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House Renovation

We have completed rebuilding our house. The plan involved creating spaces in which 3 generations of Hursts may live, giving both "seniors" and "juniors" separate living areas, with shared family space. When people ask me "How does that work?", I smile and say: "the same way it works for millions of people around the world".

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Or, if you have Sweet Home 3D, here is a source file you can explore under that software: RebuildPlans There is also a Google Docs spreadsheet defining the logistics surrounding the rebuild plans. We also have to worry about flooring on concrete floors, see this article.

General Stuff

Air Crash Investigators
A Wine List cgi program has been completed to show what wines we have in our cellar.
The House Computer and its Documentation detail all the ups and downs of making one's house into an automaton.
My wife and I are currently attending the Fitness First Gym
Our Chicken page describes the fun and challenges our 5 chickens have given us.
My Electronics page sets out the various projects underway and completed.
My Model Railway page describes not only the model railway, but all the computer control around it.
My recipes - a work in progress
My Perpetual Calendar ready reckoner
I have done some work on using XML to generate genealogical data for my family. A password-protected directory contains the data (not accessible unless you contact me for the password).
My cat Sylvester did a very naughty and expensive thing to my laptop. Read my son's account about how Every Cloud has a Silver Lining
Australian Rules Football ( Hawthorn Football Club Member)
Why I dislike Microsoft products PS. No personal dislike of Microsoft per se. I think Apple are behaving in much the same way now. My dislike is now generalized to proprietary software.

Railway Stuff

The Railway Photograph Catalogue is a web-based description of my railway photograph database.
I am (or have been) a member of the following railway societies
- Australian Railway Historical Society: both ACT and Victorian Divisions.
- Puffing Billy Railway Preservation Society
- Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society
Railway Modelling (HO gauge)

Meccano Stuff

Meccano: as a boy, I had a 9++ Meccano set, which I think is a fantastic toy for encouraging creativity in an engineering context. David Williams has an equally fantastic Meccano Home Page. While I still have the set (in a pair of wonderful cabinets my father made), I don't play with it much nowadays. Sadly, neither did my sons, who much preferred Lego. Sit transit gloria mundi!
Postscript: In Marysville, Victoria (Oz), there is an excellent Meccano Museum with many working models. It's called "Maniacal Mechanicals", in Murchison St (the main street). Worth a visit if you are in the area.

Postpostscript: Alas! "Maniacal Mechanicals" was destroyed in the disastrous Black Saturday bushfires (7 Feb 2009). See this collection of photographs of the place as a tribute.

Other Pastimes

Choral Singing

I have been a member of the following groups

UNCS (University of New South Wales Choral Society
SCUNA (Australian National University Choral Society
MONUCS (Monash University Choral Society
Monash Chorale

And I like to sing:

Ill Wind (by Flanders and Swan)

Walking

The Dropbox files in what follows are uploaded by the Track Sharing via Dropbox mechanism on MyGPSFiles

20150413: Dunkeld: ASQ Music Festival
20150417: Emerald.
20150803: Jell's Park Our regular GOMERs' walk
20150907: Grampians: Mackenzie Falls and Zumsteins, Silverband Falls
20150908: Grampians: Mt Stapleton, Heatherlie Quarry
20150909: Grampians: Kalymna Falls and Mafeking
20150910: Grampians: The Pinnacle
20150911: Grampians: Balconies, Buandik and Mirranatwa Pass
2016016: Jell's Park: Madelaine's to Norton's Lane (Third Saturday Walkers)

Television

ABC iView I'm leaving this link here in case I ever feel the need to update it, but it is broken, and I ain't fixing it, because the ABC now has a completely useless iView navigation page. I have written to complain, but the %^(*#s haven't responded.
Dr Who episodes

Church Stuff

Church stuff has been moved to a new Parish page.

Environmental Stuff

This has now been moved to a separate environment page.


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