Some profound words! I let my 20s fly by waiting for someone to go on adventures with. I never found that person either. Finally taking some steps towards touching my dreams! Until then these videos will have to do! Keep up the amazing work!
My family and I really enjoyed your vid tonight, thanks. Perfect mix of film/still shots, music and editing. Your honest, down to earth/lack of ego approach and informative presentation is refreshing this day and age. Great viewing during lock down 👍😁
I made the decision at 19 years to leave everything behind (which was nothing) and travelled the world on my own in the Merchant navy and when I left I carried on. One life, one time.
Hi buddy :) You do a great job here! Really. I am impressed by this video. Media, broadcasting and A/V making is my full time job for 25 years and I can honestly say - you are a profesional. Great job. I enjoy every single minute of this movie. Thanks for great time. I feel like I was there with you. Really good job!
Amazing landscape, reminds me of a trip when we were supposed to take the Great Central Road to the east from Laverton. The road was closed, so we detoured across the Nullarbor Plain by highway. Somewhere east of Ceduna we took a track north passing Kingoonya. The landscape looked much like this video. Great memories !
I´m getting a Defender in about 2 weeks , and thanks too your awesome awesome videos I feel like a child on Christmas morning , can´t wait to start exploring my neck of the woods ! Love the videos ! PS : Best accent ever
Thanks for the honest and unabashed account of your trip! Nice to watch an overlanding piece without seeing and ad for 4wd supercenter every 10 seconds :) Keeps making those memories and ill stay tuned! Great Work!
Love these videos. Something about the adventure of going solo and living on your own. The talk in the middle of the video about waiting was really powerful.
This reminds me of when I traveled around Australia with my family when the kids were young. The way you pay attention to small details and take the time to really soak in your surroundings is awesome. Keep it up.
I really hate to say it, but one who grew up with the Leyland Bros. I couldn't help myself but think of their jingle after you climbed out from under the Landy after fixing the exhaust!! But you do remind me of those guys & those days. Oh to be half my age (your age) & do all this!! Thanks again for another great, honest & down to earth video. You are not really travelling alone, you take us all with you each time!! Cheers!!!
Brett you've been presenting some excellent videos in the past and especially now, brilliant work you're doing mate... and a great credit to you for keeping a genuine perspective on remote travel.
Clearly a serious amount of hours and skill went into this video, Thanks. I don't see a lot of videos from South Australia, so this was very welcomed. Thanks.
Those words were really right out of my mind I have a dream of exploring solo and I'm very much excited to achieve that. Thanks for inspiring my fading dream 👍
Yes mate a 1993 model. Always have my spot tracker or plb with me. Usually a gps too if going on a big hike.. Thanks, I'm aware of MGTOW.. learnt a bit from it in my younger days. Safe travels.
Love your videos and philosophy on life, Brett. Thanks for sharing and all the joy you bring to people. Wishing you all the very best life has to offer.
It's like a cross between Malcolm Douglas and Les Hiddins. Relaxing, calm and considered. This channel along with Every Where Together is the only 2 channels I follow.
Just came across this fabulous post of yours and very enjoyable watch. Friends have recently completed this trip and loved it. I too had a mechanic (a friend actually) install 4 new shock absorbers and major service and PRE trip on my 1997 Disco back in 1999. I departed on the first leg of my trip at 0300hrs. 2 hours in on inland QLD gravel roads 3 shock absorbers had lost the mounting nuts. That required a limp into the nearest town and about 3 hours delay. Since then I check everything every time.
Great work Brett - and so much more authentic than many of those commercial efforts we see on the box. Spinning wheels and product placements left, right and centre drive me mental. Your vids capture what I like about taking the deefer out on the tracks - and you've whet my appetite for another trip! Love it. Long time watcher of your vids, and now a supporter on your new patreon site (great initiative!).
Thank you Neal! I appreciate your support. Yes mainstream TV can get a little artificial. I try to keep it real. In the very early phases now of planning and preparing for the next big trip. Hopefully will produce more videos like this with a similar length. Still have plenty of other footage to edit though from 2015. Will work my way through it. Thanks again. Brett
You can speed it up in Settings to 1.25, 1.5 or 2 and it takes less time to play. Not that there's anything wrong with the video but if you are pressed for time it helps.
