Tristan Croll
5th November 2001, 07:19 PM
A few months ago I was out bushwalking at Mt Barney. Having just come down from the summit, I was walking along the access road when I passed the burnt-out remains of a redgum. Lying in the ashes was a beautiful large burl (about 25cm x 30 cm x 20 cm deep), completely untouched by the flames. Realising its potential, I carted it out the last few kilometres in my pack (it seemed to weigh a tonne after the hike http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/eek.gif ).
It's been lying under my house ever since, waiting for me to find the time to do something with it. Having finally finished my degree (in just over a month I'll graduate as a fully qualified chemical engineer http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/eek.gif ), I now have enough time to pull it out. However, I realised pretty quickly that I have neither the equipment nor, I'm sad to say, the expertise to do it justice.
So, I was wondering if there was anybody a little more well equipped and experienced than me in the Brisbane area, who would be willing to devote a few hours of their time to giving a bit of advice and the use of their workshop to a self-confessed, but very enthusiastic, amateur?
It's been lying under my house ever since, waiting for me to find the time to do something with it. Having finally finished my degree (in just over a month I'll graduate as a fully qualified chemical engineer http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/eek.gif ), I now have enough time to pull it out. However, I realised pretty quickly that I have neither the equipment nor, I'm sad to say, the expertise to do it justice.
So, I was wondering if there was anybody a little more well equipped and experienced than me in the Brisbane area, who would be willing to devote a few hours of their time to giving a bit of advice and the use of their workshop to a self-confessed, but very enthusiastic, amateur?