:21:00.000-08:002004-01-11T22:23:24.920-08:00dilemma: is it "theyapeenpub.com.au" or "yapeenpub.com.au"?
I think "the" is confusing; looks too much like a "they" at the start.
JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1073477571747907792004-01-07T04:12:00.000-08:002004-01-07T04:14:32.640-08:00been doing a bit of work on the web site - obviously it's in progress and not really for public consumption yet. rates will probably change and I'll certainly need to clean it up a bit and add more text. but this is the general idea. JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1073451816159718722004-01-06T21:03:00.000-08:002004-01-06T21:43:07.700-08:00Castlemaine Historical Society, for future reference.
(Their actual site)JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-10734337656020452004-01-06T16:02:00.000-08:002004-01-06T16:04:25.920-08:00nothing like actually making some calls to get some action. the project now has strong leads on demolition (for a shed I've decided can't be saved and is a danger to shipping), on people to help move the gear up there, and on weed control for the blackberries, which I detest.
sadly, the plumber has gone on holiday for a month without notice and the toilet is yet to happen...
so it looks like JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1067477719744832662003-10-29T17:35:00.000-08:002003-10-29T17:35:26.216-08:00at last! I have found and agreed terms with a plumber who can do the hws, gas, roof etc by around the end of November. fortunately I am busy with other things right now and am feeling fairly patient about this project.
the next thing was grass slashing, as that 1/2 an acre is starting to get overgrown, which would be a fire risk in summer, not to mention making any gardening activities much JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1063665610917356182003-09-15T15:40:00.000-07:002003-09-15T15:48:02.973-07:00goldfields tourist stuff to doJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1063259308469627732003-09-10T22:48:00.000-07:002003-09-10T22:48:28.466-07:00funny how everyone who sees the place goes "wow. great place. a lot of work."
I think I have a replacement plumber. I even went so far as to buy a second-hand stovetop for him to connect to the gas. I've even bought some plants - just basic bushes and creepers - as a gesture of goodwill towards the eventual, dreamt-of garden. JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-106142989138908772003-08-20T18:38:00.000-07:002003-08-20T18:38:11.286-07:00it may be a bit longer before I can stay at the pub. the plumber with whom I've been in discussions about this for months, and who has already met me on site and was going to start this weekend, has decided he can't do the job.
so the rustic feel of no toilet, no hws, will continue for a while. sigh.
I really, really want to get set up out there so I can start sharing it with other people, maybeJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1059982264752095572003-08-04T00:31:00.000-07:002003-08-04T00:31:04.660-07:00well, it's theoretically all underway.
on Monday I spent the day there again - so looking forward to the time I can spend the night, too - and met several tradies.
by the end of the month the stonework will be stabilised, the damp in the front wall should be cured and I should be well on the way to actually having plumbing! turns out the winter creek in the paddock next door is too close, so JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1059297834937674992003-07-27T02:23:00.000-07:002003-07-27T02:23:54.880-07:00settlement day: driving out of the city in intermittent rain. about 50k out, the countryside opens up and closes in at the same time - the scale becomes smaller, a road twisting up every hill, houses scattered across the earth like discarded jumping jacks.
the place has at least been tidied up - meaning slashing the grass around and sometimes in the courtyard.
checks done, I decide to go back toJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1058855685496076992003-07-21T23:34:00.000-07:002003-07-21T23:34:45.436-07:00luckily I expected this and am not too fussed really; the bank has got very mixed up about the loans for the pub and the paperwork has to be redone at the deathknock.
oh, and I still don't have anyone locked in to put in plumbing.
but in good news, there will soon be trials of fast internet to the area around Castlemaine - will it include Yapeen? who knows? - and at any rate, on Friday it's MINE,JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1057038934787973012003-06-30T22:55:00.000-07:002003-06-30T22:55:34.583-07:00another accommodation guide JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1057023566772951052003-06-30T18:39:00.000-07:002003-06-30T18:39:26.650-07:00this is my maybe-ad on Google. I think I really need a separate URL with this blog framed within it, though.
