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Handlebars and Holidays
Australia
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Welcome to "Handlebars and Holidays", my name's Carl and I'd love for you to join me & my wife Angie, as we explore Western Australia, either on two wheels or four.
I've have a passion for motorcycles that goes back four decades, so often the channel will contain bike related content.
We also recently both retired, bought a Jayco Conquest Motorhome and are currently travelling & exploring this amazing country, learning (& making mistakes ... LOL), as we go.
So we'd both like nothing better than for you to join us on our trips, travels and 'in our new' everyday life.
Please hit that SUBSCRIBE button (IT'S ALL FREE) & helps the channel greatly, and let's catch up in the comments.
I've have a passion for motorcycles that goes back four decades, so often the channel will contain bike related content.
We also recently both retired, bought a Jayco Conquest Motorhome and are currently travelling & exploring this amazing country, learning (& making mistakes ... LOL), as we go.
So we'd both like nothing better than for you to join us on our trips, travels and 'in our new' everyday life.
Please hit that SUBSCRIBE button (IT'S ALL FREE) & helps the channel greatly, and let's catch up in the comments.
IRON MAN COMPETITION ... SHOULD WE ENTER ? (Ep 11)
Our trip continues through Pemberton & into Busselton.
We come across an Iron Man Competition (& wish we'd entered ... NOT !)
and we re-visit the best Bacon & Egg burger in W.A. (but it's a bit of a flop)
We come across an Iron Man Competition (& wish we'd entered ... NOT !)
and we re-visit the best Bacon & Egg burger in W.A. (but it's a bit of a flop)
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JAYCO CONQUEST, SYD'S BIRTHDAY & PEMBERTON (Ep 10)
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The South West Tour continues, it's SYD'S BIRTHDAY, we visit Pemberton and Angie wants to go skinny-dipping ... LOL
JAYCO CONQUEST VISITS DENMARK & WALPOLE W.A. (Ep 9)
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In this episode of our South West W.A. Tour we visit Beautiful Denmark, (& find a lost dog), then on to Walpole whilst all the time the flies continue to drive me mad !
TWIN JAYCO CONQUEST's & NEW FRIENDS (Ep 8)
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Please join Angie and I as we meet up for the first time with new friends and their identical Jayco Conquest 25-1 We compare motorhomes as well as upgrades and things we've done to improve & personalise them. We also explore beautiful Albany in what turns out to be not the best weather. We also stay at a 'new to us' farm stay.
JAYCO CONQUEST - 5 THINGS WE HATE / DISLIKE
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Join us as we discuss the five things we DISLIKE about our new Jayco Conquest 25-1
WE MEET MAX ON OUR SOUTH WEST TOUR (Ep 7)
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As our South West Tour continues, we meet MAX at his Lazeaway Holiday Farm & Caravan Park in Popanyanning and he goes ABOVE AND BEYOND for us.
JAYCO CONQUEST & PARAGLIDER ENCOUNTER (Ep 6)
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Please join Angie & I as we continue our South West Tour, in this exciting episode we have a great encounter with a paraglider & a wild dolphin.
BEST BREAD IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Ep 5)
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Our South West Australia Tour continues and we find the BEST BREAD (& fruit loaf) in Western Australia
JAYCO CONQUEST, SOUTH WEST TOUR CONTINUES (Ep 4)
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Join us as we continue our tour of South West WA in our new Jayco Conquest 25.1
JAYCO CONQUEST - 5 THINGS WE LOVE
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Join us as we list the five top things we love about our new Jayco Conquest 25.1
Jayco Conquest & my "FAME AT LAST" (Ep. 3)
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Join Angie and I as we continue our trip down South West WA. In this episode my true talents are realised, as I find myself performing 'on stage'.
JAYCO CONQUEST - SH#T HAPPENS !!! ... Ep. 2
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Well, a few things go wrong this episode, but you gotta keep smiling !
JAYCO CONQUEST, Our 'South West W.A.' tour begins
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Join us as we tour 'South West W.A. in our new Jayco Conquest 25-1 motorhome. Having just retired, (& this motor homing thing is all new to us), we're learning (and making mistakes), as we go ..... You never know, it could be a GOOD LAUGH ! ..... PLEASE SUBSCRIBE - it helps the channel greatly.
JAYCO CONQUEST, What's that noise ???
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Jayco Conquest, Horrible Squeaking, PROBLEM SOLVED.
