hello

magenta flame · Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:57 am

hello everyone, I'm here for some tips and a bit of a journey in returning to the almost self sufficiency life style I had once .

Millymollymandy · Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:26 am

Hi there and welcome!

Wombat · Post: # 66656Post **Wombat** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:35 am

Hey Magenta Flame!

Welcome to the site from another Aussie!

Nev

ohareward · Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:53 am

magenta flame

I've got a son who lives just out of Melbourne.

Robin

Shirley · Post: # 66699Post **Shirley** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:17 pm

Hi Magenta - welcome to Selfsufficientish.

red · Post: # 66738Post **red** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:32 pm

hi ane welcome

ina · Post: # 66755Post **ina** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:43 pm

Hiya Magenta flame, and welcome!

I spent 8 wonderful months in Victoria, half a lifetime ago... Well, 1984/85. Don't think I could bear the heat nowadays!

magenta flame · Sat Jul 28, 2007 8:32 pm

Wow you guys, this site is amazing!

I've just been pouring over it in the last day and it's so chock-a-block full of info, I'm very impressed. Telling my friends immediately.

Thank you for the Welcome and glad to see that you all know where I am and happy you are familiar with my state. (Well, it's not exactly MY state, I don't own it YET

)

I'm in Gippsland Victoria but will be moving north within the next year.(within VIC) Not quite sure where yet but I'm expecting a very different climate which is essentially why I am here. I have established fruit trees that I want to take with me, hopefully. I can't bare the thought of nurturing great trees and then leaving them behind for someone else to enjoy or rip out.
I've had a bull ,a cow, raised lambs, and chickens. I'm learning how to bottle fruits and veges. I make my own clothing and soft furnishings, and recently finished a rag tie bathmat (I'll be doing that again in the future.)

Anyway, again thanks for the welcome, and on with the show!

Millymollymandy · Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:03 pm

magenta flame wrote:Thank you for the Welcome and glad to see that you all know where I am and happy you are familiar with my state.

So much so that I ran off and googled to see where Gippsland is!

Actually I have been there back in the mid 80s and think I stayed in a youth hostel in Lakes Entrance, but I don't remember it!

Anyway I do at least know where Victoria is.

Paul · Post: # 66836Post **Paul** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:25 pm

Hi there and Welcome; Yep done Gippsland & Lakes Entrance during my 18 months Oz "Wonder" back in 1992/3

Paul

magenta flame · Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:00 pm

THat's really cool Paul and MMM. I've been to Brittany in France but sought of missed Wales (sorry Paul) going back next year so I've put Wales on my list

Thurston Garden · Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:16 am

Ahoy!

Yep - stacks of info here! Been on for a few months and still nowhere near the bottom of it!

ina · Post: # 66880Post **ina** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:16 am

magenta flame wrote: going back next year so I've put Wales on my list

Well, the Wombats will be coming over next year, too - looks like it's going to be an Aussie meeting here!

Maybe you can all hire a coach once you are here and do the grand tour!

magenta flame · Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:03 am

Hi ina

I've been to Scotland just not Ireland or Wales. Can't wait to get back there. My children loved Stirling and Edinburgh castles. that's why I want to see wales ................more castles

Sad isn't it.

magenta flame · Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:06 am

Thurston Garden great blog you got going there .