Articles
Categories
Categories
| Category | Last published article |
Our Story
Our personal story from our experiences |
About Us |
| In the beginning videos | |
| The bridge and pole henge | |
|
Solar
Everything to do with solar power. |
How much does Solar cost? What do I need ? What ... |
 A few great video's on the topic of solar These video's are not from us but we feel they might be of some intrest to those new to Solar. |
Solar Energy As Fast As Possible |
| A bit about our Solar setup | |
|
Composting Toilets
Everything you wanted to know about composting toilets. |
Our composting toilets / about composting toilets . |
| Composting Toilet Videos | |
|
Prepping for SHTF
Prepping for the hard times? Our ideas and other preppers ideas ... You need this info ! |
Preping for what ? |
|
The Pantry - Videos - You Tube favourites There is some wonderful videos on Youtube about food storage. These are some of our favourites. |
How to Start a Prepper Pantry. |
|
Surivival - Videos - Youtube favourites There is some wonderful videos on Youtube about survival in shtf scenarios. These are some of our favourites. |
TOP TEN PREPPER "BUG IN" MISTAKES AND ... |
| What Communications gear to get? | |
|
The Pantry & Cooking
Everything you need to know about stocking your pantry. |
Meal Planning And Shopping |
| Why dehydrate food? | |
|
Fermenting Food Fermentation of food is a wonderful way to preserve some of the surplus from your garden harvest. It is also an amazingly healthy way to eat and drink delicious food. |
Yoghurt |
|
Stocking the Pantry What foods and other goods you need to have on hand when you are living off the grid and wanting to stock the pantry especially when living sustainably, frugally, simply, and prepping for hard times. |
My Pantry gives me a feeling of richness. |
| Cooking with Citrus Leaves | |
| Make your own Fruit Vinegar | |
|
In the Garden
Tips and hints for working in the garden |
Off the Grid in Oz and growing food in hydroponic ... |
| Yeah its up and running | |
|
Health and Fitness
Our thoughts on health and fitness. |
A brief look at what Kerri and Steve think about ... |
| Revolution - 31 days of Yoga part one. | |
| Off the Grid Wellness Supplements | |
|
What's good to eat Articles about different foods that I have researched for their health benefits and we try to include them in our daily diet. |
Gummy Bears The Healthy Way |
|
More Healthy ideas Have you ever wanted to know things like, how to make your own sunscreen, bug spray or ant killer? Here is a few ideas. |
DIY Sunscreen |
|
Gold Detecting
Tips and hints on gold detecting |
Our ideas, Detector and gear . |
|
About the Central Gold field area As we live smack in the middle of this district , we thought we should give some history about the area .
coming soon .......... |
About Gold in this area |
|
Our Philosphies and Lifestyle Choices
Have you ever thought deeply about your lifestyle? Have you made a conscious decision on what your lifestyle is all about, or do you just go through your life in a daze? I believe that most people don't think about their lifestyle enough. Have you ever thought about what is outside the gate? What is the system doing to you? |
Off the Grid The Internet? how important is it? |
| What is Simple Living? Plus a Potential Pitfall ... | |
|
The System outside The Gate Have you ever thought about what is outside the gate? What is the system doing to you?
|
The system part 1 |
|
Steve's Rants Steve said about these videos: "After many years spent doing this off grid stuff and watching the world fall further into an irreversible dive ... I have moments when frustration does escape from within me.. This is unedited, unstaged .. just straight up how I feel and it came flooding out..."
Steve talks (maybe rants a bit) about the harsh realities of life in todays world and why it is a good idea to be self reliant and off the grid.
We live off the grid in Central Victoria, Australia and although our world is comparativly safe here, there is still a need for people to think about being self reliant, because you just never know what is around the corner.
Prep, prep prep is the plan.
Warning the language can be harsh as well as the message.
|
The Harsh Reality Given Straight up. |
| Organising and Decluttering | |
|
Conserving Power Tips
Being responsible for your electricity generation and storage means consiously thinking about how you use it. |
|
| Water Pumps | |
| What do you need??? | |
| Appliances | |
|
Water, a Priority!
