My hatchback car camping setup | Solar power, cooking & accessories
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2022
- Sharing my Hyundai i30 hatchback car camping set up along with my camping essentials, safety tips and Aussie road trip tips for new travellers.
Blanket and hammock I’ve been using for months now and absolutely love. Both are made from recycled plastics and available from www.nakie.co/?ref=ySS5Wj9e3qoN you can use the discount code ‘LAURA’ for 15% off all orders.
For any questions I’d love to hear from you so feel free to comment below otherwise as usual you can check out my current travel updates and get new adventure inspo at / laura.waddell_
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You should show your videos to Hyundai Australia, they could sponsor your trip.
Haha thank you, I’ve had a lot of people recommend that! I’m not sure it’s quite the use they intended for the car but I definitely love it 😅☺️
My i30 rear seats dont go completly flat do you have this issue
@@Tom-lh3cj i think she removed her seats, either partially or entirely. In mine, which is the same model, you can pull a fabric tab on the front of the bottom cushion part of the seat, which lifts it up and forward so it sits against the back of the drivers seat, that creates a roughly 1.4 meter completely flat section when you drop the rear seat backs, but then the bottom cushion of the seat is now in the way. i think that piece can be unbolted but i cant say ive tried to do that
I think your set-up is Amazing
So glad l've finally found an Aussie solo girl in a car similar to mine. I have a HRV. The seats are fantastic and fold flat so no need to take any out but l love yr tips and how you set yr car up. I can fit a portaloo in mine (essential at my age) and you found the perfect spots to camp exactly how l imagined it. My mum and brother died in December and after all the dust has settled, and l can think straight l'm outta here to chill on the road! Thanks so much for the inspiration 😊
Hi 👋🏼 I am in Aus too and have a CRV car camper. I joined Rolling Solo, a group for solo female campers
@@ChilledOut awesome! I think the CRV is a little bigger and 4WD? But the seats are the same
@@travelgirl747 yes it’s a little bigger than HRV but mine is not a 4WD
@@ChilledOut and where have you been camping. I want to start in the next week or two. Also, what tent are you using?
Your Dad did a great job, clever design and love the simplicity plus versatility of the set up. On version 4 of my 4x4 set up and have done something similar being able to sleep in the vehicle, loving it. Thanks for the run down and enjoy your travels….👍
I bought a Rav4 years ago to travel around Australia, still didn’t leave my town. I really admire what you’re doing!
Thank you! I love that you had the plan to go and I do hope you’ve been able to fit in some smaller trips since getting the Rav4. Maybe some future travels are in line for you 🙌🏼
Amazing set-up, you're very organised and travelling about as inexpensive as one could yet you don't compromise on places you get to..I bet your parents our very proud and probably quite often concerned, not that they'd let on...Happy travels. 👍👍👍
So inspiring to see you living your best life! 😍😍😍
Great setup, great presentation, great attitude. Will be sharing your channel with my daughter to inspire her. Keep going!
Well done Laura, great presentation. I think you are very brave but admire you for having the courage to take off and travel while your re so young, childless and carefree. Stay safe and enjoy every minute of your journey!
You are such a great inspiration, I read about your solo travel trip in news article I was flipping thru on flipboard and I was so inspired and search your name in google. And it landed me to your channel which I did not expected as it was not mentioned in the news article.
I am 45 yr from India and I feel you are living your life to the fullest at such an young age. You are brave, intelligent and lovely soul and you are inspiring many people. I have seen all of your videos and can't stop talking about you whom ever I meet at work or home. Thank you dear!
I’m loving these videos and the fact that you just made it work with what you had and are out there doing it while so many people are saving for a giant 4wd they can’t afford and a hundred accessories they’ll never use 😁
I watched your climbing Mt Cooroora one on my way to climb it myself and now am a little hooked and about to binge watch your adventures 🙂
Glad to finally find aussie car camper. Cheers mate for making a great video. Pretty much covered all aspects primarily needed for beginners.
Thank you, I really needed this video. Safe travels 💐
Thankyou sweetheart your amazing!! Love the platform idea! Keep safe, and have fun! ❤️
Thank you Laura.
