Overlanding Australia (our new tiny home on wheels)
we're about to embark on a very Aussie Adventure experiencing everything from white sand beaches to kangaroos in the wild and even an Australian delicacy and we're doing it all from this basic 4x4 with a rooftop 10 this setup is taking us way outside of our comfort zone so you know we're going to get up to some trouble you ready to engage 4x4 I have a feeling we don't meant to be driving up I was feeling the same way ow ow how epic is this wo oh Max doesn't know how to read tie charge I don't think I'm going to pull up behind you into the Dune here oh my god oh the lock dos are coming not Frank welcome to your new home hey this way we're stripping it back pretty minimal we're leaving all this why do we have all of this here's what we're bringing for our three nights on Strate Island recovery boards hopefully we don't need those should probably drive back for them shovel rooftop tent poles camping table camping chairs battery Bank per tickets big fan full bag of hit tea clothes beach umbrella bug zapper blankets and pillows that's your two best mates no I should say three back and Max okay I don't know how many of you know this but aan and I used to live in Australia shout out to the OG viewers and woolies wool worse was our like local grocery shop so whenever I go I just feel so nostalgic about that time we have one of those Grandma cards cuz we don't have a car let's go shopping at willly hello we're only really planning 2 days living out of that car so we're going to try and keep it real minimal as far as food goes she thinks all food is called Apple What's this called app Apple what's this can we really do a trip without one of these we're in Australia mate beans what are you guys doing sorry bro we're having a pre-venture dance party that's my la like this chugs it in the car max do we need this yeah we missed the F but the next one isn't too far away it's 38 minute drive I'll see you there we have another half an hour to wait for the ferry and it's about a half an hour faery ride so we're going to make some snacks for the road do you like snacks mhm oh my feet are cooking it's warm whipping up a Sandy classic PB and J got paper to I got some PE on the Eco floor it's all right I just wiped it up with the bread just take your time with that spread a buddy fies oh fies I think you'll like it Frank M you want some waah wa waah what's that tiger tiger very good genius this one easy as we are on the Move headed to stratty AKA North stradbrook Island if you guys remember a few episodes ago we went to Hawaii and rented a van and the guy living on Maui said his girlfriend lives on stratty and he can't wait to retire there and I figured if someone who lives in Maui wants to retire here it's got to be pretty epic other than the recommendation from that guy in Hawaii I know nothing about Strate and I love traveling that way I have no expectations but the fairy ride over proved that this is going to be worth it looks like beautiful water maybe some snorkeling some surfing that foot nice okay yeah okay welcome to stratty y'all second largest sand island in the world so I'm assuming there's some nice beaches all right I'm excited are you excited statford let's see what you got BR the one thing I know for certain we'll be doing while we're here is driving this 4x4 on some beaches which I'm so excited about and it's the reason we went with this rental company specifically we've attempted this before when we lived in Van and it never ended well it always ended great I mean aan always loves the adventure of it but uh I'm looking forward to like some quality Beach driving and maybe even beach camping we're going to stop by The Visitor Center now you have to get a permit to do 4x4 driving and book some campgrounds Aon just helped himself right onto the beach oh my gosh go go go go go go oh my God yeah baby wow that is so huh probably should have aired down I told you aan was definitely very very excited to see the beach and the tracks so he just drove right off onone we did not get stuck luckily but P.S how epic is this we're going to be spending the next couple of days driving right on this pristine Beach what are the chances iman's going to remember to let the tires down I was in the back saying can we let our tires down should we let our tires down he's going wo too excited way too excited no it's surprising we're going to put the tires down like a responsible camper all righty so we have to air down to 18 PSI essentially when you let the air out of the tire it becomes more round and it better grabs the sand does it yeah like more surface onto the sand and it more surface on the sand apparently it prevents us from getting Stu it just makes sense The Visitor Center was closed at 4:00 but we were able to book our permits online $ 60 Australian dollars you ready to ride yeah baby just going to take