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'The Mud House' - image gallery

Here are some photos of the house I've helped build in the bush, as described in my book The Mud House. This page gives me a chance to include some of the old photos which wouldn't fit in the book, as well as some photos showing more recent progress on the site.

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Debra and me pictured when we first arrived on the block in 1984

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Pictured with my co-builder Philip Clark (or perhaps one of the Blues Brothers). 1989

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The nervous builders worried about whether the frame is straight. 1989

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Me and my two young sons, both of whom were later to take a big role in the building. 1992

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Laying bricks for the Delphi Bar, our new building, in early 2009

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Close-up of one of the new mud-brick walls. 2009

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The tunnel on the Wombeyan Caves Road built in 1901

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A view of the wilderness surrounding the block

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The Delphi Bar with bricking-up half-finished in June 2009