INSANE WINTER FREE CAMPING IN THE SNOW! OFFGRID CARAVAN 4X4 NEW ZEALAND FORD RANGER 

Hahaha 🤣 Pricey!! Hahah glad we could do that place justice!! It’s amazing!!

100% mate! Your mate mum wasn’t wrong about that! We get all sorts of Europe vibes over here!! Next trip we do will be to the north island!

Thanks mate! its stunning down here!

Thanks legend!! 🍻🤙🏽🍻

Well worth it!

Great tip! We have had this issue a fair bit!! Too cold for lithium batteries haha now that’s real camping 😂😂🤙🏽 thanks for the tip!

hahah you doo need lop sided limbs over here haha yeah mate she's bloody chilly! had over 100cm of snow today!

Thanks mate!! Glad your enjoying it!! Extremely lucky indeed!!

Thanks Vicki!! The stars are insane here! Just as good as in the outback Australia! Thanks legend! Cheers for the comment 🍻🤙🏽❤️

Thanks Gail! Glad you enjoyed it!! Hahah it was very very cold!! Thanks Gail! Have a great weekend ❤️🍻🤙🏽

Thanks legend 🍻🤙🏽🍻🍻

Thanks Len! That’s it, hard to get the whole landscape in the lens haha 😂 Thanks for the comment mate really appreciate it 🤙🏽🍻🤙🏽

Thanks Jeff! Glad your enjoying them mate! Cheers for commenting!!

hey mate, sounds like an awesome trip! a bit of both worlds would be ideal.. especially if its -3 like it is right now hah thanks mate!!

Thanks Russ!!

thanks mate! brave or stupid hahah thanks mate

thanks mate! can't wait to do the north island some day too! cheers for the comment mate

Thanks legend!! Yeah it’s insane! Every which way you look!!

Thanks legend 🍻🤙🏽

Thanks Jane!! This place is insane! Everywhere you look it’s beautiful!! It was very cold to say the least haha 😂 thanks for the comment and you too

thanks mate!! haha not going to disagree with you there.. ill blame the rock shape haha thanks mate! pleasure as always

Thanks Barry!! incredible alright!

For sure mate! Number 1 thing we would of got before us a heater!!

Thanks Alan! We are loving NZ! Havnt seen anything like it! Winter camping is amazing

hey ken sounds like a great trip mate!! hired Percy, you guys got lucky haha Percy is a great hire vehicle!! we are finding 5-6 weeks isn't even enough to see everything in the South Island alone! cheers mate

Thanks Sharon!! Haha had to do it! Wouldn’t now though because in a week all the lakes are now ice!! Clay cliffs where cool, never seen anything like it!! Wow Lindis pass! Trucks were sliding off the road a few days ago... crazy!! I bet! Were you scared? Thanks Sharon!! See you next week

Gday Derek! We have a heap of 12v USB outlets all over the van which is good for camera gear and phones but the laptops that sounds like a nice idea! Might look into that cheers for the tip mate!! Thanks for the comment! We appreciate it 🍻🤙🏽🍻🤙🏽

Thanks mate!! It’s been killer

Gday Rob! sunny Adelaide alright! we miss SA! thanks legend and yes its perfect destination! thanks mate

No worries at all thanks for watching

Hahahah that’s classic! Chips are soo cheap over here! 5$ will well and truely feed me and sarah! Couldn’t imagine 2 gallons haha 😂

Thanks Richard!!

@@SarahandKeelanTravels Looking forward to your views on the Ranger

Thanks Vince! Glad your enjoying it mate!! That’s for the comment means a lot 🤙🏽🍻

Bloody cold haha 😂 felt good afterwards though! Yeah we booked a slot when we picked up the Armorlite last November haha 😂 so November we have a slot! What model and size we are still deciding! Thanks mate, different country has different conditions, many of which I underestimated hahah all good guys it’s a pleasure thanks for commenting 🤙🏽🍻❤️

Saw those in Kmart! Looked interesting haha thanks yeah clay cliffs are amazing!!

Thanks mate!! Every animal or human in NZ are friendly haha we are loving it

All good Sue! You guys are busy being superstars!! So proud of you guys! Yeah no passport no wine what a shame haha 😂 Thanks Sue! Miss you!!

