Children's book published on underground house (21/6/2024)

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Kiandra Trickett has published a children's book in memory of her late father Kent, who famously built an underground house in the outskirts of Launceston. Video by Aaron Smith (21/6/2024)

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00:00The house was built in the 80s so there's a lot of steel and a lot of

00:06concrete but mum and dad built it over a period of five years. Since the 80s it's

00:11pretty much been untouched. There's not much work. These are the original couches.

00:16David itself was actually the first thing to be put into the house and

00:21because it's so heavy, what he's sitting on is a couple of ton

00:27and then him himself is also a couple of tons. So the structure, the statue was

00:31put in first and then the house was actually built around it. It was

00:36ahead of its time in terms of sustainability, being eco-friendly and

00:40they really just worked off what they had to build it. I wanted to keep dad's

00:46legacy alive in terms of being an incredible master builder and the fact

00:50that he built this home not only for himself and mum and us kids, it's

00:55something that has surpassed time, it's gone on to the grandkids, it's

00:59notable with us and it's always home. So no matter where we are in the world or

01:05Australia, we have so many memories here and I wanted to encapsulate that in the

01:10book as well as everything that he did along with his grandkids which will

01:15create beautiful memories that were surpassed time as well. I want them to

01:19remember this when they get older.

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