Thanks for answering my question.......geez you guy's are refreshing from all the other bullshit channels getting around! I think you're both so realatable and are just the sort of people I'd like to meet on the road. All the very best for 2024 🍻
Between you guys and Jack and Meghan, easily the best channels on TH-cam for aus travel. You both have awesome personalities and are just really down to earth. Good luck in 2024 you’re killing it.
I thought that about Jack and Megan too but they're selling out to Better Health promotional 'guru' segments and its turning me off of them to be honest...
Great video guys, have to say you’re one of if not the best channels on touring getting around. Over the years I’ve subscribed to most of the others but they end up either being too loud and in your face or just whining or the misses screaming at their partner or some nonsense. Keep up the great content, it always comes across as genuine informative and relatable. Cheers Greg.
Absolutely don’t under estimate your abilities regarding your videos , filming etc , you are so real , natural and lovely to watch . You provide entertainment , information and reality . So easy to watch and listen to you both . Just continue what and how you do things . Understand the frustrations regards warranty issues ……… something we are coping with now also . We are so lucky to have been to so many places in Australia , particularly , WA (home state) , SA and NT in the years before many places have become commercialised eg , Hamersley Ranges now known as Karijini in the 80’s and Kakadu back in the 70’s that we do notice the huge numbers travelling and crowds at special camps. You are both on the same wave lengths as ourselves . Just laughed out loud with your comment that you are not a parenting channel !!!!!!!!! 🤪Fantastic comment !!!!!!!!!
Hi Guys, a bit late I know but we've just returned from our 135 day retirement holiday. What a great video to watch (still got a couple to go to catch up on what I missed while travelling) This was so refreshing and fun. Keep it up. Cheers Bob.
Happy New Years, best comment “bribe, iPad and snacks” the best parenting advice used by many, and now as grandparents, everything Mum & Dad say no too, is our dare. Senioragers reinvented, we love our TH-cam Families, real people doing real things 😊
Haha I love it! 😁 our parents are exactly the same - Chloe will come home from a sleepover at the grandparents and boast about how many ice creams she was allowed! 😂
Just found your channel. Amazing content, love the humble grounded view you have and for me and my small family starting out wanting to travel your view and content is amazing thank you for sharing.
Great video this week. Your comments on TH-camrs have spoilt it for everyone couldn’t be more true 😊 hubby and I quite often chuckle and say we don’t have to do the lap because we’ve already seen it all through TH-cam 😂.but we do look forward to seeing the sites. Keep up the great work
Great video again Cam and Tiff. Really enjoy your content so thank you for all your efforts. Missed seeing you at Mataranka by hours but my friends met and talked to you. Love your honesty and how natural and down to earth you are.
Thanks so much for answering my question guys! Hopefully we will be on the road for about four months in the back end of this year. Appreciate your refreshing take on all things in the touring world!
Hi guys I’m a new watcher of the channel and I am loving the content. I actually have contacted black label for the same storage solution as yours for my Y62. They are great to deal with and they are going to ship it to Sydney for me to install as well which is awesome. Looking forward to watching more content. BTW Cam nice save on the micky juice comment you didn’t miss a beat. Absolute professional. ( Hope I’m not offending but it was funny) Cheers Guys
Love the chatting and the flash back of your years experience So looking forward to see your 2024 adventures and a possible chat at the caravan camping show Thanks for keeping it real
Great Family, great Family team you always make me smile every video you have something special and one day hope to catch up keep going wow 8 years and deserve so much more Tiff you have grown so much keep going you help make it but love the diversity
Hi Jason here ,esperance have been watching your channel since we bought a forbes 13 ,which we have only used once as we are to busy working, we did do a lap 18years ago in a 81 hj47 and an oz tent,anyway great info from you across the board ,we have a 300 sahara and have put electric steps on it which would be great for tiff and the kids ,we have no lift ,so I still step over them but every one we take driving love them, we got them fitted by the dealer for ori off road industries ,drd Mandurah, did yours not come with steps at all.i have my old ones if you want them cheers not good at technology stuff so don't know how to send video this way of steps ,they have blue lights come on when they first come down,also have a great shot bottle idea for your boys trip cheers
Thanks Cam and Tiff for producing content on your channel. I like your style of video production and that you guys are so down to earth. Been really interesting to see your journey with cars and caravans and your touring and camping experiences with them. I’m really looking forward to when you’re doing the lap around Oz. Happy New Year guys.
Hi Cam and Tiff, great little video for the end of year. My actual favorite part was when Cam said you're pessimistic and Tiff followed with we're realist,- that's me to a tee. people cry when things go wrong because they look at things with rose colored glasses. Anyway, thanks for your content always good to watch and also get good hints along the way. I used to live in Freo, loved it, W.A rocks. Nearly finished modifying my Colorado [ budget pending], possibly see you on the road some time for ' Wild Touring '. chers Colm
Happy new year, good call on the dog, I watch in frustration people trying to travel with dogs They just limit themselves too much for me Looking forward to following your lap
Hi Guys. We enjoy watching your content because as you say “ keep it real” 👍. We like the lack of product pushing, just your trips is great thanks. We did the camper trailer bit, and the camper van bit as well. Settled on pop top caravan. Now, two vans later really happy with our set up. Perfect for us. Easy to set up, great to tow behind a triton 4x4 dual cab Ute. Have a great year. Glenn in Bunbury.
