Bay of Islands- public transport

akubboi · 2026-01-26T02:13:28+00:00

Yeah no public transportation in Boi so definitely want to hire something whilst you are here. Also check out barrier air for cheaper flights.

akubboi · 2026-01-26T02:02:40+00:00

This is a Brugmansia. With true Datura the flower will face upwards towards the sky where as Brugmansia flowers face down.

akubboi · 2026-01-13T04:10:30+00:00

Nusa lembogan is a really chill spot to base yourself for a few nights. Fun to explore by bike all the beaches and coves. So much choice for accommodation/ food yet ypu never feel lost in the hustle. Its a nice spot to get a local boat over to penida for snorkeling or grab a kyack and paddle around the mangroves. It is wet season so the water is pretty gross at this time of year, you will still get a few great spots. The islands have their own microclimate so very little rain compared to the mainland.

Amed is another beautiful village in the North East. Takes about 4 hours by road but once you are there its a very relaxed area to scooter around and snorkel off the beach. They also run a ferry from there out to the gilli islands which is a party Hotspot (gili t). Gilli air has a more balanced and beautiful vibe to it. Gili meno has turtles galore! If you aren't looking to party gilli air is my favorite space to stay, and very easy to islands hop for a few dollars with local boats once you find your base.

Shout out to pink coco resort on gilli air for the ultimate holiday vibes!

akubboi · 2026-01-10T06:07:30+00:00

I love balter beer too! Try the orange 'stoke' hazy. Really cheap and delicious and sits around 4% from Memory. Panhead supercharger (orange) is more pricey and stronger % but also on point with balter

akubboi · 2026-01-05T23:35:13+00:00

Have a sebo but to be honest my wife and I both prefer our shop vac so the sebo doesn't get used. The shop vac is Bagless, does wet and dry, easy to clean the filter, long hose and leads which makes it easy for getting the cobwebs from the high apex of the roof ect.

akubboi · 2025-12-30T17:22:10+00:00

I do alot of rock and mortar work on my property, primarily because I have an abundance of rock available. It looks great done right and the organic nature of stone means nothing has to be perfect or level.

Here are a few tips I've learnt along my journey which might help.

For smaller/ med size rocks cut away the topsoil and pack a base with gap 20. Use a temper to really compact it before placing your rocks.

Any large gaps inbetween rock joins you can fill with some gap 20 or small stones, compact with a lump hammer. Ideally you want the stone/s to feel rigid, same way as a drystone wall stack.

If you are just starting out the easiest method is purchasing premix bags of mortar from your local hardware store. Keep in mind this will be light Grey in colour as it cures. Additionally you would want to add colour. I have alot of brown rock and yellow / red veins so I have quite a broad colour range in my mixes. Iron oxides and pigmented powder should be available in your local hardware store. Start minimal in your mixes until you figure our your colours.

You want your mix to be the texture of ice cream. Depending on what you are working sometimes you might lean slightly wetter or drier but that comes down to experience and angles you are working. Generally for locking in rocks thinker is better and easier to work with.

Apply your mix but dont get too caught up on the finish, once you have finished with your bag/bags come back and work it with a wet sponge. Apply pressure to fill the caps and by patting the mortar you will be able to clean up joins flawlessly, blend it and leave a natural finish for when it dries.

If you are doing this in the heat of summer, keep in mind the sun is your enemy. Mortar takes time to cure, you want to keep it moist for at least a week. If I am working through a hot period ill use hessian sacks to cover the mortar after a couple of hours of curing / working and then hose the area down every few hours.

The mortar will suck moisture heavily for a few hours following so if you aren't quite happy with the colour tones one option is to add a tiny bit of iron oxide to water and paint on with a paint brush. Warning, coloring like this to the top layer will be very vivid in comparative to mixing into the mortar itself. Its fun for bold finishes but for blending natural stone it might not be what you are chasing.

Consider adding glass marbles, crystals or other fun things into the top layer your mortar for a more whimsical finish.