Thank you for making this video, I always wanted to go on a solo trip but I didn't have a chance, but now I now how it feels to be alone faraway from every thing, thank you once again
Thx mate... awesome vid and spirit. Was living in Cann River and Croajingalong East Gippsland then the massive bushfire and Covid. Now single alone living in Western Eyre, oz best kept secret as well as Marree, iconic region. Yes, never waste time waiting ; tis precious
Outstanding video Brett - we can really appreciate the amount of effort you put into producing and editing this video. Thoroughly enjoyable experience - Happy Land Rovering! Warren and Colleen.
Really enjoyed this movie and the effort it took you to film and edit in a way that really took us on your trip. I appreciate your self sufficiency. Safe travels from the USA! - Jeff
I like you trying to get someone to come along on my outback trips by the time I got to 30y I gave up trying to get others to go with me so I started to go outback any time I could and I can tell you I had many great trips and my be some not so great (broken 4x4ers along the way but that's part of the trip and is great to look back on along with the great story's you get) I'm in my 70's now and still outback tripping any time I can. I hope to do the Goog's track soon. I never stop and you will never stop it's a great life in the outback camping.
It's great to see that I'm not the only one that clears the track and not drive around trees keep up the good work. I started back in the 1980's and am still at it, I found if you try to find someone to come you will just sit around at home not going so I just got up and went, I'm still at and I love it may be we will meet some where on a track in the never never!
Loved your video. Please make more. I have been debating on getting a Defender....we'll see...I think a mechanics course would be in order before doing so. I had a Range Rover years ago and the day the check engine light finally went off, I drove it immediately to the Lexus dealer and traded it in before the light came back on. The Land Rover mechanics never were able to figure out what was wrong with it. My daughter still has the Lexus SUV 18 years later and it's still going strong. I still love the look and feel of any Land Rover though. Best of luck on your next BIG adventure and I look forward to the video.
Fantastic production, thoroughly enjoyed your video. Great filming, heaps of camera angles, thoughtfully located and assembled, nothing overdone, beautifully post-produced with narration and well-chosen music, and all in all gave a very realistic and absorbing coverage. I was immersed in this and felt like I was there! Well done mate, hoping you will do more trips and videos. Cheers.
Great stuff Brett, keep living the dream as long as you can while you have your health and youth, As Brett said, don,t wait till you retire to travel this great country.
Great video as usual. Considering you film this alone, it's so professional you must be in and out of the Landy 1000 times a day! Keep up the great work Bret. Happy and safe travels mate.
Thanks mate. Yes it takes a lot of work setting each shot then having to walk all the way back to get the camera. I was certainly fitter at the end of my 10 months travelling.
Around Guy Fawkes NP & Victorian High Country 1st b4 further a field in my Defender. Need to ensure that I can Trust the old girl 1st before going to the real remote areas.....
Superb video, you seem like a really genuine bloke, I am glad you moved the tree out of the way. My defender is really similar to yours and I am planning a trip through spain and portugal this summer. It has taken me a while to get it ready for some serious miles but I have learnt a lot on the way including how to rebuild an engine and how to rebuild the axles ! Keep up the good work. James.
Thanks James. Doing it yourself is a great way to build confidence in your mechanical abilities and knowing that if something breaks you're willing to have a go and fix it. Enjoy your summer adventure!
GREETINGS FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA. GREAT VIDEO. I WAS MORE OR LESS OUT THIS WAY BACK IN 1962 IN A SERIES 2 LAND ROVER WHEN THE NULLARBOUR WAS JUST A TRACK AND THERE WAS AN OLD METAL GATE SEPARATING SOUTH AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA. I TOO WAS TRAVELLING SOLO AND WAS 21 AT THE TIME. NO SATELLITE PHONES IN THOSE DAYS!!!
G'day mate. Thanks.. Would have been a wild adventure back in those days. Truly spoilt today with the technology available, and the perfect highways linking everything.
Awesome!!!! It's easy to forget that you're filming as well. Australia is on my Bucket list, at the very top! And this is the way I want to go; no tourists, maybe a dog, and of course a buddy who knows where we're going!!!! LOL!!!!!! That's probably the hardest part, otherwise you'd have someone with you. Ever since I became aware of Malcolm Douglas and his trips through the Kimberly, I've wanted to head to Broome and begin my journey. I also want to get a permit and travel through Arnemland; I want to meet the amazing folks of the First Nations. After reading Syd Kyle-Little's book, I'm determined to sit and listen to them for a while.
Nice job - enjoyed the narrative, the video and the style. I hope the right girl comes along in your life, and would offer that if you are happy alone (which you seem to be or getting close), that's precisely when it will happen. Cheers and happy trails to you and yours.
