CROSSING AUSTRALIA part-4. Simpson Desert
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ค. 2018
- From Big Red to somewhere in the Simpson Desert. We drive Big Red sand dune and head west, over dune after dune, with another thousand to cross.
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In this expedition, Andrew St Pierre White and his daughter Kate drive across Australia - twice, in a Toyota Land Cruiser 78 series Troopy. First the easy way, returning the difficult way. This is their story.
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What's with all the negative comments!!! It's FREE! If you don't like it, don't watch it. There's no need to post nasty comments.
Keep on trucking Andrew, love ya work mate.
for real!
I agree just enjoy the vid the whiners are the audience who will never do this.
I'm loving this series. I'm so glad Andrew and Kate are sharing it with us! :)
Everyone's a critic on TH-cam. Andrew, wonderful show, good on ya for living a dream.
Andrew...Lord of the Flies :)
I love the fact that you didn’t cut out the part when you didn’t know the camera was rolling. It makes it real and relatable 😂
Great camera work, wonderful story telling, best overlanding channel on TH-cam. Always learn something new thank you for taking us along.
I traveled the Simpson about 4 years ago and this brings back great memories. You have captured the heart and soul of this wonderful part of Australia.
Another excellent series of videos Andrew and Kate, great to watch you guys traveling together. I think it's actually quite interesting to see travellers going through the ups and downs of overlanding. There's nothing easy about 2 months on the road. Here's to not faking it!
Stay safe you two, loving your journey.
Much love from the UK 🇬🇧
your editing is especially brilliant and content etc. All round brilliant! thank Andrew
What a perfect morning to wake up to - a new film from Andrew St Pierre White and a good big cup of coffee!
Kate is adorable and your relationship is great. I've always wanted to visit Australia and this is the next best thing. Love these videos.
awesome video you two are a perfect combo!
Say it with me... "Aaauuuuuusssst........ STRAYA" haha. Nice update episode guys.
Thanks for the video. Your videos were one of the reasons I got into driving to beautiful places. My last trip was about 4000 miles round trip. My son and I saw some awesome sights. Thanks again.
Justin Fox
It truly is an amazing country.
Very much enjoy your work Andrew and your honesty is refreshing. Can’t wait to see what’s ahead. It would be good to do a segment (after the big trip of course) on what you did in terms of preparation etc. and aside from the tyres. Watching your videos I am glad I have the KO2s!
Awesome as always. Thanks for your work!
Always such amazing high quality vlogs! Rich on details and interesting informations, thanks!
Time seems 2 B flying by! O.m.g. !
Andrew keep on going Brother your doing gr8 , your one of a kind.
Enjoy the vids ASPW! Keep ‘em coming 👍🏻👍🏻
Great clip. I can tell by the way you express yourself you love the outback. Keep up the great work.
I love you AUSTRALIAN,yes I love you.
Great video showing what solo vehicle travel is like. Would love to do it someday myself
Great episode. I really "get" your videos.. Greatly appreciated.
been a subscriber for a while. Enjoy your videos. Kate seems to be a delight and is very at ease while on camera. Nice addition to your videos.
Another great video... Keep them coming!
Love these videos! Awesome work
Thanks Andrew ; Awesome as always!
Really liking your videos . Thanks. Steve
Just thinking, maybe carry a feather duster or similar to shu the flies out of the cab! Loving the videos! Best on TH-cam!
Love your youtube channel - these are great videos!
I agree. ASPW is living his life and being who he is. We watch because he helps us live ours. He expresses himself as himself he cannot do otherwise. We are even privileged that he allows us unto his personal thoughts (and family life).
thank you Andrew fantastic safe travels
Absolutely love this channel.
A pleasure to watch as always! :)
Just look at those magnificent scenes!!
Sorry about the flies....it does look miserable. I was just out in my desert over the weekend and there were a lot of flies out there too. Probably not related, but still annoying! Keep up the good work and I will see you on the trails, George.
Kate is awesome!
