EXPO INFO TALKS - SAT & SUN
SAT & SUN SPEAKERS BELOW
SEE HERE FOR FRIDAYS - Open 10am - 3pm, there are slightly less speakers on Fridays - but a full Q+A session to get your questions answered. CLICK HERE
ATHA - Rules and REGS
10:00 AM - Tiny House Association with President: Danielle Lester
Introduction to the TINY HOUSE ASSOCIATION and how this volunteer based organisation pioneers and advocates for tiny house living.
10:15pm - Phae Barrett joins Danielle Where we are at with Rules and Regulations across the country.
The Opposite to chaos
11:00 AM - Meet Vicky Sinclair, and hear her story of 'going tiny'
Nothing will inspire you more, or give you better nitty gritty details than hearing how it has been done. Vicky is a wealth of information, and having worked for one of the top builders in the country, has many insights for you.
SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS
11:30 AM - Kylie Bickle, Your MC and expert Tiny House affiliate.
Tiny Houses are a great way to experiment with new, and old and recycled materials. Sustainable materials and eco-friendly materials; what are they and where do they come from? What are promising new products? Discover more with Kylie Bickle.
Community Tiny Living: Is it possible to live in community in tiny’s? Yes. But
12.:00 PM - with Andrew McLean
Andrew McLean, the co-founder of Eco Villages Australia started living in Maleny Eco Village 7 years ago with a unique model, called “Collective Stewardship”. It’s a collective land-ownership model closely aligned with First Nations connection to land and kin that is perfect for small intentional supportive communities.
Tiny Solution to a Big Problem
12:30 PM- Danielle Lester - documentary and presentation
Incredible story of how one woman found her 'tribe' and went about building her own tiny house and change her life - and how you can too.
Speakers - continued
Just Do It!
1:00 PM- Kim Connelly
We are blessed to have one of the pillars of the Tiny House community - having 10 years of tiny living, both in communities/villages, and as a host, AND one of the original ATHA presidents. There are Ups and Downs - and Kim's message to everyone is "Just Do It"
FINDING LAND
1.30 pm - Briony Jenkinson
Need land to park your house? Got land you would be interested in hosting a tiny house? Successful land finding service, ParkMyTinyHouse, run by Briony Jenkinson, who also lives in a tiny house... (hear her story from divorced single mum with less that $2k - to now living by the sea, in her luxury tiny house!)
Additional information on how some people go tiny - under the radar.
SITE PLANNING 101
2:00 pm - Off Grid Panel - Solar, Water Filtration, Towing, Siting
Preparing yourself: On a hill? Difficult access? Where is your tank going to go - where does the Grey water go? Toilets? Water? The nitty gritty, this talk empowers you to know exactly what you are doing and how to get prepared.
3.15 pm - THE BIG QUESTION + ANSWER SESSION
ASK ANYTHING - you are welcome to put up your hand and ask ANYTHING to a whole panel of Tiny Experts including toilets, waste, towing, design, land renting, and land hosting, solar, council, sewerage systems and more.
SYDNEY AND BRISBANE ONLY- Extra Speaker HAL
MY SELF RELIANCE - This is an "event-within-the-event"! A second talks hall with workshops and interest points including Permaculture, Building your community, Short term prepping, medicinal herbs and plants, and becoming more self-reliant. (These talks may also be coming to BRISBANE)