- [Jess] Hi, where Stephen, Jess, and baby Hunter,
and this past week, we took a break from building our van
into our new home on wheels to fly over to South Australia
for a little family break.
In part one, we headed five hours north
to the Flinders Ranges
to see the colors of the Aussie outback,
chartered a small flight, and watched the sunset.
As we've slowly become obsessed with the ins and outs
of having a tiny home,
we couldn't help ourselves and had to book one out here
in the McLaren Vale wine region of South Australia.
- Before the video begins,
we just wanted to say a massive thank you to Omaze
for partnering up with us on this video
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So we came across this couple in South Australia
that have been building off-grid self-contained tiny homes
all over the country,
and we just instantly went to book one,
but because what's going on in the world,
every Aussie's out there exploring,
and they were pretty much booked out
for two to three months.
So we emailed them and said,
hey, if you have any last minute cancellations,
please send us an email, we'd love to book one.
And we got the perfect response.
- They said that they've been working on a brand new cabin,
and it might be ready by Thursday, no guarantees.
- Well, guess what?
It's Thursday, and I think we're gonna be
their very first guests.
I don't think we've been the first guests of anything.
(upbeat music)
♪ Well I have bought fire and I've bought ice ♪
♪ I've sold myself and I've sold lies ♪
♪ And I've walked these streets I know these roads ♪
♪ I know the beat they'd tell you so ♪
- So the car park is a little bit far away from the cabin,
so they provide these little wheelbarrows
to take all your heavy luggage.
(country music)
So, this is Mila.
She's an off the grid, self-contained tiny home
situated right here in the middle of a winery,
surrounded by Aussie gumtrees.
- [Stephen] Twin sister to Bella,
which is just 150 meters away,
this cozy, almost shipping container inspired tiny home
sleeps four people,
a couple on the queen bed, and two in the bunks.
- All right, this is our first time seeing it too,
so I'm very excited.
Oh my gosh, from the outside, I did not expect.
There's even a kitchen.
Oh my gosh, so right here is our big queen-sized bed,
and look at the view that we're gonna wake up to tomorrow.
This is so amazing.
And then we've got two bunk beds here.
It even looks like they were able to fit
a full kitchen in here.
We have a stove top, a massive sink, and even a fridge.
And in the back of the cabin,
they have a shower, a toilet, and a sink,
but I think my favorite bit of this tiny cabin
has to be this lookout bar.
It looks like you can open up the entire window
and look out over the winery.
And if it gets chilly at night,
we also have a little fire here.
- So in summer, they have air con to keep this cool,
but in the winter, especially as we're coming into autumn,
they have the cutest little small fire,
which I think we're definitely gonna be using tonight.
I definitely think raising the roof to fit the bunks in
makes this place feel so spacious.
They've also added some sneaky storage inside here,
and I see they've also left us some board games.
So as we were saying,
this place is completely self-sustainable, off the grid.
There's solar panels onsite to run our electricity,
and our water is all rainwater.
So if you have a look just here, it's a gigantic tank.
This gigantic tank is gonna be for our showers,
for our taps, for our water supply,
and it's also a gas heater
and they say the gas heater
gives us about five minutes of hot showers,
so between the three of us,
it's like a two minute max shower that we get out of this.
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♪ These years the shadows grow again ♪
♪ Yes it weights me down ♪
- I suppose for you, this isn't a tiny home, is it?
This is a big home.
Yah!
Alrighty, mom is currently cooking us dinner.
It's a bit cold in here, so, needs to get rugged up.
Yeah.
There you go.
You good?
(Hunter coos) We need to stay rugged up.
♪ I just wanna know ♪
♪ I just wanna hear you say that there's a chance ♪
♪ I'll know you again ♪
(Hunter babbles)
- Mom's just cooked a sausage sizzle.
This one needs to eat, honestly.
- [Jess] I think everyone's loving it.
- Find a good spot to eat.
- [Jess] I think she wants some of yours.
- Hm, you liking that?
- [Jess] Yum!
- It's pretty good, huh?
(crickets chirping)
- Good morning everybody.
Woken up just before sunrise,
and it's a little bit nippy in here,
so, gonna to use the fire to warm it up.
Is somebody up?
(Hunter coos)
- [Jess] Good morning, Mrs. Bedhair.
Did you have a good sleep?
(Jess laughing) - Yeah I did.
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- Nothing like opening a brand new tin of coffee.
(kettle whistling)
(slow tempo music)
♪ Dawn lit ♪
♪ Pressed against your red lips ♪
♪ Bodies ♪
(Stephen laughing)
Dressed against the cold
- [Jess] Yay, oh my God, I'm so excited for this.
Mugs are really cool looking.
- [Stephen] Good morning, everybody.
- Morning.
- [Stephen] How was your sleep last night?
It was so cosy.
How amazing is this that we can just wake up,
and we're just surrounded by the wineries?
We woke up from her, and sunrise,
which, can't complain about.
So Stephen opened up the window,
and just out look over the most beautiful sunrise.
- Alrighty, Jess cooked dinner last night,
so I think it is Chef Stephen's turn, minus the hat,
to cook breakfast for everybody.
(upbeat music)
Lid must be open, open the cylinder valve,
push and turn the control knob counterclockwise.
- [Jess] You need to push it in probably.
- Oh, woo!
- [Jess] Chef Steve did it.
(Stephen clanging barbecue)
(upbeat music)
(Stephen cracks egg)
- [Stephen] Chef Stephen forgot his chef hat,
but I think the little princess
deserves to get breakfast first.
