Harvesting Sunshine

My hosts here have recently installed two systems to harvest the huge amounts of sunshine that we all get here in Australia.  First they installed a solar hot water system on their roof.  Then just recently they installed 12 photovoltaic panels.  So as well as getting their hot water heated for free by the sun, [...]



Veggie Patch with a View

The house I am currently staying at is near Bright, in NE Victoria.  It is on the end of a ridge jutting out into the Ovens Valley.  One side of the house looks up the valley to Mt Feathertop, the other side looks down the valley to Mt Buffalo.  The veggie patch has the view [...]