I have been travelling around NZ a bit. Your video has given me some great ideas about set up.
It's a great little car to go touring in! I've covered a great chunk of the country in mine - not much in car camping, but tents etc, and will be hitting 500,000km sometime this year!
Love the video :)
Great tips and advice!. Interestingly, I set up my 1986 Suzuki GTi Swift similar to you to solo travel the NT Gulf 12 times (including Lawn Hill in 1999) but carried a lot more stuff (in a MUCH smaller space) as I had a small sit-in kayak, heaps of fishing gear, car spares, recovery gear, tools etc and was heading to areas foreign to FWD 1.3l hatchbacks! Basic bush mechanical knowledge is a help, especially when things like your fuel tank decides to nearly rip from the floor on shocking corrugations in the middle of nowhere. I feel you should add a small yak on your racks to add to your adventure and give you more mobility plus access to free food like fish. Oh, I found the 10l collapsible water bladders perfect as as they get used you can pack them away to save space. Still got the Zook as my daily but it hasn't done the bush thing for a few years now.
I car camped in my 2016 i30 hatch from April 2020-April 2023. My girl was an awesome little car but I needed to upgrade so I can go more remote. Now have a 2019 Nissan Xtrail and love her to bits!!
you saying it's cloudy and cold reinforces my decision to great back north from Esperance back to the sunshine yuss. keep up the great content!!
Ahah nothing like getting back to the sunshine after rainy weather! Thank you & enjoy 🙌🏼🌞
Well covered, happy travels.
Awesome setup, just shows what can be done with the resources available.
Thank you! Loved setting this car up and making the most of it 🙌🏼
Great set up. Love it!❤
Thank you for this. I'm about to road trip over the year in Australia. I have a Rav 4 which there are many amazing tutorials on for fitting out. But I really wanted to see what I could do with storage to the side of my bed area rather than all of it underneath
Loved the vid & set up. I'm gonna av to tidy up my Patrol inside! Great tips, thanks!
Thank you, that sounds great! Good luck with it 🙌🏼
Thanks so much for your great information on car camping what a great setup your father has created for you
Bravo Laura!
I find your confident, articulate manner, combined
with your gorgeous smile and looks, impressive to say the least.
Years from now, when you are my age (60) you will have such
great memories of your adventures to reflect on.
However, lets not get ahead of ourselves, for I feel
your adventures have only just begun!
Enjoy our great country and the bright and unique future you have.
Kudos to your dad, some of us old blokes are handy indeed.
Thank you for your lovely comment! I’ve certainly had some great adventures to look back on and plenty more to come, thanks for being apart of the journey 🙌🏼☺️
@@LauraWaddellTravel
Thanks for the reply Laura,
My better half and I look forward to getting on the road ourselves
soon, in our Toyota Coaster like a couple of old hippies!
We may see you out there somewhere.
Take care and safe travels.
Yassss to hatch back living!!!
Lots of good ideas. Stay safe.
Hi Laura, I really found your car camping set up vlog beneficial, thanks 😀Have you done a vlog about what you pack and use on your multiday hikes? I've just recently did my first overnight solo hike on the Heysen Trail, I found the backpack super heavy and I'd love hear about the equipment you find essential and ideas on lightening the weight of a pack. Thank you so much for your vlogs, just came across them and will no doubt get inspiration from them. With gratitude, Lisa
Love your set up
Great stuff Laura n just great to see u getting out there just in a basic set up like myself in my life star wagon 'which u probably haven't even herd of in your age bracket lol but it does me ) actually thats no basic set up as u have everything u need n more its just that we think that bc we r living in this day n age were everyone is advertising wat they have n so on n some ppl feel left behind but luckily i was born in the 70s i guess n i no the difference. take care n stay happy. .
I have a VZ wagon and the bed will be just higher than my 164cm frame, from the top of the back seat layed down is 184cm so I have length space 😊 I'm currently decking it out
Thank you so much for the info. ❤
2 wheel drive vehicles are very underrated. We all used them on the farms back in the day and I even own a 2 wheel drive Isuzu today. As for 4 wheel drives...been there and done it and about 90 % of the time they are not necessary unless you are doing deliberate off 4 wheel driving.
