boat-shed

Reading this I was immediately transported to the weatherboard house at Metung, where, in the very early morning, perched high in the branches of the enormous ghost gum that overhangs the boat-shed, a pair of extremely competitive kookaburras occasionally woke us up with a loud impromptu performance.

The Kookaburra 2009

Reading this I was immediately transported to the weatherboard house at Metung, where, in the very early morning, perched high in the branches of the enormous ghost gum that overhangs the boat-shed, a pair of extremely competitive kookaburras occasionally woke us up with a loud impromptu performance.

Archive 2009-08-01 2009

In front is seen the corner of a boat-shed with a boat drawn up.

Little Eyolf 2008

In front is seen the corner of a boat-shed with a boat drawn up.

Little Eyolf 2008

I was working on the boat-shed door, after dinner one night.

Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

I was working on the boat-shed door, after dinner one night.

Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

And the result of this hurry-scurry was that he got to the beach too soon: his men had only just begun to open up the boat-shed.

Ultima Thule 2003

Louise had not spoken since leaving the house; she also stood mutely by, while the astonished boatman, knocked out in the middle of his festivities, unlocked the boat-shed where the ice-chairs were kept.

Maurice Guest 2003

For two or three days — for the spot was at the back of the boat-shed and under daily observation — the alert creature was oft disturbed by my coming and going.

Tropic Days 2003

Here in January it became necessary to repair the roof of the boat-shed, and to keep the ridge covering of paper-bark in position, two long saplings were tied parallel with the ridge pole.

The Confessions of a Beachcomber 2003