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Category: Camper Van

Meet Justin, our new campervan.

By Mike On 26 January 2021

Please don’t tell Keith but we have just been out and bought a new campervan. Well he’s new to us but Justin is a 2005 Ford Transit. To find out more about Justin watch our …

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2021, Blogs, Camper Van, Justin, New Zealand
#campervan, #ford transit, #New Zealand, #newzealand, #nomadlifekiwi, #vanlife, #waikato

Blueberry picking

By Mike On 20 January 2021

Today we don our silly hats, to spend the morning blueberry picking at Ohaupo. To watch our antics please watch our video hehttps://youtu.be/7kQ8YJljoTwre

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2021, Blogs, Camper Van, New Zealand, Waikato
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Additions to our van

By Mike On 15 February 2020

House battery and fridge. To make life easier on the road Jo wanted to add a fridge to our van, but how do we power it when not driving. The simple answer is to add …

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2020, Blogs, Camper Van
#campervan, #New Zealand, #nissan Elgrand, #nomadlifekiwi, #vanlife

Removing the middle seats

By Mike On 13 February 2020

Originally we were going to keep the middle row of seats in the van. This would enable us to carry passengers and they would also lay flat to form our bed. However to enable us …

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#campervan, #New Zealand, #nissan Elgrand, #nomadlifekiwi, #vanlife

Fitting out and Self Containment

By Mike On 22 October 2019

In this the second part of our Nissan Elgrand conversion we fit out the interior and take Keith to get his self containment sticker.

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Self Contained camping

By Mike On 19 October 2019

In New Zealand there are many places you can freedom camp, ie camp for free (not in a camping ground). To do this you must however be self contained. Watch our video to see what …

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#campervan, #nissan Elgrand, #nomadlifekiwi, #self containment, #vanlife

Removing the rear seats

By Mike On 19 October 2019

Today the first task of converting our Nissan Elgrand E51, Highway Star into a camper van is to remove the rear seats. We are undecided at the moment whether to make this a permanent conversion …

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#campervan, #New Zealand, #nissan Elgrand, #nomadlifekiwi, #vanlife

How we converted Keith

By Mike On 3 October 2019

Keith is our Nissan Elgrand and we converted him to a self contained campervan for under 600NZ$. Here is the video on how we did it.

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Introduction to Keith

By Mike On 30 September 2019

This is Keith, our Nissan Elgrand We have owned him for just over a year now and will be converting him to a self-contained camper van. He will be our home in between house sits …

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