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Thanks again for watching. These are very special places. We didn't spend long near Longyearbyen but Magdalena Fjord was something special. Antarctica for us was brilliant and we've wondered if wed go back - but there are so many special places top see at home and overseas. All the best.

Thanks for watching and great you've had a good run with the Disco. We know more about the Defender now and we've had a good run since the niggly issues were addressed. Yes, the turbo issue was a problem - during a Lap especially - but as we've reported, that got recovered and fixed relatively quickly and the car never stopped. We've seen a number of reported issued with several new model cars of different brands and in our case the engine didn't blow up, we did go into limp mode. We've always said we will report what happened and what got fixed as fairly as possible and people can then make up their own mind. Ours was a major contributor to a terrific year - a couple of issues aside but now resolved. All the best and safe travels

Thanks for watching and the lovely feedback. We try to find the music that suits the mood and the moment. It's such a personal thing isn't it? We sit somewhere in between, but not so much into the doof-doof or head banging music. HNY to you guys also and safe travels.

D300 but it wasn’t an engine issue specifically. It was an electrical fault in the turbos. Fixed after a couple of recovery and repairs and no repeats of that since.

@ thank you!! I did follow as far as the issue but couldn’t gather the engine. I’ve got a new p400 and I’m observing as much as is out there. Not my first LR or even Defender but I hope this amazing vehicle stays happy. All the best for your New Year.

Thanks for watching. This vid seems like so long ago now. The Safety Dave TPMS has been great. We haven’t needed the booster for our rig. It’s worked well and easy to reset when we air down and air up. Batteries in the sensors last about 12 months but I’m sure that varies with use - ours were pretty much in action. for the best part of 18 months near continuous use. There have been some reports on some alloy wheels of the sensor wearing the paint/ powder coat of the wheel where it vibrates and just touches the wheel so keep keep an eye out for that - I suspect that’s a function of proximity of some valve stems to wheels and flex in the valve stem. But we’ve been very pleased by the Safety Dave. If you want more recent updates on the car we did an end of lap wrap up and thankfully a couple of the issues we had have been fixed. Happy New Year and safe travels.

@ we purchased our 24.5 se d300 in October,couldn’t be happier

@@peterdorizas3323 Here’s to many happy travels in the new Defender.

Thanks so much for watching and the lovely feedback. Much appreciated. All the best.

Hi, there are only 2 dealers. We use South Brisbane. We didn’t initially have a good experience, but since we’ve returned from our Lap they had made major changes to the service team and it’s been heaps better.

Wow, great tip. Just googled it as well and seems to be a recurring old school DIY repellant. Will definately give that a go and see how it goes. Thanks for watching and sharing the tip. Safe travels.

@@jerryfrench2981 It really is a lovely area. The reality checks are - avoid the weekends and holidays (madness) and between ferry, vehicle permits and camp fees the costs are getting up a bit, you have to be totally self contained and you can’t have fires - but for all that, it’s a stunning place and from Sunday night to Friday lunch time for 3/4 of the year - as you say. Paradise.

@@richardbrookhouse7782 Thanks again for watching. It’s a special place so the scenery and the weather does most of the work! Are you guys on the road now? cheers David and Paula

@@Karen_richwillo Yes, best to avoid weekends and holiday periods. It’s very quiet during the week and most of the year. People are asked not to camp on the dunes and care should be taken say in turtle nesting season. And for that matter you always have to take care that kids don’t run across the beach. Always a few that spoil it. Most people try to do the right thing I think. The parks service and police maintain a high profile and tbh the camp area we were at was much cleaner this time around - still a bit of unfortunate litter. Fires are banned as well which might deter a few people. It’s a beautiful area and for many it’s a favourite, We’d just prefer to avoid those busy periods. The storms were pretty spectacular and I didn’t get several other close and prominent lightning bolts unfortunately . Thanks for the feedback and the comment - and for watching of course.

@ thank you for a great response. Great information. Thank you.

