Hi all.

I've yet to read/catch-up on happenings here.

Have been full on at work and also traveling recently to help my father with some more downsizing we've been supporting him with at my childhood home.

Hope to spend some time this week playing catch up and doing some more overdue admin.

Daylight savings ended over here last weekend and already the days are feeling shorter (daylight wise) and that whiff of 'winter is coming' is definitely in the air now.

I lugged firewood in tonight and I think later this week we'll certainly be using it... a cold snap is forecast in the next 1-2 days.

Speaking of firewood I had best sign off and go out and cover it up! Had the tarp off it today and in the sun to help keep it dry.

Hope this finds you well.

Best, Paul

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Re: Hey there
By: Avon to All on Sun Apr 13 2025 05:36 pm

Hi all.

Howdy,

I lugged firewood in tonight and I think later this week we'll certainly be using it... a cold snap is forecast in the next 1-2 days.

Curios how expensive firewood is for you?

I love the open fire, but firewood here is just ridiculously expensive.


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On 13 Apr 2025 at 05:36p, Avon pondered and said...

Hi all.

I've yet to read/catch-up on happenings here.

Have been full on at work and also traveling recently to help my father with some more downsizing we've been supporting him with at my childhood home.

Hope to spend some time this week playing catch up and doing some more overdue admin.

Daylight savings ended over here last weekend and already the days are feeling shorter (daylight wise) and that whiff of 'winter is coming' is definitely in the air now.

I lugged firewood in tonight and I think later this week we'll certainly be using it... a cold snap is forecast in the next 1-2 days.

Speaking of firewood I had best sign off and go out and cover it up! Had the tarp off it today and in the sun to help keep it dry.

Hope this finds you well.

Best, Paul

You may be getting a whiff of winter, but here in Victoria, Australia, we had temperatures reaching 30C. Certainly not winterlike here, and it will remain warm, and push 30 again later this week.

Not that I mind, quite pleasant compared to chilly, wet weather, and good weather to have an outdoor party, which is what I did today.

Anyway, its good to see you are still keeping fsxNet going. I haven't been on here in a while, and I thought I'd click on the icon called "syncterm" on my desktop and see what was going on.

Regards,
Borax Man

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Hello deon!

** On Sunday 13.04.25 - 19:05, deon wrote to Avon:

I lugged firewood in tonight and I think later this week
we'll certainly be using it... a cold snap is forecast in
the next 1-2 days.

Curios how expensive firewood is for you?

I love the open fire, but firewood here is just
ridiculously expensive.

Camp firewood might be the most expensive. But the quantities
and type you can get for an entire winter is usually much
cheaper by the cord.


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Re: Hey there
By: Avon to All on Sun Apr 13 2025 05:36 pm

Hi all.

I've yet to read/catch-up on happenings here.

I've been wondering where you've been! I keep forgetting you're on the other side of the planet from where I live (USA). We're getting ready for summer and you're getting ready for winter!

Thanks for checking in!

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On 13 Apr 2025, deon said the following...

Re: Hey there
By: Avon to All on Sun Apr 13 2025 05:36 pm

Hi all.

Howdy,

I lugged firewood in tonight and I think later this week we'll certainl using it... a cold snap is forecast in the next 1-2 days.

Curios how expensive firewood is for you?

I love the open fire, but firewood here is just ridiculously expensive.

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Yeah, I'd be interested too... On average in east Vic I was seeing firewood advertised at an average of around $180 per cubic meter, I was getting it for between $120-130 last two years - going through an average of 5-6 per year.

We've had some rather narly weather over the last year bringing down some
large trees in the area, so I go "help clean up" by means of collecting what
I can when I can.

On boxing day night we came up our road around 11pm to find a dead tree had blown over across the road - closing it up. We drove around the other side of the mountain, I tucked the wife & kids into bed, changed into PPE and went on
a battery chainsaw frenzy - cleared up the road, have been going back to the same tree every now and then cutting more of it up and lugging it home.

So far I have about 2 cubic meters of mostly dry firewood and another 2-3
still to be cut & left out to dry

I still expect I'll be buying a load or two over the next few months...
Last winter our local hardware store was selling 20KG bags of good redgum for $15-20 which aint too bad, so I still have a couple of them bags here too...

Our fire is the main heating for the living areas and the main bedroom,
whereas I installed mini-split ACs in the kids rooms, so they can heat / cool their rooms and they're fairly cheap to run.

This week's weather is definitely on the cooler side...

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Re: Re: Hey there
By: dflorey to deon on Mon Apr 14 2025 09:53 pm

Howdy,

Yeah, I'd be interested too... On average in east Vic I was seeing firewood advertised at an average of around $180 per cubic meter, I was getting it for between $120-130 last two years - going through an average of 5-6 per year.

How far "east" are you?

When I look around, I'm seeing around $380m3, or $550 or so a tonne. (I'm south east melbourne.)

I'm obviously looking at the wrong places...

Actually I just looked in gumtree - looks a little better at around $230m3...


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How far "east" are you?

When I look around, I'm seeing around $380m3, or $550 or so a tonne.
(I'm south

east melbourne.)

I'm obviously looking at the wrong places...

Actually I just looked in gumtree - looks a little better at around $230m3...

Just past Warragul, behind Yarragon.
Them prices are VERY high!!

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Curios how expensive firewood is for you?

I love the open fire, but firewood here is just ridiculously expensive.

Haven't had anything to do with firewood for a long time, but I recall a time, when the family ordered it by the ton... rolled in on an 5-8ton truck... but it was a wood stove with water heating so you needed something to burn year round. Can't have been hiddeously expensive back then, it was being purchased by a pensioner.

ST

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