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Dear {usertag:name}
Four of us went down to the Ferny Grove Station this morning at 6am and spoke with the site foreman about salvaging some of the historic kiln bricks that had been uncovered.
Nowadays with all the rules and regulations this needed quite a few more layers of approval.
We emailed Geoff Wilson’s office and Bruce Kimble was most helpful and rang the Queensland Rail PR person who needed to give approval.
Anyway it was all eventually approved and the four of us were able to go back down at 4pm and salvage some of the bricks.
Probably the most exciting part was finding that there is a kiln actually under the footpath of Conavalla St. It’s arch is intact with the hollow inside visible. This is a part of our local history that will have to be recovered up but it was like being on an archaeological site seeing this stuff. Have taken a photo.
Press releases need a lot of approvals through government channels but Rebecca the PR person is going to try to organise it as it is a real good news story.
John Booth is a local who is very experienced with making pottery from local clay and has a kiln and knows about making kilns and he is available to advise of using the bricks to make a kiln that can be used as both a pizza oven and for baking pottery.
Anyway it was a great adventure and also good to work together at short notice and get help and get it all done.
We’ll all have to get together for a pizza when the bricks eventually reemerge in their new functioning down the track.
We came home and jumped into the pool to cool down after lugging bricks on such a hot day.
Thoughts and feedback welcomed.
Cheers
Anne
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