a piss bear back Beaver to P melon come ining you ready to engage 4 by for wo yeah baby look at this all right Max just went through a crazy crater dude oh whoa you're just going for it yeah you got it okay all right wa all right okay we did it Max just dropped four feet yeah it was nuts and I was driving behind I'm like I'm not doing that so this is G here cool so you want to just cut in here where whenever you want yeah che's the vibe just depends which way the uh tent flips out but I think we're good right I mean it's pretty epic yeah that's amazing let's go get our daughter yeah she can't wait to get out hi Frankie hi babies we've lived in a van for 5 years done a lot of camping I've never had a spot like this before wow look at this ranky look at this your own private Little River talking about epic unreal now the moment of truth is what side does the tent flip out off here are we doing the tent old mate at the rental place did not show us how to do this but I'm sure it's pretty straightforward I really never understood who designed these tables get the neck involved it's got to be by the way oh you got to work in ladder too woohoo I think it's easy as parents to question our decisions sometimes and today as we were driving it was a long travel day I thought oh I hope Frankie's okay and she's so out of routine and oh I'm getting get emotional we were just swimming in the creek and she was giggling so much and I love how adventurous she is and how how much she's loving this and that we're giving you all these memories and experiences even if she doesn't you know remember them I just think it's it's forming a really adventurous little kit and I love that try and fix our ladder got her baby oops oh my tree is in the way don't sit up next to a tree that's what I learned probably took 11 minutes maybe longer tomorrow I think I'll race Max oh thank you cheers to mount Franklin cheers to you guys I love having adventures with you too the best it's so fun cheers tank cheers tanky I'm making your food oh yeah I noticed the last person who rented this place left a lot of sand in the bed but Max brought a solution for that while Frank is having dinner we've got the tent bedroom all set up it's warm here's what we're working with Big Roy fan little mini fan Roy be light as far as a rooftop tent goes I would say pretty spacious as far as two people sleeping with a baby but we do have ocean views hey it's a bloody Aussie C out babe she ate the entire bowl of pasta not a girl yeah she was so hungry it almost landed inose it is the most beautiful night it's a full Moon the water temperature is incredible the temperature is incredible and something about being here in Australia just makes me feel so incredibly alive a year ago our lives looked so different we were up against so much and I wish I could go back to that version of me and let her know that I'd be standing here right now but I think there's so much Beauty and not knowing what the future holds and embracing it anyways and charging ahead and just leading with love and gratitude and I'm feeling all the feels tonight and what makes it all the more special for me is being here with my daughter hands down th% coolest gift on Earth where's Mrs mermaid a here is be's upstairs dealing with the monkey I hear a lot of laughs coming from there so I take it just not sleeping yet plus you see the the bands the young kids are building now with like recess lighting and heated floors and the time is not even 8:00 you guys want to see something funny go to bed what are you doing not b no I love you good night Max I'll probably see you in a bit I'm locking the door buddy good night we have coffee we have hot water we just don't have a proper filter you think paper towel would work we're just going to let that settle the old nature press just back on I'll getting a little sty I don't know why people buy coffee filters this is way better actually holds on really well look at that that's a fresh cup man how does everyone rate their sleep I'll go first 68 I'm actually so happy you weren't overly dramatic about that the score mainly comes from the location and the people were with oh I actually would give minus 7 as well so that's really good for you considering you an extra screaming baby yeah I just had standand in my bed that I was going to give mineus seven as well but that's cuz I'm a mom I guess Legend I'm just glad that it wasn't like horrendous mhm I don't know if this is a selfish move too but I did think as well I could park a bit further away I was thinking you we might another Camp cuz like you know no point all of us getting woken up by it's true no it wouldn't even need to be that far like I reckon just like that one over there as you'll see coming up later in this episode we get stranded oh oh my God not a bad place to get stuck but I mean we weren't prepared for it so resources are limited