How We DOUBLED Our Time OFF GRID!!! 🌟 Our Tips & Tricks 🌟

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Five Down Under - Travelling Australia

Five Down Under - Travelling Australia

Күн бұрын

Let's give you all the tips and tricks that we have learnt in the last 2 years of travelling Australia to keep you off-grid for longer!!
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@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 12 күн бұрын
Thankyou for watching guys! We'd love to hear any other tips that you have, let's share the knowledge we all have to help each other 🙌🙌
@user-tu3jy3om1l
@user-tu3jy3om1l 4 күн бұрын
One trick I learned early when we borrowed a friends Jayco was to hang a towel in the elbow of the Electric Awning so you don't keep running into it. Could send you back to town with concussion
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 4 күн бұрын
Hahahaha yes! Tj constantly hits his head on the arm 😂😂 Hilarious!
@alisonphilp7497
@alisonphilp7497 5 күн бұрын
Great to see u guys glad ur well love the vid❤🇦🇺🙏
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 5 күн бұрын
Aww thanks Alison 🥰 🙌❤️
@billschneider1893
@billschneider1893 12 күн бұрын
One or two ideas. Cook food and boil water on an open fire in a fire pit are s/s bbq. During cold winters in NZ I warm a half basin and do a top 'n tail with liquid soap and a cloth. I buy fresh fruit and dehydrate apples, bananas. Lasts a lot longer than fresh fruit. Add a a bit if cinnemon and sugar ifvyouvwish Mixed veggies dehydrate well and if kept in seamed plastic containers one doesn't need to refrigerate. Lasts for months. "Pour 'n Go" nan be used to purify water off the roof, awning water or clear stream water./ from Mitre 10. I've used it for years. I use a lot of powdered milk. No containers in fridges. In coffee, cooking, porridge etc I can't tell the difference. Tea is a different matter. I got used to it! To save water showering, use a NEW, UNUSED garden spray that's gardeners us for weed spraying. Wet - soap - spray off. It works well and you use a lot sell water for a shower. You need to pump it up for little kids. Use 2x computer fans behind high up on your fridge vent to disperse hot air. Thevfridgeworksvbetterso uses less gas or power. Drive at 80 - 90kmph. Pump tyres quite hard on bitumin. Saves fuel.
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 12 күн бұрын
Wow great tips Bill! Amazing 🙌🙌
@oscarsmitty
@oscarsmitty 10 күн бұрын
thanks for the tips stayn off grid the water tip filling up from bottom of tanks a beauty will do that myself 👏👏
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 8 күн бұрын
Glad we could help 😊
@juliabrown9936
@juliabrown9936 6 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing, great tips guys especially the spray bottle for the toilet and filling the tanks from the outlet valve.
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 6 күн бұрын
I'm glad we could share some tips with you 😀
@johnpitt2742
@johnpitt2742 8 күн бұрын
when my wife and i went off grid we would fill our two 90l tanks and a 10 liter of water in a container and we would use that for every thing except drinking and fill it for the next day so for the two of us we used 10 l / day plus drinks. so there is water at every stop even though it is not fit to drink so you save water and go for longer with the water you have
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 6 күн бұрын
Great tip John! 😀
@kentriat2426
@kentriat2426 12 күн бұрын
My tip to stop the toilet role unwinding while traveling is to put a peg on holder that rests down against the toilet role. The light contact stops it unrolling
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 12 күн бұрын
Love this 🙌
@grahamwhittaker8844
@grahamwhittaker8844 12 күн бұрын
You’re onto it,nothing I can add 👍👍. The bride flew in from England today 👏👏👏one minor little problem,when she went to get her second suitcase out truck she realised it was the same bag with purple label on it and the label that the airline put on it had her name BUT the little purple label had someone else’s name and phone number on it 🤪🤯. She quickly rang the number and as luck would have it the other lady had done the same thing and had her bag (she hadn’t realised it yet) . So anyway we’re near Dubbo and she is in Sydney,so tomorrow we’ll drive to Bathurst and they’ll get there about lunchtime from Sydney and do the bag exchange. She is from England with a Ozzie hubby as well so it will be a good excuse for a drive and nice lunch with new found friends 😁😂. Bloody pomey birds,your lucky you’re good looking I tell ya 😂😂❤️🙏👁️👁️😎😇
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 12 күн бұрын
Glad she's back 🎉 Oh no what a bugger! Atleast it's all going to get sorted! Looks like you've found some great people in unexpected circumstances haha! 😂😂
@KSmith-ez3dh
@KSmith-ez3dh 12 күн бұрын
Good old tried and true tips guys served up with fresh eyes, awesome style and new gadgets 😀 Keep them coming. I really appreciate it.
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 12 күн бұрын
Amazing! Glad you enjoyed! 🙌🙌
@paulhardie9450
@paulhardie9450 12 күн бұрын
That squirty water bottle is great for washing hands as well ! Bonus the kids will love it the most hahaha Great practical saving tips young ones LoL 😝 🖐🏿go the five 🖐🏿 OH a 22lt wide mouth jerrycan is a great alternative to paying a fortune for a replacement Dunny cassette 🤪😎🤪 the one with the air vent otherwise the shoot will take ages to plop out hahaha 👍
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 12 күн бұрын
Hahahahaha you men can pee in the Jerrycan... Maybe with a sheewee I could? 😂😂😂
@paulhardie9450
@paulhardie9450 10 күн бұрын
@@fivedownunder sheeeeeeee weeee lol. No I meant to tip cassette into lol no pee into Butt that would work toooooo
