Introduction to Permaculture, Crystal Waters, Qld 19th – 20th November 2011 Part 3

The previous picture was the stunning Painted Bamboo.

This is a running bamboo - the type that takes over whole tracts of land... Barry kept it well under control.

Up over the hill we encountered an experimental dome house – which failed! Big cracks in the dome caused rain to leak through.... I loved the look of it nevertheless!

We then went down the hill to the 2^nd man-made dam and there on the corner was a lovely natural timber seat with a view up the hill to our destination, Evan and Morag's house. Interesting to note that years ago, when they began to build, there was no dam and just bare paddock below their house...

  Moving up the hill, we encountered the neighbour's house.

  He's been doing some experimenting with Biochar.

                              The Biochar Kiln.

A few metres more we arrived at Evan and Morag's 1 acre block. At the very top was a guest house with a tank and composting toilet attached.