making the most of it when I tell you I couldn't be more thrilled to be talking about element with you and sharing element with you and having an element out here on day three with limited 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right all right so we did kind of mess things around a bit because aan made the coffee I made the breakfast so we have on here toast veite avocado with some plant-based feta through it as well and lemon eggs sauerkraut enjoy sir wow we're just waiting on it for some beans as well dooke this is my first veggie vegim my breakfast yeah cool bought yesterday what the combo works though undeniable veite just makes it I've been in the ocean three times already it's so hot and beautiful I think it's still morning Frankie's down for her first nap it feels like we're the only people on this entire Island even some ways we are once the tide comes up the only people who are here are those who came in last night so all morning there's been no one but the tide is Shifting and I can see some cars coming Max said he saw some people surfing on the point which I think we're going to go check out in a little bit oh there goes someone everyone's so cool stratty Island for the win I'd retire here okay man from Maui I get it let's go for this one thank you past me for buying this watermelon little post ocean post Snap for Frankie pre- surf for the boys sck Frankie do you like the watermelon Bubba I don't know if we've really shown you but the boys are very keen on these walkies it's a bit of a throwback cuz when we first met Max he was with Lee down in Baja and we spent like an hour detour trying to find walkie-talkie so we could all hang out and still be chatting while we drove to the secret Beach hey uh what's your temperature reading gu they so funo they don't have a walkie right now I'll be quien okay you excited that Max is going to be on yeah Max you're a beauty ground control to Patty melon ground control to Patty Patty melon saving all right let's roll in Reverse in reverse wo yeah no good I'm afraid but I'm hoping if the surf in the wind isn't good here on the other side of the island it will be there's a surf right now one lonely paddler where we at it now Main Beach marketing I have a feeling we're not meant to be driving up I was feeling the same way uh yeah I got a couple of Vibes of people going past and then that guy was literally like turn around he he said Well he kind of indicated yeah to turn so this is the main surf be it's kind of onore but this guy's grabbing one oh the lifeguards are coming oh [ __ ] we might be getting in trouble did it say no turning I didn't see a sign did you n the good thing about Australia is generally everyone's very relaxed I could just see him rocking up hey mate no worries but you're not supposed to be on this beage a sweet eyes mate oh yeah sweet eyes mate pyel what's the go yeah so we definitely missed the sign there you lost mate yeah I'm looking for the kangaroos you realize this is a beach this is where the great WS are Frankie's favorite song is on we are currently cruising the beach it's about an hour drive four-wheel drive along this beach we were on the North part of the island yesterday at fenders Campground so now we're headed south and we're going to be checking out a new camp area the guys this morning said this is the spot so come on Patty melons where are you C barel kangaroos finally we seen AO did you see the kangar there goes oh you lost it did you get that we're going to pull Frank out of her car seat I think these are kangaroos they're really small but ow ow ow ow these things are really spiky ow what owar these things are just everywhere boing boing boing boing boing Bo excuse me sir whenever the boys are setting up we're tearing down Camp Frankie and I just find something to do in nature and this is the exact reason I love being somewhere warm she's doesn't need anything but nature to entertain herself it has been a lovely relaxing afternoon here on stratty island really just slowing down playing cards yeah it's been great just to not have so much planned finally the tide has come up significantly since we arrived we drove an hour down this beach and now that the tide is all the way up we actually can't get back I don't think there's a way to get back we got enough food for tonight all right we got some extra dinner going on here it's Sharky dinner as well so max is just going to go out and see if the Sharkies were hungry he's going for a little Sur wish me luck all right you got to give Max some credit here he did not catch a wave but holy he put a good effort in yeah honestly how long was that pout yeah that was a p workout and that was only what 40 minutes maybe yeah yeah not easy not easy I'll try again in the morning then all right back to dinner Frank you wanted an ice latte dinner tonight is it's like a bulgar quinoa base with a Teriyaki mixed