Nice update mate. Would be interesting to know your story like what made you decide to embark on this project and way of life etc if you're in a good place to share it.
I just found your channel mate and I swear you and the way you act/talk you're like my slightly older version of myself. Interested in a video of what brought you to this lifestyle. 👌
What a legend, big ups from Christchurch. These videos are priceless, never know when this info will actually save lives, if we all need to live off grid, if things get even crazier.
Great update. Great place to live. Kiwi living offgrid in oz. Started 4 years ago, never looked back. We started in a bus (middle of winter), moved to shed, now in house. Happiest we have ever been (apart from deer eating out trees but slowly putting them in the freezer). Keep the videos coming.
Hey, fellow kiwi here, just found your channel and subscribed. What a cool way of life you live! Very inspiring and look forward to following your journey.
The Wife & I are doing EXACTLY the same as You: were 5 and a Half Years in.... Good Words of Wisdom my Friend. This life is Not for the Faint-Hearted! We lost some friends by choosing this life (they just 'Didn't Get It') ! However over time - we GAINED more that we Lost!!
Good stuff. You have brought along the right attitude to make living off grid a success! We've been off grid for 15 years now, from way back in the days when solar panels were horrendous money. $1650 each for a 250 watt panel... Put them around the corner 100m away so we didn't have to worry about putting so many holes in our watertight roof! Makes them easy to clean too. September is the worst time, with all the pine pollen landing on them. A couple of weeks of pine pollen will drop the output of each string from 30 amps to 20 amps. Wash them off and you're all good to go for another wee while :-)
@@LivinglandNZ It was brought on by getting a quote to get power to our preferred house site on our piece of paradise. $90K back in 2007!!! Did the offgrid conversion for a third of that.
😍 I'm envious of your offgrid adventure thanks for your sharing and sound advice..I look forward to my own off grid permuculture lifestyle, and being off the hamster wheel.
Was wondering yesterday when you'd upload another video. Great wisdom around block setup. The kitchen is perfect, i only eat meat too and dont use 99% of my kitchen stuff. Thanks for sharing, cheers ftom Hawkes Bay 👍⭐️🦌
I totally agree. I have been living off grid for 10 years. We live on 120 acres in SW Colorado in high desert 6500’ elevation. 10 years in and building everything it has taken a toll on me physically. I never saw it coming, and I am a very strong person and never realized the stress I was under. A large bear decided to enter my house three days ago and I have to be honest it pretty much scared me to death. My dog was so scared she ran several mile down the road and didn’t want to come back. We trapped the bear and all is well. Homesteading off grid is not for the faint of heart. I am now bringing in people to live with me and build community.
Your'e a smart guy, you figured out how to live correctly quite early on and you have so much time left to enjoy and develop the lifestyle. No one has the exact same circumstances, so you can't really tell people how to dot , its a journey of self discovery! I've always wanted to live not off grid, but sustainably and self sufficient. To that end I bought a small piece of land with an old small cottage on it and took it from there. Now 7 years on and I've worked a 7 day week for all of it ( include hunting a s 'work'!) and never felt better or more energized. I am 63 and feel like I have a lot of good living left to do. Doing all the things I always wanted to do, like hunting, forging , reloadingI, as the property development slowly gets completed. I also get the negative vibes from some people, but I just tell them not to be afraid and give it a go...More power to you!
Funny that you talk about negativity from others - seems to be our culture to tear down those who are satisfied with what they have, whether that’s not a lot or a whole heap. Keep it up bro you’re the man
@@gp129 I think it comes down to people not understanding certain things so the only way they can react is with negativity 🤷♂️, their world would crash if they didn’t have a clothes drier or uber eats delivered.
So kewl. Every accomplishment is a step closer to the dream. I agree with you about the compost toilet and very few people know a lot of commercial composts have effluent from treatment facilities in them. At least doing it yourself you know it's done properly.
