From Tradies to Homesteaders | Aussie Off-grid Homestead 

I absolutely loved your story. My husband and I began ours in 2008 with the market crash in the United states. We found a small piece of land in the desert which had a house but we had to strip it all out because of the previous owner and the amount of animals that were kept in it. We are in our 16th yeand our fruit trees all of our trees are producing, we continue to expand our gardens, and we reduced how many animals we raise since it's just my husband and I now. We used to have the 4 kids here but they've all moved on so all we need are chickens. We go in a group to butcher a cow and also hunt for elk oryx and deer. It is so crazy when you said how fast paced the world was that's how it is for us we see how everybody but is still striving For money. We ended up with the Sacramento mountains 3 miles to our East the white sands New Mexico to our West Sierra Blanca to our North and of course the Southern border of Texas and El Paso to our south. .. Which is directly on the border of Mexico and cuidad Juarez. For me as I just found you I would love to see a house tour. I would love a background I want to get married how you met silly things like that because I deal you have a great story just by listening to this video. All the best from the Chihuahuan desert!

Yes you are correct no videos of off grid living in Australia. Many thanks for yours. Blessed!

It’s nice to have other lovely people in the off grid community! We have 140 acres it’s such a beautiful way of life 😊

It is amazing how 'less' is so much 'lighter' on you as a person. The lightest I have ever felt was the 4 of us in a 16ft 2nd hand caravan that we set up as an offgrid van, travelling Australia with very little stuff. So freeing. Love your story of how you transitioned to your offgrid life.

I loved the vision of turning up and finding the wedge tail on your property. In my mind, I started singing, and now I can't rid off, "Doin' the Eagle Rock" LOL I'm glad that you two followed your dream. Back in the '70's I had the chance to buy a property in Tasmania, but the lady that I was with at that time didn't want to move away from the rat race, about here you will have to excuse the tears that are dripping onto my keyboard, so I let it go. &0 odd acres, rain forest ate back of the property which ran down to the sea on the northeastern area of Tassie.... We broke up, the property disappeared, and I was left kicking myself. Now at 75 I think it might be a little too late to start over but I still dream of getting a property so.... C'Mon LOTTO... the dog and I need to get away..... ;)

Thanks for sharing your story Amanda and Corey. I love that your dream has become a reality 😀.

We did the same 2yrs ago. If the world stopped tomorrow, we’d survive. 200ac with sheep, cattle, house cows, Guinea fowl and dual purpose chickens. Also had geese until a few weeks back but they are horrid twats. We grow in raised beds and also have orchards (2) , flat ground, melon and fodder patches and grow for livestock as well. Look forward to your videos.

Thank you for being on RU-vid and I've found you guys! This will be our lives in about a months time.

This is such a great video!! It's so nice to learn about your journey!! What an adventure you've had :)

Hearing your story is just so fantastic. It sounds like an absolute dream block!!

I loved hearing your story. It certainly would be handy being two tradies though! 😃

Happy to have found you! This is so interesting, and I am excited to follow how you are doing. I feel like you are actually living now. My husband and I love being in the country secluded and peaceful. I will be cheering you on. Janice from Arkansas USA

Pleased to meet you both and look forward to seeing your homestead come together. I'm too old for anything more than our small acre out in Wonthaggi Victoria. Hubby and I after having lived in one home in a Melbourne suburb for 45 years are content now to enjoy our new home in a country suburb.

Good on you guys for doing it. Don't forget to have a cellar under grand for storing food. Do not let people know about it.❤

18:03 cracked me up on the brain analogy, thanks for the belly laugh, cheers from another Aussie!

Thanks for this folks. Really enjoyed the explanation & it gives me some hope for us. Cheers & have a top one.

Oh my god YESSSS some Aussie homesteaders ... We are about to put the Burbs house on the market and get out of dodge ! Scarey as hell but we r being brave like you were can't wait to share my journey

Awesome guys - so happy for you taking the step forward - enjoy every breathe. Those who wake up happy have won, keep going.

So good to see how things played out for you guys. You give me hope. I am currently doing the same from a smaller place than you had to one smaller than you have, but have 20 years on you also. I hope its sudden so i have $ for a house on the block. Living lighter and kinder in so very many ways. Love your journey. ❤

This video was great 👍 So good to go back to the beginning. Well done guys.

