A mum-of-two from England is creating the “most luxurious cave imaginable” in the sweltering Australian desert. She is digging it all by herself and the finished home will have chandeliers, a sauna and a gym.
Jennifer Ayres, 50, a water engineer originally from Darlington, Co Durham, moved to Australia 15 years ago for work and started her cave project in the town of Coober Pedy in 2021. She lived in a tent for three months and then a caravan as she dug her new home under the supervision of local cave-building expert Andy Shiels.
Jennifer began the project because of her love for the Australian desert. The loss of both of her parents in recent years also pushed her on as she realised “how short life is”.