Always keeping it real guys 😃 love that about your channel. I’m intrigued about the new product & loved the flashbacks, you certainly packed a bit in to those 12 months! All the best for 2024
Hey guys, GREAT vid. once again. Thanks for all your efforts throughout the year. Looking fwd to the 2024 vid's too. You're going to LOVE Japan. I've been once but my grandson (who's a smidge under 6 foot 8 inches tall and quite the novelty in Japan) has been twice and planning a third trip in '24. It is an amazing place. Thanks again -Peter V.
Totally agree with you on the heading straight east. We are planning on heading to the Flinders and then to Birdsville. Was great to catch up with you both this year Cam at the caravan show and Tiff at the camping show ( Cam was busy chatting). It was great to see your products pop up in Old Mates raffle. Enjoyed following you again all year, keep enjoying life.
Happy New Year.you are 100% correct with advice to people considering youtubing. I've followed 2 people who have just stopped as it took the enjoyment out of travelling/ camping. I enjoy watching you guys its not polished but its just you doing your family / travel stuff and taking us for the ride. Saying that I think you do a great job.
Thanks for your honesty and realism. Love how you guys keep it real. My favourite channel by far. Quick question and ok if u don’t want to answer. Do you regret not going with the zone now? It’s our top pic of vans at the moment. Happy new year & safe travels.
I think the zone base models they were doing a few years back were awesome value and had great weights too. Personally they are too heavy and too expensive to appeal to us now, so no regrets at all :) They do however seem like a very progressive company and probably make great quality vans.
Great Q&A I love your videos and your honesty about everything you discuss. Your description of the camper trailer to caravan is spot on. I went the same way with a MDC back 2020. Devils marbles 😂 yeah lucky its on the side of the road as it's true a 5 minute look at only. Thanks for keeping it real and hope the best for 2024 and your continuing adventures.
Awesome chat, insight and recap. I guess at the end of the day it is horses for courses. The big limitations of travelling with a pet is no national parks. Love your honesty and no bullshit style, too many in your space are artificial or product driven. Unreal how many East Coast companies charge a motza because you are on the West Coast. Looking forward to an awesome 2024.
Very pleased to hear that you're happy with your van. For your investment, you'd want it to be right so it's great that any niggles were sorted under warranty. I like your advice for people considering becoming youtube stars: "Don't let it consume you" - Tiff "Don't watch it through a lens" - Cam Looking forward to what you get up to in 2024.
Great catch up with you both. Looking forward to seeing what you are developing. We have come home after 10 days away and we took our dog with us and as much as we love her we wouldn’t take her on a long trip again, it stopped us seeing and going to different places. Will take her on short trips. Wishing you all the best for 2024.
Talking about safety, an uncle and aunt of mine were seasoned caravan travellers who had done the block twice, and they preferred to free camp as well. They frequently would find that once they had pulled up for the night, it wouldn't be long before a few other vehicles would pull in as well. Unfortunately, some pulled in too close as they were not that confident free camping yet.
See heaps of that! The only times it’s really bothered us is when you’re in a huge open area, they pull right in next to you and then play loud music or argue at full volume all night 🤣
I wouldn't say you guy's are amateurs. We love how real & honest you are. We enjoy your episodes, love watching your travels 👏 and definitely love the non heavy brand pushes 🤨 Hehehe! Still have a 79 on order ☺️ Totally get why you've opted for the 300 but my hubby would be the same hanging onto the 79 just incase things change 😉
Awesome year of content and cant wait for all the planning stuff in 2024. Maybe for this years trip, I saw a video showing how affordable maldives is if you use all the native services. My wife doesnt like fun so I live vicariously through you guys
Hi Tiff and Cam. Happy New Year. Thanks for the excellent wrap up, Q&A and everything else. You sure did do some really exciting and interesting adventures during 2023. Thank you. Cam: you mentioned the 300 has all the bells and whistles tech-wise. One concern I have with newer vehicles is the potential for faults, especially in remote places. May I suggest (if you don’t already have one) to invest in a good OBDII port scanner, which can read and clear fault codes. I’ve heard of peoples’ vehicle going into limp mode for a variety of reasons (including minor things like TPMS errors) and being told they must go back to their dealer to have the error code deleted. Not fun! Anyway, the future sounds exciting for you all - I wish you all the very best. Regards, Jeff. 👍😀
Congrats on 2 million views in a year. We got there last year too, only difference is, it took us 14 years LOL, oh well at least we got there. All the best for the coming year, looking forawrd to seeing what you guys get up to.
Another great video, always love to watch your down to earth opinions about your vans etc Keep up the good work ! Have a look at Jack & Megan’s trip to Japan . She is taking her Mum there this year 💕
Something that I reckon would be great for the solo trips would be the Pod type off road trailers. They can be specced as well as your wallet allows and are very lightweight and capable from what I've seen. I would probably go the Trailmaster if I was to buy one. Not particularly cheap but would certainly be handy on longer trips and would save having to cram everything into the back of the cruiser. A couple of the setups I've seen have had all the bells and whistles.
@@WildTouring Yeah they look great. The thing is with them that you can spec. them up straight from the factory and do things like match wheels etc as well. It would likely cost more than doing it yourself but seeing as most are time poor it might be an option. Even a basic one would do the job if your tow vehicle was set up with batteries etc. Tell Tiff I said that you should get one and I'm sure she will agree........... Actually maybe don't.
