Excellent setup, I would love to see your other mods for bush living.
Thanks mate.
Much of my travel is solo, so I either swag it next to the vehicle or use a camping hammock. When travelling with a significant other I have an assortment of tents which have been pressed into service.
I don't sleep inside the vehicle because the interior is not set up for it.
The vehicle is an FFR but has an RFSV-style dual 12v battery system installed so the house battery powers a 40 litre Waeco fridge freeze and when propped overnight, it powers 12v LED strip lights as well as a 12v toughbook laptop charger, mattress inflator if required and USB chargers. I don't carry power tools generally but I have a 600W inverter which will charge drill and angle grinder batteries while on the move.
I have a 12V power system which is designed to be a standalone unit for the No. 5 trailer. But I don't use it very often. It consists of a pair of ex-Telstra 100aH AGM batteries installed into 20mm ammo boxes, a 120 watt folding solar panel, a pair of 120 watt solar blankets, the power distribution box out of my FFR dismounted and fitted with cables with military 3-pin canon plugs on one end and civilian anderson connectors on the other. The power distribution box can also be fitted to the vehicle as normal and used with the 12V house battery. The generator you see in the pic is part of the kit, but I don't like camping with a generator so it's more for emergencies at home - power outages due to storms or bushfires, etc. During the recent bushfires my area was hammered and we lost power for several days so the genny powered the fridge in the kitchen.

Water carriage is strictly 22 litre plastic water jerrycans with taps fitted - also a pair of flax water bags for the bullbar if travelling hot/dry climates. I have lately dug out one of my old military 3lt camelbak hydration systems and fitted it to the driver's seat back for easy access when travelling in hot dry climates.
Cooking when solo is either a campfire or jetboil with a pot stand fitted. When travelling with a significant other I use an old shellite stove (Coleman 425E - burns unleaded too if you add a few drops of diesel power to the fuel tank) or cook on the campfire. I typically carry a 10-inch Bedourie oven (triples as a frypan, pot or an oven) and an old billycan with lid plus a utensils roll. We eat out of Wildo Camp-a-Box plastic mess kits or some metal dixies I have.
Hygiene wise it's an ex-army canvas bucket shower for a luxurious shower out bush, or a 12v shower for a quick one. I do not carry chemical toilets or similar, but am well-versed in responsible bush toileting using the cat hole method. Dishes are washed in a collapsible wash basin which stores flat in the hygiene kit bag. I have a roll-up Sea to Summit tub which serves for handwashing use. Sometimes I'll carry a pop up shower enclosure for toilet or shower use if headed into an area with no facilities but likely to be frequented by other travellers.
Gear is stored in two padlockable full size footlockers which are cable locked to the ROPS on both sides.
Food storage is the fridge freezer and a timber WWII 3-inch mortar round box I use as a tucker box.
Camp furniture is usually roll up tables since they take up less space than folding ones, and collapsible camp chairs. I prefer good camping store chairs to the ex-army Chairs, Millionaires because the latter fold flat and take up a bit more space than the umbrella style camping chairs. Typically I will carry two chairs and two tables whether I'm travelling solo or not.

Here's the inside of the vehicle with fridge and one footlocker installed showing available space for gear. I'll usually throw a cargo net on top of everything while mobile.
Here's the usual mode when swagging it solo - traditional custom envelope swag which is a new-made exact replica of my 1941-vintage Australian army officer's bed roll.




Hammocking is a good choice for solo camping in warmer weather/climates. I have been using a hammock for bushwalking trips almost exclusively for close to 20 years now, so I'm quite used to using one in all weather and climates.



Aside from the awning tents I've shown in a previous post, here are a couple of other types I have used on trips in the Rover.



Here's the reason the awnings came about -
First trip over to WA in the Rover and whilst camped on the edge of the Great Australian Bight it was stinking hot and windy as anything. Trying to pitch a hootchie as a sun shade took a while. An awning off one side would have been much quicker and easier.

But awnings are not the be-all and end-all. I have had one destroyed due to it flipping in high winds - it pulled out the pegs securing it. And another was bent and took a bit to repair when I used it in snow. Snow bucketed down that night and collapsed both side awnings despite them being pitched with a sharp angle to let snow slide off. Not pleasant to wake up to on a freezing cold night hahaha
