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If Not Now
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Приєднався 13 тра 2020
We’re Dunc & Soph. For the past 3 years, we've been travelling Australia, throwing ourselves in the deep end of uncomfortability, spearfishing, living remote, living as much we can during this crazy short life we’ve been given. We're road-tripping through every state, following the sun around Australia. We realised life is frustratingly short, and with modern-day tech and remote working now a thing, why not? And (as Soph says) with kids on the horizon, we came to the conclusion: IF NOT NOW then... when?
Through our videos, we hope to show you some of the most beautiful places in Australia (and soon overseas!) and inspire you to explore more of our own backyard. Plus, we think it’ll be pretty cool to have something to show the grandkids one day.
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See you on the road?!
Dunc & Soph x
Through our videos, we hope to show you some of the most beautiful places in Australia (and soon overseas!) and inspire you to explore more of our own backyard. Plus, we think it’ll be pretty cool to have something to show the grandkids one day.
SUBSCRIBE to be notified of when our videos go live.
See you on the road?!
Dunc & Soph x
Meet Naia! 😀 LIFE UPDATE + travel with a baby.
Life on the road just got crazier! Meet Naia, our (not so new) little addition to the IF NOT NOW crew ❤️❤️❤️
Naia’s already racked up 10 flights between Australia, Bali and Europe, and she doesn’t have any intention of slowing down 🫣😂
And neither do we ;) 3+ years of living on the road and we couldn’t be more excited to continue the adventure.
SUBSCRIBE to join us as we navigate parenthood whilst trying to SELF-BUILD an ex-army truck, before setting off to explore the wilds of Europe.
Love Soph, Dunc & Naia. x
Because if not now, then when?
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Skip ahead here 👇
0:00 Meet Naia!
7:10 Bali
9:13 Travel with a Baby
10:50 Truck Update 😬
15:02 Some Epic Aussie Footage
#lifeupdate #travellingfamily #ifnotnow
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Footage shot on a Sony A7S, DJI Mavic 3 and DJI FPV
Naia’s already racked up 10 flights between Australia, Bali and Europe, and she doesn’t have any intention of slowing down 🫣😂
And neither do we ;) 3+ years of living on the road and we couldn’t be more excited to continue the adventure.
SUBSCRIBE to join us as we navigate parenthood whilst trying to SELF-BUILD an ex-army truck, before setting off to explore the wilds of Europe.
Love Soph, Dunc & Naia. x
Because if not now, then when?
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Skip ahead here 👇
0:00 Meet Naia!
7:10 Bali
9:13 Travel with a Baby
10:50 Truck Update 😬
15:02 Some Epic Aussie Footage
#lifeupdate #travellingfamily #ifnotnow
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If you’re new here and like our content then consider subscribing… it helps UA-cam know we kick ass ;) hahaha. Also, leave us a comment, we love chatting & making new travel mates x
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Follow along on Instagram - ifnotnow_ds
Royalty free music by Epidemic Sound share.epidemicsound.com/ow4qcu
Footage shot on a Sony A7S, DJI Mavic 3 and DJI FPV
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Congratulations Sophie and Duncan , Naia has some great parents who are going to show her the world. Cant wait to follow along with this next exciting chapter. Also Naia is just adorable 😍 great to see you guys back.
Cheers guys! We can’t wait to get back to it and see her face when she experiences all the wild places, she pulls the funniest (and cutest) faces 🥰🥰😂😂
Shooting a GT is a pleb move. Plenty of decent fish to shoot instead of a big gee that’s just cruising around.
Great video do u do all your own editting?
Hey glad you liked it! yeah we do although it does take a while 😅
It’s Paul from VIC. Well you two have settled in with parenting and there was no doubt about that. NAIA is going to do use both proud as use will for her. So pleased there will be more postings including the build and watching you both go through parenting as use will both grow stronger for her. Love to use all.
Hey Paul! What a nice message, thank you! We are totally smitten, and even though she’s constantly keeping us from our laptops, she’s the best distraction in the world ❤️
Congratulations on NAIA, wish you guys all the best with the truck build and future travels
Thanks Keven! Really appreciate the message, and looking forward to getting stuck into some big travels 🥰💪
Just beautiful ❤
Aww thanks you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
She is beautiful, congratulations ❤
Thanks Lou! She is totally precious ☺️☺️
Congratulations U 2 ❤ NAIA is a little cutie
Ahhh thanks you. Isn’t she!!!!! And she’s going so blonde now!
Nice one guys. Glad it all went well. Look forward to the truck build.
Thank you 🥰 us too… still waiting to take possession of the truck but hopefully it won’t be too much longer.. 🙄😒😂
Great to see you back! Hope parenthood is going well, can't wait to follow your next exciting chapter.