Hi Guys, Happy new year to you🎉🎉. I was a bit surprised to hear you say the quality of your videos were a bit off. I think your videos are great because they are real just as life is, so please don’t alter the way you do things as it wouldn’t be real life. Thanks Jon WA🎉🎉
Great insightful video guys. I’ve been watching since you had the forward fold. Love the content can’t wait to see what this year brings you guys. Good luck. Also great to see Tiff getting more comfortable in front of the camera , cheers guys 🍺
We have a tru kit - highly recommend! It folds up under the queen bed and the motor sits on the A-Frame 👌🏻 a really compact, weight conscious, capable boating option.
How are you finding travelling with little ones? We're planning a 5 month half lap next year, we have a 300 and a 23' van. We'll have a 1 year old and a 3 year old by then... are we crazy? Any tips?
Love the channel guys, very informative. My wife and i are heading to WA in 3 weeks to start the second leg of our travels around aus What is your favourite place in wa for beach camping and boating that is dog friendly Cheers, all the best for 2024, hope to bump into you guys over there
Can’t beat Warroora (the DPAW managed camps not the station camping). There are lots of different camps along that bit of coast, we love 14 mile the most - right on the beach front, just don’t want to be there if it’s windy though 🫣 if it’s windy, pick a sight up behind the dunes.
Aluminium panels on the 300, so the magnetic bush barriers won’t work unfortunately! I’m not too precious with the paintwork anyway, so there will be a few character stripes soon 🤣
Hello Cam Tiff Chloe and Brodie. The video were you got bogged was good for my soul. Enjoyed watching the two of you enjoying each other's company. Or indeed Chloe enjoying her iPad. Ahh!. Highlight, Chloe phones home to report on the unbogging situation. In the Christmas presents video there is a microphone in the background. Do you use this microphone for voiceover? Do you mind telling me the name of it. Like you I use iMovie to edit. I use a RODE wireless mike to record audio to camera and this works well. When I connect the rode system to MacBook Pro to record voice over the audio quality drops. I"m hoping a mike like yours will improve my audio quality. Love your stories.
Thanks mate, the microphone is actually a cheap Kmart one - thought it looked cool so I bought it but I’ve literally never got around to setting it up 🤣 so can’t tell you if it’s any good!
Happy New Year Barry! We don’t usually send merch overseas because the shipping is fairly pricey. But if you want to shoot us an email or a message us on socials we can work out a postal quote for you 👍🏼 wildtouring1@gmail.com
Hey guys, love watching your videos. Just wanting to know where you took your van to be set up for off grid eg converter and lithium batteries in the Perth area?
Set up was done by Offroad Living in Wangara - they’ve done lots of work for me in the past, brilliant product and exceptional workmanship! Done a couple of videos about their builds in the past - they will look after you if you mention my channel as well 🙂
Great video guys. I’ve only recently subscribed, but I’m loving the content. Do you guys ever do any local trips with members of the 4x4 community? Would love to get on the tracks with you one day. My new Hilux is ready to go!
Hi guys how do you power your Starlink 12 volt or 240 volts looking to buy one .They say it not power hungry when running it of 12 volts. Love to see how you set up your.
We run it from the inverter in the van, 240v. th-cam.com/video/Paxz47ekdWk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Fr81NLE2CxYP0pRC about 20 mins in we run through how we set it up 🙂
Happy new year guys Thanks for answering my question. Another question somebody else asked helped me out too. As a single bloke wanting a bit of interior living to camp in all season weather, I've been toying with building a troopy that way I'm not limited to where I can take it as aposed to if I was towing, it sounds like if you guys didn't have kids that you'd consider going down that route too?
HNY Josh! Yeah I’d definitely look at a late model troopy if it was just the two of us, or just me (Cam). They’re super capable off-road, reliable, endless modifications/fitouts available and heaps of room inside. Have a look at the Alu-Cab Hercules roof conversions they do to 78 series land cruisers- very functional!
Thanks for taking the time to reply. Yeah the roof conversion is the main thing driving me to want one so bad, basically turns the troopy into a motor home lol Glad to see all of your weights with the 300 are going to plan 🙂
Unfortunately, I doubt you will be able to add much to your vehicle as it is likely to be very close to its weight limit already. Kerb Weight + tow ball weight + tow hitch weight + pax weight is likely to only leave you with max of 200Kgs....most people overlook the 350kg (3500kg van) tow ball weight. Great that you are doing a weigh in prior to adding accessories e.g. long-range tank will use up the 200kgs and that means nothing but pax can be carried in the 300. On trips without the van, you will then be able to add 350kgs of camping and fishing gear.
@@WildTouring that gives you a lot more options 🙂 I don't know how that affects you GCM though....I guess it increases that as well? It's the main reason I went with a light truck over a 4WD as I just could not see how I could stay within weight limits and take the gear that I thought I needed.
Used the wireless towing for a small period of time with our old van/car but with our new van the ESC feed comes through the trailer plug. If I were to go wireless I would be adding an extra wired connection to power the ESC - didn’t make sense to me. The brake controller also doesn’t fit nicely in the centre console (where the cigarette plug is) of the 300 so I’m currently using the Redarc unit.
All snorkels are raised air intakes. No installer will guarantee to raise your vehicles wading depth. You can seal your air intake as best as possible but they aren’t made for water crossings and the name “snorkel” is misleading.