@southerngentleman5321
@southerngentleman5321 12 күн бұрын
Great stuff, to the point, practical, low cost !! .. and love the "off grid crazy laugh" im going to call it
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 12 күн бұрын
Hahahahaha 😂😂😂😂 Glad you loved it 😉
@jasonr4926
@jasonr4926 10 күн бұрын
Try a water diverter valve on the hot water line, divert cold water back to tank, then fully opens when at temp, no wasting water or standing in the cold water. Great video!
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 6 күн бұрын
Yes that's a great tip. Thankyou 😀
@Roamindaveys
@Roamindaveys 11 күн бұрын
We have a 12V shower and collapsible 10 litre bucket for showering off grid - boil the kettle and top up half a bucket of cold water - we can do two showers with about 10 litres (and we use it in our ensuite shower) any left over warm water goes to washing up the dishes 😊
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 6 күн бұрын
Amazing tip! 🔥
@dotharbour4514
@dotharbour4514 12 күн бұрын
My husband wees in old laundry detergent bottle 2.Check out Topargee. Cheap and shows water used accurately by litre 3. For $30 off dollars bought a portable shower system. Have jerry can 20 litre. Put pump thing in water and hose end in caravan tank. Powered by cigarette end
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 12 күн бұрын
Great tips 😀 Thankyou!
@hayleyhoehne7460
@hayleyhoehne7460 12 күн бұрын
I find our lighting is way over the top inside the van so I use cheap usb rechargeable strip lighting and stick up strips. Recharge them during the day while the sun is doing its thing. I like the idea of catching the cold shower water. I might try that
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 12 күн бұрын
Ahhhhhh! Yes we actually just had something like this pop up on our phone the other day and we had a look as our lights seem to use abit aswell! 😊🙌
@hayleyhoehne7460
@hayleyhoehne7460 9 күн бұрын
@@fivedownunder I just either buy them at Aldi or online from Temu. Can pop them in dark spaces too as most have sensors on them
@zoezoe610
@zoezoe610 12 күн бұрын
Thanks all good tips.
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 12 күн бұрын
Amazing 🤩🔥
@Peter_hosking
@Peter_hosking 12 күн бұрын
In regard to a generator. We don’t take one with us on our trips. Because our 12v vehicle charging can put in 50amps where is the generator can only put in 10amps. So if we get a low battery we just run the car for an hour or two and or go for a drive. But we also have the red vision system that alerts me if we start getting low battery.
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 12 күн бұрын
Ahh yes that's awesome Peter, nice and handy! 🙌😀
@rachmilnes
@rachmilnes 12 күн бұрын
👍🏽 thank you guys, very informative
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 12 күн бұрын
No worries at all! Thankyou for watching 🙌🔥
@tonydavey2703
@tonydavey2703 12 күн бұрын
Thanks guys great tips! We'll be adopting a few for sure.
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 12 күн бұрын
Thanks Tony! 😀🙌
@kathleenbarton4201
@kathleenbarton4201 10 күн бұрын
well undies are easily rinsed ..also panty liners ..can wear undies for several days...sounds gross ...but sniff the crouch...if no smell ..is ok.little amount of in cup goes a long way cleaming teeth.. can have a great refreshing wash in a very small amount of water with a cloth. Spray bottle to dampen unruly hair and hand washing ....Yes buy drinking water. Great video...thankyou. 😊
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 6 күн бұрын
Great tips thankyou Kathleen 😀🙌
@user-th6un1uo3r
@user-th6un1uo3r 12 күн бұрын
Thank you 🙏 ❤
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 12 күн бұрын
Thankyou for watching 🙌😀
@JoshBarnes
@JoshBarnes 12 күн бұрын
We bought a Topargee Water Flow meter you install just after the pump, once calibrated right, you will be surprised how much usable water you really have, and you know exactly to the litre how much water you use and have left. Amazing product, highly recommend, easy to install, all JV fittings
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 12 күн бұрын
Thanks Josh 😀🤙
@BordertotheShore
@BordertotheShore 11 күн бұрын
Awesome video 💯🇦🇺
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 6 күн бұрын
Thankyou guys 😀🙌
@travelswithmymate4486
@travelswithmymate4486 11 күн бұрын
Thanks Guys! I learned a lot from your video. As someone else mentioned I pee in a laundry softener bottle. It has a wide opening and can be emptied outside in the morning. A drop of eucalyptus oil now and then keeps it smelling fresh.
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 6 күн бұрын
Great tip! Glad you enjoyed the video 😀❤️
@user-sw2gb5tr1f
@user-sw2gb5tr1f 11 күн бұрын
Hi from New Zealand. A very good episode with your tips. We are going to be in your country shortly so have you got some highlights to visit in Brisbane and the Sunshine coast. We are 57 and only like to walk 10 kms a day and we don't drink alcohol. I enjoy watching you. yt channel. I value your comments. Thanks Jono p
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 6 күн бұрын
That's amazing! That'll be very exciting for your upcoming trip! 😀 Thankyou for lovely comment and your continued support for our channel 🤙❤️
@neilkemp9118
@neilkemp9118 8 күн бұрын
Replace your toilet with an Ogo composting toilet. Brilliant
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 6 күн бұрын
Sounds expensive to me 😂😂
@billschneider1893
@billschneider1893 12 күн бұрын
Having children on a long trip makes a big dent in resources.
@fivedownunder
@fivedownunder 12 күн бұрын
Hahahahaha all the resources are gone within the first day 😂😂😂
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