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	Welcome Welcome to strawtec.com.au, the website of Yesterday - Today - Tomorrow, Straw Bale Construction. We provide a large range of products and services; taking you on a journey from a dream to a home come true. *Projects* Building your dream home, a garage, a shed, a wall, a store, a school or an office? Small or large, square or round, simple or sophisticated, residential, recreational, utility or commercial - the possibilities of building with strawbales are unlimited. Strawbale building provides us with a real choice to help reduce energy consumption when building and inhabiting our homes, places of work, education, play and healing. Make this choice today, for a cleaner, safer, healthier and better tomorrow. Projects include: Galston. The Woodage. Vipassana Meditation Centre. Kyogle. Sutton Forest. Jerilderie. Falls Creek. Glen Innes. Kurrajong. The Music Dome. Ryde TAFE, Wagga Wagga, Bathurst, Katoomba, Jamberoo, Bungendore, Goulburn, Canungra, Nimbin, Bundanoon, and many more - soon the be added to this site. Tuggerah Lakes Community College, in Berkley Vale (Wyong), Central Coast - NSW - has a new Community Training Facility and it's built with STRAWBALES, yeah!!! (photo curtesy of the college) Please click here for more info. Eco House and Garden at Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre - Terrey Hills (Sydney) A very comfortable compost toilet block with nicely curved strawbale walls and plenty of creative details has been build at the centre in 2010. Click here for more info and photos. Dragonfly in Duffy ACT *FAQ* We have endeavoured to answer the most frequently asked questions in regards to strawbale construction here. However, please be welcome to contact us with your personal enquiry. We also provide consultancy services to help with your individual project. *Workshops* We run strawbale building & rendering workshops and working bees throughout the year. Our working bees are usually free of charge for participants and provide the opportunity to gain hands on experience at a current building site. Our teaching workshops include daily theory sessions, slides & videos, expert guest speakers on related topics, access to a large variety of related books and magazines, comprehensive hand-outs and some hands-on experience. Next events: 2012 Four Day Wall Raising Working Bee at Yass River/Murrumbateman, NSW. From Thursday the 19^th to Sunday the 22^nd of January 2012. A great opportunity for hands-on learning, hope you can join us for our first event in 2012. Please see "Workshops" for more details. Building withStrawbales Weekend Residential Workshop 17^th - 18^th of March 2012 at Gudhara Holistic Sanctuary, Wingello, Southern Highlands NSW 11 Formal Hours for Registered Architects as a CPD Activity Facilitated by Frank Thomas/Organised by Gudhara Holistic Sanctuary Please visit Gudhara Strawbale Workshop for more information and registration details. Please see "Workshops" for more details.		*News* Please visit http://build.timandliz.com/ for photos and comments from our latest working bee at Razorback (Picton). All SB walls went up, were pre-compressed & trimmed and first coat of lime render was sprayed onto external walls - all of this over 4 busy days - a fantastic achievement, only possible with the help of a great bunch of volunteers THANK YOU ALL. And if you would like to see some pictures from the recent strawbale wall raising working bee in Tasmania click http://vimeo.com/30716138 they are in time laps, kinda funny. News from Ecostove: Masonry heater kits are now available in Australia, please visit http://www.ecostove.com.au/ for more information, photos and much more. We are looking for an experienced plasterer/renderer to assist at our strawbale building projects. You are the right person if you have a genuine interest in natural building materials, clay & lime renders and healthy & sustainable homes. This is not a full time position so you need to be flexible with your time and be able to travel and be away from home for 1-2 weeks at a time. Experience operating a Condor MPS machine would be an advantage. Please contact us via e-mail strawbales@bigpond.com to discuss this offer in more detail. Check out these new photos of a not so new project. Jamberoo main house & studio. How about this, a Fire Engine build with bales, photographed in a village near Hamburg-Germany during Frank's 2010 travels in Europe - how cute is that ?! Now available for hire! Condor MPS 303 Mortar Mix Pump and Spray Rig The Condor MPS303 (Mix-Pump-Spray) is considered to be "state of the art" mortar application equipment. It is powered by a 13hp Briggs & Stratton petrol engine. The stainless steel mixer has a capacilty of 120 litres and the pump has an output variable to 1.75 cubic metres per hour, however, the pumping rate can be varied to suit the job, materials and skills of operators. The twin body is designed to mix in one compartment whilst pumping from the other. The machine is suitable for application of clay and lime render mixes and individual aggregate particles of up to 10 mm are managed by the equipment. It comes with a stainless steel spray gun and plenty of 38mm high burst material delivery lines. For any further information on the equipment and hire rates please e-mail strawbales@bigpond.com or call Frank on 0408415806. Wildlife Warriors Worldwide have build the world's largest wildlife hospital at Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Queensland. We have uploaded many more photos of the finished and now open & running hospital. Click here to see. We have also uploaded new photos of the finished Queanbeyan Rectory - absolutely stunning! Please check them out here. Please click for more (Old) News