In Reply to: Balinese Patio posted by iloveayu on Saturday, 29. January 2005 at 19:16 Bali Time:
I had a sub-contracting business until I retired over 5 years ago. I was not a thatcher, but I worked on a number of new "Balinese style" homes on the Mandurah canals [WA] which used this kind of roofing material to good effect. Evidently it is available in Western Australia.