Renovate Australia

A home improvement blog about renovating our Queenslander house in Townsville, Australia

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Entries from June 2006

Having Good Neighbours

June 21st, 2006 · No Comments

We have been extremely blessed to have had good neighbours at all of our residences in Townsville since we have been married. When we were renting our unit we had the end unit and a young couple on the other side. Then at our old house we had a neighbour who was a real pain [...]

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Tags: General

Clothesline Finally Installed

June 19th, 2006 · 6 Comments

The Hill’s Hoist “is one of Australia’s biggest success stories; a story which has become part of Australian folklore”. Which is a lot to say about a simple clothesline, but almost everyone in Australia will acknowledge that the Hill’s Hoist is an Australian Icon. (You can read the full story at The Hill’s Story.) A [...]

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Tags: Gardening

Throwing in the Towel – Almost…

June 3rd, 2006 · 1 Comment

Last week I ended up with bruised nuckles after I punched my car after a rather frustrating meeting with an engineer about some of the “stranger” features of our renovations… I must admit that this renovation process is a lot more complicated and aggrivating than I had thought it would be. I was looking at [...]

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Tags: Budget · Contractors · Planning · Renovation Frustrations