Yes it was better than TV 🤣. The whole south east got battered over several days and we thought most of it would be south and south west of us - but true to form it found us . Yes the coasts are different. NSW and Vic are very different again as they don’t have the same long open stretches of beach thay Qld and WA have. And keep in mind an hour or two north of where we were and you start to hit the southern reaches of the GBR so not much surf north of there. Beach driving is different as well. Except for the entries and the cross tracks Teewah is pretty firm at low tide. Mind you each has their particularly notable and stunning places. Thanks again for watching amd taking the time to comment - it’s always appreciated.

Yes, it’s a great spot. we jagged the same spot we had last time we were up which was over 2 years ago when we did our Zone Base Shakeout to Teewah and Fraser/K’Gari. Heaps of good locations along the camping zones. We think zones 2 and 3 have the better sites with full views of the beach which are great unless there is a full on easterly on shore wind - although we had north Easter’s and easterlies last time and tucked 50m further behind the dune and a tree and faced the awning inland - still great. All the best and thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Much appreciated.

Give it a burl Sean. Great location and you can have a great balance between chilling and a few drives and things to do also. Yes, we’d suggest sticking to the weekdays and avoiding holidays if you can. Cheers

Thanks for watching and the great feedback. It helps a lot thanks. Teewah during the week is brilliant. I’m not sure we can put up with the noise and crowds on the weekend and having people on top of you. In fairness most people are just trying to enjoy it , but the beauty of the place for us is that it’s not so crowded . I hadn’t thought about the deet damaging seats but we always try to keep the creams and chemicals off them anyway - thankfully the neoprene seat covers have taken most of the beating for the seats i’ve the worst coupe of years. We found the march flies were pretty determined. Off and Rid helped a bit. All the best and thanks again. Safe travels.

Thanks for watching. And the feedback. This one had a bit more scenery rather than VLOG piece to camera stuff - wasn’t sure how people might feel about that, but it is a beautiful place. All the best and thank you again.

Yes indeed. Teewah is a special spot. The storms were intense but thankfully more noise and bluster than damage in the end, thankfully. Quite the lightshow! Thanks for your ongoing interest and comments, it’s always appreciated. cheers

Hi Michael, thanks for your ongoing support and feedback - its very much appreciated. Teewah is broken into 7 “open” camp zones with unallocated sites in each zone.. The parks service set a cap of a total number of bookings per zone but there are no allocated sites. The zones vary in length broken by protected no camp sections - mainly where sand blows or land slips represent risks or areas requiring protection from erosion. You can camp anywhere along that stretch from the dunes back, but they ask you not to camp “on” top of the dunes. So you book the number of nights in your preferred zone. The Queensland parks site give a bit of a description of each zone to help people choose and its always worth doing a google maps/ google earth look at the areas to check out some options. Generally people do a bit of a drive around to see what’s the best available spot. In our case we have been on the beach a few times so we think zones 2 and 3 give the best general options and they are larger sections so more chance of finding a good unoccupied spot. As it worked out we had stayed in pretty much the same location a couple of years ago so we shot for that and hoped it was free and it was. (I wonder if my crashed first drone is still in a tree on the large dune/ hill behind? lol). With starlink now, provided you’ve checked to ensure plenty of free places under the cap, you can head up with a vehicle permit, identify a site that suits and then sign in to the website , book and pay. The rangers are reasonably visible and do patrol the area so if you are setting up before paying its worth doing it reasonably timely. We aren’t fans of DEET but getting nasty bites is worse - I got blasted by midges on the Fraser Coast and it was so irritating that ensuring we limit bug bits is the priority. On this trip I had success with Off and Rid. The BBQ hotplate liner came from Bunnings I think. It’s been great for keeping the Weber relatively clean and easy to maintain. The liner gets messy off course but you can easily wipe the worst off before having to wash it and we use a spray on cleaner to reduce water usage. Thanks again for watching and yet again for some great questions. Cheers

@@nextleveloz Thanks David I had no idea those BBQ liners existed. I see that my local big hardware store has a range of them. They all seem to be made from PTFE so I will take a look into whether that is a healthy material to be cooking on but they will certainly save a lot of cleaning.

