(upbeat music)
- Good afternoon, guys.
How you doing today?
We are currently on our Southwest Australian road trip.
Last time you saw us,
we were kind of in the Dunsborough, Margaret River area,
but now we're heading towards Albany,
and we just decided to pull over
our little van on the side of the road,
because we're hungry.
Cooking up some lunch,
and we realized,
we haven't even shown you guys around the van yet.
So this is our little four-sleeper van
that we have been using for the last couple of nights,
but we actually haven't slept in it just yet.
Hey, Jess.
- Hello.
- [Stephen] If we come and take you through here,
as you can see, these are little backseats,
and we'll show you tonight, but this turns into our bed.
Come on through, Jess is cooking up some lunch.
- Well, I'll move down,
and you can show them our little kitchen.
- [Stephen] (laughs) This is so cool, so fully equipped.
We have running water just here.
We also have a gas heater,
which is pretty much starting up our saucepan, just here.
Toasting some bread.
We have a microwave, we even have a fridge.
- In here.
It's our little secret hidey-hole.
We've stocked this up with cutlery,
bowls, and plates, and mugs,
saucepans, coffee, washing stuff,
even a kettle.
- As you can see,
they've raised the roof on this camper van,
so we can easily and comfortably just walk around.
We've also got all our bedding just up here,
so we can keep it out of the way.
That's gonna come out tonight,
and then we can kind of just stand up here,
cook up a feast, but yeah,
this is gonna be our home for the next seven nights
as we go through the Southwest of Australia.
Oh, yeah, and the best bit,
we can run for three days off the grid, on power,
and we can charge our phones, laptops, drones,
everything, plug in your phone just here.
That's all we need.
But, having a quick sanger,
and then, before we make our way to Albany,
we got a really cool spot we're gonna show you guys.
♪ Don't get lost within the corners of your mind ♪
♪ The depths of your doubt ♪
♪ Let me be the one to shut them out ♪
- So we've headed down to a spot called Hamelin Bay,
and we have heard that there are some
very friendly resident manta rays here.
So fingers crossed they're out today.
Ooh, it's so cold!
Oh, my...
Geeze, there's heaps.
Got a massive one here, Steve.
- [Stephen] Whoa, he's gonna surf the wave.
- [Both] Whoa!
- [Jessica] They come so close.
- [Stephen] Wow.
- [Jessica] Wow.
Oh, my.
Hi.
Look at that.
- [Stephen] Wow.
- [Jessica] Oh, wow.
Wow.
How cool is that?
Oh!
- [Stephen] He's trying to eat you.
- [Jessica] Get a little nibble of the toes.
♪ Run, run so fast ♪
♪ Over fields and grass ♪
♪ At last, at last ♪
♪ We escaped from the trap ♪
- [Stephen] Oh my goodness.
♪ With the rabbit and the bear ♪
♪ And the sparrows of the air ♪
♪ Come one, come all ♪
(laughing)
- He's so slippery.
I don't think many people realize how big Australia is.
After we went to Hamelin Bay,
we drove for around four hours,
and it started getting dark,
so we just pulled up at a random caravan park,
in an area called Denmark,
and we've officially set up the bed for the first night.
(laughing)
- [Stephen] Come through here.
We...
- I think we may have packed too many extra pillow.
- [Stephen] (laughs) Are you in there?
(soft music)
(kettle whistles)
Cheers, boss. (mugs clink)
- If you need one excuse to wake up early,
here in Australia,
it is to come down to one of our amazing beaches.
We've woken up bright and early,
and driven to Little Beach,
and it's in an area called Two People's Bay,
and this is one of our favorite spots in the South.
It's just outside of Albany,
and I definitely recommend coming in,
making yourself a coffee, and watching the sun rise,
because this beach...
- It's so beautiful.
(soft music)
But before we have our morning dip,
I think we need to have...
Are you think-- - Pancakes?
- Pancakes. (laughing)
(butter sizzling) (upbeat music)
- Thanks for making the pancakes, boss.
- [Jessica] Mm.
- Are they good?
- [Jessica] Yeah, it's like cool how you can just cook,
and, like, this is the view.
- Yeah, I know, right?
- [Jessica] See this is why I keep telling you
we need to buy a camper van.
- I know.
That'd be pretty fun, to buy one,
and then renovate one, and then just--
- [Jessica] It sounds, all ready,
like a lot of work, actually.
(laughing)
- Especially because none of us know how to do
any of the mechanical stuff.
(laughing)
- [Jessica] We've all ready broken the gas can.
- Can we even change a tire? (laughing)
You know what's even more special about today?
There is nobody on this beach, except for us.
- Are you going in?
- [Stephen] Yeah, I think so. - Oh my gosh,
it looks so cold.
(laughs)
(orchestral music)
(waves crash)
- Oh, it's actually super refreshing.
It's cold.
All right guys, time for my morning bath.
What a way to start the day.
So about two years ago, we actually did our very first
camper van adventure for our honeymoon,
and I know for a lot of you, especially us,
hiring a camper van was super daunting,
and if you just get the electricity, gas,
and water down pat, you're good to go.
