Off Grid Lifestyle Expo 2022

Off Grid Lifestyle Expo- an old way of living- a new way of thinking. This year the event is on Saturday and Sunday the 3rd and 4th of September 2022 at The Goomeri Showgrounds. You can access all the information from their homepage here....

Back to Basics

We are living in a time when the source, supply, availability, and cost of energy can change at a moment’s notice. The uncertainty of the availability and cost of petrol, diesel and gas affects the cost and reliability of goods and services within our community....

All Over Red Rover

The mainstream media have been mooting that the electricity prices are going to rise significantly over the next few months and regularly rise over the coming years. We recently received advice from our energy provider, (we provide more energy to them than they do to...

There’s Something Strange in the Neighbourhood

We first went standalone solar on our property or “off Grid”, as some say, back in 1996. In 2012 we got serious and although we continued with solar, we went interactive, whereby we had access to grid supplied electricity. We imported any shortfall in electricity...

Home Energy Secrets-The Inside Story

Do yourself and your family a big favour and get down to your local library and borrow the book “Home Energy Secrets-The Inside Story” ASAP. Tell your friends and extended family about the book as well and suggest that they also go to their council library and borrow...

Solar Not Bulletproof in Blackouts

If the power grid goes down in the middle of the day, almost everyone “loses power” regardless of whether the home has solar panels or not.  I note most households will lose power but not everyone. For the majority of systems, the sun could be blazing away...