Love your videos Andrew. My experience in working in remote Australia is that ATs are the best fit for most outback tracks based on sand and rock. MTs are great for those who go pig hunting out of Weipa or Gove during the wet season. Some blokes tend to buy them because they look 'aggressive', something the tyre sellers love to emphasise. Real problem is that most of us work or tour in the dry (winter), so not a lot of mud. Sorry about the flies on the Simpson. We had the same in 2006. Crossed again in 2016 and it was much better. If it is any consolation, my worst fly experience was in 2018 south west of Camooweal in QLD, around March. PS: Speak to older Traditional Owners when you get the chance. They have a wealth of knowledge on the Australian outback. Helps with pronounciation of their names and places. Cheers.
Great video Andrew......thanks
Wide tyres! I couldnt agree more with your comment. Merry Christmas to you and yours. These videos are fabulous. Im a mad toyota land cruiser “nut” just ordered a dual can with delivery this friday (i hope). Got miss world 1979 fj45 with 110,000k on clock. Love your builds 👍
Glad you found your drone beautifull piece of land
Excellent content Andrew!
Quality as always
Andrew you said there was a fun section on driving the dunes but didn’t show us! more content on driving would be nice to see some more footage of you tackling the tougher/fun stuff
Enjoying your trip as usual- Shame the flies are putting a slight taint on it for you - loving the teamwork- hope the drone is ok
Andrew is a great storyteller
Great expedition!
Hey Andrew love your youtube channel . Tip for flies as we use in the kalahari (Upington) we carry a can of the cented insect spray in the car and as u get in just one spray gets rid of the buggerz . Keepon keeping on and mooi loop from SA.
I run 35's for offroading and 285's for overlanding. I don't consider 285's to be "wide " tires, OK they are wider than 235's or 285's but nothing compared to the 35's. Andrew when you did the suspension setup for the Troopy, you didn't have the double rear tire carrier and the extra weight of the 2 spares. Nor do I remember from your previous videos of adding extended bump stops? Watching this video and the previous from this series, one can see and say that the rear of the troopy looks to be overladen. If it's not overladen then it's damn close to the limits. Also the rim offset, what may work for the front may not work on the rear. There has been no complaints about steering lock, just the rear. The thought process for any and all conversions so far has been long and methodical, this tire and rim combination seems to be a rush job and turns out to have a few faults. 285's will work on the troopy with the correct rim offset combination. BTW, thanks for the series, I'm really enjoying them.
I sure like those time lapse shots at night. Nice work. Thanks.
One of those tennis racket bug zappers would have come in handy. I've used them and they work great, but I have never been in flys that thick.
Andrew, paste a blaze orange sticker (preferably reflective for night search) on your drone. Good informative video. 👍
Ahahahaha, the drone crash. That was perfect.
what you are acutally doing andrew is the great australian salute ie waving away the flies
We do have insect repellents in Oz. Rid roll on is good. Also a spray can of insecticide in the cab to get rid of your unwanted hitchhikers when you close the doors. Chemical warfare, apply relax, one spray and relax.
I feel exhausted just watching you swat the flies 😩😩😩
Hi Mate, there is a map function on the phone you can use to track the drone when you crash it. Manage to Crash mine in to a mountain on my last show. Had to climb the mountain to get it. If it wasn't for the tracking function on the map it would still be on the mountain somewhere in Oman.
Another great video Andrew. Keep them coming.
A quick questions. I know the flys were awful, did you try different insect repellents? I don’t usually use them myself but I can see me reaching for a can of aeroguard with your flys! Anyway Good job.
My wife and I have decided to add you to our list of Patreon subscriptions. Watching your videos has literally become a guilty pleasure and it’s time we remedied that.
Patrick O'Day
It’s ppl like yourself that help keep small creators like Andrew and myself going. Well done sir. 👍👍
You probably know this by now (I'm just 3yrs late commenting), but the Mavic Pro has a "Find My Drone" feature. Perfect for the situation you just had with it. When activated, it will show on your screen the drone's last known GPS coordinates (while powered), and it's location relative to the controller, and will show directional guide to it via the screen. The beauty of this function, since it's using it's last GPS location, it doesn't have to rely on the drone still having power. But if there is still power, you can also activate the "Turn on ESC Beeping" and if at night, "Turn on LED Flashing" features.
