I did this in 1991/1992, long before social media. I spent 15 months between Australia and NZ. It was amazing. Back then, I think the population of Australia was about 15 million and NZ's was about 3 million. The roads were good. Travel was cheap. I guess they are different countries now.

@nigelandsueadventures

22 күн бұрын

Yeah I think the whole world has changed a lot in the last 30 years! We are about to travel in some areas we haven’t seen for 30 years too.

@Andre_XX

13 күн бұрын

Things were much better back then imho.

@Perusalstein

12 күн бұрын

Likewise 1990-92. Much less commercial development

My wife and I did this before it was a thing and before the "Grey Nomad" craze. We could never do it now with all those people everywhere you go.

My Mum, Dad , 6 kids and a dog did the lap in 1962, NSW return. Very different back then, 1st persons to travel around our country in a bus! Pioneers.

@nigelandsueadventures

24 күн бұрын

Wow I bet it was. I’m sure most of the roads weren’t even sealed

@griff420blazer4

10 күн бұрын

Your mum n dad were they Leyland brothers?

@sponzie1

9 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂I wasn't even born yet

@jamespotts9836

2 күн бұрын

1st person to travel around Australia by bus.. apart from all the other buses that you can buy a ticket and travel on all around Australia

@colindunphy690

18 сағат бұрын

​@@jamespotts98361962 not a lot of bus companies doing Darwin to Perth

First time here... what a sweet couple. Sue is a very good presenter, and it's easy to admire the long-suffering Nigel. 😂 I've been planning a trip like this for a while. It's good to get notes from experienced people. Thanks for sharing.

Dear Camp Winnie, Thank you for sharing your travels and your family. My wife and I have enjoyed them immensely over the last few years. Wishing you all the best for the future. Much love, Ted and Sandra

@nigelandsueadventures

16 күн бұрын

Thanks guys! Not sure who's Camp Winnie, but we appreciate you being here and hope you enjoy the future videos too.

Great video. It is good to show the other side of the big lap. Corrugations are a real nightmare but sadly tjhey are just a fact of life. They can seriously damage vehicles so turning back was probably the smart move. The weather just loves to have a fit when you least expect it too. We did the big lap in a 1962 Bedford bus and breakdowns were our biggest nightmare as it was difficult to find a big enough tow truck to recover us and geting spare parts was always fun. With all the hassles we had, i woudn't have missed doing it for anything. We never go near the coast in peak season so never have any trouble finding camps :) Gotta say you haven't been bogged until you get bogged in a 2wd 9 ton bus with a car and trailer on the back LOL

@nigelandsueadventures

26 күн бұрын

Oh gosh, that bogging sounds like a real nightmare! That would have been so fun in the old vehicle though.

Bongo playing hippies 🤣 love it! One of the things I've loved about following your lap was that it felt real. You never really hid anything, and were always open about your experiences (Monkey Mia for instance). Love the Aussie 'can do' attitude with saving pizza night. Nothing gets in the way of enjoying pizza! 😊

@nigelandsueadventures

Ай бұрын

Oh hell yes!! I’m missing pizza night already!

😅😂ha !! this reminds me of 1973, arriving back in Oz in Perth with £5, a 6 hr wait at the Norseman turnoff to hitch to Adelaide, eventually catching a lift in a 4 cylinder tin box running on 3cylinders at a stultifying 15 to 25 miles an hour. Those were the days. To relive the bordem we'd occasionally get out and walk alongside the car. Bonza!!

@nigelandsueadventures

12 күн бұрын

They were the fun days weren't they?

You don’t know how lucky you are to have each other. Thanks for the video, my first from your channel.

@nigelandsueadventures

23 күн бұрын

Oh we do!! Very blessed and grateful every day

@sponzie1

9 күн бұрын

Very lucky indeed, at 61 I travel solo,not an ideal situation but I can't sit at home,YET😂😂😂😂

Hi Nigel, and Sue Thanks for the video had a few laughs at your expense, but that’s okay. That’s the Aussie way Cliff from Logan City

@nigelandsueadventures

Ай бұрын

Glad you’re laughing along with us Cliff!

@fredscheerle7592

22 күн бұрын

That Diesel heater, did you at least take the suppied tank with!

Great video, you were lucky at Hopetoun, $2,000 fine if the ranger catches you in a non-designated camping spot.

