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Paperbark Cottage 2019

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Paperbark Cottage

Paperbark Cottage

My passion is to live as I believe (walk my talk), by creating a home, celebrating memories of a simple wooden building, slightly elevated, so as to allow natural airflow under the floorboards.

My garden celebrates a childhood memory of an oasis in the dusty Gemfields, and utilizes items collected from the Endeavour shop at the Tip (saving landfill),….formed in such a way that I won the Award from our Livingstone Shire Council last year for “The Best Use Of Recycable and Resuable Goods”.

Recycled and reused items I have in my house and garden include:

  • Cabinets
  • Doors
  • Timber
  • Rocks and stones
  • Plant pots
  • Fences & gates

I built my own window awnings to match the style of the cottage and continued to upgrade with a pergola built from timber from the original house and posts milled from a tree that fell in Cyclone Marcia.

Gas instant hot water system and cook top, so as to be viable during and after cyclone events.

Garden surrounding a new build that emulates the original 100 year old cottage.

All donations on the day will go to Capricorn Coast Landcare Group

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Sustainability Features

Years Open
2019
ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENT FEATURES
    • Passive heating cooling:
    • Cross ventilation
    • Active heating cooling:
    • Split system airconditioner

    • Active heating cooling:
    • Desk top fan.
    • Water heating:
    • Gas on demand.
    • Water harvesting and saving features:
    • Low flow shower heads

    • Water harvesting and saving
    • Stormwater management in process
    • Energy Efficient Lighting
    • Natural daylight

    • Energy Efficient Lighting
    • Full spectrum lightbulbs.
    • Window Protection:
    • Awnings (external)

    • Window Protection:
    • Internal shutters
SUSTAINABLE & RECYCLED MATERIALS
    • Recycled and reused materials:
    • Decorative pots and benches from the local tip-shop, fences & gates.
    • Recycled and reused materials:
    • Bathroom cabinets
      Doors
      Rocks/stone
      Timber

RENEWABLE ENERGY SPECIFICATIONS
    • All-Electric Home?
    • No
HOUSE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
    • House Size
    • 80m2
    • BAL Rating
    • N/A
    • Roof
    • Metal (Colorbond)
    • Wall Materials
    • Lightweight construction (timber frame)
    • Window and Door Types
    • Sliding windows/doors
    • Universal Design Features
    • 80cm minimum door opening width
      Hobless showers
    • Number of bedrooms
    • 2
    • Number of bathrooms
    • 1
GARDEN AND WASTE REDUCTION
    • Garden / Outdoors
    • Worm farm
    • Garden / Outdoors
    • Bee hotels/friendly
      Composting
      Edible garden
      Organic
      Native plants
      Water wise plants

    • Waste Reduction Practices:
    • Compost all food scraps
      Plastic free household
      Recycle
      Repair
      Swap with friends and neighbours
HEALTHY HOME FEATURES
    • Healthy home features
    • Cross flow ventilation
      No carpets
Location
Yeppoon QLD 4703
    • Housing Type:
    • Garden
    • Project Type:
    • Garden Only
    • Open with support of
    • Capricorn Coast Landcare Group

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