Hey mate, do you reckon travelling with 2 kids (5 & 1 year old) without a camper trailer or caravan is doable? I am just thinking of a huge roof top tent.
Enjoyed your video as usual. When you travel, do you rent out your house, house sitters or just get people to check on it every now and then. We've previously had our older kids still living at home, but they've all left home now, so cnsidering the pros and cons of renting it for 12 months
To date we’ve always just had neighbours/family/friends check up on it. Has always worked out fine. For our lap we have no idea what to do. The income from renting it would be great. But I worry about it getting trashed, I’m sure you’ve had the same concern! We’ve also thought about a house sitter. Someone that could stay FOC in exchange for looking after Percy. 🤷♂️
@@WildTouring We are also in the same boat, worried about renting our house out, but also concerned about the leaving it empty for 12+ months, our solution was to get neighbors to keep an eye on the place, CANCEL junk mail, direct mail to a PO box and our sister-in-Law parks the car in the drive from time to time, also leaving a house unoccupied has insurance issues, beyond that no problems!!1
If you were going to buy a new caravan tomorrow, what do you think it would be? I need something with two bunks I don’t need off-road because I wouldn’t be going off-road. What do you suggest? I only need the two bunks because taking the grandkids sometimes is, there is normally I need myself and my wife, I have a Toyota Prado to Tow with
I wouldn’t get too caught up on the brand personally, I’d just find something I like the layout of in my price and weight range! I’d probably start with the big dealers in my local area and get a feel for what I like.
Thanks for answering my question.......geez you guy's are refreshing from all the other bullshit channels getting around! I think you're both so realatable and are just the sort of people I'd like to meet on the road. All the very best for 2024 🍻
Cheers mate, thanks for the support, and for getting involved!! 🍻
Between you guys and Jack and Meghan, easily the best channels on TH-cam for aus travel. You both have awesome personalities and are just really down to earth. Good luck in 2024 you’re killing it.
Thank you very much, we think Jack and Megan are great too! 🙂
I thought that about Jack and Megan too but they're selling out to Better Health promotional 'guru' segments and its turning me off of them to be honest...
I totally agree with this statement. Jack and Meghan are great.
Great video guys, have to say you’re one of if not the best channels on touring getting around. Over the years I’ve subscribed to most of the others but they end up either being too loud and in your face or just whining or the misses screaming at their partner or some nonsense. Keep up the great content, it always comes across as genuine informative and relatable.
Cheers Greg.
Cheers Greg, appreciate the support 🙂
Thanks Tiff’ and Cam’. Good work, very informative and you delivered the content without any embroidering.
Wow 😮, thanks that’s a lot of info . Have watched u guys for a while 😬🤭 missed heaps . Cheers 🍻
Absolutely don’t under estimate your abilities regarding your videos , filming etc , you are so real , natural and lovely to watch . You provide entertainment , information and reality . So easy to watch and listen to you both . Just continue what and how you do things . Understand the frustrations regards warranty issues ……… something we are coping with now also . We are so lucky to have been to so many places in Australia , particularly , WA (home state) , SA and NT in the years before many places have become commercialised eg , Hamersley Ranges now known as Karijini in the 80’s and Kakadu back in the 70’s that we do notice the huge numbers travelling and crowds at special camps. You are both on the same wave lengths as ourselves . Just laughed out loud with your comment that you are not a parenting channel !!!!!!!!! 🤪Fantastic comment !!!!!!!!!
Thanks so much, appreciate the kind words! 🙂
Love what you do, so just carry on being you. Enjoy your adventures. All the best for 2024.
Thank you 🙂
Hi Guys,
a bit late I know but we've just returned from our 135 day retirement holiday.
What a great video to watch (still got a couple to go to catch up on what I missed while travelling) This was so refreshing and fun. Keep it up.
Cheers Bob.
Thanks Bob, hope you had a great trip!
Nothing like enjoying Chloe's favourite smash burger after digging out from a bog and watching the sunset
Great episode guys! You guys being natural and keeping it real is why we watch and follow you. Love your work and we have learnt a lot from you both.
Thank you for last year’s great episodes
Looking forward to another great year of your adventures
Happy new year
Happy New Years, best comment “bribe, iPad and snacks” the best parenting advice used by many, and now as grandparents, everything Mum & Dad say no too, is our dare. Senioragers reinvented, we love our TH-cam Families, real people doing real things 😊
Haha I love it! 😁 our parents are exactly the same - Chloe will come home from a sleepover at the grandparents and boast about how many ice creams she was allowed! 😂
Happy new year to you and your family. Thank you for sharing. I hope you achieve everything that you set out to do. Cheers Elle
Thank you 🙂
Just found your channel. Amazing content, love the humble grounded view you have and for me and my small family starting out wanting to travel your view and content is amazing thank you for sharing.
Thanks for the kind words 😊
Great video this week. Your comments on TH-camrs have spoilt it for everyone couldn’t be more true 😊 hubby and I quite often chuckle and say we don’t have to do the lap because we’ve already seen it all through TH-cam 😂.but we do look forward to seeing the sites.
Keep up the great work
Great video again Cam and Tiff. Really enjoy your content so thank you for all your efforts. Missed seeing you at Mataranka by hours but my friends met and talked to you. Love your honesty and how natural and down to earth you are.
