Our “Free Camping” Experiment through the NSW New England Region
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- We travel from St Leonards in Victoria up to Mullumbimby in the Northern Rivers region of NSW.
But this time we test our set up and just use Free Camps.
Come and join us to see how we go just relying on our own power and water for the trip.
One trick I've learned at rest stops and free camping sites. If there is a water tank marked "not suitable for drinking", I walk around it. If there are no pipes coming up from the ground into the tank, it's a rainwater tank and it is potable water.
Handy to know 👍Cheers
Thanks guys greatly appreciated your feedback 😊
@@nealebrown554 cheers 😉
Thanks for the great stories and adventures. I am interested: how does your van weigh?
@@MikeBrady-o7t thank you, our van weighs 2995kg and carry another 500-600kg so our towing weight is around 3600kg. If we have full tanks of water that can bump it up to 3700. Our maximum weight allowed is 4000kg
Cheers Paul and Wenda
I reckon its always great when you do these videos. Gives everyone an idea on whats available when you pass thru these towns. Thanks heaps - regards Marie. Forgot to add. We went up the Moonbi's towing the van and yes, its is a bit hair raising.
Thanks Marie we appreciate the encouragement 😃 Yeah those hills! Still shudder we we think about them 😆
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Great to hear you trying the free camps around. We did they same thing on our recent trip up to Cairns. What we found was the free camps ranged from unbelievably good to the absolute pits. In general, we found the best ones were those on the grounds of the local pubs...real country pubs are generally top notch for food and pretty good with the facilities for camping.
Yes they certainly do vary quite a bit. Together with Pub Camping there are so many options
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Your Thai red curry looked delish lol
It's one of our favourites 😉
Thanks for the journey. You have a very nice set-up.
Please consider an external mike(s) for your camera as it was very difficult to follow your conversations in the car.
Thanks
Robbey
Thanks for the feedback Robbey. Sound is one of our biggest challenges. We bought an accessory for the GoPro but it seems to have made the sound harder to manage
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Many thanks for showing us all those fantastic overnight spots, and another way to and from Melbourne. We have been looking for a different way and now we know.Paul and Wenda. It’s a pleasure to watch and enjoy a video where shirts, stickers ect are not being flogged off. Safe travels. Looking forward to your next video.
@@davidcherylfleming9959 thanks we’re glad you enjoyed it. There are some great spots out there hopefully we’ll cross paths sometime?
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Just discovered your channel. Is there any way you can tell us what order your videos are in? Really enjoying your content. Best wishes from Braidwood, NSW
Thank you 😊 and welcome.
We didn’t number the videos but on our UA-cam home page you can scroll through them in order from earliest to most recent. Here is a link that may help youtube.com/@beyondthegreyoz?si=Rgx6JMtxaF_MgMcD
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Thanks this was a great video very informative with some humour thrown in enjoy and safe travels to you both :-)
Thank you 😊 we appreciate the encouragement
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Really enjoy your video. You have a lovely van also by the way! 😃
Thank you Anne 😊we love our van, it is very comfortable
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Hi loved your trip , Armidale road didnt have to many holes in it im going there soon ?
Thanks Steve, the road was in surprisingly good condition didn’t have any concerns at all
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Forbes camp site looks beautiful.
Yeah that one at Forbes was a great spot
Hi, love following your travels. Just wondering how you find your free camps? Do you use Wikkicamps or something else? 😊
Hi Chris, thanks for following. We mostly use Wikkicamps but also word of mouth from other travellers. Cheers Paul & Wenda
@@beyondthegreyoz We used wikicamps and a few other camping apps but in the end we just used google. Sometimes this took us to the wikicamp listing, other times to other camp sites and a few times to shire/council pages and sometimes to the pubs website.
Thank you for all the places to free camp, & where to eat on the road.
Thanks Elaine so glad it was helpful
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Great video guys thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks glad you enjoyed it
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Thanks for sharpening your experiences. It’s really nice to see your outlook on places I have been, and those I will never get to see.
