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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 29 พ.ค. 2017
Jacob and Alex here.
We’ve taken up residence on TH-cam as we travel our native country - Australia - in our beloved Toyota Coaster, Conny. We’re exploring, adventuring and hiding out in some of the most beautiful locations Australia has to offer. Along the way, we’ll be bringing you all sorts of videos ranging from short-form documentaries to fun facts, and everything in between.
If you want to get in touch shoot us an email on info.altroute@gmail.com.
You can also follow us on Instagram:
@the_spruce_druce | @alexandracameron_
Stay weird.
We’ve taken up residence on TH-cam as we travel our native country - Australia - in our beloved Toyota Coaster, Conny. We’re exploring, adventuring and hiding out in some of the most beautiful locations Australia has to offer. Along the way, we’ll be bringing you all sorts of videos ranging from short-form documentaries to fun facts, and everything in between.
If you want to get in touch shoot us an email on info.altroute@gmail.com.
You can also follow us on Instagram:
@the_spruce_druce | @alexandracameron_
Stay weird.
Fun Fact: Nullarbor Edition
Come with us on a journey through facts that are fun! Today we're talking The Nullarbor, the world's longest stretch of straight road.
It's a journey every Aussie has to do at least once. A pilgrimage, a right of passage. And while most tourists do the long drive only to find the endless highway boring AF, this stretch of road spanning both South and Western Australia has some pretty interesting history behind it. It's also home to the world's longest 18 hole golf course.
Watch to find out more, and please like, subscribe and share if you dig it.
Follow us on Instagram:
@the_spruce_druce | @alexandracameron_
Contact us:
info.altroute@gmail.com
Music: Rag Time Time - Doug Maxwell
It's a journey every Aussie has to do at least once. A pilgrimage, a right of passage. And while most tourists do the long drive only to find the endless highway boring AF, this stretch of road spanning both South and Western Australia has some pretty interesting history behind it. It's also home to the world's longest 18 hole golf course.
Watch to find out more, and please like, subscribe and share if you dig it.
Follow us on Instagram:
@the_spruce_druce | @alexandracameron_
Contact us:
info.altroute@gmail.com
Music: Rag Time Time - Doug Maxwell
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Why you guys not try birth control and not just one every bleu moon all a time .
The horses not gate there by there self, the gate there because of human Negligees and stupidity like every animal who is not native to the country, but that is typical human mentality never blame there self always blame samebody hell's or do samething when the problem is mall, now let's wait till the problem is out of control and the lower catégorie always pay the pris in stade to blame the hire catégorie and make pay the people who come up made stupid ideas like that that everything goes out of control and become a big problem. Where I live the have the same problems and do the same thing and cry about it to and bitch but he tern out to be human stupidity not animals stupidity.
These creatures DO NOT BELONG in national parks. I 100% support their 100% removal from the Australian bush.
Sorry I know this was four years ago and it might be out of date but it just showed up on my feed. Has anything changed. I agree that some sort of control breeding is needed BUT what the eco people forget is if you want to get ride of the imported species, they need to leave as well and I don't see them leaving the continent. First question have you DNA tested all the Brumley's in Australia to get them recognized as a breed If there is different DNA for each state then you have different breeds for areas. 2nd it the Cambrian Mountains the pony's are managed by the welsh farmers that have lived there for centuries they live catch them every year to do welfare checks on them one of the things they do is cut the tails short so they can see who has been caught this would also give you a good guess how many horses you have in that area and show you who has been tagged at a glance, this is also done in the New Forest but this is slightly different and tails are cut in certain ways so people can see who owns the horses this could be done for areas ie _ one area / another area \ and yet another cut you can even only cut the outer sides making them a lot shorter and leaving the middle long for a fourth cut . This would give each community a sense of ownership and knowing you can call your neighbors to help with the yearly muster. Just a thought and if all the interested community's are clubbing together to help the horses then that might stop the eco people and government complaining it could also be money making as I'm pretty sure a few people would pay to go on a real muster ( insurance included of course)
Hi Maxine my algorithm is also sponsoring more brumby stories but I thought it might be because I watched several episodes of true crime down under!! I’m a ‘lapsed equestrian’ but also feel concern for ecological sustainability for indigenous species. I think your perspective on how free ranging herds in the UK is quite interesting. The most recent Australian segment I found is from about a year ago I think. The debate about shooting Brumbies from helicopters is still happening, I think. My only idea which is probably not feasible is to fence off some rangelands within the park and contain the brumbies better so that the indigenous species can better survive. The controversy about wild horses seems to plague these beautiful innocents wherever they go. I hope that a way will be found to accommodate reasonable limits on their population growth without sending them to slaughter and killing them with guns. Posted day 22/2023 by Jen/ not-mardon, in Canada 🇨🇦
Now they are getting shot in the most cruel way and left to die a slow death and some ears are being cut off just not ON Also who is going out and doing a count!! that guy is a idiot what about deer pigs goats and humans great bush fires will be more and more
There's some greedy horse people heratige
True heritage of the Brumbies need to be left a FUCK ALONE
The anti- Brumby people need to go and see for themselves, just what causes the damage in the Alpine areas. Consult the people that live in these areas and LISTEN to what they have to say. Stop the Slaughter.