What an awesome video! We appreciate all your hard working making this and applaud your decision to roam...don't be too lonely, you have us riding with you. ;-) Come to America sometime and I'll take you through the desert SouthWest through Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona. It's absolutely amazing!
Beautifull video. I travelled back in 1984 with another bloke from Perth to Darwin. From Canarvon to Katherine on and of we had a lot of grevel, no bitume roads in those years. It really felt like travelling in the outback when leaving York WA after a few days. I hitchhiked from Katherine to Townsville and from there took the Greyhound to Melbourne. The silence with only some native birds and the sandflies brought back manny good memories from my traveling around the whole of Australia. Yust awesome to see your video great video mate, good on you.
Thanks Maurice. I can only image how incredible the experience was back then before bitumen made everything easily accessible. An adventure I could only dream of today in Australia.
Good job on the film, I very much liked the bottle cap washer trick and the little waffle about not waiting around for someone and getting out there anyway. Go the defender, cheers.
Fantastic video, Brett! I was totally impressed with your trail repairs as well. I hope you properly fixed your exhaust, but even more, I hope you kept your bottle cap washer! That's the kind of character all old trucks need ;)
Mate, you make the most entertaining, informative & interesting Aussie 4X4 travel videos I have ever watched. They are so interesting & informative I personally would class them as a Travel Documentary with the friendly open approach you have it is just superbly done. Safe Travels & Kind Regards, Steve. PS..... We may meet someday on the track & I am studying your videos to see were I might be able to go in our rig in the future.
Absolutely loved this film, very well done. There is something about the wide open and vast remoteness of Central Australia that is so appealing to me, maybe cause the lack of civilisation and people lol, Cheers.
Real nice video, very informative and easy to watch, you're a natural presenter... Loved what you said about solo adventuring and not waiting till retirement to live your life .🤘
Warm greetings from New York.You're brave. I'm happy you made it back home safely. Love your video. Thank you for your time, money & labor putting it together. Appreciate it. I've subscribe.
Hope you don't mine another comment, I enjoyed your build up of your truck. Our truck (fj 62) Is no way prepared as yours ,but we enjoy camping when we can. Thanks again for taking us along on your adventures. (Also as an American I apologize for our President in he's disrespect of your Prime Minister)
Hi there. Watched this video last night, really enjoyed it. Did Googs about 3 years ago, the video brought back some great memories. I did it north - south and stayed at Googs Lake as well. Noticed you've already down my way in s/w Vic, that's great. So many Queenslanders don't come this far south, so my hat is off to you. I'll be watching more videos and have sub'd to your channel. Well done and the best of luck & success for the future.
6:13 QUOTE: People of character do the right thing even if no one else does, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world. -Michael Josephson
I am sure he did the right thing and I am sure I would have done the same thing however I would only point out that in some conservation parks you are not allowed to remove debris from the roadway if there is a way around it. I don't agree with it, its a stupid bit of law but its not always "Just move it yourself".
Like you, I longed to 'roam', but unlike yourself, being married with a family was the prohibitive factor for me. I simply couldn't spare the time nor money to travel tp the places I wanted to. But now, mid forties, I am preparing my vehicle and creating an itinerary. Finally, it's going to happen, the way I want it to. This is occurring much later in life than I'd hoped... my former wife and I talked about heading off on such a trip with the kids and a camper, but again, life got in the way. But, so long as I go everywhere in Australia I want to go before I die, I'll be buried with a smile on my dial. Cheers for the inspiration to finally get out there. See you on the tracks!
Thanks Gary.. not really courage.. Just going for a drive in my back yard. Exploring WA would take courage. Its a worry, though hope to make it there for 2019. Start with shorter trips and work your way up to more remoter locations and you'll be an old salt to solo travel in no time.
Great stuff mate, very tidy editing and great composition in the filming. Thanks for sharing. Heartwarming to see SA soil again. Subscribed! Oh and the rego on the Landy... Fair dinkum! :)
Thank you for such a wonderful video. It made me feel free to watch all that beauty out there in Australia from here in Pasadena, California USA.... Keep up with the videos on your future travels.
Fantastic channel, mate. Thankful to you for sharing your adventures. We can only dream about this type of open space here in the States. It's all gone to shite with urban expansion here.
Always enjoy following your videos, My Defender has not had as many trips in the remote outback yet but time permitting this will change soon. Great work.
