We loved Cobbold Gorge, we also did paddle boarding up the gorge, first time on a paddle board, loads of fun. That pool is amazing, was a tad cool when we were there. With the dust we put clear cheap contact over the vents, quick and easy on and off and did a great job, no dust.
It's so good to see your content on these roads less travelled through awesome places and scenery i never knew existed in Qld. Now added to my ever growing bucket list. Excellent work you two. Hope you can escape from Qld again from our lockdown.
That’s so cool we’re showing you new places. Seems that no matter where you go in Aus there are always so many hidden gems to be found, we have missed so many (now scheduled for lap two) wonderful places. Looks like we’ll be able to escape Brissy after all and get back to the van! 🥰🥰 thanks for watching Sue 😁🤙🏻
Storms just aren’t the same in Brisbane any more! Maybe it’s that global warming thing who knows but it’s definitely changed… It’s been a really cool experience to be around them again 🥰 ⛈
Oh yeah? I wouldn’t be surprised as it’s a very popular stop for Aussies travelling through that area. We were ever so lucky to see it that quiet too!!
That place looks amazing, very peaceful! And the tour you guys did very interesting, we have so many amazing places in this country that not a lot of people know about , thanks for showing us all that 😊
We are blessed to have such a vast country with so many hidden gems, I wish we could visit them all but it seems even with research, we still miss some!
Another ripper episode !. We've done the Dinosaur trail several times, and were gonna do it again in June. Each time we do the trail, we find 'off the beaten track' gems and surprises.
Ha ha that crime scene yellow tape though. Amazing video as always keep up the good work. Ps a super charger is also a positive pressure fan just for your engine.
Loved this episode thanks for 2 great extras. On the vents in our caravan we use Clear Contact Paper. I cut it to the size required for each vent and have them pre cut to size. Might be quicker then the tape just for the vents. You can get at Woolworth, Big W, Officeworks, Amazon and probably hardware stores. Thanks again love your vids.
That is a really great idea, we have been told a couple of times but I’m yet to buy and try it, I really need to! I’ve added clear contact to the list today so I don’t forget!! 🙌🏻 you watch, next time I’ll probably still tape everything and then remember I bought the contact 😂😂
Hey there, loving the fact that I can live vicariously through you guys. Just wondering if you have a Spotify playlist for the songs you feature in the videos
Hey Sian, Chris & kids, well done on the trip so far! I've told a few people to subscribe to you guys as they are planning their big lap starting from Sydney. We live in the Cairns area so it has been great watching you guys come up, past & now out west. The Gulf country is Beaut if you get out there. **How far behind are the vids compared to when you were there? (about a month or two) As Georgetown has coped a lot of rain the last few weeks. My daughter is the same, any different colour or sparkely rock is picked up & put in the car, amazing what she finds. Keep the vids coming, love it!
Hey Sam, thanks for watching and telling your mates 😁🤙🏻 today’s episode (dinosaur trail) is mid November. About 7-8 weeks behind but we’re going to be playing catch up and aim to be about two weeks behind, we just had so much content after the Cape! 😂
@@BigOzExplorers love your adventures and the children growing up on the road. Did you camp at the Einsleigh river crossing between Einsleigh and The Lund crossing. Great spot.
You have a pressure hatch over your bed, open this on dusty roads, it pressurises the caravan as you drive and it stops the dust entering the van. We use ours all the time, we still get a little coating near the door.
We tried this and it was the worst dust we have EVER had come into the van, I won’t ever open it again!! Both ours and another van in our convoy had the same issue. And we were at the front of the convoy too. I feel like it depends on the shape of the car and van and where that dusty air flow goes as ours poured straight in for two hours and it was a big clean up, the biggest I’ve ever had, I won’t forget that day in a hurry 😂
Haha the ‘three’ kids, it feels like that some days 🤣 especially if there has been a couple of beers had 😂 it is a nice change to get away as I don’t get it often though 🥰
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 full off road isn’t necessary but does help. Definitely drive to conditions, it may be slow going in some sections (even for us it was) Cheers for tuning in mate!
@@BigOzExplorers thanks, and I look forward to each episode as you do a great job relating the time you and the family are having and the amazing places you take all of us too. Perhaps we will nominate you for a Logie this year 👍😃
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They were concreted in the middle and had a sullage pipe to put your hose in. We had two sites but congregated in the middle so all of the ‘facilities’ look oddly placed but it’s actually how we decided to park our vans lol
Good spots. Plenty to see inland. Lol, nearly enough drone. What, no bath scenes, lol, just kidding Chris. You can buy wider rolls of tape Sian, only need masking tape unless raining, just make it quicker and easier.
Ah we’re getting there then, it’s an improvement 😂... this was a good drone episode though I think, just depends where we are and when we’re allowed to fly as well! Thanks for the tips too ☺️
Hi Big Oz Ex, love your work team. I have a bloody Y62 S5 problem after watching your videos. I have a 2019 Ranger Raptor and a 2T Opus OP4 camper. The Raptor is not set up to tow this well. Boss Suspension in Sydney has developed an airbag for the arse end of the Ranger Raptor which will be ready in next few weeks. I also have a vehicle broker offering me a great deal on a S5, Y62. Do I go with airbag rear end on the Raptor, or trade the Raptor in on the new Patrol? What to do?
Off memory the raptor is only a 2.5t towing capacity isn’t it? That leaves you quite short if you ever want to upgrade or really pack the camper. To be honest we are biased now as the Patrol is just a beast over our old Ranger. The only downside you may experience (that’s if you call it a downside) it that it is a V8 and fuel consumption will be anywhere from 5-10L/100km more than what your running now. If we were in our situation again knowing what we know now, hands down we’d choose the patrol. For comfort, space, appearance, towing, everything! I hope I have helped but like I said, we are biased I think 🙊🙊
This is what happens when you put Big Oz in lockdown, we have too much time available to edit and become super productive! haha Back to normal Thursday 6pm this week 😁👌🏼
Stunning locations, wonderful editing and footage... What months did you travel up to the cape if you don't mind me asking?. Your kids are really great at travelling
We were in the Cape AUG-SEPT 2020 right before the rain season! They haven’t always been great travellers, it’s an adjustment for the whole family in the beginning ☺️
@@BigOzExplorers Thank you I upgraded to the Magicmount pro, found them in autobarn, so far so good and look good too. Great videos, keep on finding some of these awesome places.
Thanks guys! To be honest the person we print through no longer does it so we also don’t have a printer at the moment 😳 we have a few hundred left though so we are ok for a while. Sorry I haven’t got something more helpful to tell you 😭
We’re already in Darwin and the wet is in full swing! At least we’ll be the first tourists here and ready to go when the skies clear 😉 we haven’t had too many issues to be honest as we have seen a lot of the NT stuff in a previous trip (pre Big Oz existing)
Australian standards means they can’t be sealed because of the gas cooker, a bad design fault really considering if you didn’t have a roof hatch no air would get out anyway, so why not seal the hatch? 🤷🏼♀️ fixed now! ☺️
It is nice having space sometimes hey, being packed into a busy van park isn’t always the greatest 😣 we’re all good, they’ve lifted the border restriction with NT so we’ve cut our trip short and getting back to the van, we fly today actually! Fingers crossed nothing gets worse in Brissy over the coming days 🤞🏻🤞🏻
@@BigOzExplorers yup. I always find it's nice when there's less people easy to film n take pic. Good luck with travelling. I hope the border from all state will open soon. We are dying to go Melbourne to upgrade our car 😭
At Cobbold Gorge you mean? No there isn’t. You can fill up at either Georgetown or the Lynd Oasis Roadhouse depending what direction you come from though.
We loved Cobbold Gorge, we also did paddle boarding up the gorge, first time on a paddle board, loads of fun. That pool is amazing, was a tad cool when we were there. With the dust we put clear cheap contact over the vents, quick and easy on and off and did a great job, no dust.
Such a great location hey! Hope we brought back some fond memories for you 🥰 thanks for tuning in and the dust tip 🤙🏻
So happy for you guys that you sorted the dust problem. Now leaves more time for drinkies when you get somewhere.👍👍😂😂
100% Lee! 😂😂 dust is so annoying and it’s awesome to know it’s finally GONE! 😁 🍻
It's so good to see your content on these roads less travelled through awesome places and scenery i never knew existed in Qld. Now added to my ever growing bucket list. Excellent work you two. Hope you can escape from Qld again from our lockdown.
That’s so cool we’re showing you new places. Seems that no matter where you go in Aus there are always so many hidden gems to be found, we have missed so many (now scheduled for lap two) wonderful places. Looks like we’ll be able to escape Brissy after all and get back to the van! 🥰🥰 thanks for watching Sue 😁🤙🏻
Awesome video as usual, glad you sorted the dust issue. I remember spending hours watching lightening storms in my 20's just Awesome
Storms just aren’t the same in Brisbane any more! Maybe it’s that global warming thing who knows but it’s definitely changed… It’s been a really cool experience to be around them again 🥰 ⛈
That was a crack up of Jack with the go pro. The quartz bust-up is on the list, hopefully will see it this year.
He totally wants to be a TH-camr already 😂😂
Just love seeing things that you guys do, thankyou so much, puts a smile one my face 😀😀😀
That’s so nice to hear Karen, I’m glad we can light up your days 🥰🙌🏻
Nice trip !! i have seen someone else do this trip but i cant recall who it was from my TH-cam list. looks great! yall be safe.
Oh yeah? I wouldn’t be surprised as it’s a very popular stop for Aussies travelling through that area. We were ever so lucky to see it that quiet too!!
That place looks amazing, very peaceful! And the tour you guys did very interesting, we have so many amazing places in this country that not a lot of people know about , thanks for showing us all that 😊
We are blessed to have such a vast country with so many hidden gems, I wish we could visit them all but it seems even with research, we still miss some!
Another awesome vid guys,, bloody awesome spots, looking forward to more of you lot livin the dream 👍😊👌💯
Thanks Craig, we look forward to sharing it all with you too ☺️🤙🏻
Awesome footage Team!! Keep it coming OMG.🤘🤘🤘
Thanks Kev 🤙🏻🤙🏻
Another ripper episode !. We've done the Dinosaur trail several times, and were gonna do it again in June. Each time we do the trail, we find 'off the beaten track' gems and surprises.
I can imagine, it’s such a big area it’s be hard to cover everything in one trip!!
Awesome job on the dust. Keep up the great content. 🙂
Thanks again Katherine 👏🏻☺️
Yep another great episode someone was right your doing a far better job for tourism than any tv 📺 show keep it up 👍🏻
Thank you so much Matt 🥰🥰🥰 means so much! 🤙🏻
Ha ha that crime scene yellow tape though. Amazing video as always keep up the good work.
Ps a super charger is also a positive pressure fan just for your engine.
Lol Merv, what would you end up saying if we did get one? 😲
Love Oz, great family & video 👍
Thanks Alan 😁🤙🏻
🍺 Love your work guys another awesome vid
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 thanks mate!
Another great video guys! Thanks for the double drop, it made our weekend, can’t wait to get on the road. Stay safe 👍😊🍺
Thanks Carl, we were hoping it would help some people out there this weekend while the world goes mad! Stay safe and chat soon hey 🤙🏻
Loved this episode thanks for 2 great extras. On the vents in our caravan we use Clear Contact Paper. I cut it to the size required for each vent and have them pre cut to size. Might be quicker then the tape just for the vents. You can get at Woolworth, Big W, Officeworks, Amazon and probably hardware stores. Thanks again love your vids.
That is a really great idea, we have been told a couple of times but I’m yet to buy and try it, I really need to! I’ve added clear contact to the list today so I don’t forget!! 🙌🏻 you watch, next time I’ll probably still tape everything and then remember I bought the contact 😂😂
Hey there, loving the fact that I can live vicariously through you guys. Just wondering if you have a Spotify playlist for the songs you feature in the videos
We don’t but that’s an excellent idea, I’m adding it to the list f things to do (eventually lol) 😁😁
places I've never heard off ,must see now
More places to add to the list 📝
Great video thank you
Hey Sian, Chris & kids, well done on the trip so far!
I've told a few people to subscribe to you guys as they are planning their big lap starting from Sydney.
We live in the Cairns area so it has been great watching you guys come up, past & now out west. The Gulf country is Beaut if you get out there.
**How far behind are the vids compared to when you were there? (about a month or two) As Georgetown has coped a lot of rain the last few weeks.
My daughter is the same, any different colour or sparkely rock is picked up & put in the car, amazing what she finds.
Keep the vids coming, love it!
Hey Sam, thanks for watching and telling your mates 😁🤙🏻 today’s episode (dinosaur trail) is mid November. About 7-8 weeks behind but we’re going to be playing catch up and aim to be about two weeks behind, we just had so much content after the Cape! 😂
Get a positive vent fan to pressurise the van so no dust gets in. There are two on the market, dometic and another one that trip in a van have
We know allll about them just wanted to see if there are any other holes or problem areas too, we’re good now anyway, next test, no tape 😲
@@BigOzExplorers love your adventures and the children growing up on the road. Did you camp at the Einsleigh river crossing between Einsleigh and The Lund crossing. Great spot.
You have a pressure hatch over your bed, open this on dusty roads, it pressurises the caravan as you drive and it stops the dust entering the van. We use ours all the time, we still get a little coating near the door.
