Dani Austin

Founder at Folk of all Trades / Aldinga resident

I am an immigrant to Australia, moving here in 2013 and living in Aldinga since 2018. I love Southern Adelaide, especially the natural spots like Aldinga Scrub, Oaklands Wetland, and Onkaparinga River National Park.

I am passionate about hands-on sustainable living so founded Folk of all Trades where we support people on their simple living and environmental journey. We teach over 30 topics from gardening to green cleaning, and from DIY festive decorations to fermenting.

For climate resilience we live in a small strawbale home, which my partner and I built ourselves with experienced tradespeople. We wanted to build a house with thick walls and double glazed windows to keep the extreme heat out in summer, but still staying warm in winter.

For further climate protection, we have learnt from others and planted a lot of natives on the west of our house to protect us from the driving rains and storms from the coast, as well as the hot afternoon sun. On the east I’ve created my happy place – my fruit and vegetable garden with the chickens and goats nearby.