buck07
Bucking the system
Nope. Sadly, NearMap had a change of heart and no longer allow access to their aerial photography for free.
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Nope. Sadly, NearMap had a change of heart and no longer allow access to their aerial photography for free.
Ah not good news!! Thanks for the reply buck07Nope. Sadly, NearMap had a change of heart and no longer allow access to their aerial photography for free.
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Short answer is no!
Nearmaps.. Aireal mapping went commercial.. So that you need to be a paying business with an account to get access
In one of the new construction photos there is a picture of the captains quarters from 2012 but with a new sky with cloud's background behind the pool. I wonder what that is. The new theme of the old captains quarters is perhaps something to do with the sky? Little Sister teased that the BB design team have drawn inspiration from The Block Sky High so this may have something to do with that.
^ I thought it was always the sky. Remember, it looked like they were on a cruise liner?
So if anyone does happen to have Nearmap access via their place of work, a friend via work, etc etc, spill the beans! 
I believe there was a new update of overhead images in May of this year but I am unable to view them (no free access).
I believe there was a new update of overhead images in May of this year but I am unable to view them (no free access).
Oh I think you may be 100% correct there. Whoops haha!
There won't be any officially released pics of anything remotely looking like the new house for at least a few weeks yet.
Anything they do/have posted so far will only ever be shots of various stages of the deconstruction of the old house (as deceiving as some of the photos may be). Trust me, they won't give away any hints of anything new at all.
Give it about three weeks tho.
Anything they do/have posted so far will only ever be shots of various stages of the deconstruction of the old house (as deceiving as some of the photos may be). Trust me, they won't give away any hints of anything new at all.
Give it about three weeks tho.
Yeah I am aware of that. I just forgot about that cloud feature in the captains quarters and did a double take and thought "Surely this wouldn't be part of the new house" but I completely forgot it was in the captains quarters so I thought they had surprised me! In 3-4 weeks time the pre-series rumours, speculation, and legit info will really start to heat up and I can not wait!There won't be any officially released pics of anything remotely looking like the new house for at least a few weeks yet.
Anything they do/have posted so far will only ever be shots of various stages of the deconstruction of the old house (as deceiving as some of the photos may be). Trust me, they won't give away any hints of anything new at all.
Give it about three weeks tho.
OK guess what I've got... aerials! By some absolute luck I was able to acquire them although the window of opportunity was short lived and is no longer working.
The wonky kitchen roof is gone. There's a blueish foor in the FNL arena. Originally thought roofing but the shadow from the gum tree makes it look like a floor. The captains quarters is getting a make over however it would appear the pool is staying. There appears to be something wooden extending from the inside area of the captains quarters.
The yard hasn't changed to a great deal so I'm thinking the pool and sitting area are staying. There are some platform things with what looks like supports - unsure if these are merely construction related elevated platforms or something more permanent relating to "sky high"?
The wonky kitchen roof is gone. There's a blueish foor in the FNL arena. Originally thought roofing but the shadow from the gum tree makes it look like a floor. The captains quarters is getting a make over however it would appear the pool is staying. There appears to be something wooden extending from the inside area of the captains quarters.
The yard hasn't changed to a great deal so I'm thinking the pool and sitting area are staying. There are some platform things with what looks like supports - unsure if these are merely construction related elevated platforms or something more permanent relating to "sky high"?
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Thanks so much! It looks like they will be using the old FNL area for the new FNL type show! It definitely does not look like the backyard has changed much from that ariel view but I suspect once the kitchen area gets a makeover, and the yard surrounding the pool gets renovated it will look fairly different. It is looking very likely that the pool will remain. I was hoping for something completely different but not to be I suppose.
buck07
Bucking the system
That would be this:
Which I assume to be a timber work bench for cutting the decking for the captain's quarters, or maybe not?
Nice find on the aerial shots. I guess the old FNL area has had an asphalt treatment in a green/blue for grip when playing games?
That looks like what is at the bottom left of aerial photo. What I was meaning is something just above the captain's quarters pool. Looks to be an extension of the roof, I think? This:
In the photo you link at the top you can just see the bow of the 'ship' (captain's quarters).
buck07
Bucking the system
Ahh yes... a roof extension, methinks.
BradMorris1
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Nice to see the wonky Kitchen roof gone...hoping the kitchen gets moved back inside this year. Awesome grabs of the aerial shots! Looking forward to see what develops from the FNL area....
Unlikely they would reconfigure the pool again after only doing it last year. Maybe next year?
From 2005-2007, the same pool remained for 3 whole seasons.
Even when they did it last year, it seemed kind of half hearted as it is still the old rectangular pool with shallow side additions. Which just makes me think they hit pipes or something when they were digging it out so just improvised around them.