CAMP OVEN COOKING / CAMPERVAN TOUR / MT. FRANKLIN / FREE CAMPING / CAMPFIRE COOKING / VANLIFE
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- In this episode, we travel in our converted Ford transit campervan, with our dog, Twyla, to Mount Franklin in Victoria Australia.
We also check out a couple of converted Toyota HiAce vans and were lucky to get a tour by the owner, who has converted vans for 6years. We stayed the weekend at Mount Franklin to enjoy and try out some camp cooking and our BBQ.
Mount Franklin is an extinct volcano about 10 km north of Daylesford in Victoria, Australia. A road spirals around the outside slopes covered with pine trees, into a flat 50-acre caldera, now used as a camping ground, and onto the rim which hosts a fire lookout, parking area, and picnic ground.
Camping on a long weekend can be quite crowded, so have a backup plan nearby. The campground has firepits sprinkled around. You will need to bring wood, as there is limited wood around on the ground. There is an enjoyable walk around the rim of the volcano. The few times we have visited Mt Franklin, we run into friendly campers happy to have a chat.
While camping in this episode, we cooked the following:
•Jaffles in a cast iron Jaffle maker
• lemonade scones
• Red wine beef stew in our camp oven
• breakfast wraps on the BBQ
• fish with lemon and herbs
On our first night, we camped next to 2 converted Toyota Hiace. We ended up having a chat with the owner, who was nice enough to give us a van tour of both Toyota HiAce vans. He has converted five vans. The vans had a pull-out fridge, an outdoor shower, plenty of storage space, and a pull-out kitchen.
The second night we got the camp oven out. The exquisite flavors and textures you get from cooking with a cast iron camp oven are like no other, and even the simplest meals come alive when infused with that unique camp oven flair. Don’t expect to master it on your first go but with a bit of practice, you’ll soon get the hang of it and be rewarded with delicious, mouth-watering meals.
A great tip when you’re cooking on a cold or windy day, it will really help to lower your camp oven by digging a hole that’s just the right depth for the coals to be in, and try not to open the lid too much as the wind will blow away the heat. We hope you like what we serve up.
We hope you enjoy our channel. We often get asked, ‘what is vanlife?’ Van life is a lifestyle of living in a vehicle full or part-time. The names are compound words that derive from the fact that it is typically done in a van that has been modified with basic amenities, such as house batteries, solar panels, a bed platform, some form of the toilet, sink, and storage space. Some van-dwellers live this lifestyle by choice while seeking freedom, self-sufficiency, and mobility without paying for conventional stationary housing, while for others it may be one step from living on the street or in a shelter. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, an idealized version has been popularized through social media with the hashtag #vanLife. Although the term van-dwelling implies living in a van, many types of vehicles may be used for permanent, mobile living arrangements, including former public buses or school buses, campervans, recreational vehicles (RVs), travel trailers, mobile homes, sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and cars.
We enjoy part-time van life, creating weekly episodes that are live at 5pm (AEST) Sundays, and sharing our experiences on our travels with our cavoodle, Twyla. In our episodes we stay at free and paid campsites, showing our tips and tricks on how to make life on the road easier and fun. Come join us on our adventures!
It’s great to see Australian tourism picking up with many people traveling around Australia in caravans, campervans, RVs, and camping in tents. If you enjoy traveling within Australia too, make sure you Like & Subscribe to our channel. Thanks for watching!
9:48 Campfire Jaffles
18:56 Camp Oven Scones
26:08 Collecting Firewood
27:37 Toyota Campervan Tours
33:37 Camp Oven Scones
48:12 BBQ Breakfast Wraps
49:42 Campfire Fish
Great video again
Scrummy dinner!
Thanks it definitely was
I've never got scones to look that good even in an oven at home. Same lemonade recipe though never fails.
You should checkout major creek streamside reserve Mitchelton for free camping. You need to take wood as not much around. Winery just down the road.
Not much grass, but pretty flat. We normally follow the road go up to the second area. I think there are drop toilets near the 1st area boat ramp. When you come past Mitchelton winery there is a nice area over the bridge on the left, keep going and there's a lot areas to camp. Very busy over long weekends etc.
