A wombat has one of the strongest behinds on the planet. Fact. It’s reinforced with a tough plate of cartilage across the lower back and rump, which helps protect it from predators. Wombats can enter their burrows and use the butt blocker technique to defend against unwanted intruders be it dogs, foxes, or other...
Time to think about version 2 of the solar setup. Version 1 is in this post. I’m still mildly amazed it’s all running, given it was thrown together in a hurry by someone with zero experience. I’m still getting nightly wildlife clips, which is a far better use of time than doomscrolling the daily...
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We built the shed to store the tech: mostly a camera to spy on whoever wanders past—pademelons, possums, wallabies—and to glare menacingly at any would‑be thieves. If you want the saga of actually building the shed, that’s over here. I only got to the tech setup a few days before we had to leave,...
First read the post about building the shed if you haven’t already done so to set the context of this post. This post is a short, factual update on the costs—materials only. Time, effort, and travel have been excluded, mostly for my own benefit so I don’t think too much about it. As expected,...
Over New Year, I flew from Europe to Tasmania to build the very first structure on The Brink — a pole shed. I didn’t do it alone, thankfully — my girlfriend joined the madness. She brought skills, patience, and an impressive ability not to murder me when things went sideways. Honestly, I didn’t even...
As much as I would like to avoid it there is a need to install technology no matter where you are. I’m not against technology, just the entshittification tech bros have prioritised to rake in as much cash as possible through data collection. Technology can be good, it can also be fun to play...
The Brink is a concept. It is the culmination of decades of dreaming and talking about a space where community, nature and quality of life become the goals, not the victims of a system that consistently tears them down in a perpetual drive towards more production and economic growth. Profit over everything. The worship...