AWD /4 WD is essential if you are doing regular snow driving . Of course fitting snow chains where needed is not a bad idea.Some wet and steep unsealed roads are not navigable by 2 WD.
Amazing stuff lovely 🙏
Thank you beautiful 💕
Thanks so much for your wonderful video! Just wondering which camping fan you’d recommend for car camping?
Loved your video. I have an I 40 wagon I would like to fit out. How do you access your spare tire?
This is such a nice video and such a compact and handy setup! Hope you've had great experiences so far. Australia is the best :) I have a few questions though:
1. Have you travelled from Sydney to Cairns or the other way?
2. Is that fridge setup a custom one too or did you buy it online?
Impressive camper Laura, good on petrol too which goes a long way these days.
Thank you! My i30 is diesel and it’s definitely helped so much having an economical car, prices are crazy right now 😅
I gota Nissan GU Patrol with draws and I still can't find space ! haha you got your setup downpacked and is really good ! 🤙😎
Thank you! I think draws would be a really great way to go for most vehicle set ups but they can definitely be easy to fill up with extra gear 😅
Great videos, I live in Denver, Colorado. Planning on converting my Mazda 3 Hatchback to a camper. I subscribed to your channel. Great content. I may also do my own CZcams channel on my trips.
Aussie here***
How did/ do you connect the curtains?
I have a cord territory which means I can open just the windows or the whole door.
(Always press my lock in to stop draining the battery)
Hi! I'm working on a similar build and was just curious how you designed your bed to fit over the front seat? Any advice would be really helpful, thanks!
I'm moving to Oz soon from Ireland and you're doing exactly what I want to do. I just haven't decided on whether to travel with a car or motorcyle.
How exciting! I hope the move goes smoothly for you. A motorcycle would be such a fun way to go but I’d say definitely a car if you’re planning on camping lots or travelling longer (more space to relax, be warm, put things) good luck!
I’ve done both. The small car carried a lot of gear, not quite as much as in this YT video, but still a lot of comfortable camping gear.
The motorcycle forces you down to mainly essentials. But you can still carry a lot of gear. I travelled on a 750 cc motorcycle and on a small 4 stroke 250 cc, and carried the same amount. For pannier bags I used 2 ex-army surplus jute / hessian bags. On the pillion seat a folded up 2-person tent, then my sleeping bag rolled up, and then a back-pack resting on that. A small shoulder bag would rest on the fuel tank.
In all this space I’d have a very small gas stove. A fry pan and some boy-scout fold up utensils. Usual camping gear like a machetes, etc. Enough food for a few days, ditto for drinking water.
In the small shoulder bag would be entertainments. A couple of paperbacks, a chess set, a few handheld battery operated computer games (always took my mini dictionary with word games), pack of cards, etc, a small transistor radio (I’d recommend an emergency one with S.O.S. lighting).
The thing with the motorcycle, is that it could be wheeled off the road, into a forest out of sight, for a comfortable free night’s free accommodation (make sure you leave no rubbish behind).
Anyway, that’s how I did it. Everyone’s different but good luck with your trip. 😊
Hi Laura, love your video as I too am converting an i30. I heard you say the front seat folds down flat? I took mine out as I didn't seem to think it could lay flat. What year is your car? I took out the bum parts of the back seats and they now lay flat without protrusion but didn't manage the front passenger. Thanks!
If you have an even smaller car you can probably just pack a tent if there's no room for a bed in the car. In Australia there are lots of camping spots.
From one Aussie Girl i30 Hyundai owner to another 🤠👍👏.
Hey Hun...
Just found you CZcams channel today.
Great job.
@Master Yoshi her car or mine just double checking ... But if mine
it's a 2010 Hyundai i30 wagon cw on petrol
@Master Yoshi but yerh I have only one issue with my car in 3 years was just spark plug issue but was a quick and low cost fix.