Thanks so much for the support! 🙂
Thanks so much for answering my question guys! Hopefully we will be on the road for about four months in the back end of this year. Appreciate your refreshing take on all things in the touring world!
No worries, thanks for getting involved! 🙏
Great wrap up Team, it’s awesome when u 2 do these together. Looking forward to 2024, safe travels, cheers
Have a great 2024!!!!
Well done. Thanks. 🇨🇦
Awesome vid wild touring … you guys are real and that’s why we love watching you and hearing your opinion’s. 😊
Love your channel your both so very easy to listen to. Look forward to your next video 😊
Hi guys I’m a new watcher of the channel and I am loving the content.
I actually have contacted black label for the same storage solution as yours for my Y62. They are great to deal with and they are going to ship it to Sydney for me to install as well which is awesome.
Looking forward to watching more content.
BTW Cam nice save on the micky juice comment you didn’t miss a beat. Absolute professional. ( Hope I’m not offending but it was funny)
Cheers Guys
Love the chatting and the flash back of your years experience
So looking forward to see your 2024 adventures and a possible chat at the caravan camping show
Thanks for keeping it real
Cheers mate, happy new year!
Hopefully have a chat at one of the shows this year 🍻
Love you guys!❤
Great Family, great Family team you always make me smile every video you have something special and one day hope to catch up keep going wow 8 years and deserve so much more Tiff you have grown so much keep going you help make it but love the diversity
Thanks so much 🙂
Great video. Very good info. Enjoy 2024 looking forward to it. Cheers.
Tick done! ✔️😊
Hi Jason here ,esperance have been watching your channel since we bought a forbes 13 ,which we have only used once as we are to busy working, we did do a lap 18years ago in a 81 hj47 and an oz tent,anyway great info from you across the board ,we have a 300 sahara and have put electric steps on it which would be great for tiff and the kids ,we have no lift ,so I still step over them but every one we take driving love them, we got them fitted by the dealer for ori off road industries ,drd Mandurah, did yours not come with steps at all.i have my old ones if you want them cheers not good at technology stuff so don't know how to send video this way of steps ,they have blue lights come on when they first come down,also have a great shot bottle idea for your boys trip cheers
Thanks Cam and Tiff for producing content on your channel. I like your style of video production and that you guys are so down to earth. Been really interesting to see your journey with cars and caravans and your touring and camping experiences with them. I’m really looking forward to when you’re doing the lap around Oz. Happy New Year guys.
Thanks for watching! 🙂
Hi Cam and Tiff, great little video for the end of year. My actual favorite part was when Cam said you're pessimistic and Tiff followed with we're realist,- that's me to a tee. people cry when things go wrong because they look at things with rose colored glasses. Anyway, thanks for your content always good to watch and also get good hints along the way. I used to live in Freo, loved it, W.A rocks. Nearly finished modifying my Colorado [ budget pending], possibly see you on the road some time for ' Wild Touring '. chers Colm
Nothing wrong with being a realist! 😁
All the best guys. Have a great 2024.
You too mate!
Happy new year, good call on the dog, I watch in frustration people trying to travel with dogs
They just limit themselves too much for me
Looking forward to following your lap
Yeah it’s definitely doable, but takes a lot of compromise!
Great info guys, that lamb shank looks epic.
Great recap footage, great chat, great year. Thanks 😄
Awesome vid :) looking forward to 2024!
Great vid guys love the channel . best of luck in 2024
Hi Guys. We enjoy watching your content because as you say “ keep it real” 👍. We like the lack of product pushing, just your trips is great thanks. We did the camper trailer bit, and the camper van bit as well. Settled on pop top caravan. Now, two vans later really happy with our set up. Perfect for us. Easy to set up, great to tow behind a triton 4x4 dual cab Ute. Have a great year. Glenn in Bunbury.
Thanks so much! 🙂
Always keeping it real guys 😃 love that about your channel. I’m intrigued about the new product & loved the flashbacks, you certainly packed a bit in to those 12 months! All the best for 2024
Thank you 🙂
Hey guys, GREAT vid. once again. Thanks for all your efforts throughout the year. Looking fwd to the 2024 vid's too. You're going to LOVE Japan. I've been once but my grandson (who's a smidge under 6 foot 8 inches tall and quite the novelty in Japan) has been twice and planning a third trip in '24. It is an amazing place. Thanks again -Peter V.
My brother is also very tall and was quite the novelty on his recent trip too! 🙈
Totally agree with you on the heading straight east. We are planning on heading to the Flinders and then to Birdsville. Was great to catch up with you both this year Cam at the caravan show and Tiff at the camping show ( Cam was busy chatting). It was great to see your products pop up in Old Mates raffle. Enjoyed following you again all year, keep enjoying life.
Great to see you Trev, appreciate all your support mate. Happy New Year! 🍻
Happy New Year.you are 100% correct with advice to people considering youtubing. I've followed 2 people who have just stopped as it took the enjoyment out of travelling/ camping. I enjoy watching you guys its not polished but its just you doing your family / travel stuff and taking us for the ride. Saying that I think you do a great job.
Cheers Marty, appreciate the kind words mate.
Thanks for your honesty and realism. Love how you guys keep it real. My favourite channel by far.
Quick question and ok if u don’t want to answer. Do you regret not going with the zone now?
It’s our top pic of vans at the moment.
Happy new year & safe travels.