Thanks legends. It is! And of course as you know, now life is hectic haha. Slowly getting back to it 💪💪
Ur back!! 🥳
Yeah we arrreeeee! :) hope you’re enjoying Europe!
Really excited with the plans for the future for three of use. You both will be great parents Use are both great people
Ahh thanks! Slowly getting there with this “parenting thing” 😉😂 we think….
New subscriber here. Wishing you a safe and smooth birth. Cheers from Switzerland
Welcome! And thanks 🙏 epic home country, hopefully we’ll make it over sometime soon 🤞🤞🤞
It's so good to see you guys back on YT!! 😊
Thank you!! 😊
You guys are Legends, thanks for sharing your journey, all the best for your birth journey and the UK build, cheers
Thanks so much Keven, means a lot. Looking forward to the next chapter of chaos 👀😅😅
I have missed you guys I’m so happy for you guys and can’t wait for the new adventures
Aw what a nice message ❤️ thanks Jade, so pumped for this next journey 💦✈️🤙
What an update, mates! Also a congratulations, because I'm sure by now you're little girl must've arrived. Don't worry about figuring out parenting because you guys will do good. Also, so happy that you guys are building your own expedition truck. Don't worry about being first time builders, the HX series has a huge community and entire threads dedicated to detailed builds. Glad to have you guys back, cheers 🤙🤙
Yes she’s well and truly here! And keeping us so busy, and entertained. She’s wild, and has such a thirst for new things (and the water!) Hope to be making regular videos soon ish, and cracking on with the truck build later this year as our truck builders keep getting delayed 🙄😒 Learning to be very patient 🤭
I have an opinion about kids on the road. Usually they can converse with an adult really well and confidently, they show superior intellect and are generally a better variation of a child. Getting one on one education is far superior to the school system where a teacher is subjected to 20 plus kids, spending the majority of time on the little sh!ts instead of promoting the intellectuals.
Good observations. We’ve met loads of really nice, and capable kids on the road. There’s nothing much better than experiencing how things work first hand than in a textbook. Not sure if we’d homeschool permanently but I think we’ll see how we go for the first early years 🥰
So glad your back looking forward to your new stuff! Glad you like SA 🫶
Us too. And wow, SA is wild hey. So so so beautiful, we love the remoteness (and all the sea lions and healthy waters) 🥰
Good to see u guys again…very exciting adventures ahead !!!!
Yeeeeewwww! It’s been a long while 😅
Been wondering what you guys have been up too. Good to see ya back. Its been a while. hope all is well with the new addition to the fam-bam? Btw... Shits about to get real alright lol
Ah thanks mate. Yeah been soaking it all up! Plus she’s been keeping us away from the laptops 😂😅 Hoping to start getting back to it now. Fingers crossed we can keep up a fortnightly posting schedule 🤞🤷♀️👌
It's great to have you back, hope everything is going well. Can't wait to see what else you've been upto.
Thanks legend. This one's a little pre baby video and our next (hopefully the week after next) will be one feat our little girl :D
@@IfNotNow Can't wait 😀
Hey guys! Hope you enjoy this one, it's good to slowly be getting back to it :D We’re busy editing the next video to FINALLY share a video, feat our beautiful little girl 🥰xx
YEEEEEW! Welcome back!🤙🤙
Yeeeeewwwwwwww! Feels good! Hopefully we can keep up a fortnightly posting schedule and see how we go 💪
So good to see the back story. Australia done … new 4wd mega truck… new baby daughter little Naia… can’t wait to see the next epic iteration of your life’s journey. Sooo very proud of you both - living everybody’s dream life👍 Grandad Shrimpy 🦐
Yeeeehhhhhhh it's taken us a while to finish the edit but we did it. And on to the next, this time FEAT the little one :) catch up soon x x
Great to have ya back, just letting you know, now to watch the vid.
YEAAAAHH! Thanks for the message Keven , also love the comment pre watch 😂
And they make your pee orange 😅
Amen 😂
Absolutely love them sapheron milk caps are the nicest tasting mushroom with a poor shelf life so fresh button sized are beautiful eating
Tis the season 🤙
I tried watching this, and wasbreally interested in the content, but the totally stupid choice of rap music and its volume drove me away, ignorant influencer marketing.
Each to their own! Thanks for letting us know
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Yeewww
the located?
Penrose Forest 👌👌 southern highlands
How's it all going guys? Been a while since your last vid. Hope all is well.
