There is a strong spirit of working creatively to make a life in the Byron region possible. Adult children build on their parents’ land, and friends work collaboratively to keep alive the dream of being able to live here. And so it was for Zana Wright, an architectural designer, and her partner, Sam Jolly, a carpenter, who live on Zana’s parents’ property in Skinners Shoot with their two-year-old daughter, Lumi.
After growing up in the New England area of northern New South Wales, studying in Sydney, Berlin and Aarhus