I think the zone base models they were doing a few years back were awesome value and had great weights too. Personally they are too heavy and too expensive to appeal to us now, so no regrets at all :) They do however seem like a very progressive company and probably make great quality vans.
Great video guys! Very transparent! Love it
Great Q&A I love your videos and your honesty about everything you discuss. Your description of the camper trailer to caravan is spot on. I went the same way with a MDC back 2020. Devils marbles 😂 yeah lucky its on the side of the road as it's true a 5 minute look at only. Thanks for keeping it real and hope the best for 2024 and your continuing adventures.
Thanks mate! 🙂
Awesome chat, insight and recap. I guess at the end of the day it is horses for courses. The big limitations of travelling with a pet is no national parks.
Love your honesty and no bullshit style, too many in your space are artificial or product driven. Unreal how many East Coast companies charge a motza because you are on the West Coast.
Looking forward to an awesome 2024.
Thank you! 🙂
Great video guys
Happy new year take it easy Byron
Happy New year! Great chat and thank you for the response to my question. Looking forward to 2024.
Thanks for getting involved mate! HNY 🥂
Very pleased to hear that you're happy with your van. For your investment, you'd want it to be right so it's great that any niggles were sorted under warranty.
I like your advice for people considering becoming youtube stars:
"Don't let it consume you" - Tiff
"Don't watch it through a lens" - Cam
Looking forward to what you get up to in 2024.
Happy new year! Thanks for a great year of vids, looking forward to the next. Best wishes!
Great catch up with you both. Looking forward to seeing what you are developing. We have come home after 10 days away and we took our dog with us and as much as we love her we wouldn’t take her on a long trip again, it stopped us seeing and going to different places. Will take her on short trips. Wishing you all the best for 2024.
Yeah it definitely does limit you, even makes it tricky when you just want to quickly duck in to the shops etc too.
Happy New Year 🎉
Look forward to seeing your content this year 😊
Talking about safety, an uncle and aunt of mine were seasoned caravan travellers who had done the block twice, and they preferred to free camp as well. They frequently would find that once they had pulled up for the night, it wouldn't be long before a few other vehicles would pull in as well. Unfortunately, some pulled in too close as they were not that confident free camping yet.
See heaps of that! The only times it’s really bothered us is when you’re in a huge open area, they pull right in next to you and then play loud music or argue at full volume all night 🤣
I wouldn't say you guy's are amateurs. We love how real & honest you are. We enjoy your episodes, love watching your travels 👏 and definitely love the non heavy brand pushes 🤨
Hehehe! Still have a 79 on order ☺️ Totally get why you've opted for the 300 but my hubby would be the same hanging onto the 79 just incase things change 😉
Thanks so much, appreciate the support! 🙂
Another great episode guys, thanks👍
Can I ask where you got the Rotisserie you show over the Firepit on your opening bit?
The rotisserie is from Bunnings, the brackets that are holding it are from www.ozwit.com.au
Awesome year of content and cant wait for all the planning stuff in 2024.
Maybe for this years trip, I saw a video showing how affordable maldives is if you use all the native services.
My wife doesnt like fun so I live vicariously through you guys
Thanks for the suggestion, will definitely look into that! Cheers mate 👍🏼
Hi Tiff and Cam. Happy New Year. Thanks for the excellent wrap up, Q&A and everything else. You sure did do some really exciting and interesting adventures during 2023. Thank you. Cam: you mentioned the 300 has all the bells and whistles tech-wise. One concern I have with newer vehicles is the potential for faults, especially in remote places. May I suggest (if you don’t already have one) to invest in a good OBDII port scanner, which can read and clear fault codes. I’ve heard of peoples’ vehicle going into limp mode for a variety of reasons (including minor things like TPMS errors) and being told they must go back to their dealer to have the error code deleted. Not fun! Anyway, the future sounds exciting for you all - I wish you all the very best. Regards, Jeff. 👍😀
Cheers Jeff, a good suggestion mate. Recently got a scan tool from iCheck that should be handy for that sort of thing!
@@WildTouring That’s great - could be a very important tool. I’ve got an Ancel AD410 - it works really well. Happy wild touring! 👍😀
Great video guys. It’s great to hear WA based points of view. I have really enjoyed your Videos so please keep doing what your doing 😊Happy New year
Cheers Neil, no plans to stop or change anything. Thanks for the kind words and HNY!! 🥂
Huge run down dudes. Looking forward to seeing your 2024 adventures. Cheers
Went on a bit longer than expected, we talk too much! 🫣😂 cheers mate!
Congrats on 2 million views in a year. We got there last year too, only difference is, it took us 14 years LOL, oh well at least we got there. All the best for the coming year, looking forawrd to seeing what you guys get up to.
Cheers Marc, congrats on your 2m and happy new year!! 🥂
Another awesome clip guys , love your honesty ❤️👍
Thank you 🙂
Another great video, always love to watch your down to earth opinions about your vans etc Keep up the good work ! Have a look at Jack & Megan’s trip to Japan . She is taking her Mum there this year 💕
Thank you 🙂 will do, have been meaning to watch it for a while!
Thanks, always easy to listen to you both. Happy new year.
Happy New Year Cath! 🥂
Something that I reckon would be great for the solo trips would be the Pod type off road trailers.
They can be specced as well as your wallet allows and are very lightweight and capable from what I've seen.
I would probably go the Trailmaster if I was to buy one.