I’m trying to find those two hills mentioned but can’t find them . Was it out of Boombi hill?
Thanks Pete, the two hills were at Moonbi. There is a great article on them here www.ozroads.com.au/NSW/RouteNumbering/National%20Routes/15/moonbi.htm I think I read one section is at 9.6% gradient!
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Thanks for the info and the link Paul and Wendy. Very interesting - never really appreciated the planning and effort that goes behind road construction.
@@peteboe2114 yes it was a fascinating read. Don’t know how they got horses to pull carts up and down them
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In n.s.w there was ,T.S.R year ago .in short was travelling stock reserves for droves.
Nice video,
Loved the overview of each location
Thanks, we're glad you liked it!
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Welcome to the Northern Rivers🤙🏽
Thanks 😊 it’s good to be here!
FREE CAMPING. You can’t beat it.
40 years of travelling this great land. In the lasts 10 years we have only had 22 nights of paid camping not counting donation camps.
Keep up the great travels.
Thanks Allan. Sounds like quite an achievement 👍free camping is certainly a different experience. and there’s so many options out there
Cheers Paul and Wenda
loving the videos, great places, great tips, and great company. You keep referring to "work"....may I ask what you do? I thought you were retired full time travelling. Cheers, Dennis
G’day Dennis, thanks 😊 we are semi retired. Wenda is a registered psychologist and provides telehealth services 2 or 3 days a week. I handle the intake and admin side of things. Still have a few years to go till full retirement
Cheers Paul
Fourby Fitouts in the back, nice, have therir gear in my rig, great systems, well built and thought out !! Nice vid 👍
Thank you 😊 we love our Fourby Fitout 👍 it’s the best quality
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You need to do something about your in car commentary...it is very soft ...love ya videos just the same
Thanks 😊 yeah it’s our biggest issue with the videos. We tried getting a microphone for the GoPro but that didn’t help! We’re going to try a lapel mic 🙏
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What app are you using to find camps. Love your channel
Thank you 😊 we mainly use WikiCamps and a Facebook page called country pub camping
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Thanks for the vid. We have got as far as hay nsw and now we have a destination beond that. Take care!
Awesome 👍we love central NSW, so much to see
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Good day to both of you, we like your annex setup. Can you please direct us in the right direction to which company you used to get this done in Adelaide. Safe travels to both of you. We truly love your videos and the commentary. Thanks Tim
Hi Tim thank you for your encouragement 😊 this is the website for the people who made our annex sarmajor.com.au
They promised to provide something extra If you mention Beyond The Grey OZ
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@@beyondthegreyoz great thank you. Your honest review of this product said it all. Thanks again Tim
What work on the van were you getting done in Lismore?
It was the car. The transmission light came on. Apparently there was a bunch of leaves blocking airflow 😢
Nice set up what sort of mpg ate you getting
Thanks 😊
We get around 20-21lt / 100km
Thanks
Cheers Paul and Wenda
@@beyondthegreyoz we really enjoyed the content.
Thank for the encouragement
Cheers
If you think Moonbi is bad, it's not as bad as the Toowoomba Range. The day I went up there with the van the byepass had opened that morning which I didn't know about. Love your channel I'll be coming back soon, hope to see ya on the road. Safe Travels, Bob & Sue
@@bobhowson thanks yeah there are a few killer hills and climbs out there 😅
We’ll look forward to crossing paths sometime
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I think that small towns that offer donation camps would be grateful if travellers donated more than the price of a coffee. Very stingy of you if I can so.
$5 was the suggested donation and $15 if you use their power
@Tilly Kelp. The stingy ones are the multitude who don't even leave their empty cans and bottles for the local charities, let alone a donation for use of the land to park on !!
How rude. You don’t know how much they spent in the area on fuel, food etc. That’s why small towns provide these camps, to encourage people to spend money in their communities
@@suewiles292 said the pot calling the kettle black.