An Explorer's Base Camp / Home in the Hills of Bali
The picture above was taken at the river’s edge that morning… to get to this beautiful spot we have started building a pathway…
The principles of modern permaculture design* offer us an amazing resource as we set out to understand how best to work with the landscape… Part philosophy, part recently defined earth science, its practice is… Continue reading “Mapping Diversity: A Tech Enhanced View”
Continue reading “The Cove: Ponds, Paths & Paddies (Developments)”
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Clever guy that Newton… and I should have known, I’ve spent enough time with forest and tribal peoples… Continue reading “Force Of Nature: Landslide!”
This story can not start, and would not be complete, without introducing my new friends and family here on the hill; Continue reading “Partners In Paradise / New Family”
They include spitting cobras, king cobras, green pit vipers, two sorts of kraits (banded and blue), and the Asian coral snake which strangely is also a land snake. Fair to say you never know when you might need an airlift. So I’ve built a mountain top helicopter pad!… Ok so its actually a car park but… Continue reading “Helicopter Pad: Before & After”
It was Norm, our new friends’ idea. The structure which has stood in his grounds for many years offered to help us take our first step… Continue reading “The Pagoda: Building our First Structure”
