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EMPTY  FARMLAND  TO  HOME

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Rod and I purchased the land, 52 hectares, at Christmas 1994, but it took us until August 1995 to be able to start to build. In the interim we bought and lived in a thirteen and a half foot long caravan, which was placed  in  various, generous family members'  gardens, long over staying our welcome!  We did plan, very seriously, not to have any animals until we had a home and were earning a living.  That first Winter we had three horses, a puppy and  two kittens, so we nearly got it right.

In London we had planned, dreamed and hoped to be able to return to NZ, and we used to stroll  over the South Downs wondering what best we could do to earn our living once home again. We knew that we wanted a hill, a river and some flat land, so when the estate agent drove us up the Taylor Pass and pointed out a  hill, a river and some flat land  -  we were hooked!

This page will tell about the struggle against the elements  -  non stop nor west gales, wettest winter in history, the infamous " Long Drop"!!

I apologise for the much poorer quality of these earlier photographs but they were all taken on an old fashioned conventional camera. The photographs have been scanned, transferred to the computer and added to the site.  Although smaller and not as clear they still give the impression of how basic life was here before electricity and running water were available.

   The   First   Step   -   Building  The   Garage

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  No  Trees,  No  Bushes,  No  Other Buildings     -     Just  A  Garage  And   Shelter.

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Looking   West.  The   Garage    1995

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Looking   West  . The   Garage    2018

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Crane   Needed   To   Off   Load   House

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Lovely   Clean    Smell   Of   Pine   As   The   House   Rises

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The  House  Starts  To   Look   Like  A    House

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 The   " Go   For"    On   The   Job

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Telephone  Goes  In  With  A  Mole  PLough

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View   From   Garage   Door  1995

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View  From  The  Garage  Door  2016.

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Digging  For  Water  After  The  Well  Came  In  Dry.      1995

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Afternoon  Tea  Anyone ?

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In the   photo my daughter and I are enjoying tea in The Parlour on a very cold afternoon.

Caravan Life

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Tea  Break  For  The  Lonely  Builder.      Is That Muffins You Have?

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