Very interesting and I’m glad you are doing these summaries as you transition to the next stage. Thank you for the hard work.

@nigelandsueadventures

Ай бұрын

Thanks Susan and Stephen, there will be a couple more to come!

Thank you very much for this vlog. very informative and I`m sorry also had a bit of a laugh. Keep safe

@nigelandsueadventures

16 күн бұрын

Oh, please don't apologise for laughing! We were totally laughing when we were making this video. All ended well.

A great ad for the 4x4 Sprinter: my dream van.

@nigelandsueadventures

19 күн бұрын

Cannot speak highly enough. It was an absolutely amazing vehicle to travel around the country in. Very sad to say farewell to it.

Totally relate to 8. The stress of finding somewhere, especially during peak, can be overwhelming. Cairns and Esperance for us was a bypass on our Lap due to bad timing. Enjoyed this video as we travel similar to you (but with a caravan); but even with the negatives I still wouldn't have it any other way to be off grid. ❤

@nigelandsueadventures

Ай бұрын

💯!! We agree it’s a great way to live.

That pizza episode had us laughing but it looked fantastic and, although Nigel’s fall definitely was not funny, the way he captured the impact of it and how painful it was had us so feeling it with him. Thanks again for sharing. Love watching your vids.

@nigelandsueadventures

Ай бұрын

Spoiler alert… we will be eating a lot more of those Omnia Oven pizzas in the coming months! Thanks for watching, we appreciate you being here.

That Mouse trap is a brilliant idea.

@nigelandsueadventures

14 күн бұрын

Yeah it's nice not to have to deal with dead ones

🤣 so funny to see the way they are wrapped up and trying to fix the heater. you cant even see thier breath.

@nigelandsueadventures

24 күн бұрын

yeah, we are weak in Australia when it comes to the cold!

We did Cape York in August 2023, it was either very corrugated or under repair. It was something we expected. We aquired a fuel supply problem that cost us $1400 that was never fixed until we got home to Perth. It was all down to the corrugations and a fuel line that had unclipped but not fallen off. We came back across the Nullarbor at 80kph or less. Thanks Cape York 😓😓😓

@nigelandsueadventures

17 күн бұрын

Yeah, it's a brutal trip!

@JohnSmith-pl2bk

14 күн бұрын

Did you get a pinhole in the fuel line from fatigue cracks from the unclipped section of fuel pipe being able to crack from the vibrations?

@stevecam724

14 күн бұрын

@@JohnSmith-pl2bk no, it unclipped (damaged) the corrugations caused the hose to move foward and suck a bit of air. We never found this out until we got home and the ute was sitting for a few weeks. Pushed the hose back and it clicked on again, problem solved ....... for now.

@JohnSmith-pl2bk

14 күн бұрын

@@stevecam724 Thank you.... It's remarkably like that jump start terminal in the MB coming loose isn't it?

@downunda107

12 күн бұрын

80 kms ? You gotta enjoy the sights :)

Hi Nigel and Sue, another very entertaining video. Not that we wanted to laugh at the down side of living in a van but, these things happen. The look on your face sometimes Sue is priceless. Thank you again for sharing. Coen and Jay

@nigelandsueadventures

Ай бұрын

Glad you’re enjoying the journey, even the not so fun moments!

😂My personal suspicion is also that it's only a fairy tale of existing kangaroos 🤣 I have been to Australia twice and never saw one. Will return this November again together with my wife and give it another try 😊 Greetings from Germany

@nigelandsueadventures

12 күн бұрын

Geez, where did you go in Australia that you didn't see kangaroos? They are everywhere once you get out of the city. Let me know where you're going in November and I can give you the tips on the best places to see them.