Not particularly cheap but would certainly be handy on longer trips and would save having to cram everything into the back of the cruiser.
A couple of the setups I've seen have had all the bells and whistles.
Love the idea of a small off-road trailer. Spoken to tiff for years about building one if I ever got time! Maybe one day!
@@WildTouring Yeah they look great.
The thing is with them that you can spec. them up straight from the factory and do things like match wheels etc as well.
It would likely cost more than doing it yourself but seeing as most are time poor it might be an option.
Even a basic one would do the job if your tow vehicle was set up with batteries etc.
Tell Tiff I said that you should get one and I'm sure she will agree...........
Actually maybe don't.
Hi Guys, Happy new year to you🎉🎉. I was a bit surprised to hear you say the quality of your videos were a bit off. I think your videos are great because they are real just as life is, so please don’t alter the way you do things as it wouldn’t be real life. Thanks Jon WA🎉🎉
Cheers Jon! Happy New Year mate 🥳
No plans to change anything, just keep doing our thing! 👍🏼
Guys love your work!!
Great insightful video guys. I’ve been watching since you had the forward fold. Love the content can’t wait to see what this year brings you guys. Good luck. Also great to see Tiff getting more comfortable in front of the camera , cheers guys 🍺
That’s awesome! Thanks for sticking with us for so long!!
We have a tru kit - highly recommend! It folds up under the queen bed and the motor sits on the A-Frame 👌🏻 a really compact, weight conscious, capable boating option.
Awesome to hear - definitely starting to sound like a good compromise!
Great episode guys. Really enjoyed the sit down and chat session
Cheers, I watch all your vids and am subscribed because you keep it real and are authentic, as the INXS song goes "Don't Change a Thing" 👌
Thank you 🙂
So are you saying that it was Tiff answering my question? Thanks Tiff, for all the the quick replies.
More than likely 😂 it’s Tiff right now too, but sometimes it’s Cam - you never really know hehe
How are you finding travelling with little ones? We're planning a 5 month half lap next year, we have a 300 and a 23' van. We'll have a 1 year old and a 3 year old by then... are we crazy? Any tips?
Great episode love your honesty no BS, keep up great work and keeping it real 😊
Thank you 🙂
Ok Cam, here’s a question, leaving drinks where and when mate??
Love the channel guys, very informative.
My wife and i are heading to WA in 3 weeks to start the second leg of our travels around aus
What is your favourite place in wa for beach camping and boating that is dog friendly
Cheers, all the best for 2024, hope to bump into you guys over there
Can’t beat Warroora (the DPAW managed camps not the station camping). There are lots of different camps along that bit of coast, we love 14 mile the most - right on the beach front, just don’t want to be there if it’s windy though 🫣 if it’s windy, pick a sight up behind the dunes.
Happy new year guys, loved the episode and excited to see the new product.
Lovely ep guys
Cam, you could also add a set of bush barriers to the side of the 300 as this would protect it from the "bush pinstriping" and the occasional bump.
Aluminium panels on the 300, so the magnetic bush barriers won’t work unfortunately! I’m not too precious with the paintwork anyway, so there will be a few character stripes soon 🤣
@@WildTouringthere a number of PPF options available. I think Harry (F2F) has used Bushwrapz. Might be worth considering?
Cheers
Hello Cam Tiff Chloe and Brodie. The video were you got bogged was good for my soul. Enjoyed watching the two of you enjoying each other's company. Or indeed Chloe enjoying her iPad. Ahh!. Highlight, Chloe phones home to report on the unbogging situation. In the Christmas presents video there is a microphone in the background. Do you use this microphone for voiceover? Do you mind telling me the name of it. Like you I use iMovie to edit. I use a RODE wireless mike to record audio to camera and this works well. When I connect the rode system to MacBook Pro to record voice over the audio quality drops. I"m hoping a mike like yours will improve my audio quality. Love your stories.
Thanks mate, the microphone is actually a cheap Kmart one - thought it looked cool so I bought it but I’ve literally never got around to setting it up 🤣 so can’t tell you if it’s any good!
I lOVE YOUR OUT LOOK ON LIFE
Happy new year. Guys, thank you for been upfront, As always I enjoyed your videos, Will you ship overseas for merchandise.
Happy New Year Barry!
We don’t usually send merch overseas because the shipping is fairly pricey. But if you want to shoot us an email or a message us on socials we can work out a postal quote for you 👍🏼
wildtouring1@gmail.com
Lovely you two. Fantastic advice about not letting TH-cam consume you - almost impossible though so always needs to be said 🤣 great reminder.
Cheers Matt, well done on a great year mate!
@@WildTouring thank you mate that means a lot! Looking forward to a catch up in the year to come.
Happy new year guys.
HNY Pals! 🥂
Is the handy product perhaps that stunning shade wall of the African elephants I spotted on your van
Haha no that wasn’t our van but I was admiring it too 😂
😂😂 water filters, that was gold!
Great episode guys 🤙🏼
🤣 haha cheers mate
That’s one massive radiator behind you 😂 great video love your adventures from here in uk 🙌🏻🇬🇧
🤣 no need for a radiator over here!!
Cheers mate, happy new year! 🍻
@@WildTouring yes no need over there! It’s 🔥 there 😅 you to happy new year to you and the family…..looking forward to more of your adventures 🙌🏻
Hey guys, love watching your videos. Just wanting to know where you took your van to be set up for off grid eg converter and lithium batteries in the Perth area?
