GOAT ROCK
Goat Rock · off-grid, New Zealand

Off grid, up a hill.

Goat Rock is our off-grid retreat. No cell reception, no infrastructure, just nature. We are building a house, catching water, making power from the sun, and turning the paddocks back into forest.

Latest from the hill

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First panels on the shed roof Solar

An example article so the structure is visible. Replace it with the real story of the first panels.

8 Oct 2026

From the playground

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Skull Sign Maker live

Route your own gate sign in 3D. Pick the skull, timber and lettering.

v1.0 · 7 Oct 2026

Solar Diary idea

What the panels made today and what the batteries have left.

Nest Box Map idea

Where the predator-proof nest boxes are, and who has moved in.

A feral goat standing on a lichen-covered rock against an overcast sky
The rock

There is usually something standing on it.

The rock sits on the first ridge above the gate. Most mornings there is a goat on it, looking down at whoever is opening the latch. We named the place after it, and the sign followed.

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