@SauronsEye

12 күн бұрын

Ha, just thought of a joke because you didn't get to see Kangaroos in the wild. "You must be a Sauerkraut". Sauer sounds like Sour in English (Yeah, I know it means sour in German) and feeling sour means you're feeling sad and Kraut, is a slang term for German. Not so polite term but not offensive enough to not use in a joke. I'm only explaining the joke because a lot of Germans I've met are very pedantic about most things and would wonder why I'm saying they're fermented cabbage. ...but seriously, I holiday regularly in Sussex Inlet...about a 3 hour drive south of Sydney and you can see a lot of Kangaroos in people's front yards every day, around sunset. If you ever come back to Australia and you're in Sussex Inlet but can't find the Kangaroos, just ask someone where the Kangaroos usually gather. ...and don't think that because they look cute that you can approach them. They're wild animals. They'll try a tear your guts open with their hind feet if they feel threatened...which is all the time. If you need another reason to go there, Sussex Inlet is good for flat head fishing. I'm no fisherman but I can always catch a flathead as you don't need to do anything other than let your bait drift along the floor of the lake and drink beer and listen to the radio. The beer drinking, only as long as someone else is the Captain and they're not drinking and most importantly, everyone keeps their life jackets on.

@aeronaut1228

11 күн бұрын

😉This was intended to be a joking reply to your bonusclip N(o) A(nimals) S(een). I did flighttraining for military helo pilots out of Brisbane and Oakey, which I assumed to be bush country. Maybe I was to much concentrated on the business. Be assured on our next travel, I will be all over Down Under to chase them 😁

@aeronaut1228

11 күн бұрын

@@SauronsEye Of course it was a joke. Being a Kraut, doesn't mean we cannot be funny 🥳

@user-qs3xu8ru4y

7 күн бұрын

You must be blind mate

Hi Guys We are planning for a big lap and them lots of smaller trips. Watching your videos. I have learnt alot from your you tube Chanel thank you. I live about an hr from you and could really assossiated with your trips. We are at a different stage of life. But loved what your children got out of it. The lasting memories you can't buy as they are priceless. And you are so right about stuff. We have started the clear out and it is just stuff we have accumulated over many many year. Thank for the help you have given us to plan our new adventure and stage in our life.

@nigelandsueadventures

25 күн бұрын

Hope you'll enjoy it as much as we did! Thanks for watching.

Another great informative video thanks for sharing your experiences good and bad 😅😊

@nigelandsueadventures

Ай бұрын

Thanks Rod! Glad you enjoyed it.

👋 hi thank you for this honest and beautifully created video. Wow what an adventure 😊

@nigelandsueadventures

18 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching

A lot of adventure! Fun to watch

@nigelandsueadventures

16 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

Funny, I did some mad 4WD driving in a real wheel Cortina back in 1982. Nearly did not make it out but with some mechanical knowledge just survived. Later got that Cortina airborne due to a missing sign near Exmouth. Fuel tank came off but again could patch it to reach Broome for repair. Had a few tyres melting and had to make some compromising slow trips. Then with a new Corolla clockwise from Perth around AUS. It fell apart in Mount Magnet, later died in Fitzroy Crossing and nearly hit a Braman in the Territory all part of the fun. The worst was putting up with all them drunkyards all night when renting smelly old caravans. Later did the round trip anti clockwise in a very small 4wd van with light truck tyres. Yeah there were plenty of challenges lucky the Wikicamp app was not out so the ones who bought the book were very normal people. Even met some nice millionaires bushcamping. You have not missed much on Cape York. Too expensive with only 2 nice creeks on the way and up the cape you see abandoned luxury resort where the million dollar boardwalk is the common human toilet. Did Fraser Island 3 times, in a Subaru, then a little Daihatsu and 2 kids last in a 4 runner petrol testing my sand skills. Best of all is Tassie, twice in the small van lucky before the Wiki App turned the place into a mass grey nomad madness. We missed 2 dinners on a table when a rainstorm arrived just after cooking. Could still eat laying down. Little can stove together with a cheap induction and long cable did miracles when you could still find power points that are now mostly gone.

@nigelandsueadventures

12 күн бұрын

Cars were so much simpler back then!!

Hi guys. My favourite was the boggy road where you met the people doing the charity walk, and the dude that got bogged after you pulling him out then driving straight back into the bog hole.

@nigelandsueadventures

Ай бұрын

All you can do is shake your head at some people! He should never have been on that road in the first place!

Good summary. These is what memories are made of. 👍

@nigelandsueadventures

26 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Even the worst moments are good memories now!

When I was young, I drove halfway around Australia from Sydney in my old Holden Station wagon, sleeping in the back. However, I didn't have ground clearance for many of those roads & had to be very careful hitting the ground.

@nigelandsueadventures

5 күн бұрын

Wow that would have been quite the adventure! Thanks for watching.

