Australia has produced one architect with an international reputation: Glenn Murcutt. He is famous for producing 'vernacular', distinctly Australian buildings which match their environment - hence the title of this book, taken from an Aboriginal saying. This is a memoir, as told to Philip Drew, in which Murcutt for the first time talks about his life and influences. It complements "Leaves of Iron", the earlier book Drew wrote, which was about Murcutt's buildings. The corrugated iron for which Murcutt's buildings are famous was inspired not, as many people think, by Australian water tanks, but by the Junkers aircraft widely used to fly around New Guinea - which is where Murcutt grew up. Today Murcutt is considered an eccentric genius. He is Professor of Architecture at Virginia University in America, and continues to design for Australia.