Proper offset wheels (if not already) and longer bump stops will prevent your tires from hitting body panels and wheel wells.
quite a simple fix with the wheel scrub. Extend your bump stop lengths. Some other more extreme options would be to cut and fold the guards or even give it an extra inch of lift
Correct. But when you have a pathological hatred of wide tyres you will not think of the obvious remedy. The vehicle is heavy and the rear end is too low. The rims are too wide for the tyre.
The fact that the dune crossings are easy even heading west is a testament to how good the wide tyres really are.
But let's not let that get in the way of semantics.
agreed, lift that rear its always sagged compared to the front, its never sat level imo
Great fun!day after day of red sand and flies.You have been in the sun too long.
Would love to see/hear more reviews. :)
"poor, poor famous man... getting harassed".... your daughter! Too much fun.
Andrew, the scrubbing is more a result of the track correction than the wide tyres, also the rear suspension appears to have sagged quite alot since the canning stock route
Yeah I was running the 285s on mine, and did the Simpson and many other iconic oz tracks no problem. Then my OME constant 400kg leaves sagged like your grannies ankles, and the 285s started rubbing on the body. Regardless of my suspension, I'm a 255/85r16 fan boy now anyway.
I was wondering when you were going to get to the magic. I thought you might throw in a hostel song - like "Leaving On A Jet Plane" or maybe "The Land Down Under".
Andrew, so now you know what an Australian salute is.... Flies! flies! flies!
Hilarious and educational. Great work!
Great Video....about Big Red though...it is easy from East to West, you have to turn around and try the West to East side....That....That, is what all the fuss is about.
Yep you missed big red completely......you took the Caravan /MotorHome track .....
Then why was there a large sign at its base that said, 'BIG READ DUNE'?
Its a bit like the one at the airport that says "Australia"......its telling you you are in the general area lol......the actual big section of the due is further north from where you were.....the section you were on is the bypass track for those not wanting to take on the dune..... there are 3 tracks of varying difficulty.
Well, that explains everything.
Troopy would have shit it in ;) everyone knows how awesome troopies are 👍
Andrew, you are truly a gem in the TH-cam wasteland.
thank you!
great vid again
I think the reason you don't get it Andrew is because you have tackled it from the easiest side and from what I can see, went down the chicken track. Crossing big red from the other direction is a completely different story. Also it is incorrect to describe it as "Australia's biggest sand dune" which it's not, In fact, it's not even close. It is however the biggest in the Simpson desert, or was, outback conditions are constantly changing of course...
Likewise. The first couple of episodes did it for me too. The Nullarbor is not empty enough, the road isn't straight for as long, the East coast is boring, I don't like wide tyres etc... As someone who has watched his videos for quite some time, this seems like a chore by comparison with his Canning Stock Route series. I feel that rather than enjoying overlanding for its own sake, he has become an "equipment collector".
Charley Smith Checked it out and subscribed. Thanks for the heads up!
Gavin Gillet does good videos without wanting to be the star. His Canning stuff was great watching.
I agree with you Charlie Smith. I watched the stuff he did in Africa and thought it was pretty interesting. I thought he knew his stuff and was experience in an area of the world that I had not been, and so I believed the things he said. Now he is in Australia and I don't want to be unkind, but it's not good. In fact it's poor. I think his local knowledge is extremely poor and he has clearly not done enough research. It's a shame really, as I find him entertaining, humerous and I believed his product reviews to be unbiased. However, as far as I'm concerned, his credibility is now in question with his exploration videos. Now that I've watch the Australian content and know how inaccurate it is, (which is just so annoying) why should I believe the stuff I know nothing about... The trouble is if you hold yourself up to be an expert, I think you really need to know your stuff and clearly when it comes to Australia at least, he does not. As for the African stuff, how would I know now... I think if he wants a large Australian audience, he really needs to do something fast.. I don't know about the rest of the world, but as you have rightly said Charley, the Australian audience is broad in knowledge and very experienced when it comes to this subject. A TH-camr is not going to get away with feeding "bulldust" and retain a large audience in this country, on this subject. There are literally tens of thousands of people in Australia that have grown up on camping, four wheel driving, overlanding, etc and been doing it 20, 30, 40, 50 years themselves. I have seen so many comments on 4x4 forums about Andrew and it's not been good. I genuinely hope things improve, as I enjoy his presentation, his photography and he seems like a nice enough bloke...