Thanks for watching. And glad you enjoy it, we try to make it as good as we can noting we aren’t professional influencers. We prefer the travel adventure stuff most, but we do get a fair demand for the equipment / planning stuff also. All the best and thanks again. Cheers

Hi mate, thanks for watching again and the great feedback. Much appreciated. I was in Low range sand mode for the beach entry and high range for the main part of the beach. TBH Auto would be fine for the firmer sand long drive, but I’d always select sand mode even in high for the parts where you cross the dunes or leisha track just to make sure. It’s a good beach for easy beach driving though and only the Leisha track and the cutting beach entry test people when it’s been dry and hot. The drone is a DJI mini 3 pro. Does a great job for most stuff and is very light and compact. But it can get blown around if the wind gets up above mid 20k’s and it’s max speed means it isn’t ideal for longer tracking shots. But we prefer to use the drone not like a flight simulator but for landscape perspective. Each to their own of course. The only caution on drones is there are more and more restrictions and some operators aren’t as mindful as they should be about other people and the rules. Thanks again for watching. Safe travels.

@@nextleveloz cheers mate..

Yes indeed ❤️. There’s not a lot between you and nature in a van - but heaps better than a tent ! 😉🤣. We’ve been in a few interesting storms / gales/ : unseasonal wert seasons and even some hail in all sorts of places. Thanks for watching. All the best.

Thank you. Thanks for watching. It’s a terrific place among so many terrific places around the country. Safe travels and how we see you out there some time. cheers

Thanks for watching as always and the lovely comment. Yes, van camping is easier on the bones. Yes Teewah, Double Island Point and Rainbow are terrific locations. Between the scenery and the weather we thought we’d let the pictures do a bit more of the talking on this one. We love it. Thanks again for watching.

@@nextleveloz have you ever thought about going across to Moreton? I’m sure the footage would be sensational but maybe the rig would be too big?

@@peterbullen3347 There was a couple of what looked like Eagle Rays and several turtles around the Point, so Wolf Rocks would be great.

Hi Peter. Yes. We generally run the van at the same as the front wheels on the car. Just to keep the weight on the sand spread across more surface. The crossing was a bit chopped up and as you saw there was a bit of drop off the reinforced track onto the sand. Even though I picked up what looked like a firm set of tracks to stay in there was a softer spot and I needed a bit more momentum that line off the reinforced track didn’t provide for. I should have come around wider. The rig slowed and the Defender pulled it out before it went too deep so it looked and felt sloppier than it needed to be. TBH most cars, even towing, shouldn’t be too troubled in those conditions at Teewah. On hot summer days and higher tides - especially at the end of weekend it can get drier, more chopped and softer at the cutting. The key with Teewah most of the time especially towing is don’t flirt with the higher dry sand - so use the 2-3 hour window either side of low tide.

Hi l, thanks so much for watching. Yes we both have some Sharkskin products and love them. Paula is averse to even remotely cold water 🤣🙄, and I like to have a swim even in the shoulder season so the sharkskins are great for that extra bit of warmth without needing a wetty. As you saw I also have a Sharkskin rashie and have worn it to death. Regrettably after having some melanomas removed I have to cover up more. Paula’s zip up rashie/ sun top is from Solbari. She loves it and was looking to get a new one. Unfortunately it doesn’t look like they have that particular type garment anymore 😢. Check out Solbari and see if anything they currently have suits, but regrettably the one Paula likes / wears doesn’t appear to be available anymore. I I have a Solbari as well. It’s a good top but I like my Sharkskin better. We don’t have a relationship with either company and bought all of the products on sales (as we try to do) but hey both have Black Friday specials at the time of this answer. Thanks again for watching, we love sharing and it’s terrific when we get lovely feedback - sorry we couldn’t help with the specific garment though. 🙏❤️😎

