Building is well underway and we’re FINALLY preparing to install our bales. That’s where community comes in – the old fashioned barn raising! Details are listed below, and please feel free to reach out to us on socials with any...
It’s taken us almost three years to get through the documentation and approvals stages, and to finally receive our building and plumbing permits. This stuff isn’t very exciting, but I wanted to write a post about it in case it helps others with...
In the last post I outlined some of the reasons why we’ve chosen to build a strawbale house, however I didn’t go into detail about thermal performance as it really deserves a dedicated post. It’s a well-known fact that Australia lags behind much of...
We’re building a strawbale house! But why?In case you’ve somehow stumbled upon this article without any context about us – we’re really concerned about climate change and the destructive trajectory modern society is on. The whole point of our...
Our site is pretty steep and therefore required considerable earthworks to allow vehicle access and provide flat areas for the buildings. As our property has a landslip overlay, we had to have the whole site civil engineered to ensure the earthworks...
Ok so I know it’s been ANOTHER 16 months since my previous post, but this time things are actually progressing full steam ahead. There’s lots to catch up on, and lots in the pipeline. Here’s some brief updates to get you up to speed, and we’ll start...
We’ve been MIA on here for the past 16 months (!) because to be honest, we haven’t had anything to write about. People have been asking us about our Tassie project and there’s been nothing exciting to report for over 12 months...
Well, that year was something. So we totally fell off the blogging bandwagon, and a LOT has happened in the 12 months since our last post. I’m writing this from Lockdown 6.0 in Melbourne, and I can’t believe that this time last year we...
For the past month or so I’ve been making my own homemade oat milk (check out the recipe here). This means I suddenly have an abundance of oat pulp, and rather than just donate it all to my compost bin, I’ve been trying to figure out...
I’m always looking for ways to further reduce our environmental footprint, and making homemade oat milk is the latest step on that journey. When I decided to stop supporting the dairy industry many years ago I switched to almond milk, because...
