00:00Jomo, the joy of missing out. Here you do nothing. Here is the joy of all the things
00:08that you're missing. Shackie is a place to have a holiday. The idea is that the
00:14Shackie gets placed on someone's property and they manage it. The company retains
00:18the ownership of Shackie and the profits get shared. It is an opportunity for
00:23farmers and other people living in agrarian areas to diversify their income
00:27and Shackie provides an experience where you're right at the face of what's
00:33relaxing and beautiful about the landscape that's around it. Shackie is seven metres
00:38long, two and a half metres wide and 3.3 metres tall. These dimensions are to
00:43allow it to be towed easily without excessive amounts of permits and also to
00:47make sure that the experience of it is intimate. Shackie is designed to have a
00:53very contemporary feel to it but also a feeling of being within its natural
00:58environment. It's a combination of sustainability, comfortable living and
01:03also slightly shed light. Shackie has an enclosed bedroom and from that there's a
01:08view of theodillic landscape but the kitchen area and the bathroom area are
01:12both outside but undercover and this gives you an experience of protection from the
01:17environment when you're in the bedroom but when you're in the kitchen cooking or
01:20you're going to the toilet you feel exposed to the elements and this is part
01:24of the pleasure of Shackie. There are a lot of features in Shackie that allow it to
01:28be almost entirely off the grid. The only thing that does connect to the grid is
01:32water gets piped to it. It has a composting toilet. Power is generated through solar
01:38panels. We've gone out of our way to make sure that there are no power points in
01:41the Shackie. There is a USB charger so that you can charge your phone so you can
01:44take photographs because if it's not on social media it didn't happen but the
01:48idea is that you can't charge your laptop here because if you're coming here you're
01:52coming to get away from the responsibilities of work. One of the
01:56things I love about staying here is the experience of lighting the fire and
02:00paddling around its warmth. I like the idea that the potbelly stove is the bush TV.
02:06You're sort of camping but just a little bit more high-end than that. Chopping the wood
02:10and lighting it is a slightly primal experience. It's very enjoyable. There's no
02:15reception here. It's very beautiful after a while to not be connected to the world
02:18and suddenly the experience of being disconnected means that a very brief
02:23stay in Shackie of maybe two to three days gives you the sort of refreshing
02:27feeling that you have after a two-week holiday.
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