@@nextleveloz Hello David & Paula, Thanks for the reply & info will check them out. 👍

@@oot1960 Thanks for watching and the feedback 🙏👍. The rear axle rating on the 5 seater is 1800kg and the 7 seater is 1900kg. There is currently no axle re-rating or GVM upgrade available. Hope that helps. cheers

Thanks so much for watching. Really appreciate it. Kangaroo Island is a terrific spot. Glad some of it helped. We learned heaps from others and a fair share of our own rookie errors along the way 😉. All the best.

Hi. Thanks for watching and greta questions. We will definately cover some of this in the planning series but check out the wikicamps for water fill info. And for sure a low profile camper or pop top van will get you better fuel economy. The variance was considerable from 30l /100km in headwinds on the Nullabor to single figures unhitched. The 17.5l/100km was the entire lap all up. Over 80% was towing on black top, 6000km or so on gravel including some pretty tough roads. So no question a lot gets done on varied conditions with a high profile / 3.2-3.3t van. 17.5 lm/ 100km is very good given the conditions and towing - but if your van is lighter and lower profile that will unquestionably help twice it further. Stay tuned and we will try to give a not cohesive deducted series on the planning and key equipment choices as we faced it and covering a range of the questions and suggestions others and you have put out there as well. Thanks again and hope we can help further. Cheers

@@gillianainscough3879 Thank you for the lovely wishes. This is an older post and my birthday was earlier in the year but I really appreciate it ❤️🙏. The sea sickness was a downer, but I still made the most of it. It was an amazing trip and yes I had a terrific time 🙏. Thank you sooo much for following along. We love it. ❤️

@@brucesieverts1236 Hi,thanks for watching. No idea, but ATM it’s going well. I’ve just been watching several vlogs and posts covering LC300 engines that have blown up between 16,000 and 50,000km. So i’m not sure which modern car is going to go to 300,000km any more? Our engine hasn’t blown up. The life of type for a range of parts and modules - that’s going to be interesting isn’t it? I was taking to a guy with a lovely, restored LR 90, his had well over 200,000 km. and it was going like a rippa, and bit long completed the Simpson. Is anybody making any car like that anymore? The Ineos has a BMW engine - reliable but is it going to do 300,000km who knows and how the rest of the car stands up to that - again who knows.

@@sa2591-p5d Thanks for watching. People have to go with the car that best suits their needs and people will have their perceptions won ‘t they? I can’t really comment on the Disco and hope your mate resolves the leaks. The Defender is a great car out of the box and Ive seen a few reports about issues with a range of other cars in the class. In our case, we’ve been pretty open about a couple of the issues we had with ours, but since they’ve been fixed it’s been great. There’s a few examples in social media world relations to the 300, RAMs, Chev Silverado’s. Issues with the Ranger were legendary. We’ve got friends with all of those and some have had a great experience and one or two not so much. Wouldn’t it be good if there was a reliable measure of reliability and backup for all new cars in the market? A lot of people do say they like the Defender, how it looks, how it performed in head to head comparisons but you have to make a choice at the end of the day. We get it.

@@nextleveloz yes Sou;don’t be great of there was consistent measure of reliability like few economy. So instead of just crazy chase for fancy features they would be tempered by practical requiresments.

