Oh dear, it’s Sunday night and I haven’t had a chance to work on the design of the house this weekend. Too much going on in Sydney! I’ll try and finish during the week. In the meantime, this is a shot of where the first bungalow will be built. This is the middle terrace, just [...]

A very quick sketch is made on a piece of old cardboard we found. A basic layout of the buildings and some landscaping. Andy is working on the design of some simple bungalows at the moment. These are running late, they were meant to be ready before Christmas, but hopefully they can be sent [...]

Down at the lakeside one morning. Truly a scene of peace and serenity, and after the long walk to get there you are well advised to take a side-trip to the hot thermal springs to refresh those jarred joints and tired muscles.

This is what all the fuss is about! Climbing Mt Rinjani will be one of the more challenging things anyone will do in their lives, but the pay-off when you reach the rim of the crater and see the sweeping views down to the lake and to the new baby volcano is well worth the [...]

The site has three terraces from northern to southern property line, and two from the west to the east (from the road to the cliff). BB and Aji are planning what to do with the bonus terrace we have that isn’t officially included on the title, but is ours to use nonetheless. We will construct [...]

Welcome to our little piece of paradise. One of our first tasks is to work out what to call this place. We haven’t quite come up with the best name yet but more on that later. So what is ‘this place’?
In 2003 BB and Andy bought a little parcel of land 600m up Mount Rinjani, [...]