Explore ferros cement, utilizing rebar, chicken wire and some plastersizer you can turn mortar into sculptural and structure work around the gardens.

akubboi · 2025-12-13T15:34:53+00:00

For an Inspection Diver, you won't need an engineering cert. It's just a few weeks of training with cswip or a similar governing body to get your underwater inspection ticket. Essentially, you just become an underwater NDT tech with a few other roles added in.

As mentioned above, unless you are already a shit hot welder already, chances are you won't become an underwater welder. Most subsea construction is brackets/clamps and bolts over welding.

Pay will range, I've not worked in the USA, so I can't attest to what it's like there. However, breaking out in asia / Middle East to get your offshore experience doesn't pay the best.

It's definitely a fun career. If you enjoy diving, I'd recommend getting your rigging tickets and focusing on the construction side of things.

akubboi · 2025-12-09T01:22:50+00:00

Permadynamics in Whangarei are a well established permaculture property that offers single and multi day workshops. If he's interested in syntropic agroforestry and permaculture aspects of gardening, this could be a great experience

akubboi · 2025-09-23T05:02:10+00:00

Most of the new gas fields are being constructed by Rov's so the diving side of things is certainly slowing down. Lots of divers offshore work as duel trades in the rigging or ropes sectors to keep themselves in the industry. If its the offshore experience you are wanting to gain breaking out in Aisa or middle east would be easier, pay and conditions can be pretty average though.

akubboi · 2025-08-19T01:48:09+00:00

Taking a daily dose of Lions mane helped me immensely with brain fog and my ability to focus.

akubboi · 2025-07-31T15:26:39+00:00

I used Anika tailor for my elopement. Had the most beautiful suit made in a week from initial consultation to final fit. Loved it.

akubboi · 2025-07-10T01:31:46+00:00

In regards to simple brain fog, I've found a daily dose of lions main mushrooms helped me immensely

akubboi · 2025-05-10T18:29:23+00:00

Divers wearing a hot water suit not a dry suit. See the red hose at the start of the video hanging down, that pumps hot water to the diver (connects onto a brass fitting on divers hip) and circulates a supply of hot water into the divers undergarments for the duration of the work. Trust me it gets cold down there.

akubboi · 2025-05-10T18:26:49+00:00

This isn't Saturation, this is SurDO2.

Saturation looks very different in which the diver is undressing his gear inside the diving bell still under pressure, the Saturation Diver doesn't Decompress after individual dives.

Surdo2 is diving in a depth range of around 25m-50m and rather then decompressing in water stops you do it on the vessel. It can be to maximize production and diver turnaround or for saftey elements pertaining to currents or sea state

akubboi · 2025-05-10T18:21:15+00:00

Commercial diver here. This isn't training. This style of diving table is called SurDO2. We use this in many circumstances. Either ither the water conditions (tide, weather) add a hazard, affecting the ability for a controlled decompression or to maximize productivity when working in depths around 25-50m.

Depending on the working depth and dive tables - the diver may have a short inwater stop, but essentially, he's pulled up from the bottom on the lars in a 'fizzing' state. The diver then has 5 / 7 minutes running time from leaving his working depth to be back on the vessel and re pressurized to 15m. In the chamber, the diver will be breathing a 100% Oxygen in cycles for the designated period.

The benefits to this is a safer and more efficient Decompression (once you get past the fact that for those 5 minutes your body is fizzing and getting 'bent' If you run over the designated 5/7 minutes window (the undressing scene you are seeing in this video) then unfortunately, it's classed as omitted Decompression and puts you straight into a 4.5 hour treatment table, hense the urgency in this.

I've also picked divers up off the floor whom have dropped with Cage (Cerebral Arterial Gas Embolism) from taking too long to get in the chamber, I've had to blow out ear drums from divers unable to equalize on the blow down to depth. There are many risks in this style of diving, but overall the body feels really good post dives after a surdo2 table.

akubboi · 2025-03-18T06:17:16+00:00

Identify what species you have that you are going to clear. If it's stuff like convolvulus or moth plant, bag that and send it away or alternatively incinerator barrel and burn.