Great video! If that was the worse of it, you must have had a great trip!

@nigelandsueadventures

26 күн бұрын

It really was the adventure of a lifetime! We laugh at almost all of those things now. Especially Nigel's broken ass!

I caught a mouse and a brown recluse spider in my house on the same glue trap most of the mice I caught outside my house on glue traps. I've had issues with mice twice due to remodeling projects on abandoned buildings.

Very entertaining. I remember you having to get towed. It turned out pretty well in the end. We had to get our 5.2 tonne motorhome towed, and that turned out to be a very difficult and expensive exercise. So, I can relate. Meanwhile, overall, I think given how long you were travelling and a lot of the roads you went on, you did pretty well. 🙂

@nigelandsueadventures

19 күн бұрын

Thanks Lynne, definitely! Our van did really well considering the roads we drove. We were very lucky. Overall it was a great experience.

I’m Tasmanian and have never seen a tassie devein on the wild 😂

@nigelandsueadventures

14 күн бұрын

It's so sad how they are almost wiped out. We thought they were amazing. Love the screams!

Love your helpful channel! Subscribed now.

@nigelandsueadventures

17 күн бұрын

Thanks and welcome!

great vid. talking about seeing wildlife. I did a 3 month trip through the top end in 2013 and mostly saw cats and wedgies.

@nigelandsueadventures

14 күн бұрын

bloody feral cats!

tell ya what guys, you make a great video and some of your trouble shooting stories have given me a lot to store in the old memory banks for when i possibly get out there 👍

@nigelandsueadventures

12 күн бұрын

It’s 99.5% awesome. But the odd debacle always makes for a good story!

@Prefer2Hibrn8

12 күн бұрын

@@nigelandsueadventures you tell it well :)

Very enjoyable, thank you❤❤❤

@nigelandsueadventures

8 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it :-)

Good on ya mates. Could've stayed home for all the problems there. But the beautiful background and landscape makes for at least picturesque troubles. Enjoying the trip...

@nigelandsueadventures

Ай бұрын

Absolutely!! Wouldn’t change it for anything!

Just brought mouse trap for the caravan! Thanks Sue

@nigelandsueadventures

26 күн бұрын

They are so easy! Bit of peanut butter down the end and 👍

I did a lap in 1974 / 75. Went clockwise from NSW, all very interesting. The highlights were many as were the low lights. I satisfied my wanderlust. Camped on the side of the road for 10 days waiting for vehicle part will satisfy ones vision. The second breakdown in Bundaberg was enough and I never made it to Cairns. Forty plus years later I had the privilege to fly to Cairns staying in a comfortable Air B&B, getting picked up daily for great day trips. Anyway Australia offers adventure but you need money even for rough camping or you fly to destinations each year.

@nigelandsueadventures

5 күн бұрын

wow that would have been an adventure back in the day! Glad you finally got to Cairns, its a wonderful part of the world.

@sharlew2809

Күн бұрын

We did it 1974 to 1981, 27ft van and F100. We would work in place until we had enough money to cover an engine replacement, we thought that was the worst thing that we could have happen. It never did.

14:30 did you ever patent the doughnut pizza idea?

@nigelandsueadventures

14 күн бұрын

damn, that's a good idea!!

Loved that guys ❤

@nigelandsueadventures

Ай бұрын

Thanks Rashaal 🧡

The best place to see tassie devil is a sanctuary. The only ones I saw were sadly road kill. Envy your travelling. Would love to do the big loop, but age and health prevent.❤

I travelled the whole of usa by vw combi camper. In Alaska I went down a trail by a river and got stuck on a rock. Close by were wild berries that the bears feed on. I got the vechical off the rock using 2 short star steel fence posts , and a hand winch. Be prepared.

@nigelandsueadventures

13 күн бұрын

We certainly need to be resourceful!

@trevorslater2746

12 күн бұрын

Were the berries, blue berries ? As they are plentiful in some parts of Alaska

You videos are all amazing !

@nigelandsueadventures

24 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! Glad you’re enjoying the show!

Really enjoyed that guys. Thank you. Just sent the link to my wife :)

@nigelandsueadventures

5 күн бұрын

Awesome! Thank you! I hope she enjoys it too.

