Road trip to Victoria - Solo Female Vanlife
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- Hey friends, in this episode I take a solo road trip from Adelaide into Victoria. Nigel will be away for a couple of weeks, so I hope you enjoy this glimpse into what my life is like, living the solo female van life.
I visit Coonalpyn and stay in the free camp there, and I also stay at free camps in Dimboola and Ararat.
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Great episode Sue, good to see you getting behind the wheel and putting some kms down 👌.
You got to see some amazing places too which is fantastic.
Love your vids 👍
Thanks guys! Nigel got back this weekend so I’m happy to hand the driving duties back to him! Heading down the great ocean road today
Well done Sue, on your solo adventures. 🙌
Thanks friends! I’m
Certainly glad Nigel is back behind the wheel now!
Good on ye Sue! We are gonna be doing the same journey in a few weeks, but backwards, so lovely to see it, good to know about that free camp so thanks for sharing!
Have fun! We are actually heading back into SA at the moment, we drove down the Great Ocean Road last week and are currently in Mt Gambier. Found a good few camps this way too!
Another great Vlog, cheers from Downunder ❤️🦘🦘🦘
Cheers Steven, glad you enjoyed it!
Another great video Sue. Well done road tripping on your own. Hubby and I don't like driving more than 3 hours a day either. If I was on my own, I reckon I'd be lucky to even manage that! Looking forward to your chat about solo tripping next week 🙂
Thanks so much Carla. Lucky for me, Nigel is happy to just drive all day.
Go Sue! Great vlog. We stumbled across a little place in Victoria called Murtoa on our travels around Australia and found The Stick Shed. Amazing place it was. It's probably too late for you to visit, but maybe next time. See ya 😊
Thanks Jenny!! I’ll look it up. When do you head to Europe?
Thanks Sue , really enjoyed your episode , well done xx
Thanks so much Lisa 🧡 appreciate your support
Need a GoPro for the view through the window shots as the iPhone didn’t stabilise the video. I’ve realised from our videos that we need microphones if we are going to talk whilst driving along. Nevertheless, it was enjoyable to watch and very interesting. You seem really relaxed when talking to the camera, considering that your audience aren’t there at the time. It makes us feel really involved.
Yeah it’s an old iPhone. I’ll switch it up and use the GoPro next time. Do you use a lapel mic?
@@nigelandsueadventures well, we just decided we need mics when I was editing a video from our trip earlier this year. I’ve bought the DJI wireless mics which can record directly, they don’t need to be set up connected to a camera, though that’s the main purpose. We’ve yet to see if it works in practice, we’re not serious UA-camrs. For this video we’ve decided to speed up the driving bits with music backing and just use the clips where Stephen walks around with the GoPro.
Great video Sue😊😊 I wonder what you do for work on the road? 😊 Good old Victoria, 4 seasons in one day, although I wouldn't want it any other way 😊😊 Safe travels ❤❤
Hi Kay, I spend between 10-20 hours a week editing these videos, and I also write travel guides and blog posts for our website.
That was awesome …gives me ideas for when I head to Melbourne visiting my daughter & grandies in the hopefully not too distant future 😉..✌️
Plenty of food places to stop off on the way Deb, and loads of good free camps
How do you film? Coonapyn! Beautiful little. I’ve driven through it many times and enjoyed the coffee at the waffle cafe. Enjoy.
Do you mean what camera? I use a couple of different cameras, Canon G7x, GoPro, iPhone 13Pro, oh and the drone.
Yeah I’m bummed the waffle house wasn’t open!
Well done camping on your own , another great video , I use two go pro hero 3 on the windows same set up facing each way , can pick them up cheap on E Bay, keep the shiny side up
What do you use for audio Peter?
I use the a cheap Lavalier plug in with a cord for the go pros from E bay about $25.00 , anything is better than the built in mic , for the phone I have just upgraded to a Saramonic SmartMic Mini Condenser Flexible Microphone For Smartphone, that plugs into USB C on my samsung S23 , it sounds great and I get good sound from 4-5 meters away .@@nigelandsueadventures
Hi Sue, that's what caught my eye's was the artwork on the silos, I hope they stay forever, it would be cool if one of those kids came back years later to say that was him or her and about time Victoria welcome sign got an upgrade considering its the state border, just wondering if you get a lil scared at night? being on your own out there, anyway you stay safe and thank you 😁👍🏻
That’s would be so cool wouldn’t it? If those kids all got together and had their photo taken in front of the silo.
Regarding whether I get scared, I actually address that question in next weeks video… hehe you’ll have to stay tuned!
@@nigelandsueadventures Oooo must be a scary moment 😂 I'll be tuned 👍🏻
Jealous of all the free camps. We don't have those for the most part except in parking lots. I think the issue i would have with solo van travel is the lack of someone to talk to. Enjoy until Nigel is back.
Thanks Roberta. That’s funny we often say we wish we could park up places like Walmart like you can in the US. And you have BLM land for camping too. We are grateful for the small towns that are RV friendly.
@@nigelandsueadventures BLM land is only out west. I looked and the closest spots are at least a 10 hour drive from where we are in Minnesota. So while they are great they only exist in about 1/3 of the lower 48. Welcome back to Nigel!
@@robertacasey5204 ah right. I just assumed they were all over the country. That’s good to know!
Fairy wrens ...not blue willy wagtail 😊 Thanks for your very informative videos 💜
Thanks! I’m not good with the bird names. They are so cute though
Great vlog Sue. Do you know if those campsites are dog friendly? Hopefully we'll be travelling down that way in a years time 😀
There were definitely dogs by the lake at Ararat. The others I’m not sure. Do you have the WikiCamps app? That tells you whether a campsite is dog friendly. What sort of dog do you have?
thanks for the reply. I have two little Maltese Shih Tzus, Ruby and Bear@@nigelandsueadventures
Hi Sue and Nigel iwas interested in your discount code for living in a bubble, the maxxfan cover looks good. I cant find it in the description. Thanks. I watch your videos every sunday.
Oh thanks for reaching out Deb, and I’m glad you enjoy the videos. The code is nas_adventures
I’ll update the description!
Blue wren, not willy-wagtail!
Blue Willy Wagtail???..... Why not . . .😅
😂 thanks for watching!
Constructive criticism, maybe dont have close close up of face most of upload. Otherwise interesting
Thanks for the feedback, and thanks for watching 😊
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