Wow! What an episode! You both had me on the edge of my seat 😲 Love how calm you both were throughout your ordeals! Wishing you all the best for a fun and event free experience xx ❤ Can’t wait for next week’s episode!

Lack of air over imtercooler was the reason youwent into limp mode. Also something that you might not know but a $20 sticker saying do not overtake turning vehicle will save you many fines later. It exempts you from a fine if you cut corners or go over white lines or at roundabouts. It is placed approx 1mtr up and on left side of the caravan. Enjoy your travels

Hahaha, Laura sounds like me if I had to walk up that hill, interesting trip by the looks 😳

Wow what an episode. Hopefully it will be smooth sailing now. Your a very capable lady Lora & staying calm. Safe & happy travels.

Another Great Episode 👍 Things do go wrong time to time but you both have the best Outlook on everything 💓 Harrison and King Billy are so quiet sitting in the back 😂 Looking forward to next week's episode take care 🍹👍😎🏕

Hi Troy & Laura, Sorry to hear & see your few mishaps on New Years Day. Hope you are feeling better now Troy! Love how you both just took everything in your stride & kept smiling. Still enjoyed your video though. All the best as you are get really close to setting off. Cheers David & Connie 🙂

Good video again. Memorable start to the year, things will get better.

Love the sideways looks as he fixes the flat tyre. Going to be a loooooooong trip round. 🙂

Sometimes sh*t happens but I like the way you just roll with it. Keep the good stuff coming😊

Thankyou for keeping it real. 💕

Such a great episode… I really felt for you both, so many challenges but you got through it together. Let’s hope that’s the worst over and done with … 😊

Everyone in the back of the car trying not to laugh, even the dog.

A few extra beers for pain relief. Hope you had a great Chrissy and new year.

Great video guys - just ironing out the kinks and getting the issues out before the big lap 😂

Most action packed ep ever I think. We could see from the vid how steep that track was. With us and our 3.5t van we're thinking can we do it or yeah nah. I guess you never never know if you never never go

Good luck on your trip guys, you'll need it.

Sorry to see you guys had a rough time, we hope everything works out well. It was still a great video. Our friends are farmers they will know how to stitch you up, bloody classic Laura 😂😂😂 harden up Troy 😅😅

Great episode,wonderful country shame you couldn’t have stayed longer Troy was lucky with the drone could have been a lot worse.Power loss was most likely the engine derating itself because of transmission temps or intercooler air heat soak ,talk to Toyota,I always tow in 4th gear in my 200 series so best to sought this all out now before you set off on the big one,Cocoa enjoyed it all I see good luck with the preparation for your trip look forward to seeing all the adventures.😀

Nice goatee.. :)

Great episode, that Snow Mountain Hwy is a brutal climb. Hopefully Troy won’t have to much of a scar for the wedding pics.

Oh wow one thing after another 😮

We have all had days like this when everything turns to poop. Safe travels 😊

well that episode had everything didnt it as always thanks for sharing

Another entertaining video. Might I suggest you invest in a set of propeller guards if you want to get up close and personal with your drone. I never launch from my hand but always try to catch it when my flight is done. Also, you might consider getting a Scan gauge or Ultra gauge with which you can monitor among other things, the Transmission Temperature. I use an UltraGauge and when towing my caravan, I monitor which gear I'm in (I always tow in manual mode to prevent my 200 series from towing in 6th gear). I also monitor whether the transmission is locked or unlocked and finally, I monitor the Transmission Temperature. If the temperature gets higher than I like I drop down a gear and I always try to get the transmission to lock up as that reduces the temperature considerably. I haven't fitted an aftermarket transmission lockup kit but find I can get the transmission to lock up by manipulating the revs and gears in my 6-speed auto transmission. I think your 300 series has more gears but the principle would be the same. I'm looking forward to your upcoming trip

Laura’s making light of the situation as her friends can stitch her hubbies chin up! Quite funny in hind-site ( sorry).Glad you’re ok and the coleslaw was all sorted!

Super

Hi guys, another great episode. That was so lucky that it wasn’t more serious with the drone incident. Glad you are ok. Check out all 4 adventure. Jason just had some work done to the engine of his 300 and Matt from just autos talks about the issues with turbos doing just what happened to you guys. Hope that helps. Keep up the great work guys.

Ah well shit happens on the best of days , always makes good chat around the fire and a couple of bevvys, you both keep it real and thats how you are no b/ s , great vid by the way 👍

Troy you duffa....nothing a beer wont fix.

Bummer about the Drone Troy, looks painful, mate when towing you should always use Manuel mode unless on nice flat hwys, it’s always good practice😎

We had a bad Xmas break as well, transmission broke as heading down steep hill on day 1 of our break, able to drive in low range to nearest town, 70 km away and $1200 tow bill, now it’s has no gears at all….$$ and missed the rest of our camping trip.