Thank you ☺️ your set up looks awesome definitely goes to show there’s so much you can do with little cars! Hope you’re still enjoying travelling in it 🙌🏼
@Master Yoshi hey! Mine is the diesel yes, just a little smaller not being a wagon. Hope you love it if you decide to do the same! 🙌🏼
Thank you for making this video :)
Would it be possible to show how you set up your bed? Do you tilt your seat back or forward? After that do you place some type of support platform on the seat?
I’m not sure what she does here with the bed, but my guess is she tilts the front seat towards the front of the car. The bed base appears to be the storage boxes.
Now I have a smaller Hyundai Getz. I’m 5ft 9ins, and I’ve slept quite comfortably in mine, after I worked out a couple of things. I fold the back seats down. Put some plastic boxes in the boot area that are the height of the folded down seats. Move the front passenger seat forward to the maximum, then tilt the seat forward. In the footwell in the back of the car, I place a couple of cheap plastic stackable stools (one with the sides cut out for the hump in the middle of the car. Then I lay a very narrow child’s airbed over the top of this. The first time I did this it wasn’t exactly level, but with some old newspapers under the airbed, this solved the problem. Now for the space between the front passenger’s seat and the stools, I filled with carry bags and assorted unbreakable things. On top of the airbed I placed a very thick sleeping bag. I carry a lot of blow up cushions and pillows (as in huff and puff). All this is surprisingly comfortable as long as you sleep with your head toward the front of the car. The drawback is your body is now at window level so … tinted windows or curtains are a must … otherwise you may be mistaken for a corpse.
This of course is a low tech, el cheapo method of sleeping in one’s small car, however the set up in the YT video looks very comfortable and quite professional, too.
I’d also recommend a few practice nights in your own front yard before taking off on a long trip.
I hope I’ve been helpful here.
Does it requires any certification from vicroads to change the car in to camper?
Since you took the back seats out did u have to put it over the pits again??
Im so stoked your travelling in your car
awesome.
Thankyou for sharing
How do you deal with the heat in summer?
Please, how big is your suitcase? I plan to buy a hatchback, but not every hatchback has a big enough trunk. I was thinking about buying a Seat Leon or a Ford Focus, just to see if it would be enough for occasional camping. I wouldn't want to buy a combi unnecessarily. Thank you for the answer 😊
how do you with the heat? just a fan?
What’s the best way to clean your dirty dishes?
Hi, how wide is your sleeping mattress?
wow where is that at 8:56?
Hi Laura, what year is your i30? My i30 the back seats dont go flat
if your home look at companies that pay you for advertising depending how you drive
Thanks Tom
how do you manage your gasoline?
I am about to be homeless in South Australia; I’m disabled but capable of driving and taking care of myself. I’m working on a plan that means I can travel in a small car, with a small dog, a bird, and 4 cats (a cat run made from collapsible dog crates, .. with marine ply/marine carpet base, and waterproof shade cover.
Do you film your own drone footage?
no se yo lo veo muy peligroso una chica sola viajando por australia,espero que todo salga bien abrazos
a great video
Thank you! 🙌🏼
Good video. Loved how you decked your car out for traveling. I’m traveling down to Tasmania around August and might go to Cradle mountain. When you were driving in the snow, did you use chains?
Thank you, sounds like a great trip coming up for you! I didn’t have chains at the time as I got caught in an early snow storm and wasn’t expecting it that early in the season, that said I would 100% recommend them and some places might mandate you carrying them. I did go back up to the snow in a 4wd a few days later and obviously had a lot more traction but be very careful on icy roads! 🙌🏼❄️
@@LauraWaddellTravel awesome. Thanks for your advice 😃
What's the mileage of the car? I wonder if mine one with 253Ks could do same trips. ))
I'm starting my car camping/ travelling on Saturday
I haven't been on a holiday in 14 years,
I might not come home
9:45 What location is this?
This is well covered 👌
What's been your favorite part of Australia or state to explore thus far?
Thank you! I’ve really loved everywhere I’ve been as it’s all so different but I do have a soft spot for Queensland as I love the warm weather, particularly up around the Daintree and FNQ the waterfalls are amazing!
Thank you @@LauraWaddellTravel That's great, I'm delighted to hear that! as I'm in QLD, GC and enjoy it. (escaped melb years ago)😁
I'm yet to to see FNQ but love to soon could add Daintree to the list. I shld watch more of your vids.
