A little family. An itch for adventure A desire to do big things. A yearning to live closer to nature and community.
Ngaiire is an acclaimed singer / songwriter / performer, painting the world a more beautiful place with her incredible voice and avant garde song-style.
Born Papua New Guinea and emigrating to Australia as a young adult, she has traversed both cultures for most of her life. She mentors many younger artists and is an Ambassador for APRA, Australian Women in Music and has been invited to play her songs with The Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Opera House, twice.
www.ngaiire.com
Nadav is a budding young artist and future mining engineer (self proclaimed). He loves to dance, take photos, build legos, draw and colour, cook and watch youtube. He has huge curly hair and an even huger heart.
Dan is a creative director and chef. He has run his own design agency, worked with global brands and collaborated on many of Ngaiire’s photo-shoots, video-clips and campaigns. As a chef and entrepreneur, Dan has owned and run a Thai and a Mediterranean restaurant as well as catered boutique events and ran several pop-ups during the pandemic lock-downs.
www.dlsegal.com
Our home
in Goroka
We’ve broken up with Sydney and are now in the process of “un-coupling” from it. Whilst doing that we have been building a new life in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea;
A plot of land, a home, a steady water and electricity supply, a school enrolment and of coarse visa’s are all key parts of starting life somewhere new. It’s very exciting!
We began the process of building our house last September. Had Dan not contracted a major bout of cellulitis in his hand - limiting his design work (and income) we may well already have completed it. For now though, it has 4 walls, a roof, doors and some flooring installed.
The homes foundations are made with locally sourced and milled timber, the roof is aluminium and it’s walls are made of locally woven dry grass. Due to the heavy rain-fall in the region, we’ve had to pay special attention to waterproofing and limiting mould growth.