fter living in cities for the past 55 years, Cathy, a retired drama and English teacher, wanted to surround herself with nature in all its unbounded glory. Her newly built rammed-earth house, which boasts solar power and a passive design, was built by Eco Sustainable Homes in the gold mining town of Castlemaine in central Victoria. It’s close by the old gaol, perched at the top of a hill, and although temperatures in the area can drop as low as -4 degrees Celsius in winter and rise to a searing 44 degrees Celsius in summer, the home has been designed to
