Michaelangelica
07-11-2009, 10:39 AM
Living the Good Life on Australia's Sunshine Coast
Heirloom livestock integrated with tropical perennials helps couple toward self-sufficiency.
By Kyle Holzhueter
Fekonia chose a sun-facing slope on Australia’s Sunshine Coast to build his innovative dream home of practical yet flexible concrete.
Posted August 3, 2004: Frank and Elisabeth Fekonia dreamed of living “the good life” suited to a particular place. Like American homesteading pioneers Scott and Helen Nearing, the Fekonias envisioned building their own home and living off the land in a dry region of Australia’s central eastern coast.
Their inspiration came from Frank’s peasant upbringing in a small Slovenian farming village. . . .
http://www.newfarm.org/international/features/0804/fekonia/images/047-home-North-face.jpg
Everything you see here, we did. The construction, the wiring, the plumbing -- everything.” Doing everything themselves has allowed them to build their home for little over $30,000 Australian (about $21,100 US). He has returned discarded washing machines to like-new condition, and keeps old cars running for years. [/quote]
http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/+living_ ... hine_coast (http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/+living_the_good_life_on_australias_sunshine_coast )
Heirloom livestock integrated with tropical perennials helps couple toward self-sufficiency.
By Kyle Holzhueter
Fekonia chose a sun-facing slope on Australia’s Sunshine Coast to build his innovative dream home of practical yet flexible concrete.
Posted August 3, 2004: Frank and Elisabeth Fekonia dreamed of living “the good life” suited to a particular place. Like American homesteading pioneers Scott and Helen Nearing, the Fekonias envisioned building their own home and living off the land in a dry region of Australia’s central eastern coast.
Their inspiration came from Frank’s peasant upbringing in a small Slovenian farming village. . . .
http://www.newfarm.org/international/features/0804/fekonia/images/047-home-North-face.jpg
Everything you see here, we did. The construction, the wiring, the plumbing -- everything.” Doing everything themselves has allowed them to build their home for little over $30,000 Australian (about $21,100 US). He has returned discarded washing machines to like-new condition, and keeps old cars running for years. [/quote]
http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/+living_ ... hine_coast (http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/+living_the_good_life_on_australias_sunshine_coast )