Pro horse propaganda packaged as a balanced piece.
Kook
You iii a
Cull the stallions.
What this doesn't show is the starving animals. See, saving means starving to activists. Thank you for supporting native extinctions, savers
JUST HORSES JUST HORSES GET RID OF THE SWINE AND THE DEER
Riley is a fish
Yes I am
Who is this riley?
Deer are more of a problem . They're large hooved introduced animals and are wider spread .
sadly it will never work the powers that be won't let it my wife s family have farmed the high country for generations and still do to this day no one really knows why they battle so hard to keep the high country to themselves you can't put your stock in the high country like was done years ago after all the research that has been done no proof other than stock keep fire fuel levels down that stock do any long last effects so just wondering why the powers that come and i wish they would fuck right off that be keep this place locked up are they keeping a secret i have taken my metal detector up to a few old farm steads miles from anywhere and what i have found is well maybe just maybe more than enough to keep me looking for more nah just kidding i found nothing but scraps not 1 thing of value so it must be the tree's then can't be the view something is real suss
Kill them kill them all
Feral..need to go .
@MARCUSAURELIUS who you calling a foreigner.
Set
The greens cant couldnt k8ll them so now the grerbs are getting h8nters to kill them ... then the greens will start to ban hunters from parks ... idiots green puppets
Can I have one? Any one, they are all so cute.
The problem is that we have two sides to the issue, two opinions to the situation; no one wants to put the money into a responsible and humane solution, and to put effort into providing accurate research and statistics regarding the species. Also heck if I ever owned a horse, I’d love it to be a brumby.
Humane solution is starvation. The areas we antis want to cull are areas of the park where Endangered native animals (Brumbies are descendants of the British horses so yes they are introduced) are nesting. Is extinction the answer to the issue because Guz wants a introduced animal that isn't heritage to be protected? Wake up John and see the damage
We have the same problem here in the USA our wild horses have been hear for at least 500 years that are now native in the West but you have the environatzes holrin we are losing part of our heritage as a result if I had a farm I would have a few mustang poneys for salde horses or pack horses and I think a brumdy mustang cross would be a good horse for cow work they would be really tuff in the back country to.
Toby & Jenny They are feral horses and all need culled. Same goes for the burrows.
Heres a thought: get rid of the cows, sheep, and other livestock. They do FAR more damage than horses
Jamie Lynn I don’t think people want to eat horsemeat there for the cows and sheep are going to stay stop being stupid
@@dannystone5151 No whats stupid is the idea that the horses are destroying everything in the environment: but never mention the destruction cows, sheep and goes do.
@@jamielynn7674 aren't the pigs too, the wild ones creating actually the biggest erosion problem in the soil?
If you remove all the horses (and other so called "ferrell" animal species) the land loses out on liquid and solid fertilizer. Look at other countries that have discovered this interesting situation where animals in movement help to keep the land in better condition then it would be without them.
Higher fertility favours non native species. Australia has evolved with lower nitrogen and phosphorus levels, you change that by introduced species and it will change the local ecology.
