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Mark Williams

@firstleaves.bsky.social

Canadian living off grid Down Under. Curious traveller, Nature lover, Carpenter, Sauna enthusiast

500 Followers  |  799 Following  |  271 Posts  |  Joined: 20.10.2024  |  2.434

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Scary! I can understand why you didn’t record any…

07.08.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Extraordinary! The scale of that catastrophe and I hadn’t heard of it before. Thanks for sharing.

07.08.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hadn’t been there for a few years but an excellent burger last time I was there. Sorry to see that.

03.08.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Extraordinary building and history. Beautiful photo too!

30.07.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow! Lovely!

30.07.2025 07:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s great! Love that colour!

29.07.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks beautiful!

28.07.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! We’re fortunate to live with nature all around us. Ever changing and always inspiring! Keep well.

28.07.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A lovely moment this afternoon while stacking firewood. Black cypress pines (not actually pines) Such lovely tees - native to Central West NSW

#Calitris #endlicheri
#NSW #nature

27.07.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It never gets old! Quite a few trips on the Maid Of The Mist when I lived in Ontario. Always a great destination for friends/family who visited from BC or overseas. Great photo!

27.07.2025 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I do carpentry work in Australia. Need to start very early mornings in the summer months. Definitely hard to manage the heat and gets me down after weeks on end. Luckily we have a cool house but thinking more about shade structures and drought resilience as well as large capacity water storage.

26.07.2025 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful!

25.07.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Stunning!

22.07.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reflections!!!

21.07.2025 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice to have the potatoes to go along.

21.07.2025 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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21.07.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing trip! Welcome home!

20.07.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A mob of about a dozen kangaroos in the grass alongside a country road with soft afternoon light and eucalyptus bush in the back ground. Rural NSW - Capertee Valley.

A mob of about a dozen kangaroos in the grass alongside a country road with soft afternoon light and eucalyptus bush in the back ground. Rural NSW - Capertee Valley.

My coworkers keep things hopping.

#kangaroos #CaperteeValley
#nature

20.07.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s great insulation! Not a priority for past and present builders in Australia unfortunately. I’m slowly insulating the old house we purchased - difficult access so needing to remove old siding etc… I have several friends in Canada with masonry heaters - simply the best! I’m working towards itπŸ”₯

15.07.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That is a beauty!

14.07.2025 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How do you like your masonry heater?

14.07.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A lot of them coming into Australia now but some resistance here too.

14.07.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks delicious!

13.07.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some serious wallowing here!

12.07.2025 09:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Magnifique !

12.07.2025 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Love the layers and textures

12.07.2025 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Well done! Looks beautiful too.

12.07.2025 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A special sunrise this morning

#CaperteeValley #NSW

11.07.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks tasty!
We had an old Norwegian neighbour who sailed on the last of the working tall ships to the Grand Banks for Cod fishing. He retired to Canada near family. The locals seemed distressed that he caught and preserved the local β€œtrash fish”. As a child it opened my eyes to new possibilities.

11.07.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beau! A small nature moment can go a long way.

11.07.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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