They're like stilts, keeps the house off the ground and away from all the snakes, spiders, other things that wanna climb into your bed and kill you... 😊
Yup pier and beam. Provides a nice safe home under the house for all the things that will kill you. Same design kept my parents house dry during Harvey. Swings and roundabouts innit?
Schweet. Concrete stumps? Oz equivalent of pier for a pier and beam foundation?