Dean Frith and his son Beau have turned a rundown boat into a 'ute' on the water for Pacific Island community as part of a project to 'give back as much' as they can.
A dilapidated boat that was taking up too much space in the backyard has taken a Sunshine Coast father-and-son duo on a journey of repurposing the vessel into a "floating school bus".
The pair, who were originally boat builders, had initially considered either breaking it up and disposing of it or turning it back into a functioning boat and selling it."[Dad] was just like, 'Hey, listen, we really believe in recycling and trying to do anything we can to sort of repurpose something ... instead of cutting it up and throwing it away, other people might get way more use out of it,'" Beau said.
"The fact [is] that they can get volunteers from the main island out to the school as well as getting building materials and other things they might need on the island."He said the school's current boat was slower, more suited to transporting larger items and was "in a bit of a state". "It's just the difference you can make in somebody's life by showing them a few things, stuff I take for granted."The tradesman said sharing those skills with the island community had a huge impact.
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