This week we’re in Sydney to fix the dam of the man behind Rhino Roof racks at Razorback – about an hour south of Sydney.
But the highlight of the day was going out for a site visit to the Buddhist Monastery at Picton to have a look at their very beautiful, but very leaky Buddhist dam.
This dam would have to be the most beautiful dam I have ever seen in 15 years of looking at dams globally. It is absolutely world-class with cutting edge design that redefines what a dam can be. The dam, called Muchalinda, is a spiritual place where Buddhists gather to kneel in prayer around the dam
It is also absolutely huge at 15 megalitres – but unfortunately – being built in a rocky environment – the Muchalinda is muchaleaky – and that’s what we’ve got to fix.
To give some context to this Buddhist dam, this 100-acre estate is only 50 mins from Sydney – sitting on top of a mountain – and the best offer they have had from developers so far is $100 million. But no sale. The very nice lady who is the client, and who owns the land and the dams – donated the 100 acres to the Buddhists – and says she will never ever sell. And why would you?
Buddhist Dam unexpected discoveries
The surprise of the day was that I thought we were going to look at one leaky dam. But there are 3 leaky 15 megalitre dams – and each of the other two dams would have to be top 3 in the dams with natural beauty classification. Just stunning in scale, execution, and placement within the environment.
Second surprise of the day, well not really given that this retreat caters to Sydney eastern suburbs customers – there are a lot of very stylish late model Mercedes at this Buddhist Monastery.
Seems very appropriate in this $100 million setting of a Buddhist dam with billion dollar views