Only a 130 likes?! This is really helpful. I've just had my first play with Kamoot - putting together a short point to point to try with my kids. This was really useful to help explain more of the features, thank you! Cheers Paul
Just finished binge watching your trip across Australia.. thank you very interesting. Just watched this one on navigation.. Your trip to top of cape York looks interesting one.. The old telegraph track includes a few creek crossings. Knee deep to waste deep..All contain saltwater crocs. Having spent time up in this area you get a bit familiar with them.. It's a wonderful journey the N.P are a holiday in there own right..Have fun be safe.
Thanks very much, mate! So glad you enjoyed the videos! Having been up on the Tablelands for a while now, I'm getting pretty familiar with the Cape. I have friends who run a mountain bike tour company taking people up there and it's been great getting some intel from them - as well as the local rangers I know who take care of that area. A publican was snatched by a croc up in Lakefield recently and I know the blokes who found and dealt with the croc afterwards.... Gruesome stuff.... I definitely will not be taking any chances! I'm hoping to step up my filmmaking game in the coming months, so hopefully when I eventually get up there I'll be able to put together a great video! Thanks again for the support, mate. Means a lot! Hopefully will have more adventures for you in due course!
Yeah, I considered riding to Darwin at one point and went pretty deep down the rabbit hole researching the route! Unfortunately it's looking unlikely at this point, but maybe!
Bit of a long one today! This one went on a bit, but after looking around at other navigation videos; I felt like most were just basic tutorials on how mapping apps work and didn't give any real world examples. If I missed anything or if you have any questions about a particular aspect of bike touring navigation then drop a comment and we'll do a follow up video. Cheers!
@@DarnsParns - My pleasure! I hope that there was something useful in there for yourself or anyone else watching. 😁 If there's anything I left out or if you have any questions, just let me know!
@@VeloObscurathanks Dave. You've confirmed much, so that's great. I haven't used RWGPS at all, so will check it out. One question, what's the most water you've had to carry due to there not being any places to buy/get along the way?
@@DarnsParns - Awesome! We've not had it too hard with water to be honest! I think the most we carried was on the Nullarbor. We knew we would hit a roadhouse every two days, so we carried two days worth plus a little bit extra just to be safe. I can't remember exactly, but I think it ended up being 5 or 6 litres each, plus the afore-mentioned emergency bottle. We did it in winter, so it was quite cool. I imagine if we'd done it in December or something, we would have had to carry double that at least. Once we got to Victoria and beyond, water was pretty easy to find, so we mostly just carried 2 regular bidons and refilled at every opportunity we got. An exception was if we were going to camp out in the bush somewhere - then we would take an extra 3 or 4 litres. That meant that we could cook dinner with it and then have enough to fill our bottles before leaving in the morning. Sometimes that ended up being much more than we needed. One other exception was when we rode from Rolleston to Blackwater. That was a 125km stretch with nowhere to fill up, so we took enough to refill our bidons a couple of times on the way. No doubt much more water would be needed if riding through the NT or something like that!
Great tips, some I've thougt of but lots I didn't. I'm not in Aus. but I'm going to France & I've been figuring it out using Google maps. And I'm trying to figure a bike GPS/computer thing & will have to use probably Kamoot or something. But thanks very much for the video. & happy cycling from Ireland 🇮🇪
Thanks! This was something I meant to touch on in the video, but forgot! Komoot gives you a free region when you sign up. As far as I'm aware, the entirety of Australia counts as one region, so you could just use it for free. If you want to travel, you can buy additional regions or just buy the "World Pack" and have all of them. On top of that you can sign up for Komoot Premium, which is a monthly/annual subscription. I had this for a year and cancelled it as I just didn't think the features were worth it. Some people may enjoy them, but I just didn't use them. RideWithGPS has free, basic and premium. You can mess about with the free version, but I think you need the Basic version as a minimum for it to be useful. I have Premium, which is what you need for the more advanced functions. Those are all subscriptions too and I think I pay $80 a year. I'm planning a followup video to answer some questions and add things I missed, so I'll add the pricing stuff to that! If there's anything else you think would be useful, just let me know and I'll put it on the list!
Only a 130 likes?! This is really helpful. I've just had my first play with Kamoot - putting together a short point to point to try with my kids. This was really useful to help explain more of the features, thank you! Cheers Paul
Glad you found it helpful, Paul! Enjoy the ride with the kids. 😁
This was awesome. Thank you. Exactly what I was looking for.
You're welcome!
Just finished binge watching your trip across Australia.. thank you very interesting.
Just watched this one on navigation..
Your trip to top of cape York looks interesting one..