(Jess gasps and laughs)
- Yum!
So we just popped Hunter down for a nap.
Breakfast is now served, and we thought we were gonna have,
you know, a little romantic breakfast together,
but, a bunch of little sheep
has decided to gatecrash our little breakfast.
- You honestly sometimes forget
how quiet the world can get.
We've been, I suppose, in the last year at home in Perth,
kind of in the city, and then you come out here,
and all we can hear is the sheep, the birds, the magpies,
and just nature.
It's actually really cool to come out here.
It's just getting us more and more excited
for when our van is done so we can just travel around
and find cool and unique places like this,
and just really see our home country.
- The little one has woken up,
and I know she won't want to miss out on the opportunity
to meet a couple of sheep, huh?
So Hunter, you need to learn a sheep goes baa!
Can you say baa?
Still has like lines on her face from her napping.
There's the sheep are, look!
- [Stephen] I know Dad's cool,
but look what's in front of you.
- Now, the sheep might be
a little bit scared of us, actually.
- I can definitely see why people do this.
Honestly, I could easily just stay here for a week,
lock off, switch off my phone, enjoy just chilling out here,
going to the wineries, and just relaxing.
That was so much fun.
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- So seeing as we were in the wine region,
we thought we had to go check out at least one winery,
and one we've been wanting to go to for a while now
is Down the Rabbit Hole.
And this place is pretty cool,
'cause it's actually made by a couple
who drove around Australia for two years in a van,
and then they came back home
and opened up a little winery of their own,
and it is so beautiful.
- [Stephen] Oh, that is so cool.
- This is so cool, wow.
- Something really unique about this winery
is that they've got this double decker bus,
I think it was from Glasgow,
and then they have converted it
into this little wine tasting area.
This looks amazing.
- [Stephen] Look, I could do wine if it's done in here,
this is really cool.
- Oh my gosh, it looks so beautiful.
Wow.
- [Stephen] Imagine taking this,
and converting this, and driving around Australia.
- It'd be pretty cool.
(slow tempo music)
(Stephen stirring coffee)
- [Stephen] Yes, I know we're at a winery,
but, coffee?
- Had to be done.
So if you come down, they do lunch platters.
It looks so delicious.
I'm grabbing some, Steve.
- I think it's falafel.
When you're at that age when you don't realize
there's a jungle gym,
so instead, you just love the table.
All right, we've got to have some fruit between playing.
What do you think?
I think Hunter prefers the platter more than we do.
She is a little bit obsessed.
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- So we've heard that the Fleurieu Peninsula
has some of the best beaches,
so we thought we only have a few days left here,
why not book at Airbnb right on the beach?
And as you can see, the ocean is just across the road.
We've decided to spend the next two days,
checking out some of the best beaches here
in South Australia.
- So Jess normally books all the accommodation on our trips,
and she said to me, hey, we've got a couple of days.
I booked a beachy Airbnb,
but I wasn't expecting it to be right on the beach.
I love this view, Hunter loves it,
but I don't think it's because of the house.
She found where all the toys were kept.
(upbeat music)
♪ If there's anything that can make a man ♪
♪ Just about to lose his mind ♪
♪ Baby you got it ♪
♪ And if there's anything that a man can ♪
♪ Baby you got it ♪
- So I've just put Hunter to sleep,
and we've decided to make a little platter for dinner.
And this place also has a fireplace.
Today is actually, did you know this?
It's officially the end of summer.
Today's the first day of autumn here in Australia.
So we've decided after this--
- Is it? - Yes.
- Wow. - First of March.
So we've decided that we're going to put on the fireplace
and watch a movie tonight.
- [Stephen] I can't believe summer is over.
- [Jess] Yeah, summer is over.
- Where did that go?
(Stephen closes door)
Just woke up.
The sun has not awoken yet, and it's such beautiful colors.
It's all the colors that you'd expect
at a candy floss store.
It is just, wow.
I think because we haven't been at the beach for sunrise
for so long, 'cause there's been 5:00 a.m. in WA,
but seeing as it's 7:00 a.m. here in South Australia,
this is a good start in the morning.
Have you come to check out the morning light as well, bubs?
All right madam, are we ready
for another full day of adventures?
Yeah?
You can bring your mirror friend along if you want.
Yeah.
Yeah?
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- So, so many of you told us
how unique the coastline is here,
and you guys are right.
We spent the afternoon driving along the coast
and oh my goodness,
it almost felt like we were back in Greece or something.
It looks so different to what we have back at home.
And then for sunset,
I found this place called Port Willunga,
and they have these little caves on the beach
to watch the sunset,
and we're currently in one of those caves.
And now come to think of it,
I actually have no idea why they're here.
There are about six or seven along,
like carved into the limestone cliffs,
looking out at one of the calmest flattest beaches.
I don't know if it's always like this,
but it is so beautiful.
A monkey here is loving it.
- [Stephen] This is what I'm dealing with at the moment.
Hello!
- Hunter, are you in a cave?
Pretty cool, huh?
- So we're having a quick Google,
and we found out that the local fishermen
kind of carved out these caves,
and they used to store their boats, fishing rods,
catches of the day,
and now it makes for a pretty cool sunset spot.
- So I hope you guys enjoyed this little two part series
here in South Australia.
It has definitely got us so excited
for when the van is finished and we can do this full time.
Like I don't wanna leave,
but I also wanna get back to finishing this van.
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