bed and some spicy Sriracha egg mixed through yeah I actually R flying oh hello flying baby hello flying baby I think it's another 8:00 p.m. bedtime for me maybe the two boys and Frankie and give Mama a night off all right the girls are sleeping I'm moving into my neighbors knock knock he nice digs buddy is this a good time to plug a o f that would po I mean if this is what you want to say good night mate good night good morning sunshine was it as good for you it was for me it was incredible what a treat I didn't hear her so I'm assuming they had a good one too hi she have a way better sleep yeah it was a lot better Dad all right it's 6:00 a.m. we actually got to get moving because otherwise we could be stuck here for the day just saw a wave crashed like basically all the way up the beach so either we got the tide times wrong or we're we're we're even too late a little bit of a different pace this morning it's 6:00 a.m. but the tide
windows are short and low tide was at 4:00 a.m. meaning a 2hour on either side is when it's safe to drive on the beach before high tide comes in so we're risking it for the biscuit what do you think of that idea yeah yeah so we're tearing down and we're going to hit the beach it just looks so hot are we sure it's low tide who are we trusting on that one huh that water is right there you excited babies are you flooring it maybe it's better to for me to be in my own track I'm like having a hard time yeah the water's coming up to your tracks already oh oh babe you just na oh you roll up your window is this a horrible idea oh my gosh oh my gosh I think we cut up babe like we're getting soaked over here bud remember if you need toile up one of the tracks I don't know Max it looks like we're running on a road here if you see another turn off maybe head up yeah the water's looking a bit not ACC it's it's Prett he keep going I'll follow you to the next one who read the tie chart this morning Max Max doesn't know how to read tide charts I don't think this is not low time should I drive back I should probably drive back for him right I know know I'm going to pull up behind you into the Dune here oh my God whoa here we go we're good oh like we're hanging out here for the day now I don't know I've been in my lane for show in my zone making moves let's go on my grind so hard make it hey go he's got the cooker we've got the coffee he's got the fridge we've got the cutlery where do I go on past me like past the hill see where those sticks is sticking up left up here left left here now yeah left here now up that's it Jesus Christ baby you probably went left a little harder than I intention but um otherwise you know sick definitely worth the risk we got the whips side by side oh boy all right let's have a morning now was I looking forward to a cafe coffee and having a shower yes but is this what it means to be living the adventure heck yeah we have I think at least six or seven hours just being posted up here quite literally the only ones on the island this time made a caca last night so we're going to reuse that how was that made chocolate oats there's one area I trust you in completely Aman it's cooking cooking and I would have said max I would have trusted you with tide charts oh [ __ ] I knew the to shots I knew the to shots I have another job for you yeah yeah hi over here hi is it hot all the coffee we got guys it's worse than running out of water coffee of Champions coffee for Max Max thank you long black long black for Beck Beck Is Here Yeah Beck enjoy long black for Eman now we're really camping see M see you days like today just require a perspective shift because you're ready to get up get going get back to town get back to work luxuries you know then flip it on its head you have an entire day of like rationing your resources and entertaining your child in the wilderness and like I love that I love it I just had to switch my perspective again mostly it's these darn freaking flies they're so massive and they really love me and but we're in the process of switching our perspective perspective shifted baby just had an amazing ocean swim and I came out to find aim and just being dad of the year yet again making Frankie so happy here's a big one it's coming Frank is the wall going to hold wow it didn't hold oh no no oh there's another big one Frank to be honest the tide isn't even out but we're just done so we're going to go for it rock and roll let's rock and roll Max let's do it we know at least the tide is going out this time so we're going to be fine let's do it how's that Z guy made you now PB and J not that I ever had any J but in case you did we made it we're all safe we're all happy a little sunburned oh tripod in the face wow I think Mama's due for a good night's sleep she didn't even see a tripod coming real see you Sunday we made it yeah Frankie uhoh
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