Off Grid Down Under by MDC

What does it take to pack up your life, ignore the doctors, and go live in a 13-foot caravan full time? Cain and Katrina from Hapnin' Empty Nesters know exactly — because they did it. When Cain received a heart transplant assessment, they faced a choice: wait or go. They went. Four years later, they're still on the road, building an audience on YouTube, and Cain has written two fantasy novels along the way. In this episode, Steve sits down with Cain and Katrina alongside MDC's Mark Banks (Ban...

What does it actually take to build appliances tough enough for the Australian outback? In this episode of Off Grid Down Under, Steve sits down with Damian Orleanski and Cain Dixon from Dometic Australia, along with MDC's General Manager of Commercial & Product, James Field, to pull back the curtain on one of Australia's most trusted caravan appliance partnerships. From the Dometic testing lab in China — vibration rigs, water jets, anechoic chambers and fridges that have been running for ...

One of Australia's most experienced caravan journalist sits down with the MDC crew at the QLD Muster — and he doesn't hold back. Max Taylor has spent 20+ years reviewing caravans, running Caravan World Magazine, and building GoRV into one of Australia's most trusted independent RV media outlets. This is one of the most honest conversations we've had on the podcast. We get into what's really changed in the Australian caravan industry over two decades, what reviewers look for that most ...

Mandy and Rolly Heath are back — and this time, they've got 13,000 kilometres of stories to share. Since their last appearance on the show, they've taken Gold Class Caravan's AC17C through some of Australia's most iconic and demanding terrain: the Bungle Bungles by helicopter, Lake Argyle by Barbie boat, three nights in Broome, and then the full length of the Gibb River Road, west to east. In this episode, Steve sits down with Mandy, Rolly, and Wayne Chevis at the MDC Queensland Muster to ge...

Australia is only covered by mobile phone signal across 30% of its landmass. If you're relying on Google Maps in the outback, you're relying on memory — and memory from a platform that's never physically driven those tracks. In this episode of Off Grid Down Under, Steve sits down with Sam Hayward, Chairman of HEMA Maps, alongside MDC's Banksy and Vaughan, to dig into 40+ years of mapping Australia's most remote country. From the company's Dutch founders laminating marine charts in Queensland,...