Awesome mate. I was 45 before I met someone to go Land Rover adventuring with. Mind you I only got my Land Rover that year. I do like to go driving on my own though, something about that personal challenge and self-reliance. Video perfect length and great editing & camera angles. Nice one
I've been on a track near this one ( but different ) many years ago. Opens up to big sand dunes and big beautiful open white sand beaches.. beautiful spot. A time when I actually bothered to go somewhere unlike lately...😁 ( I was with some people who new the area well and had 4 wheel drives ).
You hit the nail on the head when you said don’t wait for retirement because tomorrow is never guaranteed. Great work.
I think there's something nostalgic about the way you present. Almost like watching a 1970s ABC journalist. Brilliant work mate!
Aye. Not scripted. Not polished. Just good honest commentary on what's going on. Relatable.
Also driving a defender really helps with the look as well. Long live the old defenders
Some profound words! I let my 20s fly by waiting for someone to go on adventures with. I never found that person either. Finally taking some steps towards touching my dreams! Until then these videos will have to do! Keep up the amazing work!
Thanks mate.. and get yourself out there... we might just meet the person we're looking for out on our travels.
My family and I really enjoyed your vid tonight, thanks. Perfect mix of film/still shots, music and editing. Your honest, down to earth/lack of ego approach and informative presentation is refreshing this day and age. Great viewing during lock down 👍😁
Thanks 👍
I made the decision at 19 years to leave everything behind (which was nothing) and travelled the world on my own in the Merchant navy and when I left I carried on. One life, one time.
Hi buddy :)
You do a great job here! Really. I am impressed by this video. Media, broadcasting and A/V making is my full time job for 25 years and I can honestly say - you are a profesional. Great job. I enjoy every single minute of this movie. Thanks for great time. I feel like I was there with you. Really good job!
Thanks mate. appreciate it.
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Amazing landscape, reminds me of a trip when we were supposed to take the Great Central Road to the east from Laverton. The road was closed, so we detoured across the Nullarbor Plain by highway. Somewhere east of Ceduna we took a track north passing Kingoonya. The landscape looked much like this video. Great memories !
Yes beautiful country. At least your detour was memorable!
I´m getting a Defender in about 2 weeks , and thanks too your awesome awesome videos I feel like a child on Christmas morning , can´t wait to start exploring my neck of the woods ! Love the videos !
PS : Best accent ever
haha Thanks mate. Enjoy your new Defender!
Thanks for the honest and unabashed account of your trip! Nice to watch an overlanding piece without seeing and ad for 4wd supercenter every 10 seconds :) Keeps making those memories and ill stay tuned! Great Work!
Thanks for watching mate.
Love these videos. Something about the adventure of going solo and living on your own. The talk in the middle of the video about waiting was really powerful.
This reminds me of when I traveled around Australia with my family when the kids were young. The way you pay attention to small details and take the time to really soak in your surroundings is awesome. Keep it up.
I really hate to say it, but one who grew up with the Leyland Bros. I couldn't help myself but think of their jingle after you climbed out from under the Landy after fixing the exhaust!! But you do remind me of those guys & those days. Oh to be half my age (your age) & do all this!! Thanks again for another great, honest & down to earth video. You are not really travelling alone, you take us all with you each time!! Cheers!!!
I have fond memories of the Leyland Brothers.
Brett you've been presenting some excellent videos in the past and especially now, brilliant work you're doing mate... and a great credit to you for keeping a genuine perspective on remote travel.
Thanks mate. I certainly like to show it how it is.. too many extreme 4x4 videos showing things you just don't do when alone and in a remote location.
Kinda makes me sad, that he didnt find someone. And worried lol
Clearly a serious amount of hours and skill went into this video, Thanks. I don't see a lot of videos from South Australia, so this was very welcomed. Thanks.
Thanks mate. Yes many many hours.
Those words were really right out of my mind
I have a dream of exploring solo and I'm very much excited to achieve that.
Thanks for inspiring my fading dream 👍
Love Australia and your channel. Seen a lot of your country through your videos. Cheers from 🇺🇸
Thanks mate. Glad you've enjoyed them.
Yes mate a 1993 model. Always have my spot tracker or plb with me. Usually a gps too if going on a big hike.. Thanks, I'm aware of MGTOW.. learnt a bit from it in my younger days. Safe travels.
Love your videos and philosophy on life, Brett. Thanks for sharing and all the joy you bring to people. Wishing you all the very best life has to offer.
Thanks for watching Matthew.
It's like a cross between Malcolm Douglas and Les Hiddins.
Relaxing, calm and considered.
This channel along with Every Where Together is the only 2 channels I follow.
Thanks Ade. Those two legends are my film idols, so I must be on the right track.
