We live on a land sharing community about 10 km from Australia’s alternative capital, Nimbin.
I’ve moved from the city after several profound experiences motivated me to connect directly with my supply of water, air, food and energy. I’ve connected with others along the way too and been inspired to document our journey.
I prolifically write, read and take photographs.
This webpage is some of these records.
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Djanbung Gardens – Permaculture Education (Nimbin)
Permaforest Trust – Permaculture Education (Byron Bay)
Planting Milkwood – Building a sustainable life
World Changing – Change your thinking
Energy Bulletin – Energy news clearing house
Blotanical – Where garden blogs bloom.
Appropedia – Collaborative solutions in sustainability
We guess that the final straw for the last people who lived here was when the long drop toilet filled up. That meant that when we arrived there was no toilet.
Posted On: November 12, 2008
Our worm farm is simple enough. It works to transform kitchen organics and paper that don’t go to the Guinea Pigs into a ready to go mix of humus and seeds from the foods that we like. Pumpkins flourish. I think the most important thing is that it is convenient to use. We have a [...]
We live on the peaceful side of the community buffered from the road by acres of forest, the other side of our property is undeveloped pasture. This remoteness puts us far away from the existing grid infrastructure – it might have been possible to get mains electricity connected – but it wouldn’t have been any cheaper.
It took as a little while to find out where the grey water from the house went when we first arrived. We have now upgraded that to a council approved unit with some help from our friends!
Today I connected an integrated garden watering system.
We have several gardens. Our main production at the moment is the kitchen greens garden on the deck which is prolifically producing Rainbow Chards and herbs.
We are all quite reliant on a continuously available supply of clean healthy water.
