April 9
A very restful sleep! Ate breakfast and spent the morning catching up with Lisa about life and everything else . For those environmentalist reading this blog, you’ll love this. The house relies 100% on rain water. They catch rain from the roof, and collect it at the bottom into large tanks. Once those tanks are full, they pump the water up the hill into two larger holding tanks where the water sits and with the help of gravity it drains into the house again and voila – fresh water in the tap. Since they rely solely on rain, they have to practice good water conservation techniques. For example: if you take a shower, you make sure the plug is engaged and after you’re done you scoop all the water from the bath into buckets. They either get used for the washing machine or they go in the garden to water the plants. As for electricity they have solar panels in the field. They create energy and pump that into the national grid system and get paid 60 cents for each kWh being pumped into the grid. As for the electricity they use they buy it back at 20 cents/ kWh. On a daily basis, they often use less energy than they are creating = money. It’s very interesting to see all of these systems combined into one household, I love it. We decided to go fishing just before dusk and beach walking at the nearby national park. The sand squeaks and makes a funny noise, but it’s still beautiful. We practically had the entire beach to ourselves, except for two other intruders. The guys were fishing while Lisa and I went beach combing for treasures. On our drive back, we spotted a possum, an Australian owl and loads of roos. Short for Kangaroos.
A very restful sleep! Ate breakfast and spent the morning catching up with Lisa about life and everything else . For those environmentalist reading this blog, you’ll love this. The house relies 100% on rain water. They catch rain from the roof, and collect it at the bottom into large tanks. Once those tanks are full, they pump the water up the hill into two larger holding tanks where the water sits and with the help of gravity it drains into the house again and voila – fresh water in the tap. Since they rely solely on rain, they have to practice good water conservation techniques. For example: if you take a shower, you make sure the plug is engaged and after you’re done you scoop all the water from the bath into buckets. They either get used for the washing machine or they go in the garden to water the plants. As for electricity they have solar panels in the field. They create energy and pump that into the national grid system and get paid 60 cents for each kWh being pumped into the grid. As for the electricity they use they buy it back at 20 cents/ kWh. On a daily basis, they often use less energy than they are creating = money. It’s very interesting to see all of these systems combined into one household, I love it. We decided to go fishing just before dusk and beach walking at the nearby national park. The sand squeaks and makes a funny noise, but it’s still beautiful. We practically had the entire beach to ourselves, except for two other intruders. The guys were fishing while Lisa and I went beach combing for treasures. On our drive back, we spotted a possum, an Australian owl and loads of roos. Short for Kangaroos.
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