Thanks for sharing your journey, I am enjoyingthe watch. We raised 2 boys in a similar situation in Southland. Hind sight being 20/20, best, happiest, most well time of our lives. All the best on your journey. Looking forward to updates
Another kiwi sub here mate! I'm about to move off semi grid down south here in Canterbury, bought a new caravan to start the process with the aim to be completely off grid in 5 years with a permanent cabin. If you ever down here let me know and I'll.shout you some coffee
That's what i want to do, live off the grid. Thank you for sharing your story, it is inspiration for my own journey. You have a great set up. The shower looks great, i believe you when you say 'you love showering in that set up', i would love it too.
You work hard for the Kai and the fire wood for your use, it amazes me me how people don’t understand that . And I fully applaud your thoughts and effort . One day I hope to be off grid or as close to self sufficient as possible . More kudos to you
We are off grid, coming up 9 years now. But fancier than this but every day is exciting. Even just a couple of nights ago after watching TV we heard the power was out over most of the Kaipara. It was very different to look out the window and not see any lights. Except for t 2 other off grid properties we can see. Keep it up, it's all worth it.
Wow this is bloody awesome! I'm envious of the freedom you have created for yourself! The world is crazy and collapsing around us due to woke agenda's. This lifestyle is becoming more popular because people want to get off the hampster wheel of debt and corruption. Thank you for sharing your journey ❤
Love it bro kiwi living in the rainforest in aussie. Semi off grid . Plan is to get back home in future years . I'd love to hear the back storey to how you got to decdie this life was for you . Its literally my dream to have something similar. Been following since start . Take care
Awesome, I moved into a truck and loving off grid life. Yes it's an adventure and affordable, thoughmost people I know think I'm mad 😅 I'm happy with my lot and mortgage free, no worries here. Good luck with the rest of your project.
I know a couple of people who live in trucks and my brother use to live in a house bus. One doesn’t need much to be happy. We moved from a 320m2 house into a cabin in the bush and we are loving it.
We always had the idea of living self sufficiently, never got there but still like the idea. We own a small Bach which is our bug out / happy place and we enjoy modifying it to be a little better each year as we can afford it. Yes we have a composting loo and a septic tank, the septic tank only needs emptying every 5 years or more as we dont live there full time. We have power which is not reliable and Ive finally got a wood burner so we don't freeze etc when the power goes off. At 70 I cant see us living there permanently but we know the allure, good on you. The only thing I would say is make sure you have it all finished and running well before you turn 60, it gets real hard after that to do the things you think nothing of now and I get really cold easily.
Gosh this is fabulous!! I lived in a tiny caravan in the bush in the 90s. The bush rats that came in were bigger than cats 😂 I grew up in small town New Zealand where water was abundant from the taps and plumbing magically disposed of our poops!! Than in my early 20s I visited an island and discovered the joys of water tanks and long drop toilets!! I loved it. No bills!! Life was so free and relaxing!! I'd go back in an instant but not by myself again as I realise I need a buddy for safety incase I had an accident etc. Very hard to find older guys who want to chop firewood now 😂😂😂
We live off the grid up in the Far North. Best decision we ever made. So true about the rats. They have eaten through the chook door And up through the floor of the wood shed. Determined little buggers. They are after the chook pallets. My dog loves hunting the little buggers. Good advice about firewood and the water tanks. Hubby was very quesey about using a compost toilet at first, but tney are perfect. No smell and super easy to use. I have one of those big black compost bins up in the bush line. Great compost matter for the native trees. Personally not keen to use the compost around food we are growing to eat, but thats a personal choise. One thing we have done is build an enclosed vegetable garden. The possums, birds and my dog like to snack, especially the tomatoes. Love your home made clothes rack. Love mine. The only appilances l don’t have is a stove and a clothes dryer. We use a little bench oven and the BBQ. Had a coal range when we lived in town, Man l miss it. Super expensive to buy a new one, but we are currently exploring the options. Most people around us live off the grid, and each of our dwellings are individual and unique to each of us. Do miss the deer, but we have friends who send us up care packagess every now and again 🤣🤣🤣
Living off the grid takes a bit of extra work, but I would live off the grid, no problem. We are putting in an outside shower because we also love showering and bathing outside and would rather shower outside than inside. All the best, you are doing what many people want to do and are doing. I love the bush it's in my blood.