Hey you might have been in Cooper Pedy when we were. Like you a big lag in a 4x4 Sprinter our only issue was the roads killed the rear shocks and we had to wait for them to be shipped in from Germany as our van was only 2 years old. Mercedes replaced them for free which was nice. We've moved back to NZ and had a failure of the main onboard computer. Luckily in a carpark not on the beach - where I take my van as i land sail.

@nigelandsueadventures

24 күн бұрын

Oh really? Were you parked up next to us at the Old Timers Museum? We did chat briefly with a couple in another 4x4 Sprinter. We were there late June-early July (9 days!) last year.

@tlpNZ

24 күн бұрын

No we were in an underground hotel because the house water pump was broken too many corrugations it broke the plastic mount and then fun with soft sand meant the bell housing gave it a fatal blow. Oh and we fitted a Chinese diesel heater when we got back to NZ (on our big lap we chased the warm weather). Did all the things you tried. Solution run the engine as the glow plug pulls a lot of current (it's wired to the van battery and under the passenger seat) and does not get hot enough - hence the white smoke.then probably E-10 which is not helpful.

Desmond here yes i am very aware of the weather the heat the rain i think we will get four seasons on our tour i am taking a empty back pack with me i have a micro cooling towel

@nigelandsueadventures

25 күн бұрын

sounds like you're well prepared

Overall, you had a good run, as not too much went wrong at all. The injuries or the heater would have been my No1 lol, no-one believes it can get cold in the middle of Australia and you also have to look after your body as you are sometimes a long way from a doctor!! Lots of laughs from the mice, although I know these little pests are a big nuisance and everyone's nightmare!! Loved this video, it certainly showcases the things that can and do go haywire! Glad you can laugh about these memories now, what a journey!

@nigelandsueadventures

Ай бұрын

Yeah the heater probably should have been #1. I mean k could have made a whole video about that it was such a long drawn out saga

@Lee-astrololee

Ай бұрын

@nigelandsueadventures So glad it got sorted out as lm sure roadside assist wouldn't come out for a heater!!!

Pretty good recap, What a country Australia my brother if from Bowral my parents were Brits thats partly why I follow these Aussie caravan channels..nice people tool

@nigelandsueadventures

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it. There’s plenty of good Aussie content in the back catalogue.

Tassy devil right outside your doorstep after midnight at Tarraleah Estate Accommodation Caravan Park.

You're really lucky that jumpstart lead didn't start a fire, the battery being under the floor mats and all that cable inside could have been really bad. So that breakdown is actually a great outcome for that particular fault. It's a positive thing ( badum tiss ) . I'm going to check mine is secure as soon as I can. Thanks so much for sharing all this, it's great for people like us getting ready for this sort of trip. Make sure you check the cables inside and add some sleeving if they got a bit melty.

You could have cooked the pizza in a normal frying pan with the lid on and last bit without the lid. Not nice and brown on top but crunchy at the bottom….

@nigelandsueadventures

19 күн бұрын

we did think of that, but we don't have a lid for our frypan. The Omnia worked so well.

NASA… nice. Good content.

@nigelandsueadventures

24 күн бұрын

Thanks so much 😊

I spent a few nights at the hope town camp site, but I did go up the hill . I did have a landcruiser

@nigelandsueadventures

23 күн бұрын

Yeah I think we would have taken our Landcruiser up there too.

God, I would pay for a pizza like that one.

@nigelandsueadventures

Ай бұрын

The one like the donut?? We will be eating more of them soon 😜

@paulclark4988

Ай бұрын

@nigelandsueadventures Yes, looks delicious and crunchy 😋

The mouse is probably native, they are crafty little buggers. lol

That emergency gas cooker..... there is a way to construct a converter to allow you to connect the emergency LP canisters to the gas line allowing you to fire up the big gas oven off those small canisters...

@nigelandsueadventures

14 күн бұрын

Good question, but I think its a different type of gas. The small stove runs on Butane I think.

@JohnSmith-pl2bk

14 күн бұрын

@@nigelandsueadventures Butane has lower BTU output than propane....but thee is usually at least some butane in the propane mix... and it still burns as long as the temperature is warm enough for it to boil and produce gas in the fuel tank...... as it obviously does in the case of the camp stove.... so there will be no problem in the larger LP oven...as long as the ambient temperature around the small canister is warm. Here in New Zealand where our LPG is sabotaged with more butane being added to the propane mix than is natural.... I have seen 120 litre tanks in LPG powered cars being vented to get rid of accumulated butane.... topping up every shift and the vehicles only able to utilise the propane on freezing winter days... butane-logged tanks causing starting and running problems.....on freezing cold mornings... When you get ice on the outside of LPG barbie tanks you know you are probably taking barbequing a bit far into winter...