Might be time for a goatee…looks like one on the vid, with the dried blood lol. Anyway, nice to know shite doesn’t just happen to us on travels!

Chin up Troy lol, serious note you were lucky

When it never rains but it pours! Troy get a hard hat & full face shield! Did you travel between Tumut & Cooma on the Snowy Mountains Hwy? I looked at it but wasn’t brave enough to tow a caravan. Some parts are very narrow.

hey team love the episode, i nearly lost a eye from a drone, i was very lucky, 4 days in the e&e amd still don’t hane full sight back.

enjoyed the Ist episode guys looking forward to the rest of the video's to learn from both of you as we just received our new Isuzu MUX with the GVM upgrade plus lift next the caravan 😊😊😊

Wow, I think you were extremely lucky with only a couple of cuts on your chin. My husband lost his eye with a propeller as it broke off and went into his eye. Take care and I hope you heal quickly.

Great episode! I have a 200 and always drive in S4 when towing the van. On really steep hills will drop it down to S3 and S2 on hairpins. Believe this is best for the engine and fuel economy, but not sure if same applies to the 300.

Well! As other people have said, this had everything indeed 😂hope your chin is healing up ok. A little touch up for wedding photos, no one will know 😉 Perhaps you need a tent for your lap too so you avoid those pickle situations 😅

Hope you are recovering well. 1st. You went limp mode for few reasons. Transmission temp too high, intercooler temp too high. I suggest getting lock up kit and use tiptronic and select gear on hills. 2nd. cable in starlink isnt fibreoptic. It’s CAT6 cable (LAN cable) 3rd I suggest getting decent tyre deflator if you are planning to do lap. Ichecktpms or tuffterrain is way to go these days. Lastly, dont go so hard on your gear. You will be strained middle of nowhere when it fails on you. Lastly, try to hard mount your air compressor rather than carryon box. Its all n good if you are doing short trips but when you are doing lap. There will be times you are doing inflating daily basis. Saves you about 2 tires quicker being hard mounted with pressure control units over your current setup.

Hey Troy, I noticed you had to hold your tyre inflator hard up against the valve. A handy trick is to put it on then rotate it clockwise to engage the thread and no more leaks. Cheers, love your vids.

I think you needed Benny Hill music for this episode 😂😂

If you had adopted the 3 second rule you could have just scooped up the coleslaw, back into the bowl and no dramas.

Not one of your better trips - with all the mishaps! But at least you are out there living the dream.

Jeezus, Troy! Right!, that’s your ‘one’… quota used. No more for the rest of the trip, thanks.

Must admit thought it would been a head but from Coco not the Drone!! Interested to hear Toyota's explanation of the limp mode issue on Brown Mountain . We use Brown Mountain a lot living in the area and will need to tow 3.5 over it with the LC 300 a fair bit.

You just have those days don’t you where it all goes to 💩 must admit your drone mishap had me giggling as my hubby got his brand new one, we were camping at rosebud and looking forward to some good drone footage. Hubby testing it out impressed at how it avoids obstacles and was demonstrating and he smacked it into the caravan awning and broke it. I was not impressed. So if we’d being videoing us, there would have been a lot of bleeps!! So a detour to Keysborough to DJI on the way home. So glad we aren’t the only ones 😂

What a big sook 😂😂😂

Nice work there with the drone.. put your tshirt in cold very salty water over night and it will draw the blood stain out. Then wash as normal

OOPSIE, what an episode. I'm sorry y'all had that much of a rough time. But like you said, things happen and you must just deal with it and do your best to keep going. But this was crazy it seems like everything happened at once, yikes 😬 😳 Poor Troy so sorry he got hurt, that darn drone "dag nabbit" Sorry about your new bowl Laura and I hope the coffee pot didn't break. Safe travels for all of y'all.

Did you get any drone footage? 😂😂😂 Few scars for the memories!

Ah well fun and games on the road, why would you want to be anywhere else

Great video. Did you find out what caused the loss of power in the 300 when towing up the hill?

L have to say you got your self a realy good wife 😉

Hi Troy just wondering the make of your drone and is it any good

That is what happens when you want to live the dream

Little Confused Your getting married soon but troy is wearing and " band" on his wedding ring finger"

Did it overheat and go into limp mode, my ford did that up a big hill twice when trying to hold a too high speed, back a gear and slow down a bit and all good. What did dealer say?

I told you should brought a Nissan there a piece of crap to

Laura i thought you were going to have a heart attack, all that heavy breathing, i think its diet time, cheers

Just letting you guys know that navigator have a bag for Starlink for preorder 😃saves carrying around that box. We find the box too bulky. The navigator bags are so much cheaper than the ones directly from Starlink too 🙂 Hope Troy is recovering well after his drone mishap.🩵

Well! As other people have said, this had everything indeed 😂hope your chin is healing up ok. A little touch up for wedding photos, no one will know 😉 Perhaps you need a tent for your lap too so you avoid those pickle situations 😅