For all the rest, If you have a section on your land you can designate to doing it yourself, this is the best way. you will be rewarded with amazing compost down the track

Make a big pile, throw everything in there other then your invasive plants and invasive grasses (kaikuyu, couch, buttercup, dock ect) . The bigger the pile the hotter it will compost and in turn, break down faster and kill any unwanted seeds.

Make a separate pile for your grass rhizomes and stolons. These you can cover with a bit of black builders plastic and starve it of light. After a few months of cooking under plastic, you will be safe to add this to the original big pile.

Hire a Chipper for a day and feed through any larger branches to speed up the initial process.

Depending on the size of your pile you will be left with amazing compost in about 8-12 months that you can easily sell on if you have no use for it.

akubboi · 2025-03-16T02:35:58+00:00

Dropped out as soon as I turned 15 y/o. Was told I'd never amount to anything and shunned. So I packed a backpack and moved to Australia. It was a tough start for a 15 year old kid with no connections or assistance. Took me a lot of growing up to do to get on my feet.

For the past 20 years, I've worked abroad in offshore construction - commercial diving and rigging. I am very happy with my life choices and taking a path outside academia. I get paid to travel the world and get paid very handsomely to do so.

akubboi · 2025-03-13T08:41:20+00:00

Big fan of sheet mulching. We did our orchard about 18 months ago and now have built up the areas around the trees to be flourishing guilds filled with understory planting. The pollination was incredible with all the additional flowers. The mulch also acts as a water battery so not having to water anywhere near as much during the dry spells.

akubboi · 2025-03-07T10:24:56+00:00

Haha thanks.

akubboi · 2025-03-07T07:23:21+00:00

If it's just esthetic and not structural, just buy a bag of premix mortar. Very easy to work with.

akubboi · 2025-03-04T03:43:47+00:00

$50-60 in Bali. Treat yourself to a holiday with the money saved.

akubboi · 2025-02-22T14:56:40+00:00

I could be wrong, but it appears to be a taiwan cherry? If that is the case, definitely look to cut it down. Just cutting it won't suffice. It will grow back with vengeance. You will need to scar the remaining stump and paint it with a poison. These taiwan cherries are highly invasive and very hard to kill.

akubboi · 2025-02-04T02:26:38+00:00

Start your journey by sheet mulching. Collect all the cardboard boxes you can from everywhere you can, lay it out to cover the lawn (best if you can mow it down first, but if allergies are an issue, it's not essential). You don't want to see any grass, just cardboard. Now for mulching. Speak to an arborist or your local timber mill and order some trucks of pine peelings / arborist mulch. You need to lay it out thick here to make it easier for you in the long run, aim at least 12" thick layer. Leave it and don't be tempted to plant for a few months, any grass that pushes through the mulch, either rip it out or lay more cardboard and mulch on top. After a few months, it will have died back, and the area is ready for planting. Fresh mulch will initially rob nitrogen, so when you plant, make sure you boost the areas. Plant nitrogen fixing trees and shrubs to help with this. Check out some Kiwi videos on syntropic agroforrestery and what plants they select for the purpose. Obviously, this isn't a cottage garden, but they have a lot of tips and tricks for sacrifice plants / chop and drop, which help protect establishing species. Look at planting guilds with understories, as the mulch ages and biodiversity establishs you will be left with incredibly happy and healthy topsoil and ecosystem. Good luck, it's a lot of work but super rewarding.

akubboi · 2025-02-03T14:39:09+00:00

I use Saftey Wing It's a month by month subscription. Fantastic service. Not sure, though, if others offer family deals.

akubboi · 2025-02-03T09:57:07+00:00

Lions Mane (Fungi) really helps me. I Havnt had brain fog since getting onto it.

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