swapping the trees for the sea

It's been a bit quiet here on the blog front, but that's only because lots has been happening in real life. We've swapped our treechange (up on the "hill") for a seachange (the south coast of Victoria).

Once again we packed up our house and stuff and moved. It took one week, 3 large truck loads, countless car loads and approx 2,400kms of driving. It was a 300km round trip from the old to the new place and back – you do the maths.

Once again I vowed to sort and cull the stash but once again I didn't. We now have a 8.5 x 3m storage shed full of furniture and stuff. I have vowed to sort and cull stuff now, over the next few weeks – lets hope I do!

This time we have downsized – going from a 2 bedroom log cabin to a small open-plan, one-room flat. I call it the beach shack, but really there is nothing beach-shacky about it. Its a brick box in the back garden of a larger house, with double doors and double windows facing east, a courtyard, a small garden, a little garden shed and a paddock out the back.

In a former, earlier life it was a very large double garage we think, one that has been converted into a granny flat cum art studio. (The current landlord had used it as her pottery studio, before letting it to a local chef.) But it has white walls, lots of light and we can make it into a home.

Its going to be a busy few weeks ahead: cleaning, moving furniture, unpacking, sorting, organising, gardening...I'll let you know how we go.