You guys invented a pretty epic looking pizza. Imagine all the goodies you could put in the hole!!!

@nigelandsueadventures

8 күн бұрын

We kept the Omnia stove with us, and given that we probably won't have an oven in our next van, Omnia Pizza will become a THING!

I knew it was RRV as soon as you narrowed the pain down to an index finger and right knee. 90% of people report the broken cricket finger, or the dodgy knee from football or netball, and that toe we keep kicking on the edge of the couch when we are at our most tired. lol. So I am surprised that a Tropical city hospital didn't recognise what is a federally reportable condition. I caught a real tropical version in PNG, 2 years after having a motorbike accident that tweaked every joint except 1 elbow, and yes every vertebrae in my spine and neck and even the semi flexible joints in the hands and feet. I was bed ridden for 9 months with basically 2 hours awake and it took those whole 2 hours to eat and shower and then back to sleep for another 22 hours a day. 3 years out of work and 9 years of debilitating pain every xmas time for 6-10 weeks where I would have to quit work to rest my aches and pains.

@nigelandsueadventures

24 күн бұрын

It’s not fun is it! Hope you’re feeling better now.

This mouse trap is very good. I didn't knew this device existed.

@nigelandsueadventures

19 күн бұрын

It really is ingenious!

I'm in hysterics at 2 am at the doughnut pizza

@nigelandsueadventures

17 күн бұрын

It was so good!!

Great video. I was about to comment that you should get a Toyota, then you mentioned the Land Cruiser. The stressful campsite availability problem is so true, especially on the East Coast during the holidays. Also, as a Chinese from mainland China, I don't trust anything made in China unless it's from a foreign company. I feel your pain. Safe travels. Cheers!

@nigelandsueadventures

4 күн бұрын

Yes we will always keep the Landcruiser!

We drove that road down near Hopetoun it went on forever and the beach was epic….

@nigelandsueadventures

26 күн бұрын

Yeah, I wish we'd had more time to explore, sadly we were on a time schedule to get to Adelaide across the Nullarbor. Will definitely spend more time down there on our next lap.

I reckon if you had to break down that the Atherton Tablelands were probabaly the very best place to break down. The friendliest people on earth up there and they don’t rip you off. I could be biased though, I was born in Atherton and raised on the Tablelands 🥰

@nigelandsueadventures

5 күн бұрын

Its definitely a beautiful part of the world. We love FNQ too. My dad lived in Atherton for many years too.

Entertaining video, and fresh hair color too cheers

@nigelandsueadventures

Ай бұрын

Thanks Heinz… and yep gotta hide those greys!

Re the diesel heater: If you had used a small (8 hour supply sized tank) as a "day tank" and filled it off a separate Facet style clicky-clacky fuel pump directly tapped (via a manually actuated valve/tap) into the engine fuel line supply... there might not have been a problem? Glad it's been solved as correctly set up (as per many YT vids) they work wonderfully well...and at far less cost than the European ones....l

@nigelandsueadventures

14 күн бұрын

Possibly, it would have been easier to see as those tanks are fairly clear! anyway, alls well that ends well, and we had a good laugh about it after the 2 odd years we struggled to get the damn thing to work haha

