Girl, 11, inspired by grandfather to create her own 'bathtub boat'

This eleven-year-old girl was inspired to make her very own bathtub boat, following in her grandfather's footsteps more than 70 years later.

Mikalah Strickling, from Terrigal, Australia, saw a photo from the 1940s of her grandfather floating along a canal in a bathtub in the Netherlands.

Inspired by this, she decided to try the feat herself – with some helpful modifications.

Footage shows Mikalah's boat-building process – from finding an old tub in the scrapyard to setting sail by the Terrigal waterfront.

By fitting an onboard motor, a steering wheel and a plastic seat, the beaten-up bathtub is transformed into a shipshape vessel.

Although Mikalah quickly gets the hang of steering the tub, her little brother Samuel struggles and almost capsizes.

Mikalah has her own youtube channel, "InventWithMikky", where she showcases her skills as an inventor.