Pure wool Berber carpet.
Suit small room, very good condition.
Colour: flecked pinkish biege.
Size: approx 4.0 X 2.9 m with hall runs 3.0 X 0.8 and 2.4 X 0.8m and two largish off-cuts.
Contact Sue at shunt@tassie.net.au
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Its that lovely time of year, so here are three delightful garden enterprises.

• Food in my backyard:
If you are new to gardening, or need help, Christine and Juliet from FIMBY run a neat little local (South Hobart) enterprise that is proving to be really popular. Have a look at their friendly website

• Tarremah Growers:
Catherine in Fern Tree advises that they have for sale a fabulous range of tomato seedlings, including those vanishing old tasty varieties. No website sorry, but you can download their tomato catalogue here and place an order.

• Woodbridge Fruit Trees:
Too late for fruit tree planting now, but do keep this one in mind. For close to 30 years this family group has been preserving old fruit tree varieties on dwarf stock suitable for home gardens. Great varieties and a big range of fruiting times. Take a look at their website and place your order before next Winter.

My name is Luke O’Brien, and my partner Midori and I have lived in Waterworks community for the past 4 years.

We run a tour guiding business for Japanese visitors, and we are looking for families in Hobart that would be interested in hosting a student from Japan for short periods. The students would be here to study English and experience family-life in a different culture to their own.

The host family would receive a weekly payment in return for meals and a room for the duration of the stay, and as we live in the street we are close by if any issues pop up during the stay.

Anyone interested in registering can contact us at 6224 6618 or email us or leave a comment below.

Thanks very much, Luke & Midori at 1 / 182

Trish and Stu at 131 have a comfortable 3 bedroom shack looking past Huon Island to Bruny, just back from the low cliffs between Randalls Bay and Eggs & Bacon Bay – about 55 minutes from Hobart. An old Hydro house, it’s on a battleaxe-shaped, treed block of approximately 2.1 hectares, with a small dam, phone, power and tank water. There are lots of birds and native animals, and a track leads down to the beach, this being accessible only on foot or from the sea.

Says Trish “We would like to sell 2/3 of it to compatible people: valuations we’ve had suggest that a 1/3 share would cost between $100,000 and $120,000, though prices may have declined a bit.

We would all work out a set of conventions about using and maintaining the place. From having others use it, we have learned a few things about communication, clear expectations etc. We are retired and would have time to handle a booking system and be the first stop for any issues that arose, if that suited the co-owners.”

(At the moment it is made available to extended family and friends.)

If you’re interested, please email Trish for more info, photos etc.

Trish at 131

Steve Batchelor wants to stay in this area and can pay $160 per week plus bond for one-person flat or co-tenancy. You can phone Steve on 6223 3834 or email us below.

Jason and Claudia – 45

Another nice block of land (132 Waterworks Rd) is for sale in the valley.

This one is next door to Lilith’s and goes right down to the creek. Has a level area near the road where a small house could be built.

Owner is Dave Ellis – Ph 0409 939 241