Hi From Melbourne, Australia

[toolman]

Hi all!

What a great forum and site. I like many others found this site whilst looking for oven plans. Using info from here and other sites I have started constructing my oven. I'll post under the "Brick Oven Photos" section of the progress so far. Title will be "Toolmans Oven".

Dave

[Unofornaio]

Welcome to the group.

James- Whats the deal... you guys have Kangaroos over there with sandwich boards that say FB or what? Seems like we have a lot of people from Australia on here..

Dave- I realize its a beautiful Country and not all Crocodile Dundee and Kangaroos its just a joke....

[Bacterium]

hey Uno.....we are probably one of few countries who actually eat all our animals on the coat of arms (emu and kangaroo) ...crocodile is nice too

[asudavew]

Never had Emu.

Had alligator... tastes like chicken...

I used to eat at the Jack In The Box fast food joint. Great hamburgers... Rumor has it, there was kangaroo meat in the burgers.

So I guess i had that too!

I've also had American Bison.. Buffalo.. It's tasty as well!

And welcome Toolman!

Can't wait to see your pics.

[nissanneill]

Yeh Toolman,
go for it and lets show these forum members that we Aussies really mean business when it comes not only to the building but also cooking a multitude of goodies.
Neill

[christo]

Welcome!!!

Soon there will be more ovens on oz than in Itally!!!!

[toolman]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. By the sounds of it there are quite a few aussies here. Is there anybody from Melbourne? I would like to catch up with others in the area. I can also provide info on local suppliers of materials needed. For instance, when I went to buy my vermiculite everyone was quoting me around $40 a 100L bag. I ended up buying it for $17.80 so it pays to shop around.

Dave

[waitingtocook]

Hey Toolman, not a couple of days went by form my posting about supplies in Melbourne, then your posting came along! Your pics so far look great. I am wondering about where you are getting your materials from. I know of a couple of places, Consolidated Refractories and Darely. Do you know of any others?

[jengineer]

Tastes like chicken indeed!

When we visited Up Over back in the day we visited one of the crock farms. We got there just a feeding time. Guess what they were fed... that's right chicken! I asked one of the workwers where was the sport of feeding them skinned and cleaned chicken why not let the birds in live - more sporting. He cocked and eyebrow and stated that they used to do that but the tourists got all up in arms over the practice.

[Mark CH]

Hi Toolman,
I'm very much a Newbie to the WFO thing (building rather than eating out of!) and would also like some information about suppliers/costs etc in Melbourne.
My budget is very limited and I've been in touch with Darley and Consolidated. Essentially their prices will mean that mine will be a very long term project to complete but I note you got vermiculite a lot cheaper than I've been able to find.
Any information would be great!
Cheerio,
Mark