The Big Lap DVD Series
$34.95
From the Snowy Mountains to the Kimberley, Cape York to Tassie and everything in between, The Big Lap Series is the inspiring true story of the Baile family's epic 16 month around Australia road trip adventure that has inspired thousands to chase their travel dreams.
The 10 episode series is great viewing for everyone who loves to get out and see Australia and perfect for anyone planning a big road trip.
"Awesome DVD set! 🙂 My hubby and I really enjoyed it from start to finish! Well done guys..... :)" - Sharon Lotz
What's included?
- 10 episodes on 3 DVD's (PAL format)
- Running time 466 minutes
- Suitable for all ages
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"Just got it today. Stopped watching to have dinner then straight back into it. Just awesome, well done guys."
SCOTT WILLIAMS
"Just finished watching all 3 DVDs and wow! What a great watch it was but makes us want to leave tomorrow on our big lap!"
MARCIA WESTERN
"It's the best 4WD camping DVD out, I have watched my copy 3 times and love it, very inspirational."
GLENN NOONAN
The Ultimate Aussie Road Trip Adventure
Taking a year or two off and driving around Australia is a dream that many people share.
For the Baile family, tired of the rat race and yearning for distant horizons, their dream finally came true after 7 years of planning.
After selling their business, their house and most of their 'stuff', Steve, Jen, Savanna & Sara leave behind friends, family and Melbourne city life to experience everything Australia has to offer in this epic 46,600km road trip adventure.
Determined to get ‘off the beaten track’ and find some real adventure, the Baile’s set themselves the goal of visiting every state and territory and reaching the extremes of the continent . . . that’s the north, south, east, west, the exact centre and even the highest point at Mt Kosciuszko. All while travelling many of Australia’s toughest roads and visiting many spectacular remote destinations.
Now you can share their adventure in this 10 episode series filmed over 2 years that will give you hours of entertainment, ideas, plenty of laughs . . . and a few tears.
"There are plenty of travel shows on TV but none like The Big Lap."
"Finished watching at 2am this morning, it's so addictive! We have so many 4WD DVD's but nothing like The Big Lap. What an epic journey guys!"
IKA LAUCHLAN
Some of the awesome places you'll discover in The Big Lap
Cape York
The Kimberley
Karijini National Park
Tasmanian High Country
The Nullarbor
Uluru Kata-Tjuta National Park
The Tanami Road
Lake Argyle
Snowy Mountains
Cobourg Peninsula
Margaret River
Whitsundays
Lawn Hill National Park
The Bungles
The Great Ocean Road
Every state. Every territory. Every extreme.
“We have just finished watching your DVD’s and they were awesome, loved them all. Thanks heaps for sharing your adventures with us. Even our kids loved it.”
KYLIE MILES
"I think you guys are amazing just tackling the journey with the rugrats. Well done Jen and Steve."
SHERRI PULLEN
"The Big Lap is a priceless insight into the real experience of travelling around Australia by road that will inspire you to make your own travel dreams a reality."
Things don’t always go to plan!
Of course with an adventure on this scale things can go wrong and we had our share of dramas!
A couple of vehicle rollovers, a broken camper trailer, being stranded in the outback with a collapsed wheel bearing on our Landcruiser and the ever present challenge of travelling on a very tight budget.
We actually ran out of money along the way and had to stop and work out a way to make some extra cash so we could keep going (see this in episode 6).
Despite the challenges, our mission from the very start was to capture the entire experience on film so that we could make The Big Lap series and share it with other fellow travel lovers.
Of course not everyone who watches the series is planning to sell up, pack up and take off around Australia for a year or two, but if you share our passion for exploring remote and spectacular destinations and discovering new places then you’re going to fall in love with The Big Lap.
"Bought this for Hubby for his birthday. WARNING: it's addictive!!!!"
SUE McINNES
"We love your DVDs too! Our 4-year-old's fave...even before the Wiggles!"
GILLIAN BYRNE
Come along with us on the Adventure
When we decided to make the film series, we wanted to make it in a way that you would feel like you were there with us along the way sharing the experience, so that even if your own 'Big Lap' is still a dream for sometime in the future, at least you can have a taste of what it would be like.
Best of all, by watching The Big Lap you’ll get ideas of places to go for shorter trips and what to expect along the way and when you get there.
- What’s it like driving up to Cape York?
- What’s it like staying at El Questro in the Kimberley?
- What does the Tanami Road look like?
- How do you travel long distances with young children on board?
- How tough is it to drive the Gibb River Road?
Many TV shows do a great job of highlighting beautiful destinations, but celebrities flying in for 12 hours and having the red carpet treatment for the camera isn’t really something that any of us can relate to.
