X-Message-Number: 29276 From: "Chris Manning" <> Subject: Re: geodesic domes Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 10:54:34 +1100 I wrote: > One of my cousins built a geodesic dome (from ferro-cement) 30 years ago > at > Tuntable Falls, northern NSW, and AFAIK is still living in it. I will take > the liberty of posting the above to her for her comment. > > Tuntable Falls is a co-operative (or 'hippy commune' to its detractors) > which began with a rock festival called the Aquarius Festival in about > 1972 > (I suppose a bit like Woodstock) and some of those who attended decided to > stay. > I have now received a reply from my cousin which I will post here for the record (I don't think she will mind): Thanks for defending the 70s iconic dome houses! Yes, we still live in mine, it is still structural, leaks no more than ever, and serves an excellent job as a second skull for protection against falling trees. Also it is relatively fireproof and did not need foundations for structual reasons ...though it has sunk a bit. Content-Type: text/html; [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=29276