I also follow Ray Mears :-)
Just came across this fabulous post of yours and very enjoyable watch. Friends have recently completed this trip and loved it. I too had a mechanic (a friend actually) install 4 new shock absorbers and major service and PRE trip on my 1997 Disco back in 1999. I departed on the first leg of my trip at 0300hrs. 2 hours in on inland QLD gravel roads 3 shock absorbers had lost the mounting nuts. That required a limp into the nearest town and about 3 hours delay. Since then I check everything every time.
Sounds like you got lucky there without any damage. A great lesson. Thanks
Great work Brett - and so much more authentic than many of those commercial efforts we see on the box. Spinning wheels and product placements left, right and centre drive me mental. Your vids capture what I like about taking the deefer out on the tracks - and you've whet my appetite for another trip! Love it. Long time watcher of your vids, and now a supporter on your new patreon site (great initiative!).
Thank you Neal! I appreciate your support. Yes mainstream TV can get a little artificial. I try to keep it real. In the very early phases now of planning and preparing for the next big trip. Hopefully will produce more videos like this with a similar length. Still have plenty of other footage to edit though from 2015. Will work my way through it. Thanks again. Brett
What a great way to spend 45 minutes. You have done a grat job conveying the feeling of the outback. Please make more.
You can speed it up in Settings to 1.25, 1.5 or 2 and it takes less time to play. Not that there's anything wrong with the video but if you are pressed for time it helps.
you made this way more interesting than it had any right to be. I got hooked by about 5 minutes, thanks.
Amazing information and videography. Beautiful landscapes amidst peaceful Nature. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for making this video, I always wanted to go on a solo trip but I didn't have a chance, but now I now how it feels to be alone faraway from every thing, thank you once again
Thx mate... awesome vid and spirit. Was living in Cann River and Croajingalong East Gippsland then the massive bushfire and Covid. Now single alone living in Western Eyre, oz best kept secret as well as Marree, iconic region. Yes, never waste time waiting ; tis precious
I love that little motivational speech 21:25. Makes me wanna sell up & get out bush. Fxxk retirement!
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thanks for taking the time to put this together and share your experience.
Great production, well done! I admire your adventuring and learning about these different paths across Australia, if only vicariously.
Thanks mate.
Awesome. Loved this. Can see how much effort went into filming and editing and the result is amazing. Thanks for sharing it.
Outstanding video Brett - we can really appreciate the amount of effort you put into producing and editing this video. Thoroughly enjoyable experience - Happy Land Rovering! Warren and Colleen.
Thank you Warren and Colleen! Yes a lot of hard work in and out of the editing room but worth it. A record to look back on in my later years :-)
Really enjoyed this movie and the effort it took you to film and edit in a way that really took us on your trip. I appreciate your self sufficiency. Safe travels from the USA! - Jeff
Thanks for watching Jeff!
I like you trying to get someone to come along on my outback trips by the time I got to 30y I gave up trying to get others to go with me so I started to go outback any time I could and I can tell you I had many great trips and my be some not so great (broken 4x4ers along the way but that's part of the trip and is great to look back on along with the great story's you get) I'm in my 70's now and still outback tripping any time I can. I hope to do the Goog's track soon. I never stop and you will never stop it's a great life in the outback camping.
Great video Brett....just like a pro.....Cant wait for next year for big trip.
Well done mate, love to see I'm not the only one who is forced to travel alone👍
It's great to see that I'm not the only one that clears the track and not drive around trees keep up the good work. I started back in the 1980's and am still at it, I found if you try to find someone to come you will just sit around at home not going so I just got up and went, I'm still at and I love it may be we will meet some where on a track in the never never!
Thank Jim. Yes I'd rather just get out there now and explore. Time is short.
yep but it's fun and you never know what you will find
Loved your video. Please make more. I have been debating on getting a Defender....we'll see...I think a mechanics course would be in order before doing so. I had a Range Rover years ago and the day the check engine light finally went off, I drove it immediately to the Lexus dealer and traded it in before the light came back on. The Land Rover mechanics never were able to figure out what was wrong with it. My daughter still has the Lexus SUV 18 years later and it's still going strong. I still love the look and feel of any Land Rover though. Best of luck on your next BIG adventure and I look forward to the video.
Thanks mate. Take one for a test drive and see if it "feels" right for you.
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The older the better. Never had a problem with the TD5 but now have a Series 3.
great stuff Brett - really appreciate you taking the time to edit the footage - you've made a great film that's better than we get from the BBC
Thanks mate.
fantastic video mate ! I enjoy travelling alone too. this is inspiring
'Living your someday today'! Excellent video mate!