Country cottage weekender
1800's stone former pub
Sleeps up to six; 5 min Castlemaine
www.yapeenpub.blogspot.com
JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1057022639099769572003-06-30T18:23:00.000-07:002003-06-30T18:23:59.043-07:00hmm. and looking at my referrals, it might also be worth investigating a sponsored link on googleJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1057022420718843982003-06-30T18:20:00.000-07:002003-06-30T18:20:30.543-07:00progress report: went and bought a mass of linen, towels etc at the weekend, and am seriously considering an on-sale sofabed.
the builder to secure the walls needs re-confirming, and I've 95 per cent locked in someone to attend to the rising damp. now all I need is to finalise a hws and toilet and the place will actually be livable!
settlement is on July 25, at which point it will really start toJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-1057022222133689882003-06-30T18:17:00.000-07:002003-06-30T18:17:02.110-07:00another site to get the pub listed on; weekend retreats.JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-955307422003-06-10T18:53:00.000-07:002003-06-10T18:53:41.280-07:00wow, nearly two months since I posted here. things have been progressing, a bit. I have a reasonable quote on holding together those charming stone walls, and I've sold the place in town I needed to sell to get the deposit. but I'm also finishing a renovation of my own home (and learning a lot in the process), so Yapeen has faded into the background a little. In seven weeks, it's mine, all mine, JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-924546442003-04-11T15:31:00.000-07:002003-04-11T15:31:12.890-07:00too much to tell from yesterday.
both the loo/hws guy and the builder stayed for an hour and a half each, so it was a longish day of getting quotes.
the loo will not go in the laundry shed, which I'm likely to let fall down in a charming rustic manner, as its supports are rotted through and the boards are rapidly shedding. instead, I'll put an enclosure where the tanks are now. the question JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-916887472003-03-30T21:17:00.000-08:002003-03-30T21:17:24.450-08:00and some details of publicans at the pub in the 1860'sJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-916880722003-03-30T21:03:00.000-08:002003-03-30T21:03:25.983-08:00I'll permalink some local info later. but for now, here's a photographer's page with some Yapeen history. JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-916879652003-03-30T21:01:00.000-08:002003-03-30T21:01:34.700-08:00some possible places to list/market the pub: Daylesford cottages,dogfriendly accommodation,, and I quite like the functions on this one: daylesford getaways.
they manage this place, which is for sale at a MUCH higher price than I'm paying for the pub. it has more land and a creek and of course is nicely done up. but it's the template for the kind of place I'd like to make the pub, very longtermJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-915128522003-03-27T16:37:00.000-08:002003-03-27T16:37:20.903-08:00there is one, count 'em, one dampproofing contractor in Bendigo, according to the Yellow Pages. and he's going to Merimbula the week I'm doing building quotes.
can't get onto any of the builders I've chosen either. we'll get there. JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-913119892003-03-24T16:34:00.000-08:002003-03-24T16:34:27.186-08:00April 11 is confirmed as my "access day". it sounds like the owner plans to turn up personally. don't know what I think of that.JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-912129702003-03-22T21:50:00.000-08:002003-03-22T21:50:14.950-08:00also found some 18-month old photos of the garden at our house. it was really just a few sticks in tan bark. now it's a forest. it helps inspire me; if I can get a few little sticks into the ground at Yapeen by late winter, two summers later there will be real vegetation there.JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-912129222003-03-22T21:49:00.000-08:002003-03-22T21:49:00.216-08:00today I noticed a lockable metal cabinet in an IKEA ad and said to my husband it would work well to store the TV at the pub. he scoffed that he thought everything had to be interesting old found objects there.
weeeelll... yes. except maybe a few practical items like cute shiny metal lockers.
small progress; now have a list of builders and composting toilet providers to book in for my day of JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-908980972003-03-17T19:26:00.000-08:002003-03-17T19:26:52.530-08:00the "sold" sign has finally gone up on the agents' Web site. and my tenants are getting out of the flat I have to sell - they'll be out April 1. so it's really happening.
meanwhile, the rest of my life is becoming ever more busy and I wonder what I'm letting myself in for. there's a small loophole which would still allow me to pull out. but I'm not going to. JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-898883582003-02-27T23:05:00.000-08:002003-02-27T23:05:29.483-08:00looked at some very expensive arty decorating books today; the Tuscan Interiors one had the images most like what I want.
not the palatial houses of course, but the rough-edged homes with beautiful perspectives and use of warm materials in furniture places just right. JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-898682282003-02-27T15:56:00.000-08:002003-02-27T15:56:05.076-08:00a daylesford accommodation service that has the stuff I want - interactive calendar etc. wonder if the pub will be good enough for them. maybe not at first, but once the main work is done and the garden's going, it should be, I think. JShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5095306.post-896283152003-02-23T18:15:00.000-08:002003-02-23T18:15:45.563-08:00I should do a long and interesting First Post here.
but all that is at my regular blog.
for the meantime, this is somewhere to keep useful links for the purchase and renovation of a large pile of stone - no toilet, no kitchen, no septic, no hot water service - I am about to buy at Yapeen, near Castlemaine. I've been building up to this for a year now. fool.
here's a link to a solar hot waterJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386459708827691889noreply@blogger.com