Progress on the boat bed!

Did a bit more on the boat bed for Jackson this weekend. Nearly ready for a sand and a paint!

Jackson's Birthday Boat Bed!

Jackson's birthday is on the 16th Dec... He'll be 2yo and because I'm such a great dad, I'm going to make him a super cool boat bed. I started today in my workshop and after about 4hrs, this is the progress. I'll upload more photos as I get further along.

The Front section of the boat will come to a point and will be an area to store toys. On the headboard I'll make a Yamaha Motor (and bookcase/light)



It's all braced and square/level. Just need the glue to dry now. The next fiddly bit is to create the front part as a removable section.


This is the bed tray that the foam mattress sits on. This drops in the top of it...

Jacks new wetsuit. Now he's ready for the summer fun at the lakes.

Jackson is really proud of his new Spongebob wetsuit. He wore it all day today around the farm and even had his midday sleep in it. Looking forward to getting him to the lake for a swim!

The new auxillary!

Finally sorted the auxiliary on the boat. It's a little 4hp Yamaha 4 stroke. Now we can start going a little further out and catch some real fish... We'll also use this for some trout trolling on the back country lakes...

Dad's old farm truck

We just purchased this old 1985 Nissan Safari off Trademe the other day for only $4750. Awesome truck... It's old, but mint! and was owned by an old Grandad that hardly used it.

The truck was always garaged over 20 years, serviced every 6 months and has only 125km genuine miles!!!

Also has near new Wrangler tyres, winch, bullbars and nearly everything under the hood is new, or like new! Just have to suss out getting 12v out the rear instead of 24v, then it'll be great!
Should make a great second tow vehicle!

Chilling in the Hood!

I took the family (Sarah, Jack, Simon and Zach) to Lake Hood today for a play on the boat today. It was a nice calm day, but the water was freezing! 12.3 degrees!

Didn't stop us tough louts though! Simon and I got in and did some wakeboarding and even though we froze out bits off, we had a great time

Sarah drove the boat as well - she did really good!

Double trouble at the Stones!

The guys spent the day playing in the garden, fighting over tractors, splashing in the pool and just being cool kids. Simon was building a garden...




Above is wee Zach, just hanging!

Time for a photo shoot!

I'll be featured in a few publications soon and on a few websites, so I thought I'd better drop the gumboots and get some serious head shots. Sarah seems to be a master on the camera and took some great shots. So here I am - looking very swish. ;-)



And of course I had to grab a shot with my wee man! He's such a cool kid and has the best smile!

Please daddy can I go fishing with you on the boat?

I promise I'll drive really slow and not run over any sharks or turtles. Please? Pleeeeease?

"I know! I'll just hide in the boat! they won't know I'm here..."

The boys fishing at Akaroa!

I spent a relaxing day fishing at Akaroa today with Lee and Ben Viv. Apart from throwing up a few time (Have been sick lately) it was a great day. Bit nippy, but it's not summer yet - it'll warm up! The boat ran like a charm!




We were fishing just out from the Salmon hatchery close up by the heads. 15 meters and the water was a bit cloudy. Not a lot of action - too early in the season, but we did catch a Skate and the world's smallest Dogfish!





The lads putting their 'Game Face' on.

More Office Update Photos...

Still left to go....

- Small Coffee Table
- Paint on windows
- New PC to setup (when it arrives)
- Steel bookshelf of crap to go – replace with nice artwork (I’ll do)
- Some minor paint touch up on wall...

But we’re operational...!! So I’ll do these last bits over the weekends... Feels soooo good to have a separate office, much easier to focus and work without interruption.
Not a bad effort for a DIY hack designer geek eh?


Now that’s an awesome desk. Designed and built by yours truely!
Resprayed last week at local panelshop in metallic silver.



Wakeboard is there as a motivator...
The window lets me see and talk to the others, but when closed is a good sound deadener.



Picked up a brand new 3, 2 & 1 seater in black leather today of a friend for 1k (new was 2.5k!). They’re only a month old.
Not stolen, just purchased, moved rental and they didn’t fit, so they gave them to us dirt cheap!
(Need a basic coffee table – will look on TradeMe)




All ya need for coffee and a warm lunch!