Hasbeen yes dug the wells and the dunny holes
Dad was 5ft 4 inches of pure muscle, saw his shirt white with salt many many times,but he made us dig them much bigger
He bought second hand railway sleepers cheap, he was a railway fettler at that time
We covered the well with them
Not a million miles away from you Yerrinbool near Mittagong
Drought or not remember band aids charity shows to feed south west Africa and that needed to be done again
YES would population, highlighted in this country and others,leads to starvation
My 200 years thing loudmouth was for example
If the UN said it was going to happen could we stop it?

Belly comment 1- Not a million miles away from you Yerrinbool near Mittagong

Answer- Yes but Yerrinbool property is now going for between $450 and $800k- a significant part of a million dollars.

Comment 2-

Hasbeen yes dug the wells and the dunny holes. Dad was 5ft 4 inches of pure muscle, saw his shirt white with salt many many times,but he made us dig them much bigger. He bought second hand railway sleepers cheap, he was a railway fettler at that time We covered the well with them.

Answer 2- Sounds like your family was very self sufficient in your youth- I see this as very admirable- pity our society seems to have lost this attribute. Back in the day for example- you could do your own electrical and plumbing work in your house and get the sparky to sign off on it. As we get higher population densities I can understand that having more qualified people for plumbing work is more important but I question the premise behind the necessity for more people. This is perhaps an example of the "freedom" that Liberalism and Liberal Democracy creates.

You probably would have a lot of rules and forms and inspections around digging wells and dunny holes today. The richest people in the community are the ones working at the council. And the railway sleepers would be sold at international prices.

I like the small town mentality where everyone pitches in for mutual benefit- small scale capitalism rather than globalism

CM seems like another world you talk of, spent some years in Yanderra too [dad was a railway workers and we moved]
In those days Yanddera school had 23 kids at its peak, my family moved and that school shut down ,we and the Yanderra kids, went to Yerrinbool school
Houses? mostly ex ww1 soldiers hut type mostly just used as weekenders but even ex German tank driver lived alone in one,
Land? worth less than a days pay these days house and all
Slipped in to Yandera for the first time, probably the last too
25 years ago, saw very little of my days there so kept on driving, back to my then rented home in this village

Posted by Belly, Friday, 26 April 2019 4:53:26 PM

CM seems like another world you talk of, spent some years in Yanderra too [dad was a railway workers and we moved]
In those days Yanddera school had 23 kids at its peak, my family moved and that school shut down ,we and the Yanderra kids, went to Yerrinbool school
Houses? mostly ex ww1 soldiers hut type mostly just used as weekenders but even ex German tank driver lived alone in one,
Land? worth less than a days pay these days house and all
Slipped in to Yandera for the first time, probably the last too
25 years ago, saw very little of my days there so kept on driving, back to my then rented home in this village

Answer/ question- To Belly- Do you think it was a better world?

CM NO! we eat pumpkin and spuds for Tea and the skins for breakfast
We went hungry often
Being the eldest I left school just before age 13, had fight with welfare
Had often skipped to do a days work or pick peas, turnips or pumpkins for a wage, to feed us
Left near age 16 to work in Sydney, dad followed to stop us leaving one by one for work
CM well all remember the good times but the bad ones existed too there is a book in those memories,a hugely funny but sad one too
Months after arriving in Sydney we had good jobs and never knew we would all return to the bush, not there however

Posted by Belly, Saturday, 27 April 2019 7:23:01 AM

CM NO! we eat pumpkin and spuds for Tea and the skins for breakfast
We went hungry often. Being the eldest I left school just before age 13, had fight with welfare. Had often skipped to do a days work or pick peas, turnips or pumpkins for a wage, to feed us
Left near age 16 to work in Sydney, dad followed to stop us leaving one by one for work. CM well all remember the good times but the bad ones existed too there is a book in those memories,a hugely funny but sad one too. Months after arriving in Sydney we had good jobs and never knew we would all return to the bush, not there however.

Answer- Yes I remember the sugar sandwiches. Fighting with welfare- begging for life is ignoble- even now. Good luck surviving in Sydney at today's rents. My Gran kept chickens and had a large garden- spuds are expensive these days used to get a hugh 20 or 30 kg bag for $10- though wages were lower- I guess that wasn't possible for your family with all the travelling. You don't want to have a many children on a small income. Yes sad the stories of our families don't seem to be being passed down. Good that you found your way back to the bush. Ayn Rand perhaps wouldn't approve but I like that you are forced and allowed to improvise in the bush.