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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Removing the middle seats
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 …
Continue readingOur trial road trip
To complete our camping experience we have added an awning to our van. Again this is nothing permanent, but a blow up awning we brought back from the UK, on our last trip there. To …
Continue readingFitting out and Self Containment
In this the second part of our Nissan Elgrand conversion we fit out the interior and take Keith to get his self containment sticker.
Continue readingSelf Contained camping
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 …
Continue readingRemoving the rear seats
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 …
Continue readingHow we converted Keith
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.
Continue readingIntroduction to Keith
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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