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Picture of the electrical board in our overlander
Camper Box

Elliot’s Electrical System

A country like Australia offers a traveler many opportunities to get away from everything and spend some time off-grid and in nature. Of course it is still nice to have a few of the comforts you enjoy in a house. Read more…

By Boundforthehorizon, 2 years2 years ago
Screenshot of the final plan for the camper box in Sketchup 3D
Camper Box

The Build – Step 3: Interior fit-out

With all the aluminium body ready and painted, we were able to start with the interior fit-out. Find Step 1: The Frame here and Step 2: The Walls here. Electrical wiring Before cladding the walls with wood, we had to Read more…

By Boundforthehorizon, 2 years2 years ago
Screenshot of the drawings in Sketchup 3D of the interior walls
Camper Box

The Build – Step 2: The Walls

With the frame being ready, next up was cladding, including the 6 doors, the roof and some internal walls and storage. (Find Step 1: The Frame here). First, we cut and bent the aluminium sheets. We were very lucky a Read more…

By Boundforthehorizon, 2 years2 years ago
Screenshot of the frame in Sketchup 3D
Camper Box

The Build – Step 1: The Frame

We arrived in Australia on a Thursday, looked at a car on Friday and another one on Saturday. That one was love at first sight. A 2003 Toyota Landcruiser. On Monday we picked it up from his previous owners which Read more…

By Boundforthehorizon, 2 years2 years ago
Photo of the finished camper box in Francois Peron National Park, Western Australia
Camper Box

The Build

We have been planning on building a camper box on the back of a Toyota Landcruiser for over half a year. Cody created different designs on Sketchup 3D and we discussed for hours which layout would be good, which side Read more…

By Boundforthehorizon, 2 years2 years ago
The kitchen side of our first camper box. You can see the Engel fridge on the right side on drawer sliders, storage area and a chopping board in the middle and the pull out stove drawer on the left side.
Camper Box

Our first camper box

Laura and I have previously traveled throughout Australia for over one year in a Ford Ranger with a custom built camper box on the back. After a terrible accident in 2014, I decided I had enough and needed a change Read more…

By Boundforthehorizon, 2 years2 years ago
View from Lauras parents terrace. Swimming pond with sunset in the background. When we were there in summer this was out favourite place to contemplate about our current life and talk about the future, the camper box and vanlife!
Germany

August 2018

Here we are sitting on my parents’ terrace, trying to forget the busy life in Frankfurt for a while. Over the last weeks our desire to escape the common life and travel has grown. Every morning, the picture of a Read more…

By Boundforthehorizon, 2 years2 years ago
Latest on the blog
  • Elliot’s Electrical System 30/07/2019
  • The Build – Step 3: Interior fit-out 06/07/2019
  • The Build – Step 2: The Walls 06/07/2019
  • The Build – Step 1: The Frame 06/07/2019
  • The Build 06/07/2019
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