NIGEL IS BACK! for more OFF-ROAD Adventures

NIGEL IS BACK! for more OFF-ROAD Adventures | Lerderderg State Park

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8 ай бұрын

Hey friends, Nigel is back in the van, and we are heading off-road for more adventures. We visit the Lerderderg State Park where we take an off-road forest drive and do a super challenging hike. But not before celebrating Nigel's return with a mini - COUNTRY PUB CRAWL.
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@patrickosullivan6006 8 ай бұрын

Good morning and happy you are back to your routine and enjoying your travels. I have been to Trentham dozens of times and have never seen the waterfall 😢. I spent a long time in Glenyon on a dairy farm.Hope you enjoyed Saudi Arabia Nigel and are back safely from that part of the world 👏👏😘happy you didn’t fall into the river. Thanks

@nigelandsueadventures 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Patrick. If you didn’t visit the waterfall does that mean you were hunting magic mushrooms haha

@heinzmartin8266 5 ай бұрын

Devastated, I’m in Bacchus Marsh and I missed this video, I would have shouted a beer!

@debbicycle2143 8 ай бұрын

Great Video, Love Lerderderg and Trentham Blackwood Ect. Lots of bushwalking down that way over the years. THANKS😃

@nigelandsueadventures 8 ай бұрын

Yeah it was a great place to grow up, and enjoying walking there now too

@dianne3891 8 ай бұрын

Glad you’re back safe and sound Nige. Thank you for bringing us another great video! Di and Troy

@nigelandsueadventures 8 ай бұрын

You’re welcome guys. Thanks for watching!

@warrencramer4516 8 ай бұрын

Victoria certainly is beautiful!!

@nigelandsueadventures 8 ай бұрын

We live in amazing country! Thanks for watching

@MoonRiverTravels 8 ай бұрын

Cannot say how much I enjoyed this ep! Brought a tear or two to my eyes. 😢 When I was a nipper I couldnt pronounce the name of the park, so it'd come out "Lerderderderberg", and so it is still known! Looking forward to next week's ep, GOR's one of my fav places to escape life! xx

@nigelandsueadventures 8 ай бұрын

Awwww Kit what a lovely message. We certainly enjoyed the GOR even if we didn’t have the best weather! (And Nigel keeps saying Lerderberg)

@jhaninewalker1299 7 ай бұрын

OMG I wish I’d known you were out this way! I’d have loved to meet you face to face and pick your brains over a few bevvies! Hubby and I are in Bacchus Marsh and have started planning our next chapter as van lifers! Hope you loved it x

@nigelandsueadventures 7 ай бұрын

We will be back out that way again. My mum lives just up the road near Ballan. Send us an email hello at nigelandsueadventures dot com.

@alanrichards6963 8 ай бұрын

Hi Nigel and Sue, Have watched several of your fantantic videos and absolurely enjoyed them. I admire your dedication and detailed adventures. I cannot wait to join you on your Aussie travels when my partner Yuki and I get on the road. Love your videos. Cheers, Alan & Yuki

@nigelandsueadventures 8 ай бұрын

Hey Alan and Yuki, thanks for watching and we are glad you’re enjoying our videos. When will you be hitting the road? Which way are you heading?

@alanrichards6963 8 ай бұрын

Hi Nigel and Sue, Thanks for your prompt reply, glad to see your enjoying travelling. Yuki and I don't have a firm date when we are hitting the road, currently waiting on our property sale in Melbourne, before organising a new life on the road. First port of call is sunny Qld, then wherever it leads.We envy your travels. Cheers, Alan & Yuki

@shaunacotter4665 8 ай бұрын

Welcome back Nige, oh humdolilah sadiq! I can see you enjoyed that beer 🍺 after 9 weeks... when I was in Saudia in the mid 80s if you didn't go to Saudi an alcoholic you came home one! Home brew of wine and beer was full on! Sue that was a lovely trip down memory lane for you ❤ Another stellar vid ✨️

@nigelandsueadventures 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Shauna. Yes Nigel has already been roped into helping someone drink their home brew wine!

