I'm moving to a shack, with no power, on top of a mountain!

[Ixion]

envy .

[cave weta]

I'm alive, I'm back on KB (temporarily), I'm off to ride a bike around the country again!

My shack is great.
I've planted an organic vege garden... made a composting toilet (i'm going to eat my own shit!)... wired up a 12v lighting system for reading and cooking... use candles otherwise... put in a new rainwater catchment tank to replace the nasty slimy buckets I was storing water in...
I've scavenged pink-batts from demolition sites to insulate the hut for winter... installed a fireplace... cut about 10 cubic meters of firewood to get me through the cold months... built a fire-bath... trapped countless rats, which seems to be magnetically attracted to the hut, and in particular seem to like the damn ceiling space above my bed at night...

We eat road-kill about once a week (fresh roadkill, hit the previous night). So far we have eaten road-killed possum, hare, and rabbit.

Yep, it's pretty great.
There are a pair of riflemen (NZ's smallest birds) who live in a tree nearby and visit every few hours... heaps of tui and bellbirds, piwakawaka and wood-pigeons.
Lots of possums too; I've trapped about 15 and a keen woman on the community has skinned them and tanned the furs. She's stitching together a possum-skin bedspread.

I have also found women love the rustic feel. I bring female friends home, light the fire and candles, and gosh, suddenly they're suggesting a fire-bath! This was unexpected. I thought the lack of showers and flush toilets and suchlike would discourage women, but I guess I know the right women. Yeah, I suppose they're mostly rather alternative too.

I've been off the bike for a while, I sold it to a feral mate who lives in a shack about 100m from mine.
But on Monday I'm heading up to Auckland on a 250cc bike, to deliver it to my brother. I'm spending 2 months in Auckland, then I'm riding another 250 back down to Dunedin, making a delivery the other way! Convenient!

You are my hero!

[kevfromcoro]

Looks lke you have given it a bit of a scrub up..
looking good.........

what more does a bloke whant.

[Phurrball]

I'm alive, I'm back on KB (temporarily), I'm off to ride a bike around the country again!(snippy)

Yep, it's pretty great.
There are a pair of riflemen (NZ's smallest birds) who live in a tree nearby and visit every few hours... heaps of tui and bellbirds, piwakawaka and wood-pigeons.
Lots of possums too; I've trapped about 15 and a keen woman on the community has skinned them and tanned the furs. She's stitching together a possum-skin bedspread.

I have also found women love the rustic feel. I bring female friends home, light the fire and candles, and gosh, suddenly they're suggesting a fire-bath! This was unexpected. I thought the lack of showers and flush toilets and suchlike would discourage women, but I guess I know the right women. Yeah, I suppose they're mostly rather alternative too.

I've been off the bike for a while, I sold it to a feral mate who lives in a shack about 100m from mine.
But on Monday I'm heading up to Auckland on a 250cc bike, to deliver it to my brother. I'm spending 2 months in Auckland, then I'm riding another 250 back down to Dunedin, making a delivery the other way! Convenient!

Nice going Steam! I sincerely wish I didn't have to pay power bills...our shack in the Waitakeres has only marginally more insulation and is electrically heated...

Hippies in a community near Dunedin...Volco perchance? Beautiful part of the world (My mother lives not too far away in Waitati)

Make yourself known to us northern hippies when you're up here!

[klingon]

Make yourself known to us northern hippies when you're up here!

Ooh yes! We should have a Northern Hippie Meet-Up!

Steam, I'm delighted to hear that you're still there and doing fine. I'm surprised that you're surprised that women find that lifestyle attractive though. Most of us are a lot simpler than you think!

[trump-lady]

What a great thread, I am so jelous........... cant wait to hear more and would love some updated pics on your improvements

[Rcktfsh]

Most of us are a lot simpler than you think! [/QUOTE]

Is that because men have 4% more brain cells than women, and about 100 grams more of brain tissue?

[Forest]

I've been off the bike for a while, I sold it to a feral mate who lives in a shack about 100m from mine.

Only 100m away?

I live in a city of 4 million people and my nearest neighbour doesn't live that close to me.

[peasea]

Only 100m away?

I live in a city of 4 million people and my nearest neighbour doesn't live that close to me.

How often do you shower?

[sinfull]

Ooh yes! Most of us are a lot simpler than you think!

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