[permaculture-oceania] Kleenmaid & Knives

[darren at permaculture.biz]

G'day,

 

I trust that this greets you and all well.

 

Can vouch for the Kleenmaid washing machines. I bought a 5kg front loader 10
years ago for $1200 and it is still going beautifully. Uses 1 tablespoon of
Aware & bugger all water/power. Can't recall the figures.  Design life must
come into your calculations with purchases such as these. Generally if you
buy crap you don't get longevity. Good quality knives are another example.
My knives from back in my chef days nearly 20 years ago are still great and
I'll probably give them to my kids like my grandfather's 60 year old
handmade butchery set. 

 

Yours and Growing,

Darren J. Doherty

Permaculture Designer

Australia Felix Permaculture

 

Integrated Consultant

M&M's/Mars Inc.

 

Australia (Bendigo): 

Yeerip House

103 Casey St, East Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 3550

p. +61 3 5444 1068

m. +61 (0) 418 254 605 (Australian Mobile)

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Australia (Moriac): 

Dalpura 

15 Thielemanns Rd, Moriac, Victoria, Australia, 3240

p. +61 3 5266 1807

 

Viet Nam (Dong Xoai):

Sustainable Cacao Agroforestry Systems (SCAS) 

Hillside Restoration & Water/Soil Conservation Project,

Forest Science Sub Institute of Vietnam (FSSIV) Research Farm,

Huong-lo 312, Nghia Trung Commune, Bu Dang District, Binh Phuoc Province,

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

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From: permaculture-oceania-bounces at lists.cat.org.au
[mailto:permaculture-oceania-bounces at lists.cat.org.au] On Behalf Of John
Bickmore
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 11:24 AM
To: permaculture-oceania at lists.cat.org.au
Subject: RE: [permaculture-oceania] New Members Story

 

Hi Permy Dorc and others

Did you get a new washing machine as part of your sustainable house reno?.
I have fixed ours for the last time so I am looking for the most efficient
front loader I can get.   The Kleenmaid models seem to have the best water
and power ratings but cost around $2,500.  I read the choice magazine
article and the really efficient models were not at the top of the list (I
expect they save power by not washing as effectively as other machines?).
The choice article listed 2 samsung machines at the top of the medium size
category.  These machines are rated 5A for water but only 3.5 for energy!. 

Does anyone have any reccomendations for washing machines?

Sydney water is giving $150 cashback if you purchase a 4A or 5A water
efficieny rating washing machine.

Thankyou

Regards

John


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From: "Matt Heffernan" <kbanana at bigpond.net.au>
Reply-To: promoting permaculture and sustainable living in the oceania
region<permaculture-oceania at lists.cat.org.au>
To: "promoting permaculture and sustainable living in the oceania
region"<permaculture-oceania at lists.cat.org.au>
Subject: [permaculture-oceania] New Members Story
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 19:39:16 +1000

Gday all.

My name is Matt Heffernan.

I have just joined your mailing list & will tell you as briefly as possible 

what I've been doing re Permaculture.

 

I  completed a PDC

at Ecoliving centre Randwick with Robyn Francis last year.

 

>From suburban Oatley in Sydney, Ive designed & just recently renovated(using
a builder) my 2 bed full brick house, 

changing the layout,increasing garden space, 

building 3 beds & bathroom upstairs for a family of 4. 

 

I have 6 solar panels facing Nth, Room for 2 more sending power back to the
grid.(just made the now defunct rebate)

For the 1st full qtr Mar-Jun, they provided approx 35% of my power.

They are fixed on roof & the gradient will be much better for summer (peak).

Working on our usage.  

 

7000 litres - 2 water tanks. (no space for any more).The rainwater is fed
through the

house for everything using an electric pump. I have a sediment & UV filter
next to pump.

When the tank empties, town water switches in automatically and fed to house
via mains pressure.

We've had plenty of rain lately & therefore havent switched over to town

water for 2 months now. Yeeha. (and they filled again today)

we are using 200 litres per day which gives 37 days. 4A toilets, 4A
dishwasher, 3A everything else.

Working on our usage.

 

Used passive heating, cooling principles, plenty of cross ventilation, 

laminated windows - casement for wind catching. Insulation in walls

and roof upstairs + sarking under colourbond roof, 2 whirly birds, raised
floor boards to be insulated soon I hope.

No aircon but gas for heating & cooking. 

 

All Bio paints inside, No PVC in the ground or for water-in plumbing. It was
very difficult to 

decide on the best building materials from a sustainability & toxicity
perspectivre and in some

cases pretty well impossible to avoid. Eg glues, laminates.

 

I have the shower & laundry pipes diverted to a greywater pump

and will be used for sub-surface around my fruit trees when required.
Irrigation channels not yet setout &

considering alternatives. Reedbed would be great but space an issue.

 

Backyard &, Frontyard orchard/food forest is very juvenile but so far
planted Lemonade, Grapefruit, Lime, Avocado, Banana, 

Paw Paw, feijoas, figs, mandarin, orange, strawberry guavas, pomegranate,
grapes, passionfruit, mulberry, lilly pilly, with a plan to have about 30
fruit trees. Dwarfed where possible. 

 

Garden with veges all starting but slowly in winter. Incorporating herbs,
groundcovers, edible perrenials & weeds, wormfarms, as many compost piles I
can scavange up etc. Chooks soon.

 

I love the garden and hope to produce all my fruit & veg in 5-8 years.
Seedsaving also. I am very passionate about health -sustainable local
organics (great expo yesterday), & solutions to the energy future.
Considering future direction locally, particularly my kids infants/primary
school when they start. I work as a muso so luckily have more time than a 9
to 5er.

 

Thanks for reading

Regards

Matt Heffernan or as my friends calls me - permy dorc! 

 

 




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