Garage wall frames
One week of work and there’s a new building in the backyard. :)
Author: Kiwi
Garage concrete slab
Turns out a garage is almost the same work as for the house, except there isn’t going to be underfloor heating.
Progress around the house
Look, how winter in New Zealand looks like! 15-20° during the day, occasional frosts at night. June in Motueka.
The pump shed
This project stretched over a couple of months, as there was always ‘something’ missing to continue. Originally I planned to only use leftover timber from…
Garage foundations
Well, we need a garage. All our garding stuff is stacked on the deck and around the house, and the bikes don’t get any better…
Look, I’ve found a water melon!
Winter solstice is just a few days ahead and guess what we just ‘found’ in an overgrown corner of our veggie garden: A perfectly ripe…
Autumn holiday! Day 8: Masterton – Castle Point
My personal highlight of this road trip. The day-trip from Masterton over to Castle Point. We’ve been there 3 years earlier and we had the same…
Autumn holidays! Day 7: Wairarapa
Fortunately not our motel (but a nice building in the middle of nowhere): The longest place name in NZ: An unassuming hill known as “Taumata…
Autumn holidays! Day 6: From West to East – Whanganui to Hastings
Virginia Lake in Whanganui: A very nice early morning walk around the lake. But they seem to have a serious problem with algae (and thousands…
Autumn holidays! Day 5: Kapiti Coast, Whanganui
It’s time to leave the little big city and head off to Whanganui (where nobody really knows if it is Wanganui or Whanganui): Bason Botanic Gardens,…