The One More Project Dad Gift Guide

Bunnings has launched on Uber Eats, with thousands of products available for delivery within 60 minutes. Which means whether your dad is a seasoned Saturday regular or a man who has never successfully completed a project in his life, this Father's Day, you can shop basically his entire wishlist without either of you leaving the house. Here's how to shop for the man who has never met a project he couldn't leave at 80 percent.

Craftright Pocket Hole Jig (Bunnings)

The Craftright jig is the tool that turns "I'll get to it" into an actual join. Strong, hidden, professional-looking joinery without the decades of woodworking experience he does not have. Give him this and there's a small but real chance the deck seating finally happens. Small. But real.

Cabot's Aquadeck Decking Oil (Bunnings)

The deck is technically finished. It has been technically finished for two summers. What it has never had is a single coat of oil, which is why it's greying at the edges and starting to splinter. A tin of decking oil and a free Saturday might just get the last job over the line, or at least make the unfinished bits look intentional.

Coleman Portable Gazebo (Bunnings)

He wants a pergola. He has wanted a pergola for a long time. He is not going to build a pergola. A pop-up gazebo delivers roughly 90 percent of the pergola experience, shade, a defined outdoor zone, somewhere to stand and gesture at where the real pergola will one day go, for about 5 percent of the effort. Everybody's happy.

Ozito Random Orbital Sander (Bunnings)

So many of his projects stall at the sanding stage, because sanding by hand is miserable and he knows it. A random orbital sander makes quick work of the deck, the bench, the door he's been meaning to re-hang, and the twelve other surfaces currently sitting at various stages of not-quite-done. Momentum in a power tool.

Irwin Hybrid Clamp (Bunnings)

At any given moment, several of his projects are being held together by gravity, hope, and a single bar clamp he borrowed and never gave back. A proper set of quick-grip clamps means he can actually hold things square while the glue dries, which is the difference between furniture and firewood.

Gorilla Carts Poly Dump Cart (Bunnings)

A man with this many concurrent projects needs to move materials around the yard efficiently, ideally without twelve trips and a sore back. A solid dump cart is the unglamorous workhorse behind every backyard operation. It will haul soil, pavers, offcuts, and eventually the remains of at least one abandoned idea.

Otto Undated Personal Planner (Officeworks)

His to-do list currently exists as a series of increasingly urgent Post-its and a running monologue only he can hear. An undated personal planner gives every job a page, every page a deadline, and every deadline a fighting chance of being ignored in an organised fashion. It won't make him finish anything. It will make the not-finishing look deliberate.

Forclaz Head Torch (Decathlon)

Great ideas do not respect daylight. When inspiration strikes at 8pm and he decides tonight is the night he finally tackles the fence, a hands-free head torch means he can work into the dark until someone calls him inside. Rechargeable, lightweight, and the enabler of many a poorly-lit, half-finished evening.

Quechua Multifunctional Tarp (Decathlon)

Every unfinished outdoor project needs protection from the elements while it waits, patiently, for completion. A heavy-duty tarp keeps the rain off the 80-percent deck, the exposed framing, and the pile of timber he swears he'll use. Think of it less as a camping accessory and more as a shroud for works in progress.

Derwent A3 Visual Diary and Staedtler Lumograph Pencils (Officeworks)

Before a single nail is hammered, the One More Project Dad needs to design. An A3 art diary and a set of drawing pencils lets him render the pergola in loving, fully-dimensioned detail, the pergola he will draw beautifully and build never. The plans will be magnificent. They will also be the finished product.