Road Train Across Australia - Newcastle to Port Hedland - Part 2
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- I take a road from across Australia from Newcastle to Port Hedland. Along the way I tell the history of Dunedoo, Wilcannia and Sandstone in Western Australia.
This is part 2 of that journey. In this episode you'll see me enter Western Australia and drive through to the mine near Port Hedland. You'll see all the triple and quad road trains along the way.
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Music by order that was played;
Celebrate - Jonathan Roye
Underdog - The Lost Trailers
Chasing the Song - Dawn Beyers
Wildflower - Unknown
Bring on the Banjo - Unknown
Before the Devil knows I'm Dead - Unknown
Friday Night - The Lost Trailers
Goodbye Girl - Unknown - บันเทิง
As a retired Interstater, its hard sitting here watching, it makes me want to get back out on the road but those days are well and truly gone, So I just have to keep watching and remember my time on the road especially the roadhouses you visit and I see the change from years ago, Keep up the great work and more importantly keep safe, cheers mate.
I know we're your coming from mate I'm the same I had to stop driving because of illness it brings back memories alright while watching Johno 👍👍👍
Thanks heaps. Do you think I show too many good points about my job and that's it's not a balanced view? I don't think that is what you're saying. I nearly always have a good run.
I'm glad I can bring back some fond memories. Let me know if there is anything in particular you'd like me to show.
You really have covered all bases in my book there's bits of everything in witch I enjoy cause like different country towns that some people wouldn't had heard of your drone work takes the cake I like that I wouldn't be able to get the thing off the ground 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Very good. Thanks Michael. Always got to find something special.
I don't know where to start. I loved it all. You make it look so easy. The music and photography were excellent. This 2 part trip was some of your best work. I loved it all. Keep safe and carry out showing us places in this great country
Oh wow. Very nice. I'm glad you liked it.
I live in Western Canada, foothills of the Rocky Mountains…I think I saw three flies this month, might be mistaken though. One might have been a bee 🤨. Your road trains in Australia are fascinating. Really interesting road trips, thanks.
Awesome. Thanks for watching. In the cooler months in Australia there aren't many flies.
However in many cooler climes, ie parts of Canada and the west coast of New Zealand there is something worse, Sandflys that bite and leave red itchy spots, @@RoadTrainAdventures
Oh no. We have sand flies here too.
Jono, as you were driving through Nevertire I was reminded of the highway Patrols who would park over the railway line in the dip near the grain silo, if you didn't bring your rig to a dead stop at the railwayline, Bamm ....a couple of hundred dollar fine, they cleaned up in wheat season mno driver wants to pull 2 trailers with loaded 'hungry boards' to a complete stop on the rise up to the line, my pay suffered a couple of times although you usually got a heads up on the UHF unless you were 1st cab off the rank.
Anyway mate great viewing, my left hand and thumb is making involuntary gentle shift movements at times in the cab shots as you swap cogs on the R/R.
All the best, take care, as you know it mostly the other guy that places a rig driver at risk, maybe a water buffallo or camel in the NT, ........they're murder on the driving lights!
You sound like you've got some experience and many stories to tell. Great stuff.
Love all your videos. I'm from a place called Middlewich in England and love the vibes you give out about Australia on the other side of the world.
You are a treat and an inspiration to tarmac lovers. Would love to do a tour of your fabulous country and would love a ride in a road train one day. Keep it lit buddy 😎
Very nice. Thanks Tom for those kind words.
I love the trucks there, but the flies would do my head in. Takes some courage to overtake a quad! Great video, really enjoyed it
Thanks Tim. Overtaking a quad is fine. They are able to keep it straight.
Another fantastic video of Australia seen by an enquiring truck driver extraordinaire 👌.
The distances amaze me from the UK, though i have worked in the USA quute a lot.
Thanks for sharing Jonno, stay safe all.
Very good. Maybe one day you'll make your way over here.
Western Australia is huge ..its crazy that it takes days driving and you're still in the same state 😳
Yes for sure but at least I'm getting to see different parts of the country most trips.
Hi Johnno, Love your video's and your candid humor, you make trucking fun and interesting. I've not long just started a trucking 'career' in my late 50's carting (mainly) cattle around the SW of Western Australia in a Bobtail & Trailer. Hope to see/pass you on the road one day. Keep up the awesome vids :)
Oh good one. Let me know if you pass. Hopefully I'll hear you.
Hi Johnno, I appreciate very much your travels and taking us along with your road trip. Thanks Stephen
Very nice. Thanks Stephen.