These are the realities about what you do or what you expect when going totally Off Grid for the first time. You have to get your head around WATER!!!! |
Off the Grid and Water Tanks |
| HWS for Off the Grid | |
|
News Articles
These are some news articles that we have found about living off the grid. |
|
|
Prioritising
When Moving Off the Grid into a self reliant, self sufficient lifestyle, you need to prioritise otherwise you won't make it work as well as you would like it to. You need to not just think about, but actually put in place the infrastructure and utilities that make day to day life, not just survivable but enjoyable when everything is working right. |
Our experience in the begining as far as ... |
|
Building an Off Grid Property and Lifestyle
Building your off the grid property is an exciting journey. Choosing the land, deciding on design and ensuring you buy the best materials are all things to think about. Here are some of our ideas. |
Off the Grid and building your dream Backwards ... |
|
Videos about building an Off Grid property Here are some videos that we felt you may like to look at. |
Great videos |
|
The Effort it takes to Build an Off Grid Lifestyle. These videos are about the effort that is needed to build an off grid property while being self reliant. |
People always ask... what does it take to go off ... |
|
Our Youtube Videos
Please visit our Youtube channel to see all of our videos. There are quite a few of them that you may find interesting and perhaps help you. OfftheGrid in Oz YOUTUBE CHANEL |
Our Youtube Videos |
Last published articles
Here are the articles within this category.
Published by admin on 24-Jan-2017 14:16 (1292 )
When living off the grid and therefore having to be responsible with the way you use the stored power means you need to think about some of the appliances that you use. For example, when we first moved to this lifestyle, we had a very big plasma TV. Whoops, bad bad choice. The power...
Published by admin on 22-Jan-2017 13:36 (1489 )
The pantry is one of the most important places in our home. We have a large room for long term storage and an every day storage area in the kitchen.
The large pantry holds all our bulk foods such as flour, sugar, rice, canned goods, herbs, oils, etc etc.
It has taken us...
The large pantry holds all our bulk foods such as flour, sugar, rice, canned goods, herbs, oils, etc etc.
It has taken us...
Published by admin on 22-Jan-2017 12:31 (1339 )
Lifestyle choices
Have you ever thought deeply about your lifestyle? Have you made a conscious decision on what your lifestyle is all about, or do you just go through your life in a daze? I believe that most people don't think about their lifestyle enough.
I come across...
Have you ever thought deeply about your lifestyle? Have you made a conscious decision on what your lifestyle is all about, or do you just go through your life in a daze? I believe that most people don't think about their lifestyle enough.
I come across...
Published by admin on 21-Jan-2017 20:22 (1032 )
I found an amazing resource on You Tube.
The channel is Dehydrate2store.
Here are 10 videos to get you started. You’re going to love it.
...
The channel is Dehydrate2store.
Here are 10 videos to get you started. You’re going to love it.
...
Published by admin on 21-Jan-2017 19:42 (1396 )
One of the oldest methods used for preserving foods is dehydration. The food that is dried has a long shelf life; requires no preservatives; tastes great; and is nutritious. So why doesn’t everyone dehydrate food? I’m guessing its because most people are just so used to buying their food from...
Published by admin on 21-Jan-2017 17:24 (1583 )
Just a few facts and some myths regarding Solar Power
(off grid ) A sample typical setup pictured here below..
...
(off grid ) A sample typical setup pictured here below..
...
Published by admin on 21-Jan-2017 16:00 (1389 )
Our personal story : ( the short version lol )
We began our venture into off grid Solar over 7 years ago now. We,when we began,only ran a tiny 640W system !! that’s right ! , less than one kilowatt! and to quickly answer any obvious question regarding how was our...
We began our venture into off grid Solar over 7 years ago now. We,when we began,only ran a tiny 640W system !! that’s right ! , less than one kilowatt! and to quickly answer any obvious question regarding how was our...
Published by admin on 21-Jan-2017 15:40 (1895 )
Living off the grid for us means taking responsibility for our own s**t, literally.
We have 2 composting toilets and have lived with them since building this property.
Before we decided to go with this system we did lots of research including watching Youtube videos on...
We have 2 composting toilets and have lived with them since building this property.
Before we decided to go with this system we did lots of research including watching Youtube videos on...
Published by admin on 21-Jan-2017 14:40 (1568 )
We moved here in May, 2016. It is now January 2017. We moved into the new house on Christmas eve. The solar power was installed and working really well. Even though we didn’t have any water or gas installed. We still had to fill bottles and bring them in to make a cuppa and we still needed to...
Published by admin on 21-Jan-2017 14:30 (3113 )
Welcome
We have been living “off the grid” for about 11 years now.
Why did we decide to make the change from living in an amazing house on Port Phillip Bay, with everything that goes along with that life style (ie boating, restaurants, electricity, water, telephone,...
We have been living “off the grid” for about 11 years now.
Why did we decide to make the change from living in an amazing house on Port Phillip Bay, with everything that goes along with that life style (ie boating, restaurants, electricity, water, telephone,...