Fantastic production, thoroughly enjoyed your video. Great filming, heaps of camera angles, thoughtfully located and assembled, nothing overdone, beautifully post-produced with narration and well-chosen music, and all in all gave a very realistic and absorbing coverage. I was immersed in this and felt like I was there! Well done mate, hoping you will do more trips and videos. Cheers.
Thanks Greg for your detailed review. I certainly hope to return to the road and continue filming once I save up enough to fund another year.
Great stuff Brett, keep living the dream as long as you can while you have your health and youth, As Brett said, don,t wait till you retire to travel this great country.
Thanks Rob. I'm eager to hit the road again.
Great video as usual. Considering you film this alone, it's so professional you must be in and out of the Landy 1000 times a day! Keep up the great work Bret. Happy and safe travels mate.
Thanks mate. Yes it takes a lot of work setting each shot then having to walk all the way back to get the camera. I was certainly fitter at the end of my 10 months travelling.
Well Done mate.... That trip has been on my bucket list for a good number of years....
Thanks Rob. Pick a date and get it scratched off.
Around Guy Fawkes NP & Victorian High Country 1st b4 further a field in my Defender. Need to ensure that I can Trust the old girl 1st before going to the real remote areas.....
Superb video, you seem like a really genuine bloke, I am glad you moved the tree out of the way. My defender is really similar to yours and I am planning a trip through spain and portugal this summer. It has taken me a while to get it ready for some serious miles but I have learnt a lot on the way including how to rebuild an engine and how to rebuild the axles ! Keep up the good work. James.
Thanks James. Doing it yourself is a great way to build confidence in your mechanical abilities and knowing that if something breaks you're willing to have a go and fix it. Enjoy your summer adventure!
Great production. Lots of useful info shared. Well worth watching the whole way through.
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Great video. Thanks for sharing. BTW, what's the strange creature in the background at 17:44?
Thanks mate. Looks like a Yowie.
GREETINGS FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA. GREAT VIDEO. I WAS MORE OR LESS OUT THIS WAY BACK IN 1962 IN A SERIES 2 LAND ROVER WHEN THE NULLARBOUR WAS JUST A TRACK AND THERE WAS AN OLD METAL GATE SEPARATING SOUTH AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA. I TOO WAS TRAVELLING SOLO AND WAS 21 AT THE TIME. NO SATELLITE PHONES IN THOSE DAYS!!!
G'day mate. Thanks.. Would have been a wild adventure back in those days. Truly spoilt today with the technology available, and the perfect highways linking everything.
Nice video..well shot..We have just done the track in 2 4x4s and 3 dirt bikes..loved it..
Awesome!!!! It's easy to forget that you're filming as well. Australia is on my Bucket list, at the very top! And this is the way I want to go; no tourists, maybe a dog, and of course a buddy who knows where we're going!!!! LOL!!!!!! That's probably the hardest part, otherwise you'd have someone with you. Ever since I became aware of Malcolm Douglas and his trips through the Kimberly, I've wanted to head to Broome and begin my journey. I also want to get a permit and travel through Arnemland; I want to meet the amazing folks of the First Nations. After reading Syd Kyle-Little's book, I'm determined to sit and listen to them for a while.
Thanks mate. Yes Australia is great when you find some remote quiet spots to soak it all in.
You did a great job. Traveled around Australia twice in my life and planning to visit SA in 2018. Greets from Switzerland
Ps: love your Defender
Thanks Stefano! SA is beautiful. Plenty more for me to see there too.
Nice job - enjoyed the narrative, the video and the style. I hope the right girl comes along in your life, and would offer that if you are happy alone (which you seem to be or getting close), that's precisely when it will happen. Cheers and happy trails to you and yours.
Thanks mate. Will see what happens. On the road again for my 2018 trip so who knows who I'll meet along the way.
This video was awesome! So well produced and edited. Love what you're doing mate 👍
Great video Brett.
The prickly red flowered plant at the 28:00min mark is Grevillea Treueriana which is found only on Mt Finke 👍
Respect for what you have done and filmed solo! Thank you for sharing this! You are such an inspiration! Greetz from Holland. Go Defenders😀
Thanks for watching mate.
You make great videos. Bring me back to old school exploration films back in the day. Superb commentary, too. I just subscribed. Keep it up.
Been there... Camped at Goog's Lake... Was fortunate to be in the company of Aunty Sue Haseldine, (Kokatha Mulla Elder...) Amazing Country.
