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Over the road from the monument at Larras Lee is a collector extraordinaire.  There were dozens of railway carriages mouldering the paddock, old trucks, old cars, a pile of huge tyres from those giant mining machines and heaps of other junk but I reckon having a spare aircraft in the yard takes the cake.

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  1. MartinaMarch 1, 2012 at 7:08 AM

    Thank god it's only beer bottles I collect. And stones. And nuts. And rusty metal pieces.

    ;-) - Very interesting, this post.

    You know that with the non embedded comment form there is no chance for us to subscribe to follow ups? Blogger is really changing things - but not for good, :-(

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    1. Joan ElizabethMarch 1, 2012 at 6:38 PM

      Martina, I have been gone a couple of days and did not realise that commenting had been changed. I have selected this as the best option. Now I am wondering if I use "reply" which appears on this view, whether it sends you a message.

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  2. JulieMarch 1, 2012 at 7:38 AM

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  3. JulieMarch 1, 2012 at 7:38 AM

    There is a fine line between collecting and hoarding, me thinks.

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    1. Joan ElizabethMarch 1, 2012 at 6:40 PM

      He he ... I'm a collector, my husband is a hoarder.

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  4. WinamMarch 1, 2012 at 9:09 AM

    I was watching Selling Houses yesterday - they had to sell a house of a hoarder, and you can imagine what the clean up was like. However, having plan segments in your yard is something else!

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    1. Joan ElizabethMarch 1, 2012 at 6:43 PM

      It took me 3 months full time to clean up my parents home and business when they passed on, so I know all about cleaning up to sell house.

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  5. AnnMarch 1, 2012 at 11:53 AM

    Where on earth did he get that from and how did he get it home.

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    1. Joan ElizabethMarch 1, 2012 at 6:39 PM

      Ann, he appears to also have big trucks as a business sideline ... actually I am not sure if it trucks or junk that is his real business.

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  6. MarkMarch 1, 2012 at 6:15 PM

    The strange world of hoarders!

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  7. diane bMarch 2, 2012 at 12:07 AM

    I'm sure hoarders have a mental problem.

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    1. Joan ElizabethMarch 3, 2012 at 2:40 PM

      My husband just insisted that I object to this statement.

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  8. UnknownMarch 3, 2012 at 12:17 AM

    What a place this must be! WOW!

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  9. Rae WalterMarch 8, 2012 at 2:06 AM

    That is amazing. But as my husband is a good at being a "step toe".....the best he has got is a house - in fact three - I will not show him this one!

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  10. ABMarch 12, 2012 at 7:16 AM

    It looks like the ruins of civilisation in a Mad Max film

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