Goulburn River Walk

This month, we had a delightful walk along the side of the Goulburn River near Seymour. There is something very spiritual about visiting this place and we have done this on a number of occasions with our friend from Seymour. The winter day provided the perfect weather for such an outing. We had the path to ourselves, the river flowing well after the rain.

Farm Houses

This weeks woodcraft club participants mostly made model farm houses complete with plant cuttings inserted into blocks with drilled holes. The farm house roofs were of that corrugated surface cardboard that looks like the real deal in miniature. The timber was a mix of Bolsa wood and offcuts to suit and the base thick white card. Peter was less called for helping as the kids could work this one out more easily.  

Articulated Trucks

A week later, Peter provided articulated truck kits. There were challenges to make these, but nothing ventured, nothing gained. As a result, Peter had to work hard to avert some disasters from happening. There were certainly a lot of calls for assistance.

There is an art to just how much glue to use

When it proved too hard and Peter could not arrive to help, a bit of free creativity goes a long way

Construction Kits

During the school holidays, Peter went to Reverse Art, a place that collects offcuts of all kinds including timber product factories. When he found a whole load of similar Tasmanian Oak lengths he invented a construction idea for them. Most pieces had holes drilled 100 cm and 141 cm apart (for triangulation) apart. These and dowel for these holes all the same length. Peter found a pile of black straws from Reverse Art as well and conveniently they fitted the holes in a perfectly sized way. Not all students took up the challenge but it was interesting to see that they did with the pieces.