i just went to the darebin tip,
its fucken ace man, serously, all this stuff people will chuck out.
me and my housemate spent 8 dollars (thats 4 each) and got
- 2 bags (one big backpack, one handbag)
- a wormfarm (not fully in tact, but the peices are use able)
- a silver cloud tree sapling. .is sapling hte right word?? baby tree?
- a suitcase that holds audio tapes(our stereo only plays tapes and radio..)
- a saucepan with pretty pictures on the outside
- a big porcelan bowl
- a giant magic eye painting WOOHOOOO trippy man
- like, 20 tapes, including, maddonna, aretha franklin, indigo girls, culture club, tracey chapman, roxette, jackson 5, lou reed, billy bragg, eurythmics, sinead o conner, tom waits
- lots of storage jars
- a little bin to use for compost
- a red leather purse
- an etcher sketcher thing to leave notes like EAT THE LEFTOVERS PLZ
like, yeah. the point is, ALL this shit, ppl just threw in the bin, the fucken bin man, not even the op shop.
there was SO MUCH amazing building materials and garden stuff there, i was like amazed and excited, and i was looking at all these tins of rainbow paint and i met another person going thru them and it was a woman who runs the school garden at thornbury primary school.
its a really great garden there, i went there with meggs.
they use rope for there keyhole garden. so ace!!
anyway the point is, WASTE NOT WANT NOT----(produce no waste)
we can get almost everything from the rubbish bin!!!
xxxxxoxoxoxo
.Nice.....Will have to check it out..
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great place to find unexpected treassure,Kati.I'm with you:Waste not,want not. I've always felt sick at heart about the amount of waste we humans create. I think that too, will change, though. Must go there some day. Send me the address? And yes,I do read this blog, when I get a chance,due to unforseen circumstances, like today. :-)
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