Busking and Vanlife in New Zealand: South Island

April 2015 CHRISTCHURCH Our first stop after landing in Christchurch airport was a few minutes down the road to the Jucy rental pick up. We had a Jucy Cabana to collect there, to travel around the South Island in style. We had a double bed, back kitchen and DVD player. We were pretty excited to get on…

How to Install a Roof Vent in a Camper Van

Over the last week or so, we decided to make a few changes to our camper van. Along with a few little jobs here and there we realised now was a good time to finally get around to installing a roof vent in the camper, to get some extra light in and some much needed…

Constructing a Bed for our Campervan

Speaking from our experience, seen as the bed doubles up as seating during the day, it was the most important part of the build. As soon as we fitted the bed in place it immediately transformed the space from a van into a campervan. Like most van dwellers and travellers, our days are spent exploring,…

Our Van History

We love the campervan lifestyle and the freedom it gives you when travelling. The history of vans we have owned and rented before buying our current one helped us to figure out how we wanted to design ours, what features worked best in a van and what we did not like about earlier ones, to…

Solar Power on a Budget in a VW T4

Solar power is an absolute god send for Vanlifers and it does not have to cost that much. We very rarely stay in campsites or places that have an available electricity hook up, so an on board power system was a must. We also love the idea of being as self-sufficient as possible and making…

Vanlife Intro

Since May 2016 we have embraced vanlife after leaving our rented apartment and lived life on the road! After a first summer away we are staying in a cottage over the winter to upgrade the van and prepare for travels again next summer. The van we chose was a VW T4 and was half converted when…