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[ed]And soopa quickly...;p

I have no idea who this dirtbag cat is but he should definitely change his name

And I thought agreement to something was supposed to be "aye"?

only in queensland aye

Oic

bump... that is all

I think that a commune is a great idea. I am aware i've tuned in a little late but i haven't been on here in months. Have you guys considered new zealand? Australian citizens don't need a visa to stay in new zealand and there is plenty of beautiful open space there. I've decided that one of my life goals is to make this idea a reality, even if its not for quite a few years... To raise funds for our little commune we could always put on shows throughout the area. considering the variety of talents we will have I think it would be quite easy to put on a show. Perhaps you could also just find someone with a property already. Or even try and contact someone with an island already and try and negotiate the use of one side of the island. One last thing, maybe you could offer the commune for twirlers as a holiday like place. pay a small fee to stay for a month or so, the only trouble would be making sure randoms who have never seen poi before don't just rock up to see the show. Ok i think I'm done. thats my 2 cents worth. ^^

I reallt should have put some sort of spacing in there... that bulk text is hard to read. sorry guys.

Just found out for the americans. there are several islands for sale just off belize for about half a mil. not bad considering i'de be lukcy to get a house for under a mil anywhere close to melbourne

Trip has reservations about NZ. Wairarpa seems like a great place somewhere tucked in the Rimutakas, or just about anywhere on the South Island.

Belize is already in the works

Going down to visit after the winter to check things out. An island may not be ideal, tropical depressions and hurricanes tend to slam the southern coasts of NA often.

I'm not certain what Dan has on his plate but it doesn't seem as if he is pursuing this idea ATM.

Got plans in the works to purchase a small complex on Lake Atitlan. 6 buildings, power and water, palapa in the courtyard.

I'll know more about it in a few months.

This is the lake, Lago de Atitlan. It's about 1/4 mile down the road from the property.

Reservations re NZ now gone. Keeping an open mind to all possibilities! Amazing what a bit of research does to opinions dont you think?

You could come to Belize with us or run off to dirty Guatamala with Jared

more research required i think

Quit being a slacker and get to it!

I've been researching for months, just pack your , we leave in October

Atitlan is in a caldera. It's over 5 square miles, and the bottom has not be fully explored but it is over 1000 feet deep.

Hey everyone...

This is my first post, so first of all - hi, happy to be here
I'll get to the introduction thread later, this one currently occupies all of my attention, fickle as it may be...

It seems that I live far far away from all of you, so i guess that for now my contribution can only be in the form of random ideas.

@JaredW: Atitlan looks gorgeous...

This is really a colossal undertaking, so I think some transitional solutions are worth considering.. for example, you/we could try organizing a get-together, lasting about a month or two, in the style of the Rainbow Gatherings ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Gathering ). Such a gathering could happen on someone's front lawn (would have to be a big lawn tho), and would give you some insight into the problems you would be facing if this is to become a permanent thing.

Another option is joining an existing community, at least temporarily, with the objective to learn self sufficiency.
I'm pretty sure such a community wouldn't be too hard to find, provided the group of newcomers is relatively small and has something to add to the whole.

A third option is derived from the first - making the community a nomadic one, moving around friends' front lawns... this one is pretty sketchy, no self sufficiency, and would have to be pretty localized, not to mention the friends would have to like the idea as well. Not really a doable thing once i stop to think of it, but i'm stating it anyway.

http://www.simondale.net/house/
This guy in Wales built a house in Wales for him and his family. It cost him about 3000 pounds, and the work was completed in 4 months, using only himself, friends and passersby for the manual labour. More details in the link above, let me just say that the house is totally amazing IMO, and living in a Lord of The Rings/Shire settlement is just what i would like:). Anyway, this should cut down on the costs significantly, and I think it is possible to learn how he did it from someone, although I can't remember where.

There is a sort-of-commune close to where I live.. I haven't done any significant research yet, but as far as i understand it's a group of friends who decided to be self-sufficient, and accomplished this in a relatively short while. I've thought of going there myself, and asking them if i could learn from them in exchange for manual labour... not sure if I am going to do it, or if they would let me, but I imagine there are communities like this everywhere around the globe, not even including plain old farmers. I'm a city boy, so I really have no idea how to be self sufficient, but I would really like to learn....

I realize the primary problem is the money required to actually buy land, but i really can't help with that for now.. perhaps some kind of fund would be best.... i would donate to it as soon as i could:)

ok that's all i have for now, i'm sure i've forgotten some stuff, will add if i remember
This post is mostly the product of brainstorming, so i apologize if it's disorganized. I just saw this post, and it got me thinking so fast i couldn't contain my thoughts. The idea seems wonderful to me...

Hope this helps...

LOL you think of a way to raise 46k USD and you can have a place in Guatemala too!

Just not the one I'm looking at lol

If anybody is interested in Panama, a contractor I hired today has 7 acres with a house for sale.