In the comments we already received a few great tips for driving (or preparing to drive) through the outback. If you have additional tips, please share 🙏🏻 to help other travellers for a save journey.
Hey, you guys! So great to see this video of the "before and after" the time we spent together in the Southern Lost City. It was our privilege to help you out. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger 😂. Alls well that ends well, and Steve and I look forward to following your adventures (hopefully minus any car mishaps).
We were so happy that you and Steve drove by and stayed with us. We learned a lot with this adventure for sure ☺️ hope to see you again, in a less stressful situation 😉
Wow, what an adventure! You guys are becoming pro at this. Happy all turned out well and very happy to see you again (via the video). Subscribed, will ‘follow’ you on this amazing journey. Big love and hug from me, X Do 😘
Thanks Do, it was a pretty intense experience indeed, but luckily there are many people who are willing to help out in such situations. Thankful for that 🙂
Scary story, lucky that couple came along because it sounds like you could've made a silly panicked decision otherwise. Please tell me you have an EPIRB now? remember because of the distance even after pressing an epirb it could be 5 days or so until you are rescued, need water for everyone to last that long and stay with the car
@@aakeeno we were very fortunate with that lovely couple indeed. We’re completely set now to journey through the outback again. Thanks to all the great tips in the comments of this video 👍🏻
The idea of walking 40km or 100km to get help is definitely not a good one. There there have been plenty of people who have tried to walk much less distances than that and who have unfortunately died. When walking in that sort of heat a huge amount of water needs to be consumed to stay hydrated. The best advice which the rangers and the police tell everybody is to stay with your vehicle!!!
I’ve been driving road trains across the outback and across Australia, with this days technology I always have recommended people who are going out there in remote areas to get a satellite tracking device installed on your vehicle and give access to a family member on it, call someone and tell them that you are departing from point X and you should call them back from point Z around that time and if they don’t hear from you within 6 hours of that time to call for help, work on worst case scenario and have as minimum 4 litres of water per person per day, never leave your vehicle and stay in the shade as much as possible but not on the bare ground where it is risk to get across to spiders or snakes, another good thing to have is personal locating beacon- EPIRB
wow, thanks for you comment. great tip! The first thing we did after this adventure was getting tracking device indeed. Should have done that earlier though.
That's what the snorkel on the prado is for, so you can cross water slowly and safely, no damage, no sucking water into the engine. Always stop and check out deep water. Never enter fast flowing water, it will wash you away. Enjoy your trip.👍
@@FamilyLifeExplorers Lucky insurance kicked in (hopefully) My parents got helped out by rangers at Karijini nat. pk. in WA a few years ago. Thank god for rangers.
Ranger Reece was our hero. Without him we would have been stuck in Limmen for ever.. And the insurance is a whole new story, but worked out alright. But took weeks..
@darin986 luckily we were picked up by the ranger. Walking wasn’t really an option indeed. Can you maybe elaborate on your response? Why shouldn’t someone leave their car?
@FamilyLifeExplorers because a car is much easier to see in that country than a tiny human being. Also, unless you are a camel and can carry a huge amount of water, in high temperatures or humidity you will die after about 3 days. You also don't know how far to help it is, and in the hotter season, homesteads/ civilisation may be deserted. I would echo the other person who said get a reliable satellite phone and as you have kids, an emergency locator beacon. 1st nation people familiar with their country have died in hot weather, you're not as experienced as they are.
Thank you@@heatherhoward2513. We’re definitely not a camel nor an experienced outback traveler. Next time we’ll be much better prepared because of comments like yours. Thanks
Very naive and stupid to be in that sort of remote area with only food and water for only a couple of days. Should be self sufficient for Atleast 2 weeks incase of Emergency
Yep spot on Darren. I won’t be watching this channel. Disaster waiting to happen…..Too many TH-camrs now getting their heads on the screen with no idea🤦♂️
Well, a couple with kids went for an off-road trip no knowledge of a car whatsoever... Broken fan - what is a fan, where is it? So, the FIRST tip is - do not be stupid!
@@View_from_Australia it's like telling me the winning lotto numbers AFTER the draw. Completely worthless. They already know that they made a mistake. I guess you never have
In the comments we already received a few great tips for driving (or preparing to drive) through the outback. If you have additional tips, please share 🙏🏻 to help other travellers for a save journey.
Hey, you guys! So great to see this video of the "before and after" the time we spent together in the Southern Lost City. It was our privilege to help you out. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger 😂. Alls well that ends well, and Steve and I look forward to following your adventures (hopefully minus any car mishaps).
We were so happy that you and Steve drove by and stayed with us. We learned a lot with this adventure for sure ☺️ hope to see you again, in a less stressful situation 😉
Thanks for sharing your adventures. It sounds like you are making friends and memories. Enjoy your trip!
Thank you @@markbatson7973 - making memories for sure and we met so many lovely people. Aussies are amazing!
If you break