We aren't the handiest of people,
I don't even think we can change a tire,
but we know these three things,
and this is our third trip we've done.
We've pretty much fallen in love with it.
So whenever we come to a brand new site,
this is pretty much where all the important things are.
In here is where our gas is,
and this is what we need if we want to cook anything.
You just got to make sure that it's switched on,
you turn this lever up, and we can start using our stove.
We also generally stay at powered sites,
so all we do is just flip this open,
shove our little extension cord in there,
and then we just walk this over to the little unit,
plug it in, and we should have power to our van.
Last thing is water,
we only have to do this, like, every now and then,
when we've used up all the water from, like, making coffee.
(upbeat music)
There you guys go.
That's your little tutorial on how to run a camper van.
Of corse, if your tire pops, your engine explodes,
or you just break down in the middle of nowhere,
you're on your own.
(soft music)
- I think we have chosen the perfect little campsite.
Just behind these trees is where we're staying,
and then from there, there's a little path
that gives you access right to the beach,
and if you follow this path along,
it takes you to our favorite cafe in all of Albany,
it's called Emu Point Cafe.
Definitely head there if you come to Albany.
(soft music)
One of my favorite parts about camping in Australia is,
you're always going to find a good spot for coffee,
no matter where you are. (Stephen laughing)
Okay, welcome to cooking with Jess in a van.
(laughing)
And Stephen sits there for support.
- I found this thing-- - Well, every night,
usually when we cook,
we'll do some sort of, like, quiz, or something like that,
and Stephen said we should we should do one where it's,
what did we name it?
Like a couple's quiz, or something?
And I was like, "Oh, we should record that."
Because I feel like,
I don't know if their gonna know the answers.
- Okay.
- It's like a get to know us better kind of thing.
Wait, let me quickly fill up the water.
I'm currently making pasta, by the way.
- Perfect, like, comfort food,
in a van. - Camping.
Being in a van, and also, it started to rain before,
so this is good for that.
- Who is... - Okay.
- This is the perfect one to start off with.
- Okay. - Who is the better cook?
(laughs) - Okay, wait,
so then we have to do, like, a one, two, three,
and then we say it. - Okay.
- Okay, ready?
So one, two, three.
- [Both] Jess.
- Stephen can't cook.
He can't even cook toast.
- I can cook toast.
(laughing)
You're just a better cook,
because I'm always editing the blog,
so then... - Sure.
- And also, we want, like, better food.
It's best if you cook.
- One time he made me a really good sandwich,
and then I got so excited that I told him,
and he thought I was being sarcastic, remember?
And you didn't believe me,
but it was actually a good sandwich.
- Yeah.
(laughing) What was it?
I can't even remember. - I don't know.
It was the one time he cooked something good.
- Next one, who is the better driver?
- Okay one, two, three,
Stephen. - Me.
(laughing) - I suck at driving,
and I never drive, and if I could go my whole life
without driving again, I'll be very happy.
- What are you gonna be like when our girl's here,
and you need to take her somewhere?
- You can take her. (laughing)
I'll come as well, I'll be in the passenger's seat.
I'm not very good at this, can you...
Actually, I need you help.
Can you pour some of the pasta into there?
- But it's not even that hot yet,
what are you afraid of?
- I don't know, actually,
I don't know if I meant to boil the water first.
Coming from someone-- - What was the last question?
All right, all right. - Okay, next question.
- Who takes longer to get ready?
One, two, three. - Two, three,
you? - We're the same?
What? - Yeah, we're the same.
The only reason it feels like it's Stephen,
is because we've got it down pat.
- We've got a routine.
- So what happens is,
I have a shower and brush my teeth and stuff,
and then I put my makeup on,
and then while I put my makeup on Stephen has a shower,
and then by the time he's finished his shower,
I've done my makeup, but I'm usually all ready clothed,
so then it's usually waiting for you to get dressed,
and then we go. - Yeah.
- So that's why it feels like it's you,
but I get a head start.
- My morning is like, waking up,
either going to fly the drone,
and then coming back, making a coffee,
and going on Twitter,
but by that moment, you've all ready woken up,
done your...
We're like two steps... - Yeah.
So technically, yeah, we take the same.
Usually takes us like 20 minutes to get ready.
- Is that really long?
- That's quick! - Is that quick?
Is it quick? - I think that's quick.
- Yeah? - Yeah
- All right, so we've done three.
- We've been getting it pretty good, right now.
I realized this isn't-- - Who is the funniest
in the relationship?
- Oh, okay.
One, two, three, you. - One, two, three, me.
Oh, yes! (laughing)
- I definitely think Stephen's more funny then me.
I feel like people would agree with that, too.
- I suppose people do.
- If you're friends with us, you'd know,
Stephen's really funny. - All right.
- And Stephen's humor's super sarcastic,
and witty. - Which definitely does not
go on the blogs, at all! - It's so funny!
It's so funny, though.
I love it. - At all.
Okay, and finale one...
- They're not even gonna see my finished progress,
because this pasta's still gonna have, like,
10 more minutes to cook.