Great adventure @any age. Love the length and quality of your filming. Well done Bret and looking forward to the next adventure.
Thanks mate. Appreciate it.
Nice one mate. The South Aussie bush has a lonely desolate feeling but it is hauntingly beautiful.
What a Romantic dude!! Pretty rough as well. your 20s 30s 40s 50s will come and go and will be attache with nature and adventure. Good jod Sir.
What an awesome video! We appreciate all your hard working making this and applaud your decision to roam...don't be too lonely, you have us riding with you. ;-) Come to America sometime and I'll take you through the desert SouthWest through Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona. It's absolutely amazing!
Thanks Nigel. I'll keep your invitation in mind but first have sooo much more of Australia to explore. Currently prepping my car for the next trip.
yes come drive around the USA.
We are on our way back from overlanding Mexico and Central America. We might come up through Texas and over to Arizona if you want to show us around?
@@RoamingTheOutback I've been through that part if the USA desert Nigel mentioned. You'd love it
Beautifull video. I travelled back in 1984 with another bloke from Perth to Darwin. From Canarvon to Katherine on and of we had a lot of grevel, no bitume roads in those years. It really felt like travelling in the outback when leaving York WA after a few days. I hitchhiked from Katherine to Townsville and from there took the Greyhound to Melbourne. The silence with only some native birds and the sandflies brought back manny good memories from my traveling around the whole of Australia. Yust awesome to see your video great video mate, good on you.
Thanks Maurice. I can only image how incredible the experience was back then before bitumen made everything easily accessible. An adventure I could only dream of today in Australia.
Good job on the film, I very much liked the bottle cap washer trick and the little waffle about not waiting around for someone and getting out there anyway. Go the defender, cheers.
Thanks Gavin and Summer! All the best with your US adventures.
Fantastic video, Brett! I was totally impressed with your trail repairs as well. I hope you properly fixed your exhaust, but even more, I hope you kept your bottle cap washer! That's the kind of character all old trucks need ;)
Thanks Scott. Yes the exhaust was properly repaired a few months later and to this day I still have the bottle cap in place!
Mate, you make the most entertaining, informative & interesting Aussie 4X4 travel videos I have ever watched. They are so interesting & informative I personally would class them as a Travel Documentary with the friendly open approach you have it is just superbly done.
Safe Travels & Kind Regards, Steve.
PS..... We may meet someday on the track & I am studying your videos to see were I might be able to go in our rig in the future.
Thanks Steve. I'll keep my eyes out for your truck when I return to the road.
This might be 3 years later but mate i must say you did an outstanding job on this capture and edit. Well done.
Thanks mate.
lost track of how many times i've watched this. you have a unique style that never gets boring. so looking forward to some new content from you.
Thanks mate. Should be back on the road within a month.
Absolutely loved this film, very well done. There is something about the wide open and vast remoteness of Central Australia that is so appealing to me, maybe cause the lack of civilisation and people lol, Cheers.
Yes few people round. Really just exist with nature.
Hi Brett, really enjoyed your movie. Excellent work. Looking forward to the next one. Paul.
Real nice video, very informative and easy to watch, you're a natural presenter... Loved what you said about solo adventuring and not waiting till retirement to live your life .🤘
Great edit Brett was good to watch and see what the Googs track is about. As a 110 200tdi driver I can appreciate how tiring those dunes would be.
Thanks mate. Yes it can take its toll after a day driving. Still don't think I'd feel right ever driving anything else.
One of your best Brett - congratulations.
Warm greetings from New York.You're brave. I'm happy you made it back home safely. Love your video.
Thank you for your time, money & labor putting it together. Appreciate it. I've subscribe.
Thanks mate! Welcome.
Love your videos buddy! Our dream car is a Defender and our big adventure, once we get it, will be largely inspired by your exploring :)
Thanks James. All the best with finding "the one". There's a landy out there somewhere with your name on it. Safe travels!
Excellent video Brother. Enjoying your build videos & website as well. Very well done on all!!
Hope you don't mine another comment, I enjoyed your build up of your truck. Our truck (fj 62) Is no way prepared as yours ,but we enjoy camping when we can. Thanks again for taking us along on your adventures. (Also as an American I apologize for our President in he's disrespect of your Prime Minister)
Hi there. Watched this video last night, really enjoyed it. Did Googs about 3 years ago, the video brought back some great memories. I did it north - south and stayed at Googs Lake as well.
Noticed you've already down my way in s/w Vic, that's great. So many Queenslanders don't come this far south, so my hat is off to you.
