faFFing around - The Tour de SEQ - photo & fun heavy

[FenceFurniture]

Sounds like fun travelling to me. The natural bushland photos are great. Thank you.
I may just have some white cedar (mostly limb timber) up here not far from IanW if you are interested in filling the load? I've found it's a swine to turn but quite pretty once you do so.

Neither of us are turners (but we know plenty). However, if it looks good turned then it should look good for flat work too?

When you say it's a swine to turn, is that because of tear-out?

[fletty]

On our way up last Monday we called into Boutique Timbers at Telegraph Point. Man, what a place! I can't recall all the species they have slabbed and stacked, but I would estimate >20. After a couple of pies for lunch with Greg Ward we went cruising the property with him and brother Mal to select some timber.

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After a very pleasant 3 hours with Greg & Mal at Rollands Plains we pushed on to Coffs Harbour, and stayed with fletty's daughter. Tues/Wed was out to Moree and back via Grafton and Glen Innes. This took us across the Great Dividing Range past several National Parks and lookouts.

The first really significant thing to catch our eye was the turn off to Raspberry lookout.
Pretty sure fletty has a pano of that view.

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However, a restored 1904 house in the eastern outskirts of Glen Innes demanded, and received our attention.
I'll leave it to fletty to put up a pic of the front

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- beautiful detail and paint job. Yours for just $585k!

fletty

[fletty]

One of the mental notes made was a turn-off to "Boundary Falls" and that was good enough for us. None of our incursions were going to be of any great duration, so the penetration into the parks was always going to be shallow, but nonetheless worthwhile.

Our timing for arriving here was immaculate, and I believe fletty has a pic that will explain that.

I think FF is referring to the sudden arrival of a dozen international backpackers who arrived so soon after us that Brett initially feared they had hidden in the back of our own truck! As ridiculous as that thought may have been, I was still relieved to see a 20 seater bus in the car park when we got there?



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[FenceFurniture]

True, although I didn't hear any banging around in the back, but then again there were lots of bars and tie downs - even blankets to deaden the noise, so it was a distinct possibility that they jumped in the unlocked back at Warialda (a well known people smuggling hub if ever there was one). We'd never have heard them over the noise of the engine anyway.

[Glider]

Didn't you fit a Tampa proof lock?

mick

[FenceFurniture]

Just one more pic from me until faFF proper gets underway on Thursday.

Last Thursday, after staying at Boambee we went for breakfast at Sawtell Beach, where there is a cafe run out of the Surf Club.

We were sitting about 40 metres back from this view point but it was still very pleasant (until a dozen rude cyclists sat in a VERY noisy semicircle around us).


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[Enfield Guy]

If your ventures take you any where near the Vicmarc factory in Clontarf Brisbane then I would be rude to not drop in and say hello. I'm 150 metres from there.

Cheers
Bevan

[FenceFurniture]

Unfortunately Vicmarc holds nothing for a couple of non-turners Bevan (and I already have their grinder). But maybe if we can get DoctorBobski to come down from Murrumba Downs for lunch...... (we'll post if that's happening)

[fletty]

I think FF is referring to the sudden arrival of a dozen international backpackers who arrived so soon after us that Brett initially feared they had hidden in the back of our own truck! As ridiculous as that thought may have been, I was still relieved to see a 20 seater bus in the car park when we got there?


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Hmmm

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Woohoo, it posted BUT I fear it s now so reduced in size that I will need to issue virtual magnifying glasses?

fletty

[FenceFurniture]

Size is fine. Btw if you double-click on it whilst posting (or editing) you can choose what size you want it to appear in the thread.

Viewers may think there is only a handful of bodies there, but another whole bunch are on the left, posing as trees.

[crowie]

You sound like mischievous youngsters on a fling....behave, act you age or are we??

[Enfield Guy]

Ahh then. then is a spectacular burger and craft beer place a mere stones throw away. Pretty much the only decent feed on there west side of the peninsula. I would say the WHOLE peninsula, but I don't want to appear biased.
Cheers

[Xanthorrhoeas]

It's really like a mobile get together.

[Bushmiller]

It's really like a mobile get together.

Is that the mobile conferencing where several people get together and text each other from four paces or the type that you hang from the ceiling? .

Regards
Paul

[Xanthorrhoeas]

When you say it's a swine to turn, is that because of tear-out?

Yes, exactly that. It seems quite brittle. The reason I mentioned turning is that the pieces are fairly small, so I don't think there would be many (any?) boards in it.