Hey! 🥰 We are really good and have gotten totally swayed by this little girl who is soaking up all of our attention these past few months. Time has really flown by. We’ll be hopefully back making content in the coming months… we’re waiting on a few things for our next travel rig which (like so many things in life) has encountered some delays. Hope you are doing well and getting in some good travels. Soph (& Dunc) x
Congratulations what a lovely place to do it. She’ll be a Daddy’s girl forever surrounded by the love of two beautiful parents. 🎉💓 💓
Isn’t it beautiful and so wild, we wanted to find out somewhere totally memorable and the mountain was perfect 😍 Ha yes… aren’t we all! Thanks lovely 🥰
Will be going there soon. So this helps ❤
Hope you enjoy it!
Hi, Did Coromal give you any reason why they replaced the wishbone suspension with the cruisemaster suspension?
Hey, there was a factory recall on the original suspension so all vans that had had the wishbone installed (across a variety of caravan brands I believe) had it replaced.
How do you know if there are crocs or not
Most places (or at least most known places) have signage up and within national parks they’re monitored daily by rangers. This particular place had quite a few swimmers already in the water and the water is crystal clear too
You two do a great job with your videos.
Ahh cheers Laurie! Your comment put a smile on our faces ☺️😀
Great video! Love the tips about shaving your head at the 10 min mark! Haha😂 What’s the name of the song in that part? Can’t find on Shazam!
Congrats to you both, what a blessing.
Thank you, we’re totally smitten!
Hi Guys, great channel, thanks for creating it. Question..... have you guys tried RV Wifi 5G or Cowfish 5G with the external antenna? Just asking as Starlink is out of my price range.
Hey 👋 thanks! We’ve been a bit radio silent lately but will hopefully be stepping it back up again this year 💪 Mmm no we haven’t. We found Telstra to be pretty good in most places prior to getting Starlink but of course there are some blind spots, and in some areas (like Karijini, Optus is the only network). Sorry we can’t be of more help here. Hope there’s a few review channels covering it for you 👍
@IfNotNow thanks guys, good to know Telstra get it mostly done
Got a white prado, pin stripes dont matter if I can't see them right?
Exxxxactly! How’s the prado offroad? We have mates looking at one
If your happy with the van then only need to upgrade a few things so be it , better than selling and buying a possible night mare , gee some new vans today arnt really that good mate , stick to ya goodie and improve it 👍all i see is you need more solar panels you have the space and put in anoth battery or two yes there heavier but cheaper and more safer than lithium , seriously i don't trust lithium not worth it ok lots are using them but when they get old and become unstable who bloody knows they can catch fire 😮 better not me buddy , and ive been building a shit list off vans since covid and coromal vans haven't ended up on it is because they look after ther customers and fix warranty problems fast 😉
Yeah we’d definitely go more solar and batteries on our next rig. We have now sold it as we’ve also bought a new rig 😉 well… a chassis cab that we’re going to build out. And well be planning for as much solar as possible, circa 2000w if we can fit it all on the roof 😝🤞 Yeah really can’t fault the Coromal warranty. We think it’s a must when buying a new van ey.
oof, how could you even last 9 months with vodafail, also optus has better service than telstra, trouble is they dont have as many towers in remote areas
Hahahaa I have NO IDEA. Although it did force me to switch off more. But I certainly wouldn’t recommend it. Ha. Now we have Starlink it’s epic.
Right, but what happens when your CCP overlords implement their 15 minutes in Australia ? 🤔
Hmmmmm 🧐
Good video, how difficult was it to get a permit to fly the drone there?
It's pretty much impossible, unfortunately. Litchfield NP, was a lot better for getting a permit. In some NP around Aus if you speak to the ranger in charge they have given us permission to fly outside of the normal application process. Unfortunately it's a bit of a mixed bag and frustrating for ppl like us who want to capture some if these stunning landscapes hopefully in future there are some more balanced rules or areas within NP you are allowed to fly rather than these blanked bans.
Great review, shame they don't make them anymore. Looks like the On The Move Adventure model is this van re-incarnated with a Chinese build. I'm looking to order one
Cheers. Yeah you’re right, I wasn’t familiar with the brand but the specs look v similar. Hope it’s a good van for you!
Congratulations 🎉❤
Thank you! This next chapter certainly will be a wild one 😍
Great honest review guys.. Your caravan looks like it has been built for purpose with a few upgrades. Definitely more solar & more lithium battery power would be a bonus. 3000 watt inverter sounds perfect! Enjoy your travels in our wonderful country.. Look forward to following more of your adventures.. Cheers🍻
Thanks! 👍 We certainly can recommend the build quality of the Fleetwood Coromal's - especially for the price! Yeah, we'd love more solar and battery capacity and for our next travel rig we'll be piling on both to make sure we can live comfortably even when we're not following the sun. Take care!
started watching then on came the crap music couldnt concentrate on the programe ,hit the off butto n
Haha ok, I guess we all like different things. If you skip the intro then that song will be over and you won’t have to listen to it. 🤔 That being said your feedback is noted for our future song choices, However I can’t make any promises our taste in music will align 😂