The Ringtail Wagon

10/01/2023

With our first official guests arriving any minute now, a couple of final touches added! Dion's beautiful handcrafted chess table, and a pair of lap trays I painted that double as wall art.

17/12/2022

And we are live on Air Bnb!

Shepherd’s hut in Bittern, Australia. Create special memories of a unique and romantic, eco-friendly get-away in The Ringtail Wagon. Set down a secluded lane in Bittern, this wagon has...

09/12/2022

First family sleep out in The Ringtail Wagon!

18/11/2022

The fireplace is in (just not connected yet) and the beautiful new mantlepiece.
If anyone has any small games/books/puzzles that would suit a B&B, that you no longer need, donations would be most welcome! Otherwise it's tine to hit the op shops 🤣. Thanks ☺

10/11/2022

Jagga continues to take his supervisor role very seriously while I do some grouting!

16/09/2022

There was a blank wall in the bathroom, so I figured it needs some art 🤣. I wasn't allowed to work alone though 🐕🐕😂

10/08/2022

Native (mostly!) garden bed mulched and planted. Looks a bit sparse at the moment but it will fill out in time!

20/07/2022

The wagon now has a little decking for sitting outside, as demonstrated by Dion and Jagga

29/04/2022

After a fair bit of pruning, and an awful lot of toing and froing, the Ringtail Wagon is in situ, and wheels off! Hurrah!

29/04/2022

We've been quiet for a while on the Ringtail Wagon, busy with other things, but finally it's moving day! Just a very short trip down the road to her permanent location 😊

28/11/2021

The ringtails have been installed, very happy with how they turned out 😍

17/11/2021

Window number one completed and installed! Window number 2 underway 😁

14/10/2021

So I've been a bit quiet lately as I broke my wrist a few weeks ago and it slowed me up a bit! On the mend now, and luckily it was my left wrist, so painting has resumed! Here's a few shots, most were done pre broken bones, I haven't been that productive since 🤣. If you have a favourite Aussie bird or animal let me know and I'll see if I can include it...

11/10/2021

Dion is creating the kitchen out of an old TV cabinet, it's so good to repurpose something that people just don't want anymore, and Dion has the skills to make it happen!

01/09/2021

She's been named! I feel like it's time to crack open a bottle of bubbles 🍾🍾🍾

15/08/2021

While Dion has been busy tiling and grouting, I've enjoyed painting the beach section of the bedroom mural today 🏖

14/08/2021

Bathroom is progressing nicely, using up some boxes of tiles that have been sitting in our shed for a while!

04/08/2021

Some more internal progress photos, complete with chicken visitors 🐔

04/08/2021

Roof going on, thanks to my brother phil that came down from Broome and ended up getting trapped down here in one of our covid lockdowns. Pulling it out of the shed into daylight. Now begins the fitout

04/08/2021

A couple of shots along the way

04/08/2021

Chassis done and draw bar fitted. Some internal?underway

04/08/2021

The beginnings of the chassis wagon. Very old Douglas fir tree.....the true oregon

04/08/2021

04/08/2021

04/08/2021

Dion made the arched rafters to support the curved tin roof

04/08/2021

First wall up! August 2020. The Chassis is made entirely of recycled Douglas Fir timber.

04/08/2021

Welcome to our page for The Ringtail Wagon! Currently under construction, we are documenting our building journey on this page. The Ringtail Wagon will be a unique B&B accommodation on our property, made using as much repurposed and recycled material as possible. Join our journey as we continue the build and hopefully open for business come summer....