I'll be watching more videos and have sub'd to your channel.
Well done and the best of luck & success for the future.
Hi mate. Thanks for the sub and support. Still plenty more to see in Vic which I had to skip due to snow/bad weather. Next time for sure.
No need to say more! Below covers it all, great video mate, thoroughly enjoyed your creative work. WELL DONE!
Thanks Michael!
6:13 QUOTE: People of character do the right thing even if no one else does, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world. -Michael Josephson
Thanks Vitor. A great quote.
Cool quote!
I am sure he did the right thing and I am sure I would have done the same thing however I would only point out that in some conservation parks you are not allowed to remove debris from the roadway if there is a way around it. I don't agree with it, its a stupid bit of law but its not always "Just move it yourself".
Like you, I longed to 'roam', but unlike yourself, being married with a family was the prohibitive factor for me. I simply couldn't spare the time nor money to travel tp the places I wanted to. But now, mid forties, I am preparing my vehicle and creating an itinerary. Finally, it's going to happen, the way I want it to. This is occurring much later in life than I'd hoped... my former wife and I talked about heading off on such a trip with the kids and a camper, but again, life got in the way. But, so long as I go everywhere in Australia I want to go before I die, I'll be buried with a smile on my dial.
Cheers for the inspiration to finally get out there.
See you on the tracks!
Great to hear michael. enjoy the journey!
Thank you for taking us back to the Googs 👍
You're welcome mate. Thanks for joining me on my journey.
Fantastic video mate, brave man and hats off to you. Loved the video and wish I could experience the outback.
excellent movie. Takes heaps of courage to be out there on your own, I couldn't do it, wish I could. Take care mate.
Thanks Gary.. not really courage.. Just going for a drive in my back yard. Exploring WA would take courage. Its a worry, though hope to make it there for 2019. Start with shorter trips and work your way up to more remoter locations and you'll be an old salt to solo travel in no time.
Thanks for the video. I never knew about this track before but have now added it to the list. Great stuff! Hope to see you on the road some day.
Great stuff mate, very tidy editing and great composition in the filming. Thanks for sharing. Heartwarming to see SA soil again. Subscribed!
Oh and the rego on the Landy... Fair dinkum! :)
Thanks mate. Yes I got lucky with those plates.
Thanks for the effort you put into making this video. Very honest and much appreciated. We look forward to more :)
Glad you enjoyed it Bryan. Thanks.
Excellently done! Enjoyed that! Never been to Australia.
Keep them coming.
Thanks!
Awesome video, great production, you should have your own series on free to air TV, reminds me of the Leyland Brothers only solo!!
Thank you for such a wonderful video. It made me feel free to watch all that beauty out there in Australia from here in Pasadena, California USA.... Keep up with the videos on your future travels.
Fantastic channel, mate. Thankful to you for sharing your adventures. We can only dream about this type of open space here in the States. It's all gone to shite with urban expansion here.
Very well done documentary mate, envy your courage to "just go and do it" safe travels
Thanks mate
Awesome ... in the same place ... inspiring stuff !
Always enjoy following your videos, My Defender has not had as many trips in the remote outback yet but time permitting this will change soon. Great work.
Thanks Peter. Safe travels.
Awesome mate. I was 45 before I met someone to go Land Rover adventuring with. Mind you I only got my Land Rover that year. I do like to go driving on my own though, something about that personal challenge and self-reliance. Video perfect length and great editing & camera angles. Nice one
Thanks mate. Yes the odd solo challenge is good. Everyone needs the occasional trip alone i reckon to contemplate life's mysteries.
Well it’s 6am in the morning. Grrrrrrrrr
Fantastic video though. I really enjoyed it.
Thank you!!!
Really enjoyed that Brett, another great video - keep them coming. Looks fantastic there🙂
Thank you mate.
Nice one - inspirational as always, along with some 4WD tips as a bonus.
Thanks mate. Glad you've got some gold out of the film. :)
I really like your video, thank you for sharing. It was very informative and good footage
Awesome video through the expedition and good work on the Rover. From Kenya and wish to visit the Outback someday
Thanks mate! Someday I hope to make it to Africa!
Don’t know if I’ve commented on this video before Brett, but I’ve watched it many times, it’s such a good video 👍
I've been on a track near this one ( but different ) many years ago. Opens up to big sand dunes and big beautiful open white sand beaches..
beautiful spot. A time when I actually bothered to go somewhere unlike lately...😁 ( I was with some people who new the area well and had 4 wheel drives ).