It is a beautiful diverse country to explore 👍
@@phildawe7172 thank you! So glad you’re happy up there, it’s really a beautiful state & definitely worth visiting the Daintree 🙌🏼
I like to our curtain on the back window. How did you attach it?
Thank you, we took the back plastic section off and secured the top of the material underneath then put the plastic back on to keep it in place. It may vary between vehicles if you’re able to get it off without damaging the plastic.
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Thank you!
Thank you so much for your informative video. Q: is there a camping/4WD store that you can recommend for things like a solar powered battery, etc? I’m completely new to this and hoping to set up my 2nd-hand Dualis like your i30…and don’t have a Dad who can help me. I will need to rely on good, honest support from shops & also don’t have much $$. Thanks.
Thank you, that sounds like a great project! As for a battery/solar shops like 4WD Supercentre, BCF, Outback Equipment, Supercheap Auto, Battery World or Aussie Batteries & Solar should all be able to help and probably give you some advice for the right set up for you... they may however be a bit expensive so it might be worth talking to them and seeing what’s in your price range and what they’d recommend. You could also look for a second hand panel or set up on FB marketplace or Gumtree that someone’s taking out of there own set up. That’s probably your cheaper option but just making sure they’re selling because they’re upgrading or similar reason. Hope that helps 🙌🏼
@@LauraWaddellTravel thanks heaps Laura. I’ve shared your instructional video to a friend and you’ve inspired her to try and set up her car too! I’ve recently invested in black-out mesh shades (that cost a small fortune but use can drive with them on, brand it Trokot), I’ve make other small investments too however won’t be up to travelling or trying it out until on or around September (I’m recovering from a serious medical illness so spend most of my time resting but seeing your great videos and TikToks really uplifts me and gives me hope for when I’m well again). Happy travels! :)
@@mettlesome7794 I’m so glad to hear about your friend and the shades sound great! It’s always nice when you can’t be travelling to at least be improving your set up like you are and getting ready for it. Best of luck with your recovery & thank you for being apart of the journey here 💛
Enjoy your dualis , I love mine
Hi Laura,
Can you recommend any other aussie channels that do what you're doing also? I follow suv rving, but Tristan is in Idaho, US. Trying to.find more content that relates to Australia.
Hey, thanks for your comment that’s awesome you’re trying to find some more Aussie content. Maybe check out Rebecca Ellie, JMxploring, Sarah and Keelan Travels or Overland Exposure. Hope that helps!
@@LauraWaddellTravel thanks Laura
I also follow twosome travellers in a coaster bus
Do you carry a satlite phone or 2 way radio
I’m not currently but they’re a good extra safety investment! Definitely at least take the two way if you’re with a few vehicles (:
Do you get lonely? I want to travel around Australia I my car but I feel like i would get very lonely.
Hey thank for your comment, I don’t personally but I’m regularly in contact with friends and family back home and I find there are lots of other amazing people travelling Australia right now who make great company ☺️ maybe try a smaller trip first, stay somewhere like a campground with lots of people around and see how you feel
Ms. W. walked the entire AAWT solo :-0. She did an amazing job both physically and mentally. Do some solo bushwalking and then hopefully you will not become lonesome at all.
You might want to try red lights when camping. Red lights and green for that matter, don’t attract any flying insects. Green is best but that destroys your night vision. Best is the so-called deep red led lights. Just be aware, red lights do attract humans….
Try a biolite stove for cosiness and little energy.
wish i could do this but im just a broke 15 year old hahah
Hello young spunker
Step 1: Get a Dad
I’m very grateful for my dads help with my set up built but there’s a lot that actually goes into making it work and travelling on your own. I hope we can inspire anyone to get on the road 💛
@@LauraWaddellTravel absolutely! You're out there doing the thing which some people with "bigger/better" setups don't push themselves to do. Super admire you!
Fresh is best no need for dairy
Or meat , only eggs and veg
How do I join youuu? Dylan-acevedo1
Add my snap🥺
Are you travelling? Always lovely to see other travellers out and about on the road (: