exactly fran,

buying a chain saw (not cheap) to collect and cut eucalypt timber with
si not for the feint hearted then the saw chain needs continual
sharpening unless you set up an expensive bench saw.

around here through winter you had to wait up to 3 weeks for water to
come they where run ragged, lots come out here and over look storage
capacity for water then they put in ground water polluting septic
systems that use their valuable water. they just can't help pushing
that button (what a mind set hey), we have a composting loo and grey
water goes to plants nothing wasted here and the material from the loo
well what can i say bloody great in the gardens. yes you don't get
much change from 10grand for most septics and some are dearer actually
i don't think they get any change. for that 3k for a composting loo
and 7k buys a lot of tanks well 4 X 5,400 gallon ones that is.

anothe thing as well a fire pump is needed with a trailer and tank we
can't offord one, then an emergency generator is needed if you get
caught in a long blackout ice isn't readily available near by you have
to save your food and you need to draw water, plus if there's a fire
what do you do if you have an electric fire pump, the list goes on.
and lots of this advice can't be gleened before you move to rural.

so you find it very rapidly that it can be very very expensive
exercise, we hope to set up an online business to help people in
looking for good land and to educate them about what moving to rural
realy means, it simply doesn't mean somewhere to run a couple of nags
for the kids and more room for the kids to make whoopee in. and no
bush spirit anymore well least ways not in qld all other folk out here
are here for their own ends and they pretty much keep to themselves,
some even turn phones off or down and won't answer them after about
11pm so pity help the neighbour who need urgent help hey? i sorta
remember better days in rural but like the degregated land that is all
gone.

because of a lack of stores there is also things that you can't get
when you want them.

take care fran

len

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