I did a lap around western Europe in a camper van...with on board toilet and shower. Wouldn't do it any other way, without the toilet and shower. Without an on board toilet and shower, you're always limited as to where you can go because you're stuck to the route that has a caravan park or serviced camp ground so you have shower and toilet facilities. Plus, that's an extra expense you can avoid, with an on board toilet and shower. Plus, with an onboard toilet, you're not having to use sometimes filthy public toilets....which makes me constantly think, how do some people's toilet at their home look like. I just park up at night in service station truck parking areas because they usually never get full (Pro tip: Park so the rear of your van is at the rear of the parking space otherwise parking up the front of the space means you'll be hidden by a truck next to you and the next truck driver coming in thinks, "Oh, there's a free space", till they start turning in and see your van up the front of the parking space and this causes all sorts of dramas for them to then reverse out.) (Another pro tip: In strip parking, where the trucks park nose to tail. Only park there if you know a service station parking area is not near by or you must stop and rest for safety reasons. When in those places, ideally park at the top or bottom of the parking area, preferably in a spot where a semi could not park. Don't take up a spot between trucks that can obviously fit another truck. Sure, technically, you can take up that spot but it would be pretty annoying for a driver close to their maximum driving hours needing to find a park and an obvious tourist's van is taking up half a semi trailer space.) So when you wake up in the morning at your service station park up, you then drive to the pretty places you want to visit in the morning. This approach meant I wasn't struggling to find a park at night in popular tourist camping grounds. It also meant I always had a place to dump toilet waste ethically and fill up on water. You also have the convenience of the store attached to the petrol station. I also found that people at camping grounds were not nearly as quite as people at dedicated truck parking areas, which I found rude. Who are they to say a person is still not sleeping despite the sun being up or because it's still early evening.... ie: The bongo playing hippies.

@nigelandsueadventures

11 күн бұрын

Yeah we wouldn't be without our toilet and shower either!

Hi Nigel and Sue Absolutely love your video. If you were to do it again, would you do it the same way you did it OR would you tow a caravan behind a 4 x 4 ???

@nigelandsueadventures

Ай бұрын

That’s a great question Greg. There are quite a few places we want to go back to. We have a Landcruiser, so it will either be a roof top tent or a small off road caravan. I’m leaning towards the latter, especially as it will be a good few years before our next lap, as we will be adventuring overseas for the next few years.

Had to comment again when I saw the mice bit. We had a rat die somewhere inside the double skin of our bus and try as I might I could not get to it to remove it. I stank for months, although that was insignifficant to the time we unloaded a fridge and turned it off and forgot about the stuff in the freezer. Oh my goodness the smell was terrible and we never really got rid of it. (That was in a later rig rhat we sold quite quickly afterward.) On the sickness and injury front I got a hernia and had to change a front flat tyre at Warmun. Had to get help with that one. Didn't get it (the hernia) fixed till we got to Darwin. Not much fun at the time but good stories for later on.

@nigelandsueadventures

26 күн бұрын

Yeah Nihel didn’t put the lid back on his jar of Anchovies and that spilled in the fridge. I made him clean it out. I don’t eat the disgusting things! My biggest worry was a mouse dying in the walls

Sue, corrugations 250ml deep is 250cm deep! I believe you meant 25ml which is 25cm deep.

@nigelandsueadventures

11 күн бұрын

250 mm = 25 cm . Millimetres not millilitres!

vans even though they have a 4X4 system R not designed for corrugations & heavy Offroad work same as a ute & land criusers with no mods iv got a ranger BiTurbo with a Tough Dog GVM upgrade as the standard suspension is so what do U expect

Modern vehicles = Electronics , Limp Mode etc , totally unsuitable for remote areas . Old Holden 6 cyl red engines in the outback , carried spare ignition points , condenser , distributor cap , water pump , 2 laps of OZ no problems .

That was cool

Diesel heaters are great but don't get a cheap one or a complex one.

@nigelandsueadventures

24 күн бұрын

Yeah deciphering the instructions was a real challenge!

buy nigel a three wheeler or some training wheels when you go in the toyota again x

Nige sure is adventurous on that MTB. I really love riding off road on my MTB but I must be a bit older and wiser or maybe less adventurous.

@nigelandsueadventures

14 күн бұрын

Or less crazy? Reckless? There’s no stopping him.

As soon as bongos or guitars come out i'm off.

@nigelandsueadventures

17 күн бұрын

haha, guitars I don't mind so much, but bongos... no thanks.

@banjopete

10 күн бұрын

I’m the guy just in front of you.

Just watched the first two videos while waiting to go on another trip from home in Ireland. Heres a link to my recent trip around seventeen european countries.. Not a patch on Oz though, sadly..

@nigelandsueadventures

22 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching and please send us the link!!

What is a stove top “omneea”? Where do I get it?

Should have installed a gas heater.😊😊😊

Maybe a 4x4 Toyota HiAce Overlander might have been the go. Hope you let the mice out where they got in, and you didn't illegally emigrate any? Next time, you catch it all!