Brilliant as always and so good to see Australia and what you do, thanks again!
Awesome. Thanks Darren
I enjoyed that trip done it before. Great drone flying . Bravo from Victoria Australia.
Awesome. Thanks Michael
Thanks for taking us along on the journey Johnno 👍
Thanks John. It's always great to have you along.
Great video Johnno, always great to see trucking in another country
Awesome. Thanks Gary. It's great to have you along.
Jono, you need to slot an Australian iconic truck drivers ballad into your musical score, look up Slim Dusty's "The light on the hill".
That would be a copyright violation if I used that song but otherwise it would have been good.
That was a really good and enjoyable 2 videos.
Oh very nice. Thanks Stefan
This is amazing. That country is so wide open and free. Thanks for it all again, and the story's you tell abouth everything in between. Take care.
Awesome. Thanks again. I still think Europe would be great to travel around.
@@RoadTrainAdventures You get no like for this coment hahaha. Sure. Coffee and diner is always ready. Just let it know when your in te neighborhood. And than quick back to the land of down under. If it was me. No whe dont have so much flys. There are a lot of maggots here that crawl under your skin. LOL. I drove abouth 400 in The Netherlands with max loaded trailer with 2t wood today. Needed abouth 5 driving ours for that. I even dont tell you abouth the agresion in trafic. Its like an ant nest. ow. and i bring 2 puppys along the way,for mom. I love animals.
@@MarioVanDerMaas It's hard to imagine how the traffic is over there.
@@RoadTrainAdventures understand. Its a bit like your city trafic. Other people maybe talk different than me. They may like it i hope. If they all are like me, The roads would be ampty hahaha.
Yes I see. Sounds pretty bad.
Great video and drone shots, certainly putting the the pressure on Ken. Ray.
Ha ha. Thanks Ray. I still think Ken's videos are unbelievable.
Enjoying your videos and seeing so much of your great country.
Thanks Stephen. It's great to have you along.
Thanks for a very good show < hi from the UK , well DONE🔥
Awesome. Thanks Peter
Lived in Moranbah west of Mackey , retired in 14 at 66 and went to the Philippines ,, I absolutely loved it , it was green after the brown of Aussie , rained most days and was a typical 3 rd world country but very few green maggot arsed flies , I was surprised..
I see. Not many flies. Sounds good a great place then. Ha ha
Another brilliant video. Thanks heaps! "Had my shower. Looking lovely" = Harharhar. love it!
Awesome. Thanks Greg. Got to wash the flies off.
Well that's one cool looking trip Johnno, or holiday lol. Some beautiful drone shots too. Loved it from the start to the finish. Maybe while your out there might need to get a metal detector, never know what you might find at those rest areas
Ha ha. When I was young I wanted a metal detector. I don't have the time though. I want to delivery this same load again by Sunday then get back to Perth. Maybe I can get some mod footage for another story on the way back to Perth.
I do like your videos. You show us so many places that we would not see of our travelling, this mate.
@@julianjordan789 Thanks Julian. That's what I was hoping to do.
Travelling across the Nullarbor last year by myself I had the exact same conversation with myself about the flys (almost word for word 😂😂). After about an hour of talking to myself about it I decided I should leave it as a mystery and go back to listening to music. Great video 👍
You're right. I hate them even landing on me so I just want to get back in the truck.
Great ep, thanks!
Awesome. Thanks for watching
Thanks again for a terrific video. Really enjoyed the scenery in WA, so different to the eastern states. Enjoyed the drone shots also. Must take you quite a while to edit. Thanks!
Thanks Simon. Yes. Between 10 and 14 hours.
Awesome video Johnno👍👍👍
Thanks again Raymond
Love been able to come along with you and seeing the sights 👌🇦🇺 cheers 🍻
Thanks heaps. It's great to have you along.
Love the new intro
Thanks Anna. I loved it too.
Bloody brilliant johnno.I see what you're saying about the flies,especially at the end.You were nearly eating them.I love the the spotlights on your bullbar, they light up the highway really well at night. I love the feeling of freedom I get watching you and your truck out on the highway in this huge country visiting the small townships and looking at the wonderful sceneries. It's awesome to watch. Keep up the great work,mate!👍🏽🇦🇺
Very nice. Thanks Faron. It's great to have you along.
I’m a borne kiwi, also Australian. Flies in NZ can be annoying but not anything like here in Australia. I have lived in the Pilbara for about 35 years and the flies are insane !!! lol. They are a bush fly, not the type assosiated with rotting meat. They are atracted to the moisture on your body.
Yes you're probably right about the moisture on the body.
Thanks for another “awesome”, which it truly is, video. The narrative is interesting and photography is amazing, in particular, the drone flight over such incredible scenery.
Awesome. Thanks Ron
Seeing you brushing off the flies took me back to my days in the UK army when I spent a couple of years in Libya (before Col Gadafi ) flies were a real pest there.
My younger brother went to Auz in the 1950's and worked for some years in Findley then settled in Sydney, but I don't remember him complaining about the flies, and I never managed to visit him there.
During the cooler months there are hardly any big it's still 35 degrees up there so they're out in force.
Good luck👍👍
Thanks Ehsan
Thanks again Johnno for the excursion through Australia.
Great to see. Take care, Ton.
Awesome. Thanks Ton
Thanks Johnno really enjoy the videos. Great history telling and scenery captured. 😊
Awesome. Thanks Matt
Good trip. Some lovely country and remote outback locations. Haven't been North in Western Australia. One day. And some of the oldest rocks on earth. Some 4.4 billion years old. Rocks containing life forms 3.5 billion years old. A geologist's playground. And lots of things to mine. Pretty amazing place. Then back to Perth. Which has a bit of an English feel. Then Sydney. Which reminds me of London. And why I left. What a diverse and varied life you lead. All in the name of trucking.
Thanks Dave. It's a terrible job but someone had to do it. Ha ha
I love youre videos mate keep up the good work i love trucks mainly Kenworth
Awesome. Thanks Eddie
@@RoadTrainAdventures youre welcome
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Hi bud. We have clegs and they are biting little buggers and of course we have the dreaded Scottish midge 🤬🥴 get flies but mostly round sheep and cattle etc.
Love your videos bud. Keep it up 🤙🏻🏴🍺🍺🤙🏻
Wow. Sounds like you've got it worse there.
We are heading that way with our van, in a couple of weeks, up the Northern Hwy. Great to see beforehand. Thanks for the great videos.
Thanks Rob. Maybe I'll see you out here somewhere. Call out if you see me.
Really enjoyed this Johnno. I’m so envious of the job, lifestyle and sense of freedom you get to enjoy. I work on oil rigs in bass strait so we are polars apart in what we do. Thanks for the effort you go to in putting these videos up. 👌🇦🇺
Thanks again Rick. I'd love to make a video on your job.
Hi Johno, love going on a drive with you. You always seem so calm.
I wish I had the courage to have a go.
Thanks Red. It's great to have you along.
Hi Johnno, great vid keep it up, by the way the flies dont bother us in the UK !!
Awesome. Thanks Sean. Good to hear you don't have as many flies.
Love part 2 Johnno, mate cannot wait to hit the road in a couple weeks and will keep a eye out for you. Keep safe.
Thanks Mark. Sing out if you see me.
Another fantastic video. The Drone footage around Bunda Cliffs, then around the Auski Roadhouse shows some of the spectacular scenery to be seen around Aus. Makes me want to hitch up the caravan and go west again. Soon hopefully.
Come on over Stuart. You have to come over a few times.
Another great road trip video. Thanks as always for taking the time to film edit and post them 👍
Very nice. Thanks Andrew. I haven't seen you around for a while.
Great videos,makes my run seem boring. Same run every week,Mulberry, Arkansas to the Los Angeles, California area and back. I've been driving thru this United States 54 years, I'm 71 years old and still trucking 🚚. Be safe 🙏
Wow. Yes going to different places each trip is like a holiday. New places and faces.
In Russellville Ar. Zero problem with flies here !!
Very good
Hello from the USA
Hello from Australia
THANKS JOHNNO ,AWESOME PHOTOGRAPHY .TRAVELLING EAST TTO WEST PORT HEADLAND .👍
I'm back at that mine right now then I'll be heading to Perth.
Drive safe as always johnno.luve your work Mateee.
@@garrypointer Very nice. Thanks Garry
V nice 👌
Awesome. Thanks
The trip your on is like a Slim Dusty song , Gonna take my dog for a run , about a Truckie in his Bulldog Mack from Sydney to Perth , another great vid ! 😊
Awesome. Thanks Charles
Always a good watch, keep the adventures coming mate
Very nice. Thanks Ian
Love it thanks Jonno. Just the Burger didin't look yumy
No that was a little dodgy
Great content. Gives me feet itching to go places and I can hear the bush beckoning me.
There is no place like the bush so yes, come on out.
@@RoadTrainAdventures I live very close to the Victorian Alps aka Vic high country so the 'bush' on your travels is just a bit different to locally. I worked in the gold mines in Norseman in the early 80's so it's been a while since I've ventured over thataway. 😄
@@erroneouscode oh very nice
Those drone shots are excellent! Cheers
Awesome. Thanks heaps
Fantastic, thanks for sharing.
Awesome. Thanks again Andre.
Thanks for showing us around Johno, enjoy the trip back to Sydney from Perth.😊
Very nice. Thanks Rick
I love your videos mate im an interstate truckie im keeping my eyes peeled for yah ha ha happy trucking.
Oh awesome. Sing out of you pass me. I'm at Kumarina now heading to Perth.
Always a pleasure to watch you on these travels really worth the membership ✌️🇬🇧
Awesome. Thanks Chris. As a member is there any other cool stuff you'd love to see?
@@RoadTrainAdventures
Possibly oversized loads even though I realise the road trains are oversized to a point
OK I'll keep that in mind. Thanks
Johnny widgie was a stop and sometimes a sleep bout 32 years ago just before it burned down
Oh wow. There is a piece of history.
The pub burned down years ago in the township itself behind the roadhouse. We used to drink there when we worked in the mines. The ruins are still there, you’ve got to deviate through town to see it. You can drive a roadtrain through there and come back on the highway.
@@gm16v149 I think I remember hearing about that. I'd like to go and see that one day.
Awesome video, thanks Johno 👏👏
Very nice. Thanks David
Well done johnno interesting videos cool drone and theme music flies here in nz in the summer but nothing like you guys have
Awesome. Thanks Brian
Part 2 was great mate. I’m surprised Cappy was so quiet, usually it’s flat out. There’s a good little café at Menzies opposite the pub next time you’re up that way with plenty of parking in the big truck parking bay. Also Kumarina is my favourite old style roadhouse, there’s a little diner out the back which you might have missed. Love the drone work.
Thanks again. It was a Sunday when I was at Cappy so maybe that's why it was quiet. Yes Kumarina is very nice. I was hoping I would pass there during dinner to show all that was on offer.
You have done great work loving it johno
You're the first to see this video.
How was your sandwich ?
It was just OK
That w.as well done .loved the drone shots .take care
Awesome. I didn't think it was as good as part 1
Great video. Gave it a thumbs up. Enjoying these parted videos keep them up.
Thank you very much for your kind donation. I'm not sure how many more of these two part videos will come but I'll try. They are very hard and long to edit.
Great video. Enjoyed it very much. Cheers!!
Awesome. Thanks Ronnie
G’day Johnno another great vid mate
Love the comment ….”another 1700 kms to go “. man your country is vast !! As for flies normally get them through the summer months here in UK , not so much in winter time , but nothing like OZ
Great 2 parter mate
Stay safe Johnno
Nick (uk)
Awesome. Thanks Nick. It's great to have you along.
Yep your right , bloody flies !!!!!!!
Too right.
Another excellent video😊
Awesome. Thanks Scott
Well done Johnno. I really enjoy it when you do these long trip style videos. Not to much drone footage which I also appreciate. Maybe when you do these type of videos you could reference the total trip length. Congrats
Thanks Derek. I think the total trip was 5000km from one side to the other.
That was a great video, and love the country music too. Yes good old flys. I am in Brisbane outer north. Unit is not fully insect screened. I put something on to cook, in 2 minuits there are dozens buzzing around. Must cost a fortune in food on a trip like that. Keep great videos comming and stay safe out there.
Thanks John. Oh no. I couldn't live without fly screens. I hate flies so too have flies buzzing around my food would be awful.
Here in the US, we're getting a swarm of cicadas. The 17 year and 13 year cycle lined up this year and they're estimating that there be 1 trillion bugs. What a racket!
Oh no Jerry. You will definitely need a big deflector.
Love ya work mate ,,safe trucking
Awesome. Thanks Daniel
Awesome!
Very nice. Thanks Ezekiel
@@RoadTrainAdventures Oh, sorry! that was a typo
@@63EZEKIEL 👍
Mate must be passing you somewhere getting into Hedland tomorrow, but i am on my way to Broome
Too late. I'm in Perth now
Bugs... I've lived all over the USA. We've got them all depending on where you live.
Sounds lovely.
It was 1974 that I met a bloke in Bulahdela that had a little motorbike on the front of his trailer that he used when parking was a problem if he had to go shopping.
That's a great idea Bruce.
G'day johno them 2 part videos were great mate makes me want to pack up for a few weeks and come with ya lol 👍👍
Awesome. Thanks Michael.
Ha ha if I get a toastie on the road now it gets the squeeze test, if I can’t make the crust move I hand it back and ask for a fresh one. Nothing worse than a toasted sandwich what’s harder than the bull bar on ya truck. Another great one man a lot of country travelled.
You got it Brad. Sometimes they say it's just been made and I foolishly trust them. I'm very sorry later when I take my first bite. I think it's just safer to ask for a new one from the start.
@@RoadTrainAdventures at least when they make it in front of you they can put pepper and salt on it and a little red onion. Pre made ones a bland, and another symptom of it being in the Bain-Marie too long is the cheese becoming super glue and sticking the paper to the sandwich and there’s no way to remove it. Eaten a few with half the paper still attached ha ha
@Brad_The_Truckie oh for sure. They taste so good fresh.
I don't know how ya all put up with all those flies WOW 😵
I don't. Hence the reason I don't do much video work when the flies are about.
Great couple of videos John. You’ve inspired me to plan a trip across the Nullabour The Great Australian Bight looks amazing
Steve Graham has got me interested in travelling the Great Central Rd to Alice . What an amazing country we live in.
Safe travels mate
Still looking forward to meeting you one day. We live near Seymour so maybe we can meet up on the road somewhere.
Cheers
Gerry
Oh we pass through Seymour when we pick up Olex. I'll try to remember this the next time I go through.
Great. Looking forward to it
Cheers
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Australia is a Great Country mate i agree with you there
Very nice. Thanks
Gday Johnno, awesome vids and channel. I think I spotted you…this morning (7/5/24)on Monash heading west with a single?? Maybe someone else…
I was on the Monash twice yesterday but not today. I'm back in Deniliquin now.
@@RoadTrainAdventuresbummer mate, thought it was you. Always looking out for your truck😝
Keep looking. I'll be there somewhere. I'm heading back and forth to Sydney for the next two days.
Will do
Very good
Hi there. 2.134 liter is pretty good price, its 1.31 euro. In europe the price is 1.83 about 2.98 aus dollar.
Wow that sounds pretty bad.
Hiya John, Soo many flies? maybe they are on the summer holidays LOL. Don't you carry a head net??
No I don't like wearing anything over my head.
Hi Johno excellent video as usual how much weight did you have with that steel on ? Stay safe regards bob
Thanks Bob. I was pretty light. I think I had around 25 to at most for both trailers.
Other countries have vultures to clean up corpses. Australia has flies ... soooo many flies.
For sure
[31:40] "Take out a second mortgage so I can eat" 😆
For sure
Great video jonno, never Ben to WA, would love to get there one day, distance is a killer from Vic tho.
Never been to WA. Well you definitely have to make the trip.
You have to watch it taipans out there Johno
I haven't seen one of those on a long time.
Menzies is a happening looking place! 😅
Thanks Steve. I guess it is. I've never stayed there long enough to know.
Top vid Johnno can,t believe the price of food in some places just a rip off .
Thanks Andrew. I used to complain in some areas but in the middle of nowhere I have to expect higher prices.
In that area where I think he said some thing about it where at one time it was gold something about 1903
Yes that's right
Hey Johnno as a young fella getting into the trucking scene what would be some good pointers you might be able to lend out just seeing how it all runs from other peoples perspective is such an eye opening learning experience so just wondering if you might have some tips you could possiblely share??
You're gonna have to tell me where you're at now so I can give you more info.
@@RoadTrainAdventures just started my heavy Ridged doing tipper jobs, hoping to one day get to general freight road trains
Sound great. Good luck with all that.
Hope you get better soon
I'm feeling much better now.
@@RoadTrainAdventures that's good news
For sure
Great video Johnno, what model drone do you have.
Thanks Steve. I have the Mavic 3 Pro drone.
Overtaking, what's the etiquette with that? do you talk to the truck your passing before? Is there a plan if something approaches and you're still on the wrong side of the road. I think people should be taught how to back out of an overtake if it starts to look dangerous.
When overtaking trucks we are in contact over the radio. If another vehicle comes unexpectedly then the truck that's being overtaken will back off.
flies are massive polonators so they're busy currently
No good for me.
G'day Johnno, just a quick question in regard to your right headlight, does it work better than the left headlight?? 🤭
No it's a cheap crap thing that will have been replaced for the next video.
Great video series, how much fuel do you use per 100 kilometres ?
Thanks Phil. I usually use Adobe 50 to 70 litres. Just depends on weight and how much wind.