DucruznOZ

08/06/2026

** New project Update **
With the van sold (a few years now), kids back in school and us back working we have only done a few trips away. We have been lucky to be able to use Kate's parents hybrid caravan and are gratedul to have that option. Move forward to this July and we will be tackling Cape York. Not wanting to put someone else's van through the same torment we used to do with our own we decided on a cheaper alternative that "should" handle the terrain and river crossings Cape York will throw at us.

Enter the "camper that Marketplace built"..... a cheap box trailer camper with majority of parts sourced from marketplace. This is an effort to make an affordable and hopefully indestructible camper capable of tackling the Cape for 4 weeks with a family of 5. Over the last few weeks i have been building this up from wheels and tyre upgrades, new bearings, axle flip, mouldy/torn camper canvas removal (to install RTT), plumbing up water system, wiring in 12v system and general repairs to make the camper ready to go.

Let me know if you are keen to see a build run down on YouTube and I can throw together a quick video. As for Cape York..... bring it on..... we are also tackling the challenge with our mates from (instagram) so make sure to head over and give them a follow 🍺🍺

23/05/2026

🤣🤣🤣 This is hilarious to read!!! Complaining about a top fuel price of $3.05!!! 😱😱 We'll be hitting the Cape, Qld VERY SOON, so watch this space for what the fuel is like this time!! 🎉🎉🎉

🌏🌏 THE INFAMOUS MAP SHOT 🌏🌏

What lap wouldn't be complete without the MAP shot.... we have been a bit slack of late; moving back into "normal life", kids in normal school, parents back to proper jobs but still living life in/out of the van.... all up we started travelling from April 2020 and finished up in Dec 2022.... not a bad stint and only pulled up to work once (3 months in Wangaratta- legend Kate 💪💪)

All up we guesstimate approx 85,000kms travelled and about 75,000kms with the van attached..... cheapest diesel was $1.75 and most expensive was $3.05.... at a rough guess we used approx 18,500 litres of diesel at about $40k 😲😲😥😥

Admittedly we did go back to QLD twice for Xmas period and we also love back tracking or going the wrong way a few times 🤪🤪

Just shows that the main cost in travelling is definitely fuel, thankfully now the fuel cost is dropping but when it was in its peak we definitely felt it..... still have North QLD and Tassie to do....

All in all a great time had and hopefully not our last, what do you take from this?? Whatever you want... ha ha... just get out there an explore 💪💪🍻🍻

16/07/2024

Big THANK YOU to all who messaged, rang or commented for my 40th birthday yesterday. Was a shame to be at work and not with my beautiful family, but my work family made me feel old so I figure that counts.... bring on RDO 🍻🍻 Kate Ducrou

16/03/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/K6cKZsFoNKif5yKz/?mibextid=oFDknk

Caravan still up for sale, jump in and continue travelling Australia or great for short getaways....

30/11/2023

Happy 16 year wedding Anniversary Kate Ducrou 🥰🥰 22 years together all up and you still manage to put up with my antics and nonsense..... can't imagine doing life with anyone else ❤❤

13/06/2023

🚙🚙 TOWING MIRRORS 🚙🚙

Now that I have you attention, this video I go through our experiences with towing mirrors... we change out our Clearview for a set of MSA ones..... are they any good?? What went wrong with the clearviews?? Why did we choose these?? How come that rash has come back.....

I know we have been quiet but we are busy adulting ha ha.... have got some great 200 series stuff coming up with something all new 4wd owners should learn about when it comes to 4wd and LO range..... stay tuned.... also "Snowy" gets some new suspension and we can see what 80,000kms of travelling some rough roads and heavy loads actually do to you car after your dream lap is just a memory...

Jump over to YouTube for that video and more if u haven't already....

https://youtube.com/

01/05/2023

🌏🌏 THE INFAMOUS MAP SHOT 🌏🌏

What lap wouldn't be complete without the MAP shot.... we have been a bit slack of late; moving back into "normal life", kids in normal school, parents back to proper jobs but still living life in/out of the van.... all up we started travelling from April 2020 and finished up in Dec 2022.... not a bad stint and only pulled up to work once (3 months in Wangaratta- legend Kate 💪💪)

All up we guesstimate approx 85,000kms travelled and about 75,000kms with the van attached..... cheapest diesel was $1.75 and most expensive was $3.05.... at a rough guess we used approx 18,500 litres of diesel at about $40k 😲😲😥😥

Admittedly we did go back to QLD twice for Xmas period and we also love back tracking or going the wrong way a few times 🤪🤪

Just shows that the main cost in travelling is definitely fuel, thankfully now the fuel cost is dropping but when it was in its peak we definitely felt it..... still have North QLD and Tassie to do....

All in all a great time had and hopefully not our last, what do you take from this?? Whatever you want... ha ha... just get out there an explore 💪💪🍻🍻

07/04/2023

We have reached 2K followers! Thank you for your continued support. We could not have done it without each of you. 🙏🤗🎉 I know we have been quiet of late, but life gets in the way and jobs/school/family has unfortunately taken priority... hopefully back to travelling soon....

22/01/2023

OK......here we go.

✏️ FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 2023 ✏️

These little poppits haven't been to main stream school for almost 2 years and little Ari has never been in full time school. Now grades 1, 3, and 5 they nailed their first drop off!! Mum is still getting over it tho!! 🤣🤣🤣 Good luck to all the other parents out there this morning! 😘

15/01/2023

😥😥 Last travel episode for Season 2 😥😥

Well that is a wrap, our travels have officially finished for our "lap" but we have something planned for mid year 🍻🍻

We will still be putting out some videos in regards to budget blow-outs, vehicle damage, caravan damage and also a lot of things we would do differently or even wish we had of done. So stayed tuned for those.

A big thank you to everyone we have helped along the way or have watched our videos. The amount of interaction we get from people on the road is quite overwhelming and also very humbling. We love doing what we do and enjoy the editing process so it is not like a job for us....

Make sure to check out our back catalogue of episodes (an amazing 123 videos 😲) for any inspiration or questions that may need answering...

Thanks again and travel safe 🍻🍻