recycled boat and trailer

Recycled boat from rubbish it is made from steel sheet its 13feet 6 inches long and4feet wide. The mud guards on the trailer are cut from plastic drums.The top half of the boat is a utility cover . The shed its in was recycled and when finished the insulation on the front of the boat will be used in the walls and roof this is also recycled. The timber to the left of the boat is to be used as walls it will be stacked and glued together like bricks. cheers Stewart

green sustainable mud brick failure

This mud brick wall was plastered with concrete mix and this is the result after time.The dirt from around the house could have been used with better results.

Sustainable minds?sustain NSW

This photo shows a bus stopped at a red light and is contravening a no stopping sign,where are the revenue getter's here they can't loose..Taken at Albion Park in NSW










Talk about highway robbery the state government in NSW Australia takes the cake sorry money for confusion.In the picture with the 50 speed marker you will notice fifty metres further on there is 100 marker the photo was shot while standing in a 100 speed area.Amazing going from 100 to 50 then back to 100 in 50 metres."Cool A".All the traffic does 100. When will some imaginative copper set a speed camera here? Photo taken at Yallah in NSW






















And finally the 60 and 80 signs,do you add them up giving 140 or do you subtract them giving 20 this would be the speed for the next 30 miles.But then they do have a 20 speed sign?Look again the 60 is in front of the 80 so does that mean you can do 60 till the next sign80 the photo was taken in a 110 speed area. This was taken at Gundagai NSW. Please feel to add some more to the comments it could be interesting








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going green wasing machine

I GOT A REFUND FROM THE WASHING MACHINE MANUFACTURER THANKS GUYS .

I will use the money to buy a water tank and will use the waste water in the garden and this will save the water better than an water saving washing machine!
water saving

As seen in the photo there is not enough water to wash clothes in...
I bought a water saving washing machine. I would have been better buying a water tank and pump and saved the water that way, As the new washing machine doesn't wash clothes. A normal washing machine and a water tank would save more water over time and the clothes would have been cleaner. The waste water can then be used to water the garden.

This is an extract from an email I got from choice online web feed back

Our testers also ran the Aquasmart on a 'traditional' wash * which uses twice the amount of water of the high-efficiency wash * and no residue was left behind. However, this defeats the purpose of buying a water-saving model in the first place.

We received some feedback about the Fisher & Paykel Aquasmart models leaving detergent residue on clothes. Our rinse test only measures the soluble component of detergent left in the clothes, so we did not see this. Overall they are very good performers and so remain in our What to buy list, however if this problem occurs, our research detailed in Downsides of water efficiency offers some advice.

From our report:
Downsides of water efficiency
Detergent residue
Following reports by concerned readers that their water-efficient washing machines (including the CHOICE recommended model, the Fisher & Paykel Aquasmart) left detergent residue on their clothes, we decided to recreate the problem in our labs and try to work out how to deal with it.

The problem comes about because some of the insoluble ingredients in detergents and some dirt don't get washed out when used with a low-water program. Normal CHOICE tests didn't pick this up because the standard rinse performance test measures the soluble component of detergent that's left in the water after rinsing, not the insolubles. Also, our wash load is made up of white items (to best check the wash performance), which don't show up detergent residue well.

Our testers used various detergents for the test, washing black items in two water-efficient machines (the Fisher & Paykel Aquasmart WLT70T60C and the Miele W1712), to see which produced the least residue:

A powder detergent that was a poor performer in our last test.
A high-performing powder, both new and in a humidified state (simulating a packet having been open for a while).
High-performing clear top- and front-loading liquid detergents.
Only the high-performing liquid detergent didn't leave any residue on our test load. Alternatively, using half the recommended dose of the high-performance laundry powder, dissolved in warm water, also reduced the problem. CHOICE tests have shown that liquid detergent doesn't wash quite as well as powders, and it's possible a reduced dose of powder will lower the dirt removal performance. But if your wash load (like most people's) isn't very dirty to start with, these two options are probably your best bets for getting rid of detergent residue with the least compromise on wash performance.

Our testers also ran the Aquasmart on a 'traditional' wash * which uses twice the amount of water of the high-efficiency wash * and no residue was left behind. However, this defeats the purpose of buying a water-saving model in the first place.

Fisher & Paykel agreed that using a good-quality liquid detergent will reduce residue. It told us the problem tends to happen with very water-efficient machines, if you're using poor-quality or old detergent, and living in an area with very hard water can exacebate the problem. It also suggested not buying detergent in bulk, because once opened it absorbs moisture, which lowers performance and can cause residue problems. As a last resort, Fisher & Paykel suggests switching to warm water washing, or a 'traditional' wash.

Other things that help:

Store detergent in an airtight container to prevent it becoming clumpy, which can make the problem worse.
Try putting the residue-affected clothes in a dryer on the 'air-dry' setting (that is, without heat, just using the fan) for five minutes. Some people have found it helps 'knock off' the residue.

cheers Stewart

model boat

Built this years ago, world war one gun boat.

home made lawn mower

This is my son Tim at 14 years of age with his home made lawnmower.It has Datsun wheels and diff and a Holden gearbox, and is driven by a Honda 10hp engine driving a loose belt clutch.The steering wheel is from a Toyota Dyna truck.It cuts grass 3 ft. high at about 2 miles an hour. It has three cutting decks underneath and cuts three feet wide..Cheers Stewart

opal mining

This is my mate Ray and the contraption is used to lift spoils from an opal mine.I will ask Ray if he wants to do an article on the subject? It is amasing what they do but they are a close nit bunch and dont like to be in the public eye.