We tried this and it was the worst dust we have EVER had come into the van, I won’t ever open it again!! Both ours and another van in our convoy had the same issue. And we were at the front of the convoy too. I feel like it depends on the shape of the car and van and where that dusty air flow goes as ours poured straight in for two hours and it was a big clean up, the biggest I’ve ever had, I won’t forget that day in a hurry 😂
Hay guys we put foam rubber between the fly screen and door on the vent to stop dust
Stay safe Ken
That’s a great idea! And it would look neat too 👌🏻👌🏻
🍺 Really enjoy the Vids, keep up the great work. Might see you out on the tracks one day if you get over to WA.
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You will see us sooner than you think! 2021 will be our year for WA 🙌🏻 thanks for watching and hope to see you out there 🤙🏻
🍺, Sian great to see you leaving the three kids for a day and having a day to your self, 😉. Until the next episode, take care.
Haha the ‘three’ kids, it feels like that some days 🤣 especially if there has been a couple of beers had 😂 it is a nice change to get away as I don’t get it often though 🥰
Another great episode 🍺🍺🍺. With the dirt roads is a full off road caravan a must?
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 full off road isn’t necessary but does help. Definitely drive to conditions, it may be slow going in some sections (even for us it was) Cheers for tuning in mate!
@@BigOzExplorers thanks, and I look forward to each episode as you do a great job relating the time you and the family are having and the amazing places you take all of us too. Perhaps we will nominate you for a Logie this year 👍😃
Looks hot.. thanks for sharing. Awesome content
No problem thank you!! 🥰🥰
Did you silicon around the water pipes that enter the van.
Everything is sealed now, Chris got under and gave everything the once over 🙌🏻
@@BigOzExplorers that's where we got our dust from going up the birdsville track.
Hey guys what are the peg/straps holding down your annex mat.
Here are the two items we use for the mat ☺️
www.snowys.com.au/bungee-balls?gclid=CjwKCAiAu8SABhAxEiwAsodSZPrcnk8uFOQuBqmZ_UG0vbdkwyloNG1QJccwKkEW3RopFahoOxiPnBoCT2YQAvD_BwE
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Yay for more videos👏🏻
So good hey! 🥰 we’ve even enjoyed it this week!
I give this episode 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺 out of 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺!
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Hey guys, what were the tyres in the campground at Cobbold Gorge
They were concreted in the middle and had a sullage pipe to put your hose in. We had two sites but congregated in the middle so all of the ‘facilities’ look oddly placed but it’s actually how we decided to park our vans lol
Great vid guys
Thanks Mark!
What seal did you put on the roof hatch? TIA
Hey Ian, we used a rubber seal from Bunnings, all the details and install are on this video ☺️🤙🏻 th-cam.com/video/uIdhSTQZpC0/w-d-xo.html
What a great place.
What sort of caravan do your friends have who travel with you.
They have a Legend Caravan, cool company by the sounds and can’t fault their van. 🤙🏻
Good spots. Plenty to see inland. Lol, nearly enough drone. What, no bath scenes, lol, just kidding Chris. You can buy wider rolls of tape Sian, only need masking tape unless raining, just make it quicker and easier.
Ah we’re getting there then, it’s an improvement 😂... this was a good drone episode though I think, just depends where we are and when we’re allowed to fly as well! Thanks for the tips too ☺️
Hi Big Oz Ex, love your work team. I have a bloody Y62 S5 problem after
watching your videos. I have a 2019 Ranger Raptor and a 2T Opus OP4
camper. The Raptor is not set up to tow this well. Boss Suspension in
Sydney has developed an airbag for the arse end of the Ranger Raptor
which will be ready in next few weeks. I also have a vehicle broker
offering me a great deal on a S5, Y62. Do I go with airbag rear end on
the Raptor, or trade the Raptor in on the new Patrol? What to do?
Off memory the raptor is only a 2.5t towing capacity isn’t it? That leaves you quite short if you ever want to upgrade or really pack the camper. To be honest we are biased now as the Patrol is just a beast over our old Ranger. The only downside you may experience (that’s if you call it a downside) it that it is a V8 and fuel consumption will be anywhere from 5-10L/100km more than what your running now. If we were in our situation again knowing what we know now, hands down we’d choose the patrol. For comfort, space, appearance, towing, everything! I hope I have helped but like I said, we are biased I think 🙊🙊
@@BigOzExplorers yep! 2.5 t which is limiting. Thanks so much for your reply. We love your channel and wish you all safe travels.