In The Big Lap our experience is much more authentic from the perspective of travellers just like you, so you’ll get a genuine sense of what to expect when planning your own adventures. We didn’t have a big budget or big sponsors expecting us to spend the whole time ‘spruiking’ their product.
We didn’t even have a crew!
But that’s not to say we haven’t been able to make a great film series. We invested in the right equipment and worked hard to make sure we captured the experience as authentically as possible.
“Received the DVD on Friday – the misses and I thought we would watch it over a few days. Well we put the first disk in Saturday midday and could not contain ourselves, watched all 3 disks on the Saturday – when friends rang we said we weren’t home as we didn’t want to miss a minute! Best Aussie adventure movie I have ever watched, a down to earth Aussie family living the dream.”
MAX THORBJORNSEN
“Wow, we LOVE your DVDs. Thanks so much for sharing your trip with us, we really felt like we were tackling it with you . . . we particularly liked the attention to every little detail, whether it was preparing meals, reading maps, shaking sand out of ones undies, or hiking to the most beautiful areas, these details made it so real. We are in awe of your decision.”
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| Weight | 0.22 kg |
|---|---|
| Format | 16:9 DVD PAL (All Regions) |
| Audio | Dolby Digital Stereo |
| Media: | 3 x Dual Layer DVD's |
| Genre: | Travel Documentary |
| Running Time: | 466 minutes |
| Production Company: | Expedition Films |
| Product Code: | TBLDVD |
| Rating: | Exempt from classification. Suitable for all ages. |
| Price: | AUD $34.95 |
| Released: | December 2013 |
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David Kirkby (verified owner) –
I Received my dvd box set the other day and have now watched the first one , wow what a lot of coverage in it ,( sorry to see your accident ) . Our dream , like many others , want to , and we will do a lot of where you went , but we will have that Caravan with us , we've done the camper trailor bit , but thanks for filming your experience with your two great kids . Cheers
Robyn Garland (verified owner) –
I purchased this set of DVD's for my partner as a Christmas present. We are currently spending 18 months in WA and we couldn't stop watching the series. It was inspirational and funny and like Steve and Jen we are living our dream. We can't wait to watch it again. Many of the spots in WA and especially Cape York have bought back so many memories for us. Wish there were more DVD's on the big lap and can't for the next series!!!! Thank you for allowing us to join you on this adventure and seeing how the girls grew over the 16 months and how they enjoyed the different experiences. Thanks again Joe and Rob
Sharon Foskett (verified owner) –
We had never gone on a road trip before and went on our first adventure for two months earlier this year (just to see how we went and to use it as a learning expedition). We purchased a small caravan and from our home town in Hastings Tasmania went to WA, traveling along the Great Ocean Road, across the Nullarbor, along the Southern Coast of WA and then up to Coral Bay. We then crossed the Pilbarra to Karajini (an absolute highlight of the trip), down through the Goldfields and back along the Nullarbor and over to Broken Hill before heading home. As we waited to board the Spirit of Tasmania we both knew that we have to come back, that the Nomad bug had hit us. Then I found your site and DVD series, which just inspired us more to make sure it wasn't going to be just a dream. Loved the series, have now watched it twice. You have definitely inspired us to turn our dream into a reality and are now in the process of planning our own Big Lap. We have traded our little Caravan for an Outback Model so we can go even further. We are planning a 4 month trip heading up through the middle of Australia to Darwin and to trial an idea I have to help fund our big lap, and once again your series proved to me that I should give it a go, just like your pancake idea. Thanks for the series and would love to see another of tips and highlights you didn't show this time around and things like how did Jen get the washing done.
Leeanne and Dave Young (verified owner) –
What an awesome adventure. We loved it. Would have loved to see more than the 10 hours, but very informative and inspirational. I can't believe that those two daughters of yours wern't scared of anything (Except maybe the claw, ha ha) and gave everything a go, even eating odd things like razor fish!! We can't wait till it's our turn.
Candice Lemon-Scott (verified owner) –
We recently bought the DVD set of The Big Lap and we absolutely loved it. We're a family of four, Mum, Dad and two daughters aged 8 and 11. We are planning our own trip so this got us all feeling even more inspired and motivated to take off for a year and see our wonderful country too. Our youngest wrote down all the places she liked the look of on the DVDs as we watched them and our eldest was inspired to do an overnight hike. We found all the ideas and experiences so helpful as we love to go 4WDing and camping too, and often go on short trips, so it gave us lots of food for thought about where we could go and how we'd need to kit up for a longer trip. Best of all, we just loved following your journey and family story of road tripping. Thanks heaps, Candice and Neil.
