Big Lap Big Questions: 18 Months Off-Grid with 3 Kids + Dog (300 Series + Titanium)

Meet Boyd & Kayla from @kings_offgrid travelling Australia for 18 months (and counting)(when filmed in 2024) with their three kids Teddy, Scarlet & Lincoln plus their dog Alfie. After years in the FIFO mining lifestyle, they hit reset and built a touring rig designed to make long-term family travel actually work. Their setup: a 300 Series LandCruiser (built by Pro Touring Concepts) towing a 20’6 Titanium caravan, with free camps, station stays, and inland adventures leading the way.

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✨ What’s inside:

🌅 Why they left FIFO life (and the wake up call that changed everything)
🧭 3 years of prep: renting out the house, selling almost everything, storage unit life
🚙 Their rig: 300 Series LandCruiser (Pro Touring Concepts build) + 20’6 Titanium van
🛠️ “Cheat code” touring upgrades + what they’d still add (boat, chainsaw, more battery)
🏕️ Camp style: free camps first, then station/pub stays (caravan parks last)
🗺️ How they find gems: WikiCamps, driving through towns, pub chats, local tips
🚙 Van life realities: flies, fly poo, ants, mozzies the size of your thumb 😅
😂 Funny moment: the “curdled milk” incident (aka… accidental self poisoning)
🐕 Travelling with a dog: the trade offs (hello national parks) + how they manage it
👧 Kids on the road: homeschool, car day survival, and why they say “kids learn more out here”
💸 Budget & real world saving: PetrolSpy, fuel deals, stock ups, UGC opportunities
🧠 Best advice: don’t let budgets ruin the experience, spend where it matters

⏱️ Chapters

0:00 Meet Kings Off Grid (18 months on the road)
0:40 Life before the Lap (FIFO mining) + why they left
2:00 How they prepared (3 years planning, renting house, selling up)
5:00 Choosing the right setup (Pro Touring Concepts build + Titanium van)
9:30 Where they stay (free camps, station stays, pub stays)
13:20 How they find camps (WikiCamps, locals, town drive-throughs)
17:00 Van life realities (bugs, bad neighbours, weather)
21:00 Is van life what they expected? (the honest truth)
24:00 Van life myths + snakes on the road
25:30 Funny & scary moments (milk incident, head-ons, bogged in WA)
29:00 One item they couldn’t live without (baby wipes + car fridge)
30:00 Downsides of the Big Lap (missing people, local life)
32:20 Travelling with a dog (how they make it work)
35:40 Travelling with kids + homeschool + car days
39:40 Money: how they afford it + weekly budget + PetrolSpy tips
44:30 Final advice for future Big Lappers
49:30 Wrap up

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