Thankyou! Haha that would be nice haha 😂 We thought bugger it! Will be cold but we will get the real NZ experience!! It’s been really nice so far! Loving the cold season and it’s just turned to winter in the last week or soo! Thanks legend 🤙🏽🍻

Hahaha 🤣 stitch up

Thanks legend 🍻🤙🏽🍻

I think we have too, haha that’s normally the go with us, we have a crack and sometimes bugger up the facts! We love your country, incredible! Hopefully our vids can encourage more aussies over to see it too! It should be on Everyone’s bucket list! Thanks mate

Thanks gav

Thanks Craig!! It is! No matter which direction you look it’s like a postcard!! Bloody cold!! Cheers mate 🍻🤙🏽

Cheers Rolly! its epic over here mate

Yeah okay, interesting stuff! Didn’t know the BOM had that on there website! I’ll have a look! Cheers mate

Thanks legend this means the world to us!! Easy to film stunning scenery!! Thanks for the lesson haha very much appreciated and needed haha Thanks for the comment! 🍻❤️🤙🏽

Thanks legends, beautiful country you have! We are loving it! We are R&D this van so I think at this stage all vans to NZ will come standard with a heater! I’ll look into the ALDE systems thanks. It’s dumping snow all around us haha 😂 thanks legend

@@SarahandKeelanTravels My opinion would be to replace the Heat Pump and water heater with the ALDE system, I reckon it would make the van toasty warm during the winter… no noise either unlike a Diesel Heater.

Hahah I need to work on skimming for sure haha 😂 thanks legend! We are trying really hard to pump up our quality haha glad you have noticed! Means a lot

@@SarahandKeelanTravels hahaaha there was alot riding on it, bet that water was cold 🥶 Definitly noticeable aye, that one was a Hollywood film 👌 good on yas!

Thanks legends! Appreciate the feedback, dunno about Hollywood though haha 😂 be budget Hollywood, the films you click on and the voice isn’t in sync with the actors lips haha 😛

@@SarahandKeelanTravels did I say Hollywood? Ment Bollywood 😉😂 🙏

Hahahaha

Hahaha 🤣 only a bogan would swim haha 😂 haha love it

Try not to Co2 gas ourselves you reckon haha

Thanks legend!! Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks for thinking of us! It’s been really hectic few days for us out in the elements! Drove through snow and ice towing the van through haast pass which wasn’t that fun haha 😂 but we are surviving and it’s making for good videos haha 😂 loving NZ it’s amazing

Gday buck! Sounds like the go!! Perfect setup! We are still research and developing for urban and what they need to make standard on there vans. Heater is one of them and maybe even water pipe heaters to stop them freezing! Soo worth it mate we are loving it

Yea what I've done to mine also because it's an aussie import is under side of the van floor I've put fire proof sound deadner to stop the cold coming up through the floor and yes lagged the pipes cheers buck

Haha yeah it was classic! I’m 26 and sarah is almost 28 so was nice to get denied but we were spewing with no red wine on a cold night

haha is QLD having temps as low as -6 and highs of 1 degree? and snowing hahah ill take QLD anyday

@@SarahandKeelanTravels yeah maybe not -6 but below 6 which is cold for us QLDR’s. You guys are definitely doing tough with the cold but looks like you’re having a great time! Living the dream 👍🏽

Hahah bloody cold aye! NZ is epic!

Insane scenery!! Funny that! We havnt we have just invested our RU-vid earnings into a flash new lens and it’s soo crisp! Thanks for noticing that means it’s money well invested!!

@@SarahandKeelanTravels ohhh wow. Yep great investment. What did you get?

It’s a tamron 25-75mm low F stop!

@@SarahandKeelanTravels nice. Huge difference mate. You have to let us know when you get up to Goldie and Brisbane. Will buy you guys a beer or 3 and tell you some amazing places in Qld to go. Maybe even join you on Fraser 👍 I'll get you onto some fish there 😊

Hahaha we are loving winter though! Been snowboarding and surfing and touring around and the beauty is no one is on the roads in winter! Or camping so you have soo much space and privacy! We are loving it! Beautiful country

Hahaha no skinning dipping mate that’s for sure hahaha would be too cold and embarrassing 😂😂 hahah classic! Thanks for the comment mate! Have a good weekend! 🍻🤙🏽

No worries mate!! Yes of course will do one for sure!! Will be either this Tuesday or the following Tuesday!! Thanks mate! Will do

It could be said NZ is a land of extremes. The bottom of the south island is totally different to the top of the north island. Even where they are now is so different summer to winter. You are currently seeing how cold it can be, but usually nice fine days. In the summer they are just as likely to be the hottest in the country. Just dress and act accordingly, it's worth the effort.

hey bill thanks for letting us know! yeah we do realise, bloody thing! spewing about that as well! our armorlite has the same one without the oven so it will bugger us up too!