Christine Hatch –
"WOW" thank you so much for making your genuine good ole Aussie experience into The Big Lap Videos, we watched all 3 DVD's one Sunday arvo, you made your experience look very achievable we really were most impressed. So as newbies to the caravan world we decided to buy a caravan and are now ready to head off for our around OZ adventure.....how long for will depend on which way the crows are flying. Thanks again & we hope your enjoying family life Rick & Christine
David Cains –
Just watched your videos , very inspirational, you make it look so easy , I have been to many of the places and roads you have just done, Coburg great, Hells Gate lucky it is there , Nolan's brook , an experience, I camped under the main tree, your video methods and dialogue is just so refreshing, great experience for your family and I am so glad you just did not do another travel show
Karen Simmons (verified owner) –
I purchased the DVD series for hubby for Christmas and put it away safely not to be found until just before Valentines Day, so he got it then and we sat and watched 2 of the DVDs with a bit of a break in between and loved them. Cant wait for a block of time to watch No. 3. We have done a little bit of travelling over the years but the the plan is to take a big block and see this beautiful country and your DVDs have inspired us again. What a great job you did with those 2 beautiful little girls and they were so good. I bet there were days when they weren't always happy to get back in the car but overall they looked like they loved it. Congrats on a great DVD series you deserve all that comes your way and then some. Happy travelling. Karen and kevin
Denise Brien –
Just finished watching your DVD series and thoroughly enjoyed it. There are some places we wouldn't visit as we have now converted to an off-road caravan after the camper trailer, but it was still great to follow your adventures around the country which we normally would not see. Well done!
Trudy (verified owner) –
I purchased the gift set for my husband for Christmas and, we just loved it. We had a friend staying the weekend and we watch the lot in 2 sittings and thoroughly loved it. Thank you for taking us on your trip.
Bec (verified owner) –
Wonderful information and footage. Best of all my plan worked. I brought this as a gift for my husband and sons and now they have this great idea that we should travel around Australia!!! I'll let them believe it was their idea while they take notes of all your locations 🙂
Stephen Wark (Drone Guy) (verified owner) –
Hi Steve and Jen and family, thank you for fast delivery and a great DVD series, I really enjoyed the whole series, we are still in the planning stage of my around Australia road trip and found your DVD series very help full, and well put together, thank again for all your insight and letting us into your life 😉
luke (verified owner) –
Hi Baile Family,
Purchased your dvd online and received it only a few days later. We have just started watching it and I have a feeling we'll be finished by tomorrow! My husband and I have dreamed of doing the big lap for about 10 years. We even renovated a Kombi van to do it in real style. Since two children have come along, we have upgraded to a caravan and tent. Like you guys, we have driven our family and friends mad with the talk of our plans. We are hoping to make the plunge in the next few years. Congratulations on being brave enough to follow your dreams and to keep going even when things weren't going as planned. Such an incredible gift you have given your girls and treasured family memories to last a life time. Thanks for sharing your adventure with us.
Luke and Kell
Emma Llewellyn (verified owner) –
What an awesome set of DVDs. My hubby and I love travelling and camping, we did a 6 month travel before having our 2 kids. Since having them we haven't had much chance to travel with them although we would love to. Such a great experience for kids. Your travels have inspired me to make sure we at the very least get some small trips done in the next few years.
Kathy (verified owner) –
My family & I loved watching your dvd, we didn't want it to stop. Hope one day there will be another one.
It's the best travel dvd I have seen.
Keep up the great work.
Kathy
Ray Austin (verified owner) –
Congratulations Steve, Jen and family on your fantastic series The Big Lap. I got my copy on Monday and couldn't stop watching it, loved every minute and finished before the week was done. This is not an American thing or Reality TV show being shoved down your throat, simply an Aussie family doing it the Aussie way, well done guys, I couldn't get enough of the Big Lap and you guys have the best personalities. After watching this, I feel like I know you guys well enough to be part of the family 🙂
Aaron Feast –
Absolutely amazing viewing! The series was given to me as a Christmas gift. (a gift that I was truly pleased with) After sitting down with my wife and watching it over a few days, it left us very inspired. After a few more days had passed, a seemingly mutual decision was made. It was our turn! So planning has started on our own "Big Lap" adventure. Currently I work in a premium 4wd workshop here in Queensland, my employer and friends that I have meet over the years are amongst the biggest names in the 4wd industry. We already have a very suitable vehicle for the trip, just need to get rid of a few debts and we're off! Thank you to your whole family for being such an inspiration to the average Aussie to get out there and do it! cheers
Anne Cresswell (verified owner) –
We are half way thru watching your Big Lap dvd. I just couldn't wait to tell you how fantastic it was. When I purchased it for my husband, I was a little unsure as to what to expect, but from the start you had us hooked. Absolutely fantastic, and what a wonderful family you are. It is the trip that we have wanted to do, but at this stage are unable to do. I look forward to finishing watching your DVDs and I just had to tell you how impressive the dvd is, and how enjoyable it has been. Thankyou for sharing your Big Lap with us all. Thank you. Anne.
