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  • From: "darren@permaculture.biz" <darren@permaculture.biz>
  • To: permaculture-oceania <permaculture-oceania@lists.cat.org.au>, permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>, Bruce Pridham <brucepridham@dodo.com.au>, Ben & Tiff LLoyd-Thomas <tsbblt@yahoo.com.au>, chris bryant <chrisbryant13@yahoo.com>, Bruce Pridham <bpridham@ccb.vic.edu.au>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Estancia Ranquilco PDC 2006, Patagonia Argentina, Photos
  • Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:33:48 -0300

G'day,

Just got into Buenos Aires from one helluva experience teaching a 13 day course on the 110 000 acre Estancia Ranquilco way up in the Patagonian Andes. Takes a couple of days to get to this place from BA. The best bus I've ever been on: 16 hour trip, 1st class style fully horizontal sleepers, DVD movies (USD45 return), wine, champagne on tap; then motor to the drop off point and a 5 hour ride up the to the Estancia. I left via horse (Caesar) down the Trocoman River gorge to El Huecu which topped off this wonderful experience. You could easily drop out at a place like this. Almost daily we all consumed freshly slaughtered goat or beef Asada's put on by the Estanicia's resident Gauchos. Condors were flying everywhere which was a delight. I rounded off my trip with a consultancy on a 26 000 acre organic (influenced by HRM/Roussin management principles) Angus beef property owned by a family of Irish/Italian descent (7th generation). Funny talking to a Murphy with a thick Argentinian accent!

We will be running this PDC again in April2007, by which time some of our students will have done a fair Permaculture retrofit of the shelf area (main settlement envelope).

I have attached the link to the first draft (still needs a tidy up)of photos from the course that you will find at http://www.permaculture.biz/patagoniapdc2006/benluna/index.htm .

Ciao,

Darren Doherty


  • [permaculture] Estancia Ranquilco PDC 2006, Patagonia Argentina, Photos, darren@permaculture.biz, 10/20/2006

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