History

The story of Stone Well House — from when we first moved in, through the renovation and development of the property and what we have been up to

  • Moving the first water tank

    Part of the preparation for getting ready for the winter rain is to sort out some of these water tanks. The first one has been emptied into another and has been moved out. Next step will be to get the new site ready and then move it to a better spot.

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  • Wardrobe to ‘Dressing Room’

    We have removed the wardrobe from our room, making it feel much bigger, and put the internals into what will be our dressing room!

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  • Tidying up the property

    Removing old wire fence thats been sitting on the ground for years. Driving the tractor is a serious business!!!

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  • The sheep

    The sheep come to say hello in the morning until Tim enticed the around the corner with some treats. Bach wasn’t too sure and thought he might get a better deal if he stayed but eventually the curiosity got the better of him

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  • Getting ready for the new water tank

    So we decided the best spot for our new 200000 Lt water tank is where the old veggie garden was so we have spent the weekend removing the old veggie garden but kept all the stuff so we can redo it somewhere else. The veggie garden consisted of 5 large beds surrounded with corrugated iron…

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  • Jodee and Jade feeding the sheep.

    The sheep go crazy for sheep cubes!!

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  • Rain

    We had 20mm of rain today, not as much as some, which equates to about 6,000 litres of water collected. I cleaned to gutters yesterday so we were all good to go but there are still issues with the original set up here that I’m really looking forward to resolving before the rain really kicks…

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  • Video doesn’t do it justice

    The rain and lightning out here is awesome…. magnified by the big open sky! Another 15mm of rain today

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  • We received some weather

    101mm of rain in just 3 days…. and counting. Here are some pictures.

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  • She’ll take no more Captain!

    Gutters can’t handle the volume. Check out the lighting too!!

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