PS. Scientists & Governments have all done a piss poor job at every single introduced species so far! Shooting them from a chopper 'then what happens to the dead animal out there 'becomes feed for other feral animals? Please 'you people go read a book & leave this type of management to the people that actually work with these animals & the rest of us from the city's that would love to get up there and learn how to get on a horse and get involved! You Governments destroy everything it is to be human!
Every single person in this Country owes just about everything to these horse's! Without them, we would have this land. From the war horses, to the farm horse to the transport from the old backbone of what we are today! These Scientists & all these other worry warts that have no damn respect for anything that gave them today's opportunities & there will probably be a time that machines are out dated and the farms might start to use these beautiful, useful animals all over again! These is no great Country anywhere that doesn't have wild horses running all over its land! Evolution, the echo system will either work around itself or parts might have to die out 'so be it! We owe the horse more than most of today's humans!
Technology is just going to continue to keep on advancing we’ve developed better drone technology we have self driving cars and trucks, Uber airs a thing. It is predicted the future will become more and more relient in wifi and that nearly everything will use wifi to work. So no, horses in Australia will become more and more irrelevant to society. And what about the endangered keystone species such as the mulgara a carnivorous species which relies on the grasslands to survive. If these horses are eating away at their shelter they’re gonna lose more and more of theor habitat
@@brianisme6498 but if everything runs on wifi why do we need mulgara or horses is that what your saying
Very well done and researched. Good stuff.
Australia is fortunate compared to the US in that feral horses there are clearly recognized as invasive. The horses that exist as ‘wild’ in the US are descendants of domestic stock, but from a pre white European settlement era. It clouds the issue of being exotic or invasive freaks, which in turn complicates management considerations. Good doc, thanks for sharing such a volatile and diverse issue in positive ways.
Technically they are both invasive and endemic, they originated in North America but went extinct until the Europeans arrived.
Shivam Joshi bison are endemic to Asia you can still find them in Asia
the US can also support large hoofed ungulates whereas australian environments just can’t
Human is worse animals in this world
reer miye 1 geel jire If you feel this way you should probably take yourself out of the equation along with the rest your family make room for the rest of us they don’t feel that way
@@dannystone5151 you mean worse then animals like you who's don't have no respect for anything
@@dannystone5151 Spot On !
Arial culling is far from humane let me line you up and randomly shoot at you from a helicopter and where you may be wounded not shot cleanly in a single shot to die an agonising death. These horse are placed in total fear and run in a blind panic to escape the helicopters and fall and break legs and are left dying in agony. Shame on you for even considering this to be best practice.
They are not hiring people who have taken a half ass attempt at practising before hopping in a helicopter. These are very good shooters who kill the animal instantly. Don't let your rich, conservative ("I have a horse") views cloud your mind.
This is what they are telling us. The population has become too large, too unhealthy, too encroaching on our way of life, and economy and the way we like to do things. It contains too many undesirables who are too old and diseased and are consuming too many resources. They are too expensive to keep around. I'm not talking about horses. I am talking about some very real conversations the uber wealthy elites are having in the name of "public health" whilst meeting internationally in conference rooms of luxury resorts about the Human Population. Don't say it can never happen. It has happened in the past and has been happening in the present as we speak with the regularly occurring viruses that seem to come every few years now and appear to be a little to contrived to be occurring by natural happenstance. China and Africa have been the main targets in the past, but now they have their eye on the developed countries. Humans need to remember that -- What you do to others, may also be done to you. And, having some hunting from the air with rifles. I wouldn't be surprised if it weren't already happening on some isolated island somewhere, just for sport. Just look at the sex trade and what goes on there. These horses are sentient beings just like you. Whatever you decide for their fate, remember, can be decided for your fate as well. Think long and hard about that. For now, we have more emergent things to deal related to "culling the population," and we're not talking horses.
Your not very good at defining horse damage from wild pig damage horses don't dig a bog wild pigs do. There is a higher number of wild pigs compared to horses yet what are you doing about the damage that they are doing nothing as you know that that issue is far to big for you to be able to handle. Please don't lie about this
If one man robs a bank, but another kills a man, do you let the robber walk free? Don't kid yourself, neither pigs or horses and their hooves have any place on this continent.
@@theskyisblue8979 You're another totalitarian marxist who views living organisms as chess pieces to be moved according to your will. Fuck you and your dystopian, materialist dogma.