Do you support Gavin on Patreon? I do.
Hi Andrew I see you in one off your latest Vids you show cuts from this great trip, I'm sorry to say the tallest sand dune in Oz is mount Tempest at 935 feet on Moreton Island.
Big Red is a symbol for the Worlds largest sand dune desert and home of the longest parallel sand dunes, so I am unsure as to how you came up with biggest, except in length. cheers
That drone has to be the worst colour for that enviroment, amazing you spotted it guys well done! Now for some bright pink spray paint 😁. Great video as always 👌
Adam Slattery
Ive thought about painting my mavic a bright Colour. But for the price of them I’m finding it hard to commit to doing it lol.
Australian 4x4 Adventures might be better to wrap it rather than paint
Canberra is a city in the Australian Capital Territory... Not the territory itself! It takes up a 3rd of the area of the ACT... the rest of which is very much like the Vic high country and has some spectacular 4WDing! Don't knock it till you try it ;)
5:02 is the best moment!!!! Your Daughter is Cool!
“Poor poor famous man”. 9:08 🤣
Hey mate I saw your video with Ronny Dahl and your new troopy. I like those panels you’ve fitted where the side glass was. I was looking a while back on a set but the only bloke I found to do them is a mob called yodateq and they cost too much. What brand are your ones? Where are they from? Oh and I want them for my 80 series.
Good video shame about the tyres rubbing have you tried michelin xzl 7.50 r16 I've been using them for couple of years now never got puncture and good for running on lower tyres pressure.
The only way to cross the Simpson desert is to brave the fly's lol
Great work Andrew
I'll also add, all dji drones record a gps "paper trail" which is easily found in the app.
If you lose your drone it'll give you its last recorded gps position (as well as speed, trajectory etc) and will display itself on a map as a blue dot.
Haha, good to see that I am not the only one crashing drones :) The Mavic would be a bugger to find compared to the Phantom. Friends of ours spent 2 days looking for their Phantom when it dropped out of the sky. At least, like you, they did find it.
Western Australia Now and Then
Depending on the Phantom you have. The mavic has more Safty features included.
Main reason I went to mavic was because space is a premium when on filming adventures so the smaller the better
I mostly meant the difference in colour and the Phantom is quite a bit bigger and theoretically easier to spot. Still I would love to get hold of a mavic, as you say, so much easier to carry.
Callcup Hill Warren Beach near Pemberton is a monster compared to Big Red.
Bilbunya is a mouse hill compared to Warren Beach on the south entrance between the Warren and the Mirrup rivers
The fly saga continues...
Big Red was a challenge in the old days because no modern 4WDs , just old banger cars and trucks that got bogged on every dune and spent weeks crossing the Simpson . Wide tyres are good in most situations but i know you like the skinny tyres , more lift at the back of your 4WD would stop the rubbing . You think those flies were bad , go down south in W.A. with the SAND FLIES in summer and they bite you too :-)
Hi Peter, Great as always, What Artist/Album is that, Regards.
Interesting perspective on the tires....
There's nothing in the desert, and no man needs nothing...except maybe Andrew :)
Should have had some ostrich feathers on a stick to shoo away the flies like a big Bwana. ;)
Congrats on his daughter having her braces off! Also the the wide tires may have made the journey on the sand easier, maybe worth the slight noise inconvenience.
