The beach house is an Australian institution intertwined with memories of first loves, holidays, bodysurfing, zinc, sand and growing up. Culturally the house awakens an enhanced sense of community; sharing space, pitching in with relatives rarely seen, friends estranged by distance, life and committments, swapping private space and catalogued possessions for the hurly burly of shared experience. The event can be marked as seasonal, as a return year upon year to the same place, a ritual of arrival, unpacking, joyous lived experience, repacking/farewells and departure.
Achitecturally, the typology is defined by the iconic weatherboard Corbusian boxes supported on blockwork and stilts or the ramshackle fibro shacks piled up with acretion upon acretion. This house is rare in that we judge not its appearance, but rather the connections it can bridge, the proximity to surf and bush and the quality of its casual spaces and sometimes even the ruggedness of its durablity. Its connection to life, not its representation of status, atleast as measured against the Jone’s, is treasured.
It has often struck me how vital the beach house is as a cultural idea, it is a pure luxury as we cannot dwell within one. The networks that sustain our lives will not allow this to occur. Yet many people invest in the idea and own houses that they do not live in, planning one day to retire to? These un-lived in houses, vacant and empty, devoid of people, occupy the most beautiful areas of our coast.
and they sit patiently silent, as markers of our promise to return?
June 11th, 2005 at 12:55 am
home loan
You can also visit some helpful info dedicated to payday loans home equity loan
June 15th, 2005 at 6:35 pm
debt consolidation loan
You can also check out some information about loans home loans payday loans
June 26th, 2005 at 2:54 pm
payday loan
Please visit the sites on loans home loans payday loans
July 4th, 2005 at 8:42 am
bextra
You may find it interesting to visit some information in the field of birth control ativan
July 4th, 2005 at 3:52 pm
diet pills
You can also visit some relevant information about diet pills trim spa
July 9th, 2005 at 12:40 am
student loans
You may find it interesting to visit the pages on mortgage calculators credit scores
July 11th, 2005 at 11:17 am
debt
You can also take a look at the pages about debt management debt help
July 22nd, 2005 at 12:48 am
credit counseling
You are invited to check out some helpful info dedicated to loan payment calculator reverse mortgage
July 22nd, 2005 at 10:40 am
mortgage calculators
Please visit the pages about california mortgage mortgage payment calculator
July 23rd, 2005 at 1:10 pm
hoodia
You are invited to visit the sites about atenolol birth control pills
July 29th, 2005 at 3:35 pm
auto loan calculator
You are invited to check out some relevant information on home equity loan mortgage calculator
July 30th, 2005 at 2:08 am
cash money
You are invited to take a look at some relevant pages on payday advance countrywide home loans
July 30th, 2005 at 11:44 am
payday loans
You may find it interesting to take a look at the sites dedicated to loans refinance
August 4th, 2005 at 4:20 pm
diet pills ratings
Please take a look at some information dedicated to mexican diet pills
August 12th, 2005 at 8:09 am
bad credit loans
You can also check out the sites dedicated to payday loans home loans loans
August 19th, 2005 at 11:32 am
no prescription diet pills
You may find it interesting to check some relevant information dedicated to diet energy loss pill weight
August 29th, 2005 at 2:47 pm
best weight loss drug review
You are invited to take a look at some helpful info dedicated to prescription weight loss drug usa
September 3rd, 2005 at 5:13 am
diet pills in canada
Please check some information dedicated to rx diet pills
September 16th, 2005 at 12:22 am
best all natural diet pill
You are invited to take a look at the pages about cheap diet pills online
September 22nd, 2005 at 4:50 am
payday loans
You may find it interesting to check some information dedicated to payday loans credit card application
September 26th, 2005 at 2:07 pm
lose 1 dress size in 1 week with diet pill
You can also take a look at some information about diet pills loss pills weight