Great video guys cheers 👍
Dean ,i am a cook who has made many a mean scone..but NEVER have i achieved the look of those amazing mouthwatering delights.Well done. i know the viideo came with a warning that i should have heeded (and waited until after dinner)..now i have dinner dilemma ..tin spag jaffle ? Scones or ..drool..an early breakfast wrap? thanks for the great video and my dinner plan for the week. Safe travels..ps i am deaf as the proverbial and had the captions on..do yourself a favour and watch it with those on..especially the breakfast wrap 🤣
Good video !! Yummy recipes 😋
Only found you guys yesterday. Checked a few of your videos out. Love touring around the vans, caravans and anything camping you takes us around. Loved this episode and love your baby T not sure how to spell her name. Reminds me so much of my boy Fred who has passed on now and we miss so much. We have a caravan a Jayco Starcraft 18 ft semi off-road. We absolutely love but if it ever gets a bit much hooking and unhooking we would move to a van. I have now subscribed and looking forward to past and future episodes.
Hi WTRTU. Thanks for your kinds word - yes a pet, or dog in our case, is such a huge part of our lives and families. Glad to read you are enjoying our episodes - we do have another cooking video coming out over the next couple weeks. Adam
If you make spag jaffers well next buy a can of Savory Beef and Vegs that want I used to have on the Saturday Lunch were the best big time in a Jaffle Iron...😂❤😂❤
That sounds delicious. We will have to give it ago. Thanks for checking out some of our older episodes. Hope you have an awesome week. Hope to see you Sunday at 5 pm for our latest episode. Regards Deano
Love the scenery 🍂🍁 cool video I enjoy watching all of your videos and you guys have inspired me to start my own TH-cam channel which I have just started now with one video thanks guys enjoy safe travels
That is awesome! Good luck
Couldn’t wait to see this video. What amazing scones you cooked up. Glad my recipe didn’t disappoint. Definitely needed more jam and a massive load of cream for me. But you know me, I love my food LOL.
The stew too look mouth watering. And I too love a tinned spaghetti jaffle with tasty cheese on a cold winters day.. Can’t wait to see you all on your next trip.
PS Loved the music during intro
Thanks Muriel, yes the scones were amazing! Deano
Great camping.
Hey Deano I’m sure you probably already know and had done it, but just incase, make sure you have some sort of vent open when cooking with gas in the van 👍🏽 found your channel recently, great content
Thanks TeamUCAN2 for your concern, we do have an inbuilt exhaust above the cooking space always on when cooking in the van and our roof hatch too (depending on the weather). Glad to read your enjoying our channel. Deano
Thank you for that. Really appreciate it. We normally always have one or two things open our exhaust fan on and we do have an alarm. When it comes to camping safety is something it definitely need to think of. Thank you for your concern. Really appreciate it and happy camping. Regards Deano
Awsome
Thanks Rachel
Amazing sharing. Have a beautiful day.💖💖
I think I need to teach Adam proper knife cutting skills, I had a mini heart attack watching him cut the lemon 🤣🤣
A good recipe for the jaffle iron is make some Spagbol sauce, let it cool down , lather the bread with garlic butter add in the sauce and then add in grated cheese with a touch of parmesan cheese and let that cook.
- one half of the Ne-Ne
Trivit in oven
We now have one 😀 thanks Deano
Looking forward to this one
Hi Laura 😀
@@COLEY72 definitely hungry now
@@laurapace632 especially the stew ... That looked delicious
Just come across the channel, why haven’t I found you legends earlier? Awesome vids!
@@kingdeanoadventures I’m in Melbourne mate 👍
Will do.
Butter jam then fucking cream Adam
Hi Rachel, yes - a never-ending battle of 'chicken and the egg (what does come first)'! Glad to read you are enjoying our episodes. Deano
Spaghetti & cheese Jaffels are the best! Also stew,baked beans, egg & bacon. Been cooking over the gas burner in our boat with our iron for years. It’s called a Trivet guys. Delicious Stew & Wraps,Fish.
HI Elaine, do you recommend an easy fish to cook whist traveling that doesn't need much added to it? Adam eats fish sometime, so he'd be happy for tips. Deano
@@kingdeanoadventures My Husband catches Bream & Whiting,so he fillets them,takes the skin off,then cuts the bones out. I just rap them in alfoil squeeze lemon,pepper & salt ,mobs of butter/ marg.& put them under the grill. But you would put them into the side of some hot coals for few minutes,or into your pot on your gas cooker.they cook very quick. Thank you for asking,I enjoy your show,while my husband Les watches the cricket. Elaine from Queensland.