Let the brumbies be adopted more, I'll have one. Go kill wild cats, rabbits, cane toads, foxes & wild dogs crossed with dingoes too if you like to kill. BTW the NWO plan is to reduce the world population, so your turn will come. Yeah true, see Bill Gates with his vaccines.
Why was that Ivy plant moving so much in the background ??. I enjoyed the brumbie video
On 2/4/19 I travelled 30 km along the Snowy Mnt's Highway. Saw 5 packs of Brumbies with about 8 horses each = 40 horses. 30,000m x 200 m =6,000 ha. Gives about 1 horse every 150 HA. 673,000 ha in the snowy mountains = 4,500 horses in the national park. No validity and no reliability in my data, but could be used to produce a data set with some.
Lions. They need to introduce lions.
Like african ? Or american?
Hahaha
Stefanicus lions don’t even naturally eat horses
@Shivam Joshi yeah I heard tho North American lions were more like jaguars, but were they even social if they weren't true lions? that's what i'd like to know.
@@brianisme6498, they will naturally kill and eat horses given the opportunity, horses buck because cats jump on them.
Where's the love for the cane toads!
Stefan
I have a Cane Toad purse. From Thailand👍
@Shivam Joshi I respect your comment. To me its not. Cane Toads are amongst most invasive species. Origin South America. Immigrated by ship to Australia. They kill ingenious wildlife. So no. Not creepy to me.
@Shivam Joshi it came from Australia. Shipped to Thailand to be produced as a coin purse. I ADMIT its weird. But kinda cool.
You can always tell a great production, when it ends too soon! Go guys, you rock...
Beautiful video! Loved watching it so much, the drone shots are so goood!!! really want to travel around south east australia, I'll add it to my bucketlist for sure! Hey, I have some cool videos on my channel about travelling as well, check out if you are interested and we can support each other. Anyway, keep up the spectacular work ! Good vibes from Australia! subbed.and liked. :)
Mind blowing that you could create such an amazing 'doco' with incredible production values when it's just you two and a bus. Such a compelling story and so very informative. I tip my hat to you both. Awesome!! :)
Bud Dee thanks for the positive feedback! So glad you liked it. We felt with your love of horses we had to do you proud haha
Amazing. Finally some young people interested in the history of our country with an interest in the land and the future of this infinitely fascinating planet. Good job kids. Keep them coming, we will be on the look out for you much too often. ALTERNATE ROUTE !!! YESSSSS ;) x
Grace Farriss thanks for watching!! Hopefully we can inspire more young people to look at some of the issues our beautiful country is facing
Fantastic! Finally something that shows all sides of the story! Well done!
Anne Mccallum thanks for watching! So glad you enjoyed it :)
Dr Dumbass Dribble... take a flying leap.. Brumbies are NOT cannibals! we need qualitative and quantative data, reports and long term plans for sustainability not annihilation!
Great work Jacob & Alex! A balanced informed view with beautiful pics. Thank you :)
Snowy Mountains Horse Riders glad you liked it! Thanks for all your help to make it happen :)
I've just recently discovered this channel and I LOVE it! Just keep it coming, I can't wait to see more :) You have such an amazing energy between you two, and your little perks and funny stuff. You just can't feel anything but happiness after watching your videos (and the drone shots give that special dimension that really stands out). *** I live in Zagreb, Croatia and I would never found out about this channel if it wasn't for this most amazing and inspirative crazy autralian guy - Josh Druce! (And I also think you would love Croatian coast). Love you guys, just keep on being you! :D
thanks so much for the positive feedback Ana!! And so glad to hear you've met Josh, he's Jacob's brother and an absolute legend! We love him lots
Oh my travelling feet are itching!
Megan Gerathy time to book a ticket somewhere exotic perhaps?!
wow, amazing shots, thanks for sharing :)
Nepalese Nomad thanks for watching!!
Thats really cool, you guys are really working hard with limited resources and producing awesome stuff>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Keep it coming
Good on you guys for being real and getting out there and making things happen. It is not easy to take a chance so I wish you all the luck and look forward to seeing the rest of your videos.
love IT.
Alexandra English thanks Alex Lyf!!