Hi. Thanks for watching and we’re glad you enjoy it 🙏. In the upcoming mini series we probably won’t cover that. Check out the vids across the Plenty - in one of those we cover our vid and camera gear, but in short we use GoPro 11 with Volta handle, media mod and later in the series we had a small Rode mic to improve sound on the run. We have a second go pro we use where we need it waterproof as the volta and media mod isn’t waterproof. But you don’t need two gopros - you just change the fittings as needed. We do use iPhone and many people could get away with that noting the sound recording isn’t great but for video they are excellent. Big camera for stills is a Canon EOS R7 and the go to lens is a 24-240 work horse. It’s pretty good for video also but we find it way too cumbersome for our run and gun, unrehearsed style of shooting. But as the arctic series shows, with a couple of our lenses it’s wonderful for stills - even though I’m an average photographer at best. We do have DJI mics. They are great but a bit fiddly to set up and you have to make sure they are switched on and charged etc so we only use them for set piece talking head type stuff - with the canon mostly. We have a dji mini 3 plus drone. It’s been great but watch the longer vid for our view on the value of drones. I edit on a macbook pro using Apple Final Cut Pro - which takes a little but if investment in time and learning and we really only use a fraction of its power. I’ve seen some great content from people just using iMovie or some more back stuff so it depends on how much you want to do. In general the longer and more consistently you want to post where more edits are required, the more value from FCP or Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve or similar. Hope that helps and check out the vid - as I say I think it’s a segment included in one of the Plenty Highway related episodes. All the best and thanks again. cheers

@@seandolkens4021 Hey, thanks Sean. Thats a great list of points. I’m not hoping for experts, the comments of the range of experiences is brilliant because it helps drill down some key takeouts. And it’s not really about a Lap as such - it’s just easier for me to use that as a model. Its about how each couple or family is actually going to travel and live and their usage - get that and a good idea of what your adventure looks like and it becomes much clearer what you need or dont need to have ball and get better value from your spend. I’m amazed at the influencers who have thousands invested in drawer systems or even more in canopies but then can’t afford to go to some of the experiences in locations they stay at. Each to their own - always, but as you say you dont really need it all. BTW 11,000 km towing isnt too shabby and I dare say more van owners are doing a series of shorter adventures than Laps and half laps or living full time. Sense of humour - made me smile. Paula and i reflected we hadn’t had as many good laughs in years as we did on the Lap. Physical well being yep. Cognitive ? I think I know what that means. Great points thank you. My challenge now is how to present this in short series of punchy informative, useful and hopefully interesting vids. Thank you once again. Cheers

@@nextleveloz Thanks David. Just thinking about structure, perhaps a series of videos broken down into key topics that cover the suggestions you get along with your own would work. Off the top of my head (for example) would be: 1. Why do you want to go and what are you hoping to see and do? (some do it for adventure, others just to get away, some to live life on the road etc). This one might therefore cover the type of van (and therefore layouts), tow rig, how to plan your trip (fast, slow, some forward bookings etc) budget implications, personal capabilities to perform the driving, set up/pack up and so on. 2. What do you really need? - for van and car (don't buy everything advertised), personal belongings, weight, roadworthiness, UHF radio. 3. Planning for when things go wrong (car, van, health, family at home) 4. USEFUL tech (EPIRB depending on where you go, Starlink, Smart TV, Batteries/Solar etc) 5. Couples Therapy 🙂 - backing up the van, provisions, communicating about what you both want out of the adventure as things may change, agreed timeframes to return home etc Just a quick scratching of my initial thoughts, I'm sure you'll come up with something superb.

@@seandolkens4021Thanks mate. You might be up for the producer job. I’m putting some thought to the structure. It will follow a process that guided how we thought about it but the good thing is in retrospect we get to include the things we didn’t know or preferences we developed as we went. As Paula said to me, at some stages we’ve covered a lot, but it’s a process of pulling it from disparate bits of the Big Lap series into a tighter little collection but hopefully in away where people new and thinking about it from scratch and hitting all that confusing white noise that spins the head and maybe makes you make some decisions you wish you hadn’t- help them navigate that. For us, getting on top of the most likely things you want to do to have your adventures is key, where many people start out equipment led and that’s often why people buy so thing they might not need. You can never escape the reality that somebody just wants that piece of kit in that layout (front door or rear door, club lounge, etc) but hopefully they might have a narrower sense of needs before they get talked into expensive mod cons or something that fails the weight tests. So some draws on how we put together a big purchase decision and some key considerations. Your suggestion isn’t too far off. And the beauty is all it ever is, is a guide and people can adapt it and not be space to it. But not far off. Thanks mate. Great stuff.

