Our Gear
Vehicles
You spend so much time in the car that it needs to suit your needs.
We drive a 1999 Toyota Landcruiser 105 series. She’s an old girl but has served us well and has taken us to some amazing locations.
We have done quite a number of modifications since purchasing her in 2015, including adding a bull bar, rear drawers, a removable cupboard where the center row of seats used to be, dual battery system to run the fridges (we now have a total of four batteries!), a GVM upgrade, and upgraded suspension for all the towing we do. She looks very different from when we first picked her up.
Features include:
- Redarc DC to DC charge system
- Redarc electric brake system
- 2″ lift kit with heavy duty suspension and air bags
- Kings Titan rear drawers
- The Bush Company Black Series Max Rooftop Tent mounted on a Cane Toad aluminium roof rack
- The Bush Company 270 XT Max awning
- 300W solar panel to charge two 130AH batteries to run the fridge
- Waeco CFX 95DZW mounted on a MSA95 drop slide (and sometimes also our Waeco CFX 50 as well)
- GVM upgrade
- Bullbar
- Clearview Next Gen towing mirrors
- UHF radio
- ARB Intensity Solis Driving Lights
- …and more lights for camping and everything else!
Living quarters
This is our first caravan, a 2008 Jayco Sterling, 24 foot. We upgraded from a camper trailer in 2015, which was upgraded from a tent a couple of years earlier. We still have an OzTent RV5 which we use when we don’t feel like taking the caravan somewhere, and we also have a Kings swag for when we really want to be minimalist.
Like the Landcruiser, the caravan has undergone quite a few changes since purchasing, including a grey water tank, chassis lift, sullage system modifications, water filling modifications, and a hefty solar upgrade to increase battery storage (we now have three house batteries on board).
Features include:
- 400W solar system feeding into three 130AH batteries (one day we’ll convert to lithium, but not quite yet)
- Extra 12V connections throughout the interior and exterior of the van
- 110 litre grey water tank
- GVM upgrade
- Two 95 litre fresh water tanks
- Easy fill points for water tanks
- 150mm chassis lift from factory standard
- Trail-A-Mate MARK II Hydraulic Jack to replace the standard jockey wheel.
Our Travelling Essentials
We have many different essentials that we use while travelling, but the two most important are our Waeco CFX 95DZW which lives in the back of the Landcruiser, and our Weber Baby Q barbeque. We also have a Waeco CFX 50 which spends time either in the Landcruiser or the caravan, or in one of our other cars when we are not travelling.
We also never leave home without our Ryobi One+ system. Having multiple tools using just the one battery type is invaluable. We have the drill, chainsaw, angle grinder, vacuum and fans. We also have a leaf blower that we take if we think we will be somewhere that will need it. Being able to charge the batteries off either 12V or 240V is fantastic, so we can charge them as needed.
We love our tech, so tend to have a bit of it. Our iPhones and iPads keep us connected to the world, and our laptop is used when we need a bit of extra grunt, such as editing videos, photos and writing.
Photographs and video:
- Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max for on-the-go photos and video
- GoPro Hero 7 Black, for photos and video while on the move
- Canon EOS 90D camera
- DJI Mavic 2 Pro Drone
Hardware:
- Apple MacBook Pro, with 16GB RAM so it copes with all the video editing we need
- Apple iPad
Software:
- Adobe Premiere Pro and Premier Rush for editing all our YouTube videos
- iMovie for quick video editing
- Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop Express for photo editing
Fitness and adventure:
- Merida E160 Mountain Bikes
- Shingleback Off Road Vertical Bike Rack with additional swing arm.