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i Bought a TP-Link Deco M5 Mesh System, came with three units and it works perfectly.  Great signal strength in the garage and it has boosted signals throughout the house too.

Yes, ideally I would want wired but it means a lot of digging, mostly in the driveway.

Limitations of powerline:
1. does not work on surge protected sockets
2. is not supposed to work through different ring mains - in my experience it does but I do not know why.

I bought these this week to upgrade the ones I had previously. https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/netgear-pl1000-100au-powerline-gigabit-adapter-kit

You can also get ones that have more than 1 network port on them (switch) so that you dont need a separate switch and you can plug in more than 1 PC for example.

Tried powerlines but they don't work.  I am assuming they are on a different circuit.  It does appear to connect, all lights steady green but trhe connection keeps dropping.

how far away from the base is the extender?   it should be no more than 50% of max range.
so if max range is 25',  the extender should be no more than 12.5' feet from base.

Extender is about 35 feet from base, the garage PC about 25 feet from that.  If I substituted a router for the extender would that give me the range?

Not really. Extenders will rebroadcast a weakened wireless network on a different channel. A mesh system will boost the signal along the way, so it's stronger further out.

Also depends on what you're wanting to do with the connection. Someone can correct me if I am wrong but today there's no subsitute for a wired connection. 802.11AX or 5G is great but it's still wifi. For gaming on my PS4 I use a wired connection into the router via powerline for this reason. The last thing I want is to be in the middle of a heated game and someone in an apartment near me turns on the bathroom light which creates an arc and messes with my wifi for a brief moment.

Yes, ideally I would want wired but it means a lot of digging, mostly in the driveway.  I want to run a serever, just for storing backups so thinking wireless will be OK for that.

how far away from the base is the extender?   it should be no more than 50% of max range.
so if max range is 25',  the extender should be no more than 12.5' feet from base.

Extender is about 35 feet from base, the garage PC about 25 feet from that.  If I substituted a router for the extender would that give me the range?

Not really. Extenders will rebroadcast a weakened wireless network on a different channel. A mesh system will boost the signal along the way, so it's stronger further out.

OK.  Based on what Dieselboy has said what's the best option, another router with powerline or a mesh system?  Or is that a mesh system? 

how far away from the base is the extender?   it should be no more than 50% of max range.
so if max range is 25',  the extender should be no more than 12.5' feet from base.

Extender is about 35 feet from base, the garage PC about 25 feet from that.  If I substituted a router for the extender would that give me the range?

I bought a wireless extender to send signal to my garage, about 10 feet from the house.  Can't get a signal, not sure if it's the extender, PC in garage can see the network but connection attempts to connect then drops. Could I use the extender or an old router placed in the house close to the garage wired using powerline adaptors?  What would be the best option?  This TP-Link Archer C50 AC1200 Dual Band Wireless Cable Router (if suitable) is cheaper than the extender, a BrosTrend AC1200 WiFi Booster Range Extender.