Thank you so much for sharing your story, truely inspiring without fear❤

Great story guys, looking forward to seeing more of your development of your land especially how your swales and leaky weirs help hydrate the property or not as the case may be. All the very best from the city. 👍

Glad that the RU-vid Algo. showed me this video. I also see the "1K."

Great vid! Paying your way forward. Congratulations Corey and Amanda!

Congrags for making the move..always hard to change a life style and I do hope everything works for you over the next years as you gain a knowledge of the land, what you want to do ....and what you do to make the dreams become real....wish i was there myself.....

Love hearing other people's stories. Could you expand on your power system. Which products/brands did you decide on, eg, inverter, battery bank or tesla battery etc. I find that all confusing. Good luck, thanks for sharing.

What a story guys! We were so similar to you guys, except we moved from an apartment to 1 acre lol. Feels like 100 compared to the old place! I laughed so much at your low expectations of selling in 2020! We were trying to buy at that time and it was insane. We'd been looking since WELL before it all went crazy, and wish we had got off our butts and made moves quicker! I know the feels on the 6 days a week life - that was me in construction in Melbourne! Life is SO much better now! Can't believe I hadn't found your channel until now! On board to watch more!

Well done guys, great story. Wish you two every success in the future, and I’ll continue to watch your journey.👍🏻😎

Have you seen "Running Amuk Off Grid" with Nic and Bob. They have RU-vidd their journey for the past 3yrs and a similar story to your own.

Hello ,come across your 1st video of starting an homestead down under - will now sit and watch your journey - a question the people that purchased your old property,do you think they were an identical couple to yourselves looking for that mindset of starting a homestead ?

It's a great feeling to be debt free... congratulations guys

I thought the term Tradie was short for Tradesman, which is anyone who has completed a 3-4 year Apprenticeship in a particular trade, including hairdressers.

Loved listening to your journey guys. Sounds awesome! This is our dream too!

Love love love this video. Love a great origin story. I did have a chuckle about your driveway story. To me your driveway was small. Being in the pilbara, the longest driveway I’ve ever driven was 117kms of dirt road through a one million acre property. Miss J didn’t enjoy your driveway, but she has no real dirt road experience, and definitely not in a tiny hire car lol. Can’t wait for the next video like this. Without divulging actual dollar figures, I’d love to hear about if there was much of a financial adjustment with the move. The plus and the minus. You are obviously consuming way less, but if the earning has been a lot less, how have you managed all that while trying to build your forever dream.

All the best guys 🙂

I hope yous make more vids guys 😁I'm at the mindset shift stage atm ..good on yous and thank you for your content

I LOVE this video 🤣😂

Ha ha I just showed this to my hubby. I’m like that’s just like me! And that’s just like you! Except he let her buy that block!

Its gorgeous!

Omg this is near identical to our story … but we are in NSW

There are so many similarities in our start up story lol... 1.5 hour commute from home to the city and 1.5 hours back. Kids in care for 10 - 12 hours per day and just had that moment of what are we doing... The only difference was we sold our place at the top of COVID and had nothing to go to so then there was literally no going back. Must be SO handy with you both being tradies :D

great video guys.

We really are so similar in terms of, neither of us had ever done anything at all close to this before. We had all we needed but really wanted to explore an off grid property (after years spent watching RU-vid homesteads in the making). We found other similar points in your story and it resonated with us. You guys are doing so well - very courageous to just do what you felt was best and follow through! 🙌 Really nice hearing the full story... Off to watch some more episodes! Oh... and if you don't mind, question from Ryan: What is the total size of your solar system in kWh? Size of array, size of battery bank... that kind of thing.

I think it's a piece of the jar from the women at the well.

New subscriber here 🙋🏼‍♀️ enjoying your channel. It’s hard to find Australian content. May I ask what your business from home is? Thanks. 😊

Love you guys!

Hi guys, thank you for your great video ! I have a question, I just wondered if you need to pay rates on your land ? I ask because I would like to do the same thing. Many thanks. Rob

Is your block between Keyneton in in my Nranol ;76and Heathcote. The landscape looks familiar.

How did you fund this project, and what did you start with once you bought the land?

You guys will miss the shop's

What state and approximately where do you live?

What websites did you use to find your land?

What state you guys in?

I assume because of your elevation youre temperate climate zone?

Wait… so you’re telling a story about how it all started, but it’s not accurate. Lol right.