Wide tyres DO NOT help on sand. It's a myth. And I've proved it 100 times.
4xoverland Thank you for taking the time to respond! I’m in the midst of watching as much of your content that is available on TH-cam. I really appreciate your work and will be using the vast wisdom you have to share in creating memories and adventures of my own! Thank you again!
For the flies I use a product called natures botanical (cederwood and rosemary oil) Reeds prospecting sell it, it works.
Amazing video as always! Thanks...But those flies are unbearable.
Might want to repaint the Mavic and put a locator on it.
I am wondering do you get any reflection at all with a dashmat and what about it collecting dust or is it easy to take out and beat the dust and dirt out of it.
So Andrew, you went unprepared - for the flies! A bit of research and you would of had a better time? I liked the rest of the episode. Onward to the next one.
I was just wondering, apart from the sand flag, are you doing anything each time you go up a dune to make sure that someone is coming up the other side at the same time?
Awesome videos! Thank you Kate and Andrew for sharing you journey with us.
There is a local channel for most areas in Aus - he goes into this in depth during his Canning Stock Road trip.
you can get spray on fly repellant, it works
Full credit to anyone who enjoys getting out to see the country and goes to the effort of sharing their experiance. However there seemed to be a great deal of talking without imparting any actual useful information about the wonderful experiance of crossing the Simpson. The time devoted to wide tyres and flies ( we all know about the flies) would have been better spent on the landscape and wildlife. These days, everyone makes travel videos of their trips and there is no shortage of them on TH-cam. Many are just endless dash cam shots or pics of the Mum and kids which is fine but there are many that are really good with some great photography that really show off the desert at its best. How on earth does this get 36K views when it largley consists of talking heads complaining?
Thanks John for your comments. This was an extremely challenging trip to film because the flies were so terrible, one could not even get out and hold the camera. And, may I suggest, we do not all know about the flies in Australia. This channel has a global viewership, and I make my films with the entire worldwide audience in mind. I've done nine TV seasons and over 150 episodal videos such as this one, and never have I found it so difficult to gather worthwhile content while on a trip. I admit, this series is not one of my best. But unfortunately, one is only judged by one's worst work. crs, Andrew
Hi Andrew thanks for the reply. Yes the flies can make life utterley miserable in that area. A fly net is the only way to stay semi sane. I have watched many of your other videos and enjoyed most of them. I have tried to make videos of my trips, mainly to give me something to do of an evening and for myself and my family to view let alone a world wide audience and struggled sometimes no matter how stunning the trip to find worthwhile content. Some people would have no intention or desire to visit these places and show little interest in the landscape or wildlife, others planning on the trip themselves wanted more practicle content and others who have done the trip are unhappy I left their favourite places out. Keep up the good work and enjoy your adventures but I personally would enjoy a little more of the wildlife, landscape and history of the area.
Such a shame you completely missed all the fun tracks up big red, the line you took is the chicken track (which is actually the main route so easy to presume the way you did)
The fun stuff is north of the track you were on by only a 100m or so, and headed the opposite direction (west to east) still a walk in the park with the correct pressures but a lot of fun.
The best track is climbing the dune that sits atop big red itself which was on your LHS as you crested.. that divides the boys from the men.
Don't want to be spoilsport again but you got the time wrong at Poeppel Corner. In the winter months, South Australia and Northern Territory are are half an hour behind Queensland. The reason it is only half an hour is mainly because Adelaide and Darwin are the main population centres and are fairly close to the eastern border so the time zone works better for them. When we switch to the summer months, South Australia (being in the south) moves to daylight saving time so their time shifts forward an hour. Western Australia and the Northern Territory, who's sunlight is less impacted by the change of seasons do not have a daylight saving time change. Not hard to research.
Before reaching poeppels corner, I thought u mentioned the 3 states as being WA/SA/NT which is no right...... It’s QLD-SA-NT.
No Daylight savings in QLD either...
big red is just kind of a landmark there are way larger dunes in the isralite bay area of south west western australia