THE NORTH TRIP'S ALL OVER (Ep 8)
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Just a quick 'wrap up' video, explaining what we learned and changes we've made to our setup, following our 6 week trip north of Perth, Western Australia
OUR TRIP CONTINUES, BULLARA STATION ... EXMOUTH (Ep 6)
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OUR TRIP CONTINUES, BULLARA STATION ... EXMOUTH (Ep 6)
IT'S GETTING HOTTER as we travel north (Ep. 4)
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IT'S GETTING HOTTER as we travel north (Ep. 4)
JAYCO CONQUEST - What We've Learned So Far Ep 3
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JAYCO CONQUEST - What We've Learned So Far Ep 3
JAYCO CONQUEST 25.1 travels continue ... Ep. 2
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JAYCO CONQUEST 25.1 travels continue ... Ep. 2
2-UP on an R1250 GSA ... Our Big Tour *Part Ten*
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2-UP on an R1250 GSA ... Our Big Tour *Part Ten*
2-UP on an R1250 GSA ... Our Big Tour *Part Nine*
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2-UP on an R1250 GSA ... Our Big Tour *Part Nine*
2-UP on an R1250 GSA ... Our Big Tour *Part Eight*
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2-UP on an R1250 GSA ... Our Big Tour *Part Eight*
2-UP on an R1250 GSA ... Our Big Tour *Part Seven*
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2-UP on an R1250 GSA ... Our Big Tour *Part Seven*
2-UP on an R1250 GSA ... Our Big Tour *Part Six*
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2-UP on an R1250 GSA ... Our Big Tour *Part Six*
2-UP on an R1250 GSA ... Our Big Tour *Part Five*
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2-UP on an R1250 GSA ... Our Big Tour *Part Five*
2-UP on an R1250 GSA ... Our Big Tour *Part Four*
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2-UP on an R1250 GSA ... Our Big Tour *Part Four*
2-UP on an R1250 GSA ... Our Big Tour *Part Three*
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2-UP on an R1250 GSA ... Our Big Tour *Part Three*
Excellent run through. Great practical points. Makes you wonder if the designers actually use motorhomes.
It sure does doesn’t it Dave, I think ‘not’ …. LOL Thanks for watching 👍
Another good vid. The flies definitely like you more 🥰🥰
They definitely do don’t they Kim … LOL
Wonderful video, really enjoying watching all your travels, you both have an amazing sense of humour 🤣🤣, thanks for sharing your travels and the detail you provide, I like that USB charging point have not seen a compact one like that before, if you remember are you able to let me know where you purchased, I would like to purchase a couple, Thanks again cheers Darrel 👍👏
Hi Darrel, great to hear you’re enjoying our vids, I actually purchased it from Jaycar, but I can’t for the life of me find it on their website now. But they are available from Amazon too, (see pic). We’ll soon be off on our ‘big over east tour’, that should be a lot more interesting 👍 amzn.asia/d/bYRPRGK
@ Thankyou so much for letting me know, I was in Jaycar today but they did not have the item you purchased, never mind I will look on Amazon appreciate you sending me the pic , can’t wait to view your next episode , I enjoy all the places you visited in WA, the detail and humour is fantastic , Thankyou for sharing take care and enjoy your travels 👏👍
@@darrelwright7871 thanks a mill 👍
Happy 4th birthday to the handsome fella 🐶
Fabulous video once again ..that B&B looks great ..them grounds are amazing . ..suppose it was a day off from worlds best bacon n egg burger ..he he
LOL …. thanks guys
This is a great video. No one ever includes the part about the lock cylinders or the combination lock on the panniers. U saved me alot of time. Thank u
Happy birthday Syd 🦴🐾
Happiest 4th birthday Siddy! 😊
We love that part of W.A. too. Great vid
Ye it’s a lovely spot isn’t it Kim.
So good to watch your vids 😀😀
Great to hear you’re enjoying them 👍
Omg I love the big Rams too! And not the 4 legged kind! Too bad they are out of my price range! Another great video. $10 a night for power and water is spectacular! Another great video. I hate March flies too. They are here in Melbourne and when they bite a get a huge lump and it's very itchy. Cheers Patricia and Richard ❤
Hi guys, yes out of my price range too, we were lucky that neither of us actually got bitten, but the March flies were all over the place. Thanks for watching 👍👍👍
lovely MH's, Ray's your man to get stuff done, lovely to see Sue & Ray on your vlog, thanks for filming them x
They are lovely people, thanks for watching 👍👍👍
I was saying to my husband tonight that Jayco Conquest Motorhomes seem to be one of the most popular ones around. We’ve driven across Australia from the east coast and arrived in Norseman. We will be heading to Albany in a couple of weeks and then will drive back across to the east coast from mid January. We might see you along the way. Another FA25-1.
