Over the years there have been places within Second Life that have called me back to them again and again, either to write about or simply to enjoy. Currently, one of my favourite places where I find I can do both is Pususaari, the Full region held and designed by Lu and Leelou Von Perkle (Lu Carrillo and LeeLou Graves respectively).
Since it first appeared in SL as a Homestead region design, Pususaari has always been a place of beauty and romance, changing with the seasons but always remaining true to its core.
Pususaari is a peaceful island made for wanderers, photographers, dreamers, and curious hearts. Since 2025, it has been a place to explore soft meadows, quiet beaches, animals, hidden corners, old stones, cosy places, and little scenes waiting to become your next story. Come alone, with a friend, or someone special — slow down, look closer, and feel at home.
– Pususaari’s Destination Guide entry
For this iteration, Pususaari takes the form of a rugged island with a Mediterranean touch to its architecture. With beaches to the south to particularly catch the Sun and split by a sheer-walled headland, the island sits under a perfect EEP setting (so viewing the region under its Shared Environment is highly recommended).
The Landing Point sits on a wide terrace overlooking the broader of the two southern beaches. It shares the terrace with a large villa serving as a patisserie-come-office-come art gallery (upper floor). There is plenty of outdoor seating on the terrace, whilst steps to one side climb up to the island’s main plateau and the farm occupying its west side.
Steps also sit on the other side of the villa, these descending to a flat, paved shoulder of the island, home to the Tipsy Crane tavern (a very appropriate reference to other parts of the island, as will become clear) and the Pususaari store. The latter offers three very reasonably-priced collections of animals: otters (14 in the pack), cats (again, 14 to a pack) and puffins (17 to a pack).
All of the packs are offered with both Blinn-Phong and PBR materials and are copy / modify. When exploring the island it is possible to come across the cats and otters and get a real appreciation for how delightful and well-made they are.
From the terrace serving the inn and souvenir store two further sets of steps, one to the southern side of the beach, the other to the beach as it runs up the eastern side of the island toward the northern cliffs.
While there is open ground to be reached beyond the souvenir shop, the best way to reach the uplands of the region is either by following the east beach to where aged steps start to climb up the slopes of the escarpment, or take the steps from the main terrace up to the farm and the go onwards from there.
The farm points westwards and is small, but still has a field for dairy cattle and two for growing crops – corn, in this case. Beyond the fields, the land opens up into a wide paddock, home to horses and donkeys, a swing in the shade of a large oak tree offering a place to sit.
The main part of the plateau uplands is given over to a large and quite eye-catching body of water bounded by a sweeping arc of grass and wildflowers running from the farm and around the east side of the water.
This lake-sized body has been made into a summer home by red-crowned cranes (hence the reference in the inn’s name), which are happy to share the water with the local otters (and vice-versa). Humans are welcome as well, as there is a cosy little waterside open-fronted shack to one side of the water. Just behind this more steps climb up to the highest point on the island, crowned by standing stones.
The north side of the water forms a shallow arc of waterfalls dropping away to the lowlands. This lowland area is again quite spectacular and can be reached by following – you guessed 🙂 – steps leading down from the horse paddock.
The waterfalls have created a further pool of water where more cranes and their young might be found, and which is largely separated from the sea by a wide sweep of land where tough grasses and flowers grow and trees brave what must be at times be rough weather, going by the one that has fallen. There are several places to sit tucked away here, including one among local seals.
The waters from the falls find their way to the sea via a narrow channel they have forced over time, including through an out-thrust of rock which now forms a high arch under which the waters pass. As they do so, they also pass an old fortification, now deserted save for a lone piano within, as it sits facing the sea.
Further falls drop away from the highland lake, these facing due north and separated from the others. Headlands on either side of them mean the sea below is potentially a deadly mix of eddies and powerful undercurrents as the tide and waters from the falls mix.
Throughout all of this there are multiple places to sit, high and low. They encompass a large beach house on the eastern sands together with a pergola dipping its toes into the tide; another pergola sitting right at the end of the headland separating the two southern beaches; and another summer house on the smaller and more isolated of these two southern stretches of sand. Oh, and the latter can be reached by following the tunnels carved through the intervening headland (and which also connect to the northern lowlands).
As well as places to sit – singles and couples poses liberally mixed throughout – there are also wooden signs dotted around offering the chance to dance. And, of course there are the Pususaari cats. They are quietly spread throughout the island, keeping an eye on all that is going on (even if one does appear to be more interested in the ducklings swimming in the inland waters and carefully remaining outside the reach of swiping paws!).
As I’ve noted, Pususaari has become an established favourite of mine, and with each iteration, Lu and Leelou continue to produce the most remarkable locations to visit. Long may it continue!
Slurl Details
- Pususaari (Bisous Island, rated Moderate)
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