Bush Living

Humans living in the bush bring many adventures from floods and fires and drought through to how to live off grid.

May 20, 20227 min read

Letter from Istari - May 2022

The record floods dominate everything for us and in the bush. Cane toads have arrived. Weeding and pest management and a lot more.

Apr 26, 20228 min read

The Floods of 2022

The ground was already wet from record high summer rains. December and January delivered 404mm of rain here. The earth was saturated,...

Jan 2, 20225 min read

Dingo!

We saw the dingo (Canis familiaris) from our wildlife camera. He sauntered along the path we had made through the bush. He turned left...

Feb 28, 20194 min read

Lithium Battery Info

This is some more detailed information on lithium batteries that we have been able to glean in our journey to buying new batteries. We are

Feb 28, 20197 min read

Lead Acid to Lithium batteries for off grid

We woke up one day to find our power system completely failed. The inverter, which converts DC to 240V AC, has a low voltage light blinking