You might well, we’re aiming to leave Perth mid Jan too. You can always flick us an email at handlebarsandholidays@gmail.com to let us know your whereabouts. Thanks heaps for watching 👍👍👍
Hi Carl, tried to send you email. It bounced back saying address couldn’t be found. I wondered if there was an error with address.
That’s a bit strange, I’ve just sent a ‘test email’ from Angie’s phone and it came through straight away. Maybe you did a typo ? Just to confirm, the address is … handlebarsandholidays@gmail.com Give it another go 👍
Really enjoying your videos - we are considering buying a motorhome and travelling with our 3 Kelpies. You can flat tow an automatic Suzuki Jimmy, which we are consider in. We would sell our small VW Golf and replace it so no double up for rego etc.
Hi, yea travelling in a motorhome is great, (with dogs is a challenge at times LOL), to tow or not to tow is still a touch undecided for us, but having a car with you is definitely an advantage. Thanks for watching and your comments 👍👍👍
Lovely video ..aww we both really enjoyed catching up with you guys..we’ve become good friends .looking forward to seeing yous again..keep up the good vids ..u never know we might be on again..but next time will have a script ready.😅he he he
Definitely good friends and yes, looking forward to the next time. Don’t know about scripts though … LOL
Really liked your vid. It was very informative 😊😊
Your hot water does seem to be an issue. We have a 2017 25-1 and it has a Suburban storage tank that runs on gas or electricity. We have less than 5 secs for the water to come through hot and it stays hot in between turning on/off. Might be worth exploring if your tank is working properly. Thanks for your video.
Hi, firstly thanks for watching and thanks for your comment. Yes what you have is the older ‘storage tank’ system, which in my opinion is a much better idea. Now on the new vehicles they put the instantaneous systems in, but as you’ve seen not exactly instantaneous are they LOL Another case of not everything improving with time unfortunately! I don’t actually think there’s anything “wrong” with ours, it seems to be just the way they are. I’m still gonna look into it though 👍👍👍
With our 25-1 I’ve clocked the tap on till flame fire up time and it seems too long. We had instantaneous gas hot water on our boat which would ignite the instant the tap was on! I did wonder whether there were some adjustment that could be made, but haven’t been able to find any. Some owners have installed the temper valve to divert the cooler water back to the tank!
@@markjohns4826 ye I’m not aware of any adjustment either and yes I know about the valve but I don’t think that’s without it’s frustrations too, mainly because it STOPS the flow till the hot comes through, which wouldn’t be that nice in the shower either. Thanks for watching 👍
Very informative as per usual. I've heard the hot water takes a while to come through and reusing the cold water is a great idea 💡 😊
Great review.
Thank you very much. 😀
Such a cool place
Such a great place to stay and an excellent vid 😀😀
That was such a good vid. Love all your info and the funnies ❤❤
Great video carl. Dave n deb😊
Thanks guys 👍👍👍
.cool shot of paraglider ..awesome video ..
Hi Carl i sent latest message on the video best bread in WA,thanks from Bill
Such a great video! Mandurah looks so nice! We will visit there for sure! Have you thought about getting Siddy a floatation vest, so that he can enjoy a swim? 😊 Patricia and Richard
Hi guys, yes Mandurah is lovely for sure. Before we moved house we had a pool and we did consider getting him a floaty vest, but as he’s such an over-confident dog we decided it could be a bit dangerous, as if he was to get into the pool area without it on, he’d likely jump right in. As it is, he ‘knows’ to avoid going out of his depth, so probably best left that way. But thanks for thinking about him. 👍
@Carlshandlebarsandholidays I understand dogs being over confident! Our littlest dog will just jump in if allowed! Luckily, she can swim! Safe travels 😊
Thanks for mentioning us in your video! It was a lovely surprise! 😊
What’s the brand of dog lead you use? This looks like my staffy would love a long lead like that one!
@@trevorolsen54 Hi, all it says on it is “Flexi” it’s the 8m one. If I recall it came from Petbarn and was about $100. Thanks for watching 👍👍👍
Hello, how are you? I am a regular viewer of your UA-cam channel. I came here to say that- Your content is always engaging and incredibly well-presented!" Good luck to you. 🩵
Hi just checking your getting my messages as 3 days ago I sent one but you never got it.Can you please let me know many thanks from Cheryl & Bill.
Hi Cheryl & Bill, I don’t seem to be able to see another message from you, which video was it in relation to ?
