Panoramas

I've been busy with Photoshop, learning as I go! I keep taking these panorama photographs with the intention of stitching them together but haven't got round to it until now. I thought you might like to see where we're now living, and where we're going to live.






This is obviously the back of the house, taking photographs from the paddock fence. So there's 10 acres of grass and trees and large ponds that you can't see, behind me as I took the photos. The other side of the house isn't very exciting... The main body of the house is an 'L' shape, with the other arm of the 'L' behind our bedroom and extending around the back of the pool and deck area.










This is a view up the hill towards the back of our block, showing the way in which it curves into the hill and is embraced by the ridge which runs up one side, around the back, and down the other side. The geophysical surveys show that the bowl of the hill is subject to landslides so we will use it for garden, paddocks and orchard i.e. things that don't matter if there is a slip... As the left hand boundary and the back are all koala habitat we shall be building on the ridge running down the right hand edge of the block, indicated on the photo. We recently engaged a man to come in with big machinery and clear out the undergrowth on the site, so this picture was taken afterwards, when it had dried off enough for us to be able to go up there with our architect, Christian, and take a fresh look at the proposed new house site. Christian seems enthusiastic, even though it means a complete re-draw of his plans to take in a steeper slope and smaller footprint for the house. We're awaiting the plans with interest.