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Local wildlife moved into a pool of water in some plastic covering my building materials.

I am not quite the person I once was, I have had two ruptured bicep tendons and one right knee ACL surgery, it is from 50 % dumbass and 50 % fighting..despite that I still train and run as well. I believe that cardio fitness is your best friend if something goes wrong.

2nd day of Autumn for me which means nothing as Summer usually extends through to the end of April early May with dry hot weather.

Yup. if you type in LivinglandNZ to the tube you should find me.

There was a warning that a Cyclone was coming but really no one had any idea how bad it would be, one of the worst hit areas is very low to sea level and one particular valley was just about entirely under water. It was a few minutes before the level rose to roof height. As for earthquakes it's...

We had a Tropical Cyclone hit the centre of the North Island of New Zealand last week, I am a lot further south so didnt get any damage, sadly there was loss of life, I read that one women crawled up into her roof space thinking she would be safe from the flooding, she drowned the water came up...

My shed is officially finished, I got very sunburnt today but I refused to give up until it was completed. It's water tight and lockable. (roller doors are up) Just as well because my house in the city could sell this week. Now my off grid journey is really about to start.

🤣 We just call them diggers.... or sometimes excavators if we want to sound important

Plenty of space to make an in ground root cellar there somewhere.

I shall be making one of those as well 😆. There is a rising hill above my build site.

From the people I have spoken to here in NZ that have it they are blown away by the speed and reliability of Starlink.

You mean New Zealand 😜🤣. Yes there are gas refrigerators here but I honestly dont think I will need one, I must have a deep freezer due to how much I hunt and store meat/fish. There is very little I have in my fridge at the moment..Benefits of being a pure meat eater I guess, take it out the...

There is cell phone coverage, it's not great but enough to receive calls and ring out, phone monthly is pretty cheap so thats no issue. I will get Starlink. I will be getting rid of my fridge and buying a 120 litre ice box..We call them Chilly bins, that will be for milk/cheese etc, bit of...

Just realised there is a Solar power section 😆

My tomatoes are starting to ripen well, bit of a lates season this year but they are coming on strong now.

So my house in the city is currently for sale and as soon as its sold I will be moving to my land and living in my barn that is 90% finished. I have started enquiring about prices for solar power and would like to get a Tesla power wall battery for it. I am a low power user and estimate I'm...

100% processed foods are the devil !

There have been cases here where the Government has tried to declare farm land a wetland which can't be touched/developed etc, one such case recently was thrown out of court and the local council had to reimburse the landowner court costs (very rare that happens). My pond is only small so it...

I finished making a pond on my property, I have started planting around the edge and putting some water weed in to spread. I will get fish for the pond when it has cleared a bit, sadly the only fresh water fish we can buy for outdoor ponds are goldfish....(boring). Native fresh water eels will...

Is your starting weight 137 pounds...You sure you have weight to lose thats pretty small...? I used to calorie count when I was preparing for a big trail run, now that I eat meat only the weight stays off all the time.