@Carlshandlebarsandholidays Thanks for the reply yes the flies here are really bad too I think that's just an Aussie thing we cant get use to.Great News this week put a deposit on our new Jayco Conquest FA25-1 3 days ago we are trading in a 7metre campervan we pick up our motorhome on 10th January 2025 so few things to sort before but super excited .And you had great news too saying your both heading our way next year i really hope we can meet you then.You both seem really nice people.Chat soon from Cheryl & Bill.
@ that’s FANTASTIC news guys, good on ye, you’re gonna love your new 25.1 Yes, it would be absolutely lovely if we were able to meet up at some point for sure. By the way, best way to communicate (if you’d like to keep in touch), is by email (handlebarsandholidays@gmail.com) as it’s sometimes hard to keep track of messages with UA-cam. Anyway, enjoy your new purchase and thanks for reaching out, Carl & Ang. 👍👍👍
@Carlshandlebarsandholidays Hi there we pick up our new Jayco Conquest FA25-1 on 10th January 2025.I hope you get this message.
@@williamfife1547 Hi Bill, you seem to be doubling up your comments, you told me about your new conquest last Friday (& I replied straight away). Are you and Cheryl sending separate comments maybe ???
Hi we love your videos can I ask where we can get the fiat seat covers.Many thanks from Bill and Cheryl.
Hi Bill & Cheryl, thanks very much for watching, the seat covers were made by Prestige Sheepskins in Malaga (I assume you’re in WA too ?) they are EXCELLENT 👍👍👍
Hi there thanks for the information on the seat covers.We live in new south wales.We hope your both enjoying your trip down south we are keep them coming we love then we'll done.
Great, glad to hear you’re enjoying them. We’re heading over your way early next year. So what’s the fly situation over in NSW, are they an issue there ?
We so enjoy watching your vids 😊
What brand is the side screen and where did you purchase from?
Hi, it’s a Coast to Coast and we bought it direct from them. 👍
@ I’ve been enjoying your episodes, can’t wait to be out there myself!
That’s it… I think I’m gonna take the family to Busselton….. thanks guys… Angie , I’m selling my skateboard if you’re interested…. Cheap 🛹
LOL … Hi Charlie, good to hear from you, ye it’s a lovely spot, Angie’s got a huge collection of skateboards, you know Ang, she’s into all sorts of extreme sports ! 😜
Oh my your followering in our footsteps 😂
We so enjoy watching your vids. You are very informative and also funny. We loved the shark bit. Also what a great solution you came up with for the door. Keep on enjoying ❤
Thanks Kim, I especially enjoyed the shark bit too LOL 👍👍👍
Hey 👋 what brand of microphone do you use? The round silver disk on your shirts you both have? These mics have really upped your game! We're enjoying your videos immensely 😊
Thanks very much, we use the DJI Wireless Mics, the round silver disc is just a magnet, the mic are under our shirts. Thanks for watching.
Funny, same 5 things we agree with! Out of interest, do you have a three-way fridge or a compressor fridge? We have the Jayco FA 25 - 1 optimum with the off grid system running a compressor fridge. Had the van now for five weeks still haven’t plugged it in.👍
Hi, I’m not actually sure what the difference is between what we have and the off grid pack ? but yes we have compressor fridge too. We’re actually sat in it (off grid) now as I answer you 👍👍👍 (thanks for watching)
Nice one Carl great hack 👌🏻
You are certainly right about talking to all the lovely people along the way. It really makes your holiday all that extra special ❤
Sure does Kim 👍
My husband and I are really enjoying your videos. You show us parks and prices. You are working to a budget and we love how you break down your costs each month to a daily spend. We are expecting our moho in 3 weeks and you both really resonate with us. You don't drag heaps out of the moho and set up every time and you mainly cook in the van! We will be travelling with 2 small dogs too, so your experiences with Sid (Syd) are truly inciteful. I wanted to ask about what mics you are using now, (the round disk ones) as the volume when you both speak has greatly improved and enhances the watching experience!😊 Keep doing what you're doing and we look forward to seeing you all every week. Patricia and Richard
Syd needs a larger dog bed
Syd’s got more beds than Forty Winks LOL
Pinjarra is lovely
The search continues for the perfect pie and vanilla slice!
It does, but we found the perfect bacon & egg burger yesterday, turns out it’s in Capel 👍
If you get to albany check out the museum showcasing the albany coast where the soldiers left from for WW1
The good thing is that now they come with the new GSX S8 TFT display. 😉
Hi Guys..we’ve slept with slide out in.can unzip bolster , give u a little more room..we stay on basketball location for that reason ..much safer …
Yes it is and we had the permit, you’ll see a bit more regards that in Ep. 2 which will be out in a few days. Thanks for watching 👍👍👍