@@deankarenandrews Hi. Great comment. Thats the pivotal consideration. The ideal rig at the most sensible balance of costs that’s going to do what you mostly are likely to do or spend the dough for the fully spec, heavy off road everything with 800AH battery and needs a chevy silverado to tow it, to still mostly do what you were only ever likely to do with a good quality tourer and maybe not the roughest stuff and for no more than 2-3 days at a time off grid and blow the bank. Thats the big question. Most people won’t be too far from sealed road or well graded road and even a Lap with a fair bit of off road / off grid will still be 85% sealed road. Yes we will be covering this because it important to understand what you are most likely to do and how you will mostly do it and then invest to that decision. Learning to tow - easy. Take a short course for the confidence. Bit of practice leaving to reverse and you can even do that while getting it weighed for peace of mind and you can do many other things well before even thinking about the Gibb. No problems. heaps to see and a greater range of van and car options can do it if you aren’t too far from sealed road. You can always unhook a tourer and day trip or borrow a swag for an overnighter to get to the next level of off road adventure without the van. Yes, you might well get confident and feel you might want to do the Gibb sometime down the track but why invest in an outside chance at great cost. Yes we will cover this because having a sense of the way you are most likely to travel and live has a huge bearing on what you do and don’t need. Most people don’t go too far from sealed or well graded roads. Many go from hip camp to national park camp to van park and many even want to go to van parks every week or two just so they can wash the clothes and have some comforts and plug in. Very few live off road and off grid for substantial chunks of time. In our case we figured I would be bored stupid sitting in one place for more than 3-5 days so we planned for off grid not more than 5 days. We wanted to do the Gibb and Cape and Flinders Ranges as part of a Lap (we think a sensible Lap doesn’t include the Cape or Tassie as we did ). Take out the Gibb if that’s not a priority, don’t go Borroloola to Hells Hare and you can see good stars without going to Lamberts Centre and you still have a brilliant Lap. Great question. You are one of the key the sorts of person we are doing these next series of Planning Vids for.

@@nextleveloz thanks so much for the feedback! I look forward to seeing more videos down the track. All the best...

Thank you for such a kind comment. We loved Cygnet Bay. A lot different to free camps or even van parks, and much easier to get there these days. Wasn’t one of our more popular vids, but that just proves our point that everybody is different and you have to do your adventures the way you enjoy them. As you say there are so many other terrific places. North Queensland had some gems as you’ve pointed out. Must confess we haven’t been to Bunya Mountains - which is crazy given its relatively close to Brissie for us. Which reminds me I keep thinking about how to share some SEQ stuff for those not from here. We always forget about near home! Thank you again, those vids are a bit of work noting it’s for charity and we just love a good share as well, so we approached people coming along the journeys and watching and the lovely feedback thank you. Safe travels.

Thanks John. We agree that ultimately it is all about the adventure each person wants. The more we are looking at the varied suggestions and questions the more it reinforces our view that preferences on things like equipment can be varied, but ultimately you have to start with what you want to do / how you want to live your adventure and then many of the other choices fall out. People who follow us know what our van is and what our car is. But it was ultimate in our case about where we wanted to go and what level of comfort etc and equipment choices had to match that. Our main series cover our adventures but this coming series on planning, what you need and how you want to do it we think is more about helping sift through so much confusing stuff and help people decide how they want to do it. It’s a good point because as you say a lot of content is about a particular car or a particular van or sponsored etc. No problem and a lot of that is very popular - but on our case we are being led by what most people ask is about and this is yet another good suggestion. thanks for that and all the best.

