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G'day! Welcome to mauiakai.com (formally ecohaus.tas/ecohaus.co)


We’re on to our next adventure in Hawaii... (We made it to Maui! More soon…)

Welcome to our website journaling the build of our eco-friendly and sustainable property in Franklin, Tasmania, Australia (click for a quick trip). After spending 2 years volunteering on various straw bale projects (Airstream Travels) in the USA, Graham and Troy decided to move to Franklin, Tasmania and practice lessons learnt through our travels.
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Our Franklin property is SOLD!

Life changes are in the wind, and another adventure begins...

Check here for the latest scoop!


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Koonya Rammed Earth


Graham has been busy the past year and one of his owner-builder clients is nearing completion of a rammed earth house he designed. It's a stunning design example of a small sustainable residential building in Koonya on the Tasman peninsula. Check out their website Casa Enbiar!

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Indiana Jones of Acewild GSP


It's been over almost 2 years since an update and we added a new member to the family! Meet "Indy"! Our German shorthaired pointer with dark chocolate liver long hair from a recessive gene. He's great fun and the centre of most of our attention.

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Top Bar Beehives


Issue 18 Green Magazine contains an article In Praise of Bees about beekeeping - in particular about top bar beehives and their advantages over traditional hives. This sparked my interest, since bees are doing it bad with all the human intervention in natural eco-systems. So, I built one using the golden mean beehive plan! Maybe you will too...