- We'll come back to them
in 10 minutes. - Okay.
Two more. - Two more?
- Yeah.
- Who is the tidiest?
One, two, three, me? - One, two, three, you?
(laughs)
I think I can get messy.
I can get more messy then you.
I feel like I'm one of those people,
that I like it when everything's clean,
but I don't mind if things get a little bit messy.
Where you...
- I like to, like, organize things,
and I suppose that's where the tidy thing comes into it.
- It's nice, though, because then we balance it out.
So what I do, is I usually do the cleaning,
and then Stephen does all the tidying.
So if we're, like, cleaning the house, or something--
- So, like, Jess will cook us diner,
and then I'll make sure I do all the dishes, and all that.
- Yeah, it's great. (laughing)
Finale one.
- All right, finale question:
Who is the smarty pants?
Who's the smartiest? (laughing)
- Who's the smarty pants?
The know it all, or the smart one?
- Well, that's two different things.
- Yeah, exactly.
- One-- - Wait, so, the smartest,
or the know it all?
- The smartest.
- Okay. - Well, you're the
know it all, we all know that.
(laughing) - I'm the worst know it all.
Ever.
- She has a saying called
'JKE'. - JKE.
Jess knows everything. - Jess knows everything.
(laughing)
- Okay, so who's the smartest, then?
One, two, three, me! - One, two, three, you.
(laughing)
- He just know he has to answer it that way.
- Technically, I have more degrees,
if we are saying that. - I think Stephen,
I would say, though, that you have more,
like, street smarts, but he's also smart.
Like, for me,
when it comes to... - Street smart?
- Like, I just can't call the dentist, and book.
I'm like, "Steve, will you book the dentist in for me?"
Is that street smarts?
- No, that's just too scared to call the dentist.
- No, he's like, more smart with life.
Like you would know how to organize accounting,
where I have no idea.
But you ask me what the... - But you're more, like,
academically smarter, though, because you got, like, a 92...
- No, academically, like if someone asked me, you know,
"What is the powerhouse of the cell?"
It's the mitochondria. - It's the mitochondriact.
(laughing) - "Mitochondriact."
- Obviously, it's not me.
- Okay.
- The pasta hasn't even warmed up.
(laughing)
- You know what I've realized?
- What?
- Today, we've eaten pancakes,
hot chips, and our pasta.
So I think tomorrow needs to be fruit and veg day.
(laughing) - Very true.
Especially because tomorrow is a big drive.
- Oh, yeah.
Five and a half hours to the most amazing place,
I feel like, in all of Australia.
By the way, how's the pasta?
- Pretty good, for something we just cooked in a car.
(upbeat music)
♪ It's driving me wild and I don't know why ♪
♪ I can't contain whatever's burning inside ♪
♪ I got to find a way to figure it out ♪
♪ I found the answers and there ain't no doubt ♪
♪ You got me looking for ♪
♪ Uh huh yeah ♪
- This morning, we sadly said goodbye to Albany.
We absolutely love it every time we go there.
It is full of amazing cafes,
cute little boutique stores,
we may have done a little bit of shopping,
but we've now jumped on the road.
We've all ready driven around 100 kilometers.
We are heading to Esperance, and by the sign,
it looks like we still have 360 kilometers to go.
Australia's big.
(camera buzzing)
I feel her kicking.
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ From the first day I stepped in ♪
♪ I knew I would heed the call ♪
♪ I was destined for glory ♪
- Second fuel stop of our day trip,
here in the middle of absolute no where.
♪ Born to win ♪
♪ I was born to win ♪
(laughing)
How awesome is this?
- Oh my gosh, I am...
I've always wanted to come here,
and I feel like I did come here when I was like nine,
or something, but I can't really remember.
But if you guys haven't heard of Esperance,
basically, if you're wanting to go
to some of the best beaches in the world,
people say that this is the place for it.
And we've just trucked up to our first beach,
and it all ready looks amazing,
and I feel like the next few days is going to just be spent
at some incredible beaches with just the two of us,
because I've heard that it is very easy
to have your own isolated beach,
wherever you go in this area.
But I think you should go take them out.
We're just sitting here, we just pulled up,
the sun's starting to set,
and we're watching some surfers out there.
Amazing!
- This is just the car park.
We've just parked over here,
and you just walk over, and look at that beach.
Wow, we got the sun just setting
over there in the West.
It's just so beautiful.
What a spot to park our van for the night,
but I think we need to end the vlog here,
because we are exhausted from the big day of driving.
We are so excited to take you guys around Esperance.
This is some of the most beautiful beaches you'll see
in all of Australia, and maybe all of the world,
so if you are new around here,
make sure you hit subscribe,
because we have one more finale episode
in our road trip series.
We'll see you guys next time.
Bye.
- So when we told you guys
that there would be no one around, we weren't lying.
Steve and I call these beaches 'squeaky beaches',
and I'll show you why.
(sand squeaks)
(tropical music)
- [Stephen] Wow.
(animals squawk)
There it is, my old house.
This is where we lived for
two whole years.
I remember having a birthday party just here.