@@Sansui313Great suggestions thank you. They align well with what we were thinking, but that along with the other suggestions gives some extra clarity. I agree - we won’t be able to say which vans or cars are good or not good, but the tips for the considerations, trying to avoid the furphies and suggestions on how to check and research independent of the sales process is worthy as tips. And yes, as you’d expect from us. comms and other preps. for peace of mind helps you stretch to slightly more remote and slightly more difficult places. Good suggestions thank you and hope you have lots of fun in your new Defender. cheers

Another really good comment and suggestion thank you. You guys are examples of a few things - first time towers, not necessarily wanting the massive off road rig etc and doing it a different way, but still the importance of understanding how the weights of a rig work before you buy. and as you say the sales staff either don't really know or in some cases obscure the reality. Do you need to commit to the WDH before you weigh though? Getting weighed professionally, fully loaded up is a really important exercise in our view and quite often you can have some options. Yes, loving the lifestyle is what its all about and we can do it in so many different ways and yes, budget, weights, options its a whole study in compromises. Great comment thank you.

@@vincentdeknock4186 Good point, yes we will touch on that. Plan well, book loosely or plan well, book sparingly is our general theme. As you say there are some exceptions if you want to go to say Ningaloo Coast and Broome at high season. Good suggestion and we will include that. for sure .

Thank you. Nothing wrong with a Jayco or a number of brands. We love our Zone Base and it’s nowhere as tricked up as the new generation Zones either. We’ve said it time and again just know what you can can and can’t do and then try to stick within its capabilities. We do have a bit of an issue with what semi off road means because you are either off road or you aren’t - but let’s face it there is a whole spectrum of conditions isn’t there. But the way you do it, parking up unhitching and going the next bit in one car is a good way of dealing with the balance. Comes back to our key question to people who ask what they should get in a a van. Our answer starts with what do you want to do with it and how do you like to camp. Then drive to conditions. And budget iand how you deploy your hard earned is a factor for all of us. Good point and a few others have made that same point.

@@richardevans5147 Interesting suggestion and variation on the the theme. It gives some considerations for thought for sure. But in general terms yes we want to try to help with considerations and people of course will tailor things like their appetite for driving to suit their needs. Thanks for the feedback - it really helps especially when it’s a hobby and not for profit. Stay safe and thanks for the comment, very useful.

Hi, thank you and great question. We will certainly touch on that. We plan well but book sparingly. The longer the trip, the more likely you are to change or need flexibility. yes , it’s a good suggestion for the episodes in a more structured and presentable way. If you want a rough version of it check out the Plenty Highway ep as we break from the travel coverage in that one and did a rough segment on how we planned. Some places and times require forward bookings, school holidays and then main attractions and camp sites in say NW WA. But good suggestion 🙏.

P.S, I still laugh about that planning segment. I set up and just went at it as I do and realised as I was videoing that our washing was on the line behind me. Fortunately just shorts and shorts but Paula rolled her eyes and i decided to just go with it. So much for being an amateur vlogger!😂

We have a 1900 kg rear axle - 7 seater has a higher rating and even then we had to remove the rear seats so we could carry the fridge. Took the heavier platform rack off and put lighter bars on. We haven’t weighed more recently, but when we first weighed on picking up and fully packing the van first up we were 50kg over on the rear axle (We show the numbers in the early van pickup episode ) hence the changes and taking stuff out of the car to work it. We will touch on this as a lesion learned for sure but as every ring differs we are weighing up how best to make the general considerations clear and practical - like “get it professionally weighed” etc. Overall we run about 6400kg GCM - which was weighed on a weigh bridge when the car broke down in WA so we knew we were well under GCM and around 20-40kg under GVM. But yep, we had t make changes in the setup to make the rear axle weight work. Great point and yes, no planning, rig setup lessons learned can be complete without the issue of weights.

Thanks, David. We have the 5 seats, so limited to 1800kg. That said we dud get the car and van weighed by weighstation and passed with 42kg spare on the rear axle. The van was fully loaded and the car had about 150kg in the rear, a full tank of diesel plus ourselves. Only just made it. I not you upgraded your tyres and rims. What tyres did you go for and what was the road noise like?