Hahahah just a wee one! The van was on the ship over here from aus before we even decided to do this trip haha 😂 so it was just poor timing!! Stunning area that! Mount cook is insane too

We have had to use the clearance of this van twice since we got here in NZ but speaking to the locals they reckon it would get in the spots that no other caravans could which sounds fun! Horses for courses mate! Your right though! 16 ;ft is nimble and flexible!! We are missing our Percy Prado at the moment too.. will do mate!! Haha no beers 🍺 cheers streety

Hahaha that’s crazy 😂😂

Thanks ahah it’s a lot of luck too! It’s insane over here! Charging batteries and equipment has been hard! So your not allowed fires in most places over here! You have to get permits to have them which is strange considering there no undergrowth and dry fuel to burn!! I think it’s more a risk in the summer time

@@SarahandKeelanTravels I’m surprised about the fires considering how cold it is there and that they have Hangi’s albeit in the ground but I guess they would need a permit if that a their rules but it’s a bit strange I think, it’s not right to sit around a cold camp at night with no 🔥 fire lol Rules are Rules though! Have fun you beautiful people.

To right mate it’s insane! Cold water was very hard to deal with haha 😂 3$ per litre at the moment! Thanks for the comment mate

Thanks Tam and Phil! its from ottway the label! Rarebird jacket!

big country because off all the massive mountains haha? yes! the water is really blue isn't it! I Think they say you can tell the where the water has come from due to its colour, so that particular blue is rain water as well as melted snow/glacier water apparently~ we love getting the real NZ experience here In the cold haha

@@SarahandKeelanTravels We have plenty of hills in the north island as well, but they certainly aren't as big as the middle of the south island. The rain and snow melt rivers tend to be clear, or dark blue when deeper. The very bright blue I'm thinking about is lake Pukaki, have a look on google maps satellite view to see what I mean, a real contrast. Apparently caused by glacier "flour" in the water. Ground up rock in other words. Whatever it is, stunning place. Bet its a bit cold there at the moment? A heater upgrade is going to be a must for NZ. Diesel will certainly be an option. I think many here (perhaps even most?) use LPG heaters? I don't know why that is, presumably cheaper? Just as a matter of interest, why did you choose to do a winter trip? Haven't heard you say anything about going skiing which is the main attraction to winter South island. It's certainly going to be a bit different to Aus. As a kiwi your comments on the cost of living make me a bit sad, although not surprised. Suspect there is going to be quite an exodus to Aus in the near future, again! The last few days I've even started hearing adds on the radio to come and live/work in WA. Not good for the future prospects of NZ. Thanks for your efforts, when you cant get away on holiday yourself watching you guys is the next best thing. Thank you.

Very cool haha 😂 too cold even! Haha thanks mate! Appreciate the comment

Thanks mate! Saw this ranger feature a little bit too late unfortunately

Hey mate, air fryers and inductions use heating elements which draw upwards of 100amps (depending on the size) if you run these things you need more than 500watts We have almost 500ah of lithium and we run these things however we have 840watts and sometimes I think I need more than that! Sounds like a good trip though! Hope this helps

Yeah still down south haha it’s crazy!! Almost got snowed into Queenstown! Couldn’t do ridge road because of ice and snow haha 😂 it’s getting crazy

Haha glad you got a laugh

Hey Kath! Thankyou!! So Perth will be full winter, if you can get up around shark bay or Exmouth it will be great weather and plenty to do and see! Especially in Exmouth!!

the rocks and the terrain around water are so different hey !! wow! this video is going to be huge I reckon !

how are you finding the daylight sun down times ?? it's much later yeah ? . have u guys had the white bait fritter yet ? and the blue cod ?

dont forget the spark ☎️📡

thanks mate glad your enjoying the music! been downloading some different stuff lately! nah its early as over here! sun up at around 8am and sundown at around 5:30 haha short days!! we need to find some white bait!!

