Subj : Re: Hey there
To   : deon
From : dflorey
Date : Mon Apr 14 2025 09:53 pm

On 13 Apr 2025, deon said the following...
 
 de>   Re: Hey there
 de>   By: Avon to All on Sun Apr 13 2025 05:36 pm
 de> 
 de>  > Hi all.
 de> 
 de> Howdy,
 de> 
 de>  > I lugged firewood in tonight and I think later this week we'll certainl
 de>  > using it... a cold snap is forecast in the next 1-2 days.
 de> 
 de> Curios how expensive firewood is for you?
 de> 
 de> I love the open fire, but firewood here is just ridiculously expensive.
 de> 
 de> ...лоеп
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Yeah, I'd be interested too... On average in east Vic I was seeing firewood
advertised at an average of around $180 per cubic meter, I was getting it for
between $120-130 last two years - going through an average of 5-6 per year. 

We've had some rather narly weather over the last year bringing down some
large trees in the area, so I go "help clean up" by means of collecting what
I can when I can.

On boxing day night we came up our road around 11pm to find a dead tree had
blown over across the road - closing it up. We drove around the other side of
the mountain, I tucked the wife & kids into bed, changed into PPE and went on
a battery chainsaw frenzy - cleared up the road, have been going back to the
same tree every now and then cutting more of it up and lugging it home.

So far I have about 2 cubic meters of mostly dry firewood and another 2-3
still to be cut & left out to dry

I still expect I'll be buying a load or two over the next few months...
Last winter our local hardware store was selling 20KG bags of good redgum for
$15-20 which aint too bad, so I still have a couple of them bags here too...

Our fire is the main heating for the living areas and the main bedroom,
whereas I installed mini-split ACs in the kids rooms, so they can heat / cool
their rooms and they're fairly cheap to run.

This week's weather is definitely on the cooler side...

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