Another great episode, lots of mechanical aptitude required when going off the beaten track, cheers from Downunder ❤️🦘🦘🦘🇦🇺

@nigelandsueadventures

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, and yes I’m so grateful Nigel is good with the mechanical stuff!

Desmond here thank you so. Much for your reply very heloful yes the kata tour looks like it will ve worth it i am not sure what the bus tour is doing on that day its a bit of surprise yes i will be prepared for the fly hopefully i get a fly hat before we get to uluru i think i might skip the camel burger because i am thinking the AAT bus we are on might have something better in the way of food a break for lunch i am flying qantas they are doing block boarding at the major airports number one to six in your group you have to wait for your number to be call before you board the plane might have to put a jacket in or jumper in be cold cannot wait its be seven years since i left new zealand because of covid and the lockdowns we had in new zealand yes i am exicted calm and relax

@trevorslater2746

12 күн бұрын

How can it be seven yrs since covid ? It only emerged in 2019 😮

I thought all the roads in outback Australia were totally sealed. And im so surprised that the weather could have any impact.. Any old car should be good enough. BTW don't choose a Mercedes Benz...and extraordinarily it got hot in far north QLD. Unbelievable...next thing, it got dusty in coober pedy..400 million hectares of empty land and nowhere to stay.🤣

Desmond here last time i went on tour of england scotland ireland wales france switzerland uae in 2012 they said try not to have a accident because its too much paperwork

@nigelandsueadventures

25 күн бұрын

HA! We used to say that to the passengers when I was a tour guide too!

@desmondfrost1763

25 күн бұрын

Desmond here they will probably say the same on this trip I have a heart condition doctor said on you alright to fly and I said I am fine to fly

I got covid 8 weeks ago. We all think covid is over. 8 out of 12 people with me are dead. I now have "E" asthma. Never had asthma before.

Damm..., I think you guys have just created a new way of cooking pizza. 😋

@nigelandsueadventures

19 күн бұрын

The Omnia stove goes everywhere with us now!!

❤❤❤❤

@nigelandsueadventures

Ай бұрын

Cheers Kris 👍🙏

The last thing I'd ever want to do.

Good one guys,very well told,you both have got the right spirit,great SOH,which is i,m sure is a requrement for life let alone a big lap..as for the roads in national parks,they try to keep you out, so theyve got less to administer,theory one,two is,the repairs required keeps the small towns in business while your vehicles are being repaired,otherwise you,d be blowing past at 80 kmh and spending nothing,then the towns would wither and die. So theres much to be said for our friends the corregations of milla milla.hey?nicely done in good spirits,nigel youve got that anzac spirit and sue your a natural doco maker,its good your not a killer,those litte bush mice are just doing their best,and nigel,why was the pick up point in the fuel tank so high?,so you didnt have to fit an inline fuel filter?,next time fit a 250ml header tank at the heater,if its empty???every low mount tufbo should have an aluminium, half wrap heat shield fitted.get yoursel a couple of medium exhaust fill lift bags,ive seen them lift D10 dozers and 235 cat excavators out of bogs.many bags that is.they will save you one day.they take no room up,get the betterquality ones and patch kit.you guys did great job,very interesting and well done video,thanks.

@nigelandsueadventures

8 күн бұрын

that actually makes a lot of sense about the NP roads! Thanks so much for your kind words, glad you enjoyed the video Geoff.

I just shake my head. 4WD country is exactly that. Also the police will always provide advice about roads.

WELL you bought a Mercedes which along with BMW are two great heaps of over priced and BLOODY expensive with Parts, and VW is almost up there with them

That’s life

mice are better than snakes 😆

Thank God it's you and not me, but hey now I'm sure I'll never do it.

Now you know how the outback truckers feel every time do a delivery to the outback stations and the indegious camps so get over it 😂😂

thank you great stuff

a good laugh

I lived in Oz for 3 years and have traveled the world I cannot think of a less interesting place to travel through. 99% all the same, thousands of km of scrub-land, what were you thinking. Top ten places to see...ouch..a beach..another beach, a tree?

@nanniecath528

18 күн бұрын

you went the wrong way

@banjopete

10 күн бұрын

Jesus mate ,don’t tell them that!

@Archie-23

4 күн бұрын

@@banjopeteWhy say Jesus?🤷‍♀️