by David Holmgren | Oct 12, 2019 | RetroSuburbia Roadshow
Our reception at Burrum Biodynamics felt like a hybrid of being permaculture royalty and relatives, which we suppose was sort of true after we discovered (last year) that Tanya is a Raeburn from around St Arnaud. Su’s mother was a Raeburn born in St Arnaud. Steve...
by David Holmgren | Oct 11, 2019 | RetroSuburbia Roadshow
David has been co-teaching on the Food Forest annual Permaculture Design Course with Graham and Annemarie Brookman since 2003. Each year he takes the train and stays for the first week of a residential course, which is then completed in two follow up session of a few...
by David Holmgren | Sep 29, 2019 | RetroSuburbia Roadshow
The Ceduna A1 Cabins and Caravan Park was more downmarket than Esperance, and cost $18 and a friendly rave about the “bloody banks” from the proprietor. We were greeted by our neighbour, one of the elderly permanent residents, availed ourselves of hot showers and a...
by David Holmgren | Sep 28, 2019 | RetroSuburbia Roadshow
Leaving Norseman to travel east on the Eyre Highway is leaving WA – not the state border of course, which is 720 km to the east, but in terms of settlement and sentiment. When people say “crossing the Nullarbor” they generally mean the 1100 km plus between Norseman...
by David Holmgren | Sep 22, 2019 | RetroSuburbia Roadshow
With the Channel Nine News reader (on the telly in the camp kitchen at the Bushlands Caravan Park) breathlessly informing us that the record breaking heat was going to be followed by winter cold, wind and rain for a couple of days, we decided camping on the coast...