@stevenjohannesen88 8 ай бұрын

Another great Vlog, and I was thinking that you put a lot of effort into the filming to make it interesting and entertaining for us couch potatoes, You guys are quite close to my hometown of Geelong, so I’m glad your enjoying our great bush land adventures. Cheers from Downunder ❤️🦘🦘🦘

@nigelandsueadventures 8 ай бұрын

Oh well you’ll love the next video Steven! We will be back in Geelong early Jan to catch the ferry to Tassie

@noelleclark1354 4 ай бұрын

Loved it Sue! Thamks.

@nigelandsueadventures 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Noela

@lisafrancis485 6 ай бұрын

On our to do list looks amazing 😍

@nigelandsueadventures 6 ай бұрын

Highly recommended, it’s a beautiful area.

@andrewroffey 8 ай бұрын

Welcome back Nigel! Great video as always. Hey Sue, did you find the hiking poles were a great help?

@nigelandsueadventures 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Andrew. Yes the poles are a massive help. Especially crossing the river 8 times!

@heinzmartin8266 5 ай бұрын

The nets are actually for fruit bats.

@heinzmartin8266 5 ай бұрын

The plot thickens! Your a local girl!

@nigelandsueadventures 5 ай бұрын

Yeah I grew up in the Marsh. Do you live there? We will be back in March/April

@heinzmartin8266 5 ай бұрын

@@nigelandsueadventures I live off swans rd, and your both very welcome to call in for a cuppa!

@nigelandsueadventures 5 ай бұрын

@heinzmartin8266 I grew up at the end of Swans Road!

@peterhewitson71 8 ай бұрын

Well done on the climb , did you visit your old home while you were there?

@nigelandsueadventures 8 ай бұрын

I stayed with my mum a few days but she no longer lives in the same house

@peterhewitson71 8 ай бұрын

@nigelandsueadventures I did a trip back to NZ and visited our first home 1959 in Otira , was quite a moving tip

@ANALaniJA381A 5 ай бұрын

Great video Nigel and Sue I have just started to follow your channel and will you be fitting a roof rack and snorkel onto your van at all or not and I’m currently looking at buying a Mercedes Benz Sprinter the 516 CDI LWB Automatic Model and I will be turning it into a camper van and this will be my set up My Camper Van Set Up Make & Model: 2011 Mercedes Benz Sprinter 516 CDI LWB Van Gearbox: 7 Speed Automatic Engine: 2.1 Litre 4 Cylinder Diesel 4 Door 2 Seat Van Camper Van Set Up Bullbar Roof Rack Awning Snorkel UHF Clearview Towing Mirrors Kitchen Shower 120 Litre Waceo Fridge 2nd Battery System Storage Box Food Cupboard Gas Stove Fan Clothes Shelves 240 V Inverter Curtains Double Bed Fly Screen Water Tap & Water Tank Clothing Line Storage Under Bed Solar Pannels Camping Equipment Fuel Tank - On Roof Outdoors chairs - Under Bed Portable BBQ - On Roof Swag - Under Bed Water Tank - On Roof Fishing Rods - Under Bed 5 Days of Food 7 Sets of Clothes 2 Sets of Warm Clothes 3 x Fleeces & Jumpers Per Person 2 x Water Proof Jackets per Person Umbrella -Under Bed MaxTrax - On Roof Spare Tyre - On Roof And do you think I will be overweight with this set up and how much would the van weigh in total I know that the sprinter has a payload of 2 ton and I will be travelling from Perth down to Busselton and Augusta then across to Bremer bay and Esperance then across the Nullarbor into south Australia then along great ocean road to Victoria then down to Tasmania and then up to New South Wales Gold Coast and mission beach and I will be travelling with a dog aswell and how well does the sprinter go off-road at lederderg state park because I’m thinking about going there aswell and talking about doing a river crossing with the van

@nigelandsueadventures 5 ай бұрын

It’s hard to say whether you will be overweight, will depend on a lot of factors. We come in around 4400kg and we have a LOT of stuff under our bed. My biggest concern with your plan is all the stuff you are planning to put on the roof, that’s a lot of weight up there. We have 110litre water under the van. 100 litre fuel tank, all the way around Australia that has been enough. Is it a 4x4? We don’t have a snorkel, have done river crossings in the Pilbara over knee deep. Our solar panels and Maxx fans take up all the room on the roof, so no room for a roof rack. Hope that helps. You might like to check out our blog post where we listed all the products we used in our build: nigelandsueadventures.com/van-conversion-product-list Hope that helps!