🍺🍺 great vid guys
Thanks mate! 🤙🏻
Nice one. What month was it? We were there in August. Lots of people then.
Hey Neil, we were there in early November 2020 😁
@@BigOzExplorers ok thanks. Enjoying your videos
hey inspirers! were buying a caravan soon xxxx just a question, how big is your van & what brand shrns?
Hey Marni, ours is 21'6' and from Trail Caravans. I hope your enjoying the JB!
I’m gonna have to up my data if you’re gonna release a vid every couple of days.
I’m fine with that, keep em coming!
This is what happens when you put Big Oz in lockdown, we have too much time available to edit and become super productive! haha Back to normal Thursday 6pm this week 😁👌🏼
@@BigOzExplorers thanks heaps
Stunning locations, wonderful editing and footage... What months did you travel up to the cape if you don't mind me asking?. Your kids are really great at travelling
We were in the Cape AUG-SEPT 2020 right before the rain season! They haven’t always been great travellers, it’s an adjustment for the whole family in the beginning ☺️
Fabulous 🎉
Thanks Jen!
Love your clips guys 👍more entertaining than most of the crap on tv
What type of seal did you use around the roof hatch ?
Thanks so much Peter 🥰🥰 it’s just a rubber double sided seal, all the details are in this episode th-cam.com/video/uIdhSTQZpC0/w-d-xo.html cheer 🤙🏻
How do you do the ariel shots?While driving
I drive and Chris is passenger and flying the drone ☺️
@@BigOzExplorers Thanks I thought it maybe one of the drones that you can get that follows you. They have then for skiing.
@@donovandavidsonAlton it has the ability to do follow mode along with many others but Chris enjoys flying it for all the different angles etc..
@@BigOzExplorers Thanks for taking time out to answer all the way from the UK
@@donovandavidsonAlton no problem Donovan 🥰🤙🏻
Hello, what car phone holders do you use ? please, I did see you spoke about them once but cannot find the episode
This is what it is :) www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/scosche-magicmount-dash-for-mobile-phones-black-dimagdm
@@BigOzExplorers Thank you I upgraded to the Magicmount pro, found them in autobarn, so far so good and look good too.
Great videos, keep on finding some of these awesome places.
Dust free!!!!!! YAY 😁 🍻
So bloody happy! 👏🏻👏🏻 small things lol
Cheers guys, great video🍻. On a side note where do you guys get your stickers printed? We are looking to get some done too😁
Thanks guys! To be honest the person we print through no longer does it so we also don’t have a printer at the moment 😳 we have a few hundred left though so we are ok for a while. Sorry I haven’t got something more helpful to tell you 😭
Saw it! 🍺
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You guys are going into wet season area. Is that current causing any issue on your travel? Road closure and attraction area not opening etc
We’re already in Darwin and the wet is in full swing! At least we’ll be the first tourists here and ready to go when the skies clear 😉 we haven’t had too many issues to be honest as we have seen a lot of the NT stuff in a previous trip (pre Big Oz existing)
OH NO NOT THE OLD OPEN roof hatch bugger
Australian standards means they can’t be sealed because of the gas cooker, a bad design fault really considering if you didn’t have a roof hatch no air would get out anyway, so why not seal the hatch? 🤷🏼♀️ fixed now! ☺️
We don't mind going somewhere less people. We always avoid the crowd. That pool is awesome. How are u guys dealing with covid and lockdown?
It is nice having space sometimes hey, being packed into a busy van park isn’t always the greatest 😣 we’re all good, they’ve lifted the border restriction with NT so we’ve cut our trip short and getting back to the van, we fly today actually! Fingers crossed nothing gets worse in Brissy over the coming days 🤞🏻🤞🏻
@@BigOzExplorers yup. I always find it's nice when there's less people easy to film n take pic. Good luck with travelling. I hope the border from all state will open soon. We are dying to go Melbourne to upgrade our car 😭
@@ouradventerousdays can it not be upgraded anywhere else?!
@@BigOzExplorers omg, I wanna murder my husband for it. He insisted it has to be done in Melbourne because the expert lives there 🤦♀️
@@ouradventerousdays men hey 😂🤦🏼♀️
🍺🍺🍺 .. So are you now going to try without the door being taped? 😊
That’s the plan, have to wait until our next dirt road adventure now! 😁
can you buy fuel there?
At Cobbold Gorge you mean? No there isn’t. You can fill up at either Georgetown or the Lynd Oasis Roadhouse depending what direction you come from though.
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@@BigOzExplorers another great episode. Cobbald gorge is great
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