Our Bush Home
Loading up the wood for the house at our base in Hoskins.
Clearing our plot of land before building.
Setting the house poles that will support the weight of the house.
Our 30 x 40 house frame nearing completion in March of 2001.
It took 2 weeks to get to this point.
Every nail and piece of wood had to be flown in by helicopter!
Putting down the copper sheets and insulation paper on the roof.
Craig standing by the wall framing.
Work team consisting of two wee little Irishmen, two Australlian men and one national.
Our house without the metal siding.
Working on the kitchen.
The outside of the house completed. Plenty of work left inside though!
Hanging PVC pipe that will run the rain water into a water tank.
A shot of our newly finished house from the air.
Kelly cleaning up after all the construction.
Brandy, Jared & Justin exploring their new surroundings.
A panaramic view of our house, the chicken coop and the generator shed.
Inside the house looking at the finished kitchen.
It rains all the time here in Ora. Notice the nice squishy mud on our path.
Our water passes through three filters before we drink it.
We use solar panels to charge our battery bank underneath the house.
This is our battery bank consisting of 4 deep cycle batteries.
This is our DC frigerator. It is heavily insulated so that it can run more efficiently.
This is our genny that we use for charging batteries and running appliances.
This is my office located underneath the house.
This is my workshop located on the other side of my office that I use to store all my tools.
This is the schoolroom where Kelly homeschools the children.
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