‘Bellis’ is an ordinary rather elderly Queenslander house in Brisbane’s Bayside. It’s been retrofitted for sustainability by it’s owners, Jerry Coleby-Williams and Jeff Poole, who were rather startled to learn that they had become suburban pioneers...
‘Bellis’ is not an attempt at self-sufficiency but an indicator of how we can turn the suburban sprawl of Australia’s cities into an environmental advantage without compromising our Australian lifestyle. We grow food, we harvest rainwater and solar energy and we treat and reuse our wastewater - all things that can be done with ease by any homeowner in Australia’s suburbs.
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