The old telegraph track includes a few creek crossings.
Knee deep to waste deep..All contain saltwater crocs.
Having spent time up in this area you get a bit familiar with them..
It's a wonderful journey the N.P are a holiday in there own right..Have fun be safe.
Thanks very much, mate! So glad you enjoyed the videos!
Having been up on the Tablelands for a while now, I'm getting pretty familiar with the Cape. I have friends who run a mountain bike tour company taking people up there and it's been great getting some intel from them - as well as the local rangers I know who take care of that area. A publican was snatched by a croc up in Lakefield recently and I know the blokes who found and dealt with the croc afterwards.... Gruesome stuff.... I definitely will not be taking any chances!
I'm hoping to step up my filmmaking game in the coming months, so hopefully when I eventually get up there I'll be able to put together a great video!
Thanks again for the support, mate. Means a lot! Hopefully will have more adventures for you in due course!
@@VeloObscura another good trip is across to Normington, then kurumba point ..lots to see in between.
Might be worth a plan out.
Yeah, I considered riding to Darwin at one point and went pretty deep down the rabbit hole researching the route!
Unfortunately it's looking unlikely at this point, but maybe!
Bit of a long one today!
This one went on a bit, but after looking around at other navigation videos; I felt like most were just basic tutorials on how mapping apps work and didn't give any real world examples.
If I missed anything or if you have any questions about a particular aspect of bike touring navigation then drop a comment and we'll do a follow up video.
Cheers!
Brilliant! Thanks so much Dave. Really appreciate the tips and tricks
@@DarnsParns - My pleasure!
I hope that there was something useful in there for yourself or anyone else watching. 😁
If there's anything I left out or if you have any questions, just let me know!
@@VeloObscurathanks Dave. You've confirmed much, so that's great.
I haven't used RWGPS at all, so will check it out.
One question, what's the most water you've had to carry due to there not being any places to buy/get along the way?
@@DarnsParns - Awesome!
We've not had it too hard with water to be honest!
I think the most we carried was on the Nullarbor. We knew we would hit a roadhouse every two days, so we carried two days worth plus a little bit extra just to be safe.
I can't remember exactly, but I think it ended up being 5 or 6 litres each, plus the afore-mentioned emergency bottle.
We did it in winter, so it was quite cool. I imagine if we'd done it in December or something, we would have had to carry double that at least.
Once we got to Victoria and beyond, water was pretty easy to find, so we mostly just carried 2 regular bidons and refilled at every opportunity we got. An exception was if we were going to camp out in the bush somewhere - then we would take an extra 3 or 4 litres. That meant that we could cook dinner with it and then have enough to fill our bottles before leaving in the morning. Sometimes that ended up being much more than we needed.
One other exception was when we rode from Rolleston to Blackwater. That was a 125km stretch with nowhere to fill up, so we took enough to refill our bidons a couple of times on the way.
No doubt much more water would be needed if riding through the NT or something like that!
@@VeloObscuragreat advice.
Very informative! You have become experts based on lots of experience! Technology is a pretty amazing tool too. Thanks Dave & Bonnie!
Great tips, some I've thougt of but lots I didn't. I'm not in Aus. but I'm going to France & I've been figuring it out using Google maps. And I'm trying to figure a bike GPS/computer thing & will have to use probably Kamoot or something. But thanks very much for the video. & happy cycling from Ireland 🇮🇪
Glad it was helpful! 😁
Thanks for this video!! Very informative! Do you use free versions of the apps or paid versions?
Thanks!
This was something I meant to touch on in the video, but forgot!
Komoot gives you a free region when you sign up. As far as I'm aware, the entirety of Australia counts as one region, so you could just use it for free. If you want to travel, you can buy additional regions or just buy the "World Pack" and have all of them.
On top of that you can sign up for Komoot Premium, which is a monthly/annual subscription. I had this for a year and cancelled it as I just didn't think the features were worth it. Some people may enjoy them, but I just didn't use them.
RideWithGPS has free, basic and premium. You can mess about with the free version, but I think you need the Basic version as a minimum for it to be useful. I have Premium, which is what you need for the more advanced functions. Those are all subscriptions too and I think I pay $80 a year.
I'm planning a followup video to answer some questions and add things I missed, so I'll add the pricing stuff to that!
If there's anything else you think would be useful, just let me know and I'll put it on the list!
@Velo-Obscura Melbourne Bicycle Touring Club (MBTC) annual subscription is $25, which includes RideWithGPS, and 100's of routes already available 😀
Great tip!
How can I stay online on my phone in other countries?
Buy a local SIM card, install an eSIM or just go somewhere with free WiFi.