We’re making power now
To keep the power bills low, we decided to go for 6 kW grid-connected photovoltaic system from Solar Electric that should produce around 80% of…
Category: A new life in NZ (2014-now)
Fit-out
Hundreds of details to work on during the very last week before we can finally move in.
Starlight Parade
Still can’t get my head around having Christmas in less than 3 weeks. Everything points at a hot and dry summer but that doesn’t keep…
Gold fish
When we have got our three little gold fish for the pond in early October, all of them were still grey. We couldn’t see them…
Tiles
Bathrooms, pantry and laundry are the last areas of the house that looked ‘raw’ so far. The tilers did an excellent job and managed to…
Wastewater treatment with a wetland
Almost all rural houses in this area are not connected to a wastewater disposal network, they have to find their own way to get rid…
Road trip
We’re really out of practice doing this! :) Just driving, sitting on beaches, collecting interesting shaped and coloured stones and sea shells, more driving, find…
Orana Wildlife Park
A park with huge compounds, feeding schedules and the opportunity to really be within the lion’s den (the wire framing of the cage seem to…
Mini Olympics – little gods in action!
After several months of practice class 5&6 finally had the chance to show off their talents. The camp was set up near Christchurch, with kids…
Oh no!
Arghhhh! There’s a stormtrooper in the sink!