This is an absolutely awesome video! I have spent the past year building on my blank section by placing 2 Podlife cabins joined by a large deck and covered in by an Archgola canopy with ironmesh curtains. All the way along I just had to keep reminding myself it was an adventure and an exploration and boy has the past 12 months flown by. I didn't know what I didn't know and in some ways that has been a blessing because I did it all without a car and carrying home massive bottles of water to my section and having only a portaloo for 5.5 months was a feat in itself. Not sure I'd rush to do it again but at least I know now that if I had to, I could.
Hey dude just come across your vid/channel. All of it was really informative, but I especially like how you presented it... No frills and if your a hater you can F off. Good luck with it, I'll keep an eye out for any updates👍
We did two winters in a farm shed while building rurally. Kitchen set up looks very familiar only we were doing it vegan 😂. During covid lockdown we only had a blanket for a door and inadvertently adopted a stray cat!
Just seen your video 😊 VERY inspiring 🙌 I absolutely understand why people want to live off the grid . I think you’ve done an awesome job 👍 and I look forward to viewing your ongoing journey in this lifestyle. 😁 Thank you 🙏 so much for sharing 🌻🌸🌷
It's been a while and I'm impressed 👏 ! Love the care and quality you put into creating your home. This is the way to go ( especially in these times ). I hope you're proud, beautiful. All the best from a subscriber 🌿
Three of us lived for 3 years in a 6*9 garage, totally off grid. It was heated by a 9kg natural gas heater, it was toasty warm and it also provided the lighting. The bottle lasted a week. To have a shower we heated water and filled a 20L solar shower bag. We didnt know about composting toilets back then and even though we had a long drop because of my phobia of certain flat critters we used a camping toilet stool over a bucket that was emptied into large hole in the ground. The only thing I missed was a vacuum cleaner, oh and a computer. We had no phone service at all. Unfortunately finances dictated we had to sell the property, but I'd do it again in a heart beat. I've learnt so much since then about how to live off grid far more comfortably, not that we were uncomfortable.
Glad to follow your Channel..I need all the Positivity form all the off-gridder as am on my way to living this life. Plan well they say so that's exactly what am doing at the moment💪😊
I like it that you didn't edit out the silly voice you do when you talk to your dog 😊 Regarding the toilet waste, I tip my caravan toilet cassette waste onto the fruit trees and it breaks down super fast. A put some straw on top, and the rain and earth worms compost it quickly.
Looks like the dream to me mate, good on you. Doing something similar myself here in Perth Aus, got the land and going to head out there to live while I build a cabin. Been wanting to do this for years.
@@LivinglandNZ Yeah, insulation and good aircon, not that hard these days to setup a good enough solar battery setup to do it. Also have a well shaded location for the cabin. Just different challenges to what you have to deal with.
Your a Legend & Inspiring ✨ When we make the decision 2 Surround ourselves with like minded Souls cause we’ve Choosen 2 Live on a Certain Frequency ✨ But I hear ya a lot of peeps are unconscious 2 what negative patterns they are vibrating on 2 themselves & others.. You Do You… lol
Off grid in northland for five years before that five years on a boat . We have a worm based sewage system works well . No real need to heat up here so have not yet installed a fireplace . Once you get off grid properly set up its no different than being connected but you do not have the bills coming in and when real bad weather hits you dont have power go out . Rats and mice are always an issue if you are near the bush will not have a cat they murder the wildlife and bait residual scares me with the dogs so traps it is. Also trap possums. I have fenced off one hector of bush in the middle of my property its great seeing the bush undergrowth regenerate from the bare earth left behind from pigs goats and possum's ravages .
I have nothing but admiration for what you are doing ! Off Grid here in Australia is what i want to achieve too ! Hope it continues to work out for you👍
I live in New Zealand ( Auckland) I'm over the life I currently have and have had since birth im almost 30, what your doing is what I've wanted to do my whole life , hey if you want a homestead helper this is the life I'd always want to achieve. Don't focus on the negative people and there opinions as dumb as they are , fact is your actually living a life most want deep down