Thanks mate! We have done something similar now, just straight off the battery with jumper leads to the Anderson so we can pump 50a in whilst we run the aircon off grid works great

The funny thing about it is that we actually organised to come over here after the vans had even left australia so it was a tad to late haha 😂 haha soo much fun though! We love the winter here

Thanks Daniel, hahah I just flicked it up that way! No reason at all apart from me being silly haha 😂

Thanks mate!! Sspewing aye!! Didn’t think of the sun angles I just thought it would be the same! Sounds like you have a great setup mate!! Good call on the small inverter that’s such a good idea!! Mate this place is unreal! We are loving it! Your not wrong there!! Hahah amazing aye! 😂🤙🏽😂🤙🏽 fush chups

Killer views 🤙🏽🤙🏽

MARK! Hahahah mate it’s hectic at the moment! Bloody blizzard down here near Queenstown! Hectic towing the van through the mountains! I bet mate, is this area sort of more of a summer camping destination? We are seeing literally no one else in caravans haha 😂 we feel a bit crazy 😝 Hahah bloody ducks!! 🤙🏽🍻

@@SarahandKeelanTravels Yeah mate it gets packed over spring and summer (Lots of camper vans pre COVID) There are some fantastic 4x4 trails, but summer only Your seeing an awesome part of the country at it finest though, well worth braving the cold (Great Hunting this time of the year too) When you come back and do the North Island we'll sort you out with some great adventures up here

I bet! Would be good to see it in summer too! We are currently locked down and trapped by this weather.. meantime drive haast pass today but too much snow on the road.. especially because don’t have chains! We have had blue skies until now haha 😂 Sounds good mate! Can’t wait to get up there!

thanks mate

That’s awesome Robb!! Interesting stuff that! We just fake it until we make it when it comes to camera skills haha 😂 This video is actually doing pretty badly today! Think it’s because everyone is having a nice long weekend out and about which is good

Thanks mate!! Haha yeah exciting times! We get looked after by urban! We are pretty well family now! Can’t say to much about the tow tug yet mate! We have dropped plenty of hints in previous videos though

@@SarahandKeelanTravels don’t go a land Cruiser!!

Why?

@@SarahandKeelanTravels value for money, u can get much more value out of a Ram or Silverado especially with Tech etc, personal opinion obviously.

Thanks mate! Hahah always the bad stuff!! Much less mate your right but people still are loving the vans! If your going to be using it over here for many many years it pays to buy quality still! Ali frame vans go well here in the snow and ice and all this moisture! Yeah I reckon 6 months and you could see it all!

Even camper trailers are almost non existent in NZ mind you canvas is not the best insulation What is popular are the Maui camper vans particularly with the euro tourists

You need to remember that nz is recovering from covid and also camping an caravanning is usually a summer activity foor obvious reaons a different climate. Pe covid the roads were totally congested with campervans ooften driven by overseas drivers with no experience. Dangerous for locals.

That’s it!! Sorry we bugger the stats up all the time

Hahaha mate we need a couple good beanies haha 😂 scenery is insane! Polar opposite to finke! We would kill for some heat right about now though!! Hope your having a good time on your trip Terry!! Might see you on the road soon! Enjoy the race

Narh it’s fire by permit only in most places! A lot of the island is National park too

For sure mate! We have done something similar now!! Aircon can now run offgrid haha 😂

yeah right, we stumbled across some greenstone today actually! felt Like we struck gold for a second.. then we worked out we struck green hahah for sure mate! 2:1 ratio is out the window in winter NZ! thanks mate

thanks Peter haha sounds hectic! all the reflections wouldn't help!

Yeah it’s a stock demo van so not added options on this one unfortunately! That’s okay though we are tough

Thanks mate!! It’s 20ft! Cheers

Thank you I found the walk around you did on it looking at buying one 🤙🏻

No worries at all, let us know if you want us to put you in contact with the right people at urban! Might get something thrown in because you follow us

We saw them up at the Queensland show

They are pretty nice van aye! Did you speak with Bill, kettle or Sheree?

hahah I agree mate dunno how we would even be able to afford to live here on our wages haha for sure mate! cheers Malc

Not typically where we went

this is very true hahah cheers mate

Hahaha mate it’s a bloody blizzard haha glad we are getting the real New Zealand experience haha 😂 thanks mate

Hi Bryan!! Thanks mate we are having a crack at saying them! Being on camera is hard mate and if that’s the only issue with the video we are doing pretty good