Olivia Taylor (verified owner) –
Hi Guys, Just finished watching The Big Lap, it was so enjoyable, well done. It was so easy to watch and so easy to get hooked on!!! Highly recommend it to anyone thinking about travelling (near or far) around our beautiful country. What an amazing journey, thanks for sharing it with us and inspiring us to get out there with our two young children. Cant wait for your next dvd series ... !!! and can't wait to start our trip!!!. Shane and Olivia Taylor 🙂
Sandy Willcott (verified owner) –
I've watched the first 4 episodes on disc 1 and can't wait to watch the rest of the series. We have a landcruiser and a camper trailer and have done a trip from central Queensland to Western Australia, going through the Northern Territory and the Nullabor. At the time we had time restrictions, so I'm looking forward to doing it again at our leisure. You've inspired me to want to get out there and see as much as this country as we can.
Paul & Colleen Vidler –
Hi Steve, Jen, Savanna & Sara.
Well that was certainly the most entertaining set of videos we have ever watched. You are blessed to have been able to make such a journey with your kids and at an age fit enough to endure it.
We have done some short trips out and around the middle of Australia on annual leave time and while out there always come up with "Lets Keep Going" then take the chicken track home.
After 20 years of trying to make a trip to Cape York happen we finally had the perfect opportunity, planned to every detail we set off for our 6 week adventure in July this year. It lasted 3 days and ended in Emerald QLD with me ending up at Prince Charles Hospital cardiac unit. So again it is on the back burner.
Watching "The Big Lap" has given us that injection of adventure to pick up the pieces and get on with planning our next big trip, many thanks to the Baile family for putting us back in the saddle.
Cheers
Adam Herbert (verified owner) –
Hi Steve and Jen.
Thanks heaps for going to all the effort of making the DVD. You really gave us a strong sense of what life would be like on the road for a year. Like many my wife and i want to take our 2 kids around Australia too. This DVD has probably taken us a little closer to our dream. Would be great to hear from you both what you would differently next time. e.g. different type of camper trailer, spend more time in a particular place etc.
Thanks again
Adam
Criton Sinn –
My fiancée bought the DVD from Sanity and from the moment we started watching it, we were hooked. Each night we couldn't wait to watch another episode, or two or three! We've been telling our friends and family all about the series also as we think it's a great watch for everyone! You've inspired us, and one day would love to be in a position to be able to do The Big Lap also!
Regards, Criton & Alysha
Lewis Nethercott (verified owner) –
G'day guys, just finished watching The Big Lap and what an inspirational series you guys have put together, thoroughly enjoyed it, plus it was a nice change from the usual full noise through bog holes, carving tracks up, followed by hard core winching from other shows I've seen. Awesome, down to earth Aussie family living the dream. Thanks guys.
David Orrock (verified owner) –
Hi Steve & Jen, my wife & I thoroughly enjoyed your families trip on DVD. Great to see the girls enjoying Australia at such a young age. Well done on your adventure & video production. We plan to set off on our big lap in 2016 in a caravan set up for free-camping - can't wait! Thanks & best regards David & Michelle
Susan Slattery (verified owner) –
Hi guys, Oh I just bought your dvd's to get information thought it may be helpful if we take the plunge. We are a little older than you so now need a few more luxuries, but have done quite a bit of tent camping many years ago. So I received your dvds and like some others I did not stop watching just one I could not stop until I had watched them all. Just wonderful I laughed with you and cried with you I felt like I was with you . You are a wonderful couple and I love your girls, you are an inspiration for young families. I congratulate you and thanks for all the wonderful tips I will be able to use if we eventually decide to make the big trip. Best wishes to you all.
Regards Sue Slattery
Matt Clarke –
Hi guys, I collect Australian travel documentaries and I would have to say that this is up there with the best of them. Well done Steve, Jen and Kids!!!
Linda Davies (verified owner) –
What a fantastic story. Thoroughly enjoyed by myself and my husband. I didn't want it to end. We are planning our big trip for next year. It has certainly opened up my eyes to what is out there and what can be done if you set your mind to it. Please keep the stories and the tales coming along with your wonderful family. Savannah and Sara certainly made me smile and laugh. They are a credit to you both.
Dot Ellis –
Hi Steve & Jen,loved the DVD your children were simply amazing ,they really made the show funny ,'not another hike '
Peter Hendriks –
Just finished watching the Big lap. Thankyou for sharing your amazing adventure. You have showed us what we started out doing 17 years ago but didn't complete. But you have given us itchy feet once again and the inspiration to finish our lap. Absolutely loved your DVD series.