Floating Slab or Raft Foundation. A slab foundation is a large concrete floor covering the entire building area through which all the loads from the building are transmitted to the soil. It is both building floor and foundation and is well suited to garages, shops, small stores, and homes without basements.
There is no real place in Australia called Mako Island. It is not a real place as in a named, populated spot on the planet. It has been animated and all the underwater scenes are filmed at Sea World on the Gold Coast. Mako Island is a fictitious place made specifically for the TV shows.
Mauna Kea. Mauna Kea, the Big Island of Hawaii. January 2000 - Photograph copyrighted and provided by Dan Olberg, Senior Geologist, PT Nusa Halmahera Minerals. Mauna Kea is the tallest volcano on the Island of Hawaii. From sea floor to summit it towers more than 5.6 miles (9 km). It is also the second largest volcano on the island. It began erupting on the sea floor about 800,000 years ago.