Big Lap of Australia Begins | Murray Paddlesteamer | Great Ocean Rd | Spirit of Tas

[@kathleenwhelan6500]

Great video, looking forward to the rest of your big lap. We venture out June or July this year.

[@nextleveloz]

Thanks so much. We love the feedback and hope it gives some ideas to others as well. Maybe we will see you on the road somewhere! Either way the more people who subscribe means we can send some ad revenue off to charity and do some good as well as have a good time.

[@ASTRIDALLISON]

Hi David and Paula ‪@nextleveloz‬. Enjoying your very informative channel with the trips around Australia. Can you please include into your information what video or GoPro you are using and software to create your story while sharing with us all. Have a continued safe journey.

[@nextleveloz]

Hi. Thanks for watching and we’re glad you enjoy it 🙏. In the upcoming mini series we probably won’t cover that. Check out the vids across the Plenty - in one of those we cover our vid and camera gear, but in short we use GoPro 11 with Volta handle, media mod and later in the series we had a small Rode mic to improve sound on the run. We have a second go pro we use where we need it waterproof as the volta and media mod isn’t waterproof. But you don’t need two gopros - you just change the fittings as needed. We do use iPhone and many people could get away with that noting the sound recording isn’t great but for video they are excellent. Big camera for stills is a Canon EOS R7 and the go to lens is a 24-240 work horse. It’s pretty good for video also but we find it way too cumbersome for our run and gun, unrehearsed style of shooting. But as the arctic series shows, with a couple of our lenses it’s wonderful for stills - even though I’m an average photographer at best. We do have DJI mics. They are great but a bit fiddly to set up and you have to make sure they are switched on and charged etc so we only use them for set piece talking head type stuff - with the canon mostly. We have a dji mini 3 plus drone. It’s been great but watch the longer vid for our view on the value of drones. I edit on a macbook pro using Apple Final Cut Pro - which takes a little but if investment in time and learning and we really only use a fraction of its power. I’ve seen some great content from people just using iMovie or some more back stuff so it depends on how much you want to do. In general the longer and more consistently you want to post where more edits are required, the more value from FCP or Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve or similar. Hope that helps and check out the vid - as I say I think it’s a segment included in one of the Plenty Highway related episodes. All the best and thanks again. cheers

[@PeterRowe-ip7ow]

Awesome scenery guys. Very much looking forward to your videos from Tassie.

[@nextleveloz]

Thanks for the feedback. We love Tassie, and next week the short Tassie series kicks off. Is there anything in particular you’d like to know in case we can address it? ❤️😉🤔😀

[@PeterRowe-ip7ow]

@@nextleveloz we are from Brisbane and planning a trip in our van down there and across to SA after that. Just very interested in your travels and tips and hints.

[@Chance_It_Oz]

Really interested to hear your experiences with the Defender and the Zone. We are looking at both so very topical! Cheers and safe travels.

[@nextleveloz]

Stay tuned. I’m working on something currently. In between having fun of course 😉

[@nextleveloz]

Jack, our review goes live tomorrow (Sunday). Warts and all. Mostly good but for us we are managing an issue. Hope it helps.

[@The_GetawayZone]

From fellow Zoners, great episode. You're best so far, and we quite enjoyed it. We are headed along the Murray some time in September this year so enjoyed the Echuca part. Tasmania one day... for reference, what date did you head over to start your Tasmania travel?

[@nextleveloz]

Hi guys, thanks for the feedback. Murray in Sep (spring) should be lovely. It was very hot while we were there and the bugs at Pericootta were insane! We headed to Tassie in late Feb to late March (too short). The weather is cooling off at that time of the year but not yet alpine in most places - but it’s Tassie so pack some winter gear even if it’s summer! We’ve been to Tassie a few times so we wanted to avoid the summer holidays but not leave it till late autumn winter. That suited our general Lap timings as well.

[@wallacegromit]

Hi David, Really enjoying your videos. I'm from NZ and like you have a L663 Defender 110. I am really interested in what I guess is a modified tow insert for the Do 35 Cruisemaster. We are about to take delivery of our Urban xtreme and I would like to get some extra height for the DO35 towing pin. Hope this makes sense. The std LR has a drop in the tongue of approx 76mm that I would like to eliminate. Cheers Greg Fenwick

[@nextleveloz]

Hi mate, thanks for watching and reaching out. I know what you mean for sure. We had to change tow hitches in the hitch receiver as the Zone is a high clearance van and to tow safely it needs to be level (or slightly nose down). If you look at the towing sections in the e manual for the defender it stipulates a recommended tow hitch length (from hitch hole (ie the hope the securing hitch pin goes throug) to the hitch (the point on the D035z i think it is 175mm. You van manufacturer should give you their preferred tow hitch height (base of -do35 as it sits on the hitch, down to the ground) In my case its 490- 530mm from the ground. All we did is took the car to a Hayman Reese dealer (distributor for a range of hitches and accessories) gave them the figures they trialed different ones until we got closest to the right heigh and right length. I couldn’t say whether mine will suit your van because it depends on the van tow height. But a Hayman Reese dealer in NZ should be the best bet if you know the right heigh for the van. cheers