Set up was done by Offroad Living in Wangara - they’ve done lots of work for me in the past, brilliant product and exceptional workmanship! Done a couple of videos about their builds in the past - they will look after you if you mention my channel as well 🙂
Great video guys. I’ve only recently subscribed, but I’m loving the content. Do you guys ever do any local trips with members of the 4x4 community? Would love to get on the tracks with you one day. My new Hilux is ready to go!
Thank you 🙂 yes we do annual camp outs with our patreons, there is more info on our website if it interests you.
Hi guys how do you power your Starlink 12 volt or 240 volts looking to buy one .They say it not power hungry when running it of 12 volts. Love to see how you set up your.
We run it from the inverter in the van, 240v. th-cam.com/video/Paxz47ekdWk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Fr81NLE2CxYP0pRC about 20 mins in we run through how we set it up 🙂
Happy new year guys
Thanks for answering my question. Another question somebody else asked helped me out too. As a single bloke wanting a bit of interior living to camp in all season weather, I've been toying with building a troopy that way I'm not limited to where I can take it as aposed to if I was towing, it sounds like if you guys didn't have kids that you'd consider going down that route too?
HNY Josh!
Yeah I’d definitely look at a late model troopy if it was just the two of us, or just me (Cam).
They’re super capable off-road, reliable, endless modifications/fitouts available and heaps of room inside.
Have a look at the Alu-Cab Hercules roof conversions they do to 78 series land cruisers- very functional!
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
Yeah the roof conversion is the main thing driving me to want one so bad, basically turns the troopy into a motor home lol
Glad to see all of your weights with the 300 are going to plan 🙂
Hi guys excuse the question if you think it’s rude but Cam what do u do for work and how do you get so much time off?
Tiff and I are state government, shift work allows for more days off 👍
Unfortunately, I doubt you will be able to add much to your vehicle as it is likely to be very close to its weight limit already.
Kerb Weight + tow ball weight + tow hitch weight + pax weight is likely to only leave you with max of 200Kgs....most people overlook the 350kg (3500kg van) tow ball weight.
Great that you are doing a weigh in prior to adding accessories e.g. long-range tank will use up the 200kgs and that means nothing but pax can be carried in the 300.
On trips without the van, you will then be able to add 350kgs of camping and fishing gear.
Yeah you’re not wrong - factory payload is very limiting. Ours has a 4090kg Pedders GVM upgrade though, heaps of payload 💪
@@WildTouring that gives you a lot more options 🙂
I don't know how that affects you GCM though....I guess it increases that as well?
It's the main reason I went with a light truck over a 4WD as I just could not see how I could stay within weight limits and take the gear that I thought I needed.
A bit of jibber jabber going on there. haha. Interesting tho, and look forward to the new adventures. Cheers
Just a little 🤣 cheers mate!
Where do you guys get your music from
I use one of the paid music subscription services.
Hi guys our names are Tim and Trish we are house sitters with Aussie house sitting and we are doing WA for a couple of years.
What’s your thoughts on witi for brakes
Used the wireless towing for a small period of time with our old van/car but with our new van the ESC feed comes through the trailer plug. If I were to go wireless I would be adding an extra wired connection to power the ESC - didn’t make sense to me. The brake controller also doesn’t fit nicely in the centre console (where the cigarette plug is) of the 300 so I’m currently using the Redarc unit.
All snorkels are raised air intakes. No installer will guarantee to raise your vehicles wading depth. You can seal your air intake as best as possible but they aren’t made for water crossings and the name “snorkel” is misleading.
Hey mate, do you reckon travelling with 2 kids (5 & 1 year old) without a camper trailer or caravan is doable? I am just thinking of a huge roof top tent.
Absolutely! Did a 6 month trip with my folks in cheap dome tents when we were kids. We had a ball!
Cheers mate, guess I just have to go out there an do it. Anyway great content from your channel! all the best!
Enjoyed your video as usual. When you travel, do you rent out your house, house sitters or just get people to check on it every now and then. We've previously had our older kids still living at home, but they've all left home now, so cnsidering the pros and cons of renting it for 12 months
To date we’ve always just had neighbours/family/friends check up on it. Has always worked out fine.
For our lap we have no idea what to do. The income from renting it would be great. But I worry about it getting trashed, I’m sure you’ve had the same concern!
We’ve also thought about a house sitter. Someone that could stay FOC in exchange for looking after Percy. 🤷♂️
@@WildTouring We are also in the same boat, worried about renting our house out, but also concerned about the leaving it empty for 12+ months, our solution was to get neighbors to keep an eye on the place, CANCEL junk mail, direct mail to a PO box and our sister-in-Law parks the car in the drive from time to time, also leaving a house unoccupied has insurance issues, beyond that no problems!!1
If you were going to buy a new caravan tomorrow, what do you think it would be? I need something with two bunks I don’t need off-road because I wouldn’t be going off-road. What do you suggest? I only need the two bunks because taking the grandkids sometimes is, there is normally I need myself and my wife, I have a Toyota Prado to Tow with
I wouldn’t get too caught up on the brand personally, I’d just find something I like the layout of in my price and weight range!
I’d probably start with the big dealers in my local area and get a feel for what I like.
@@WildTouring
I am also in Perth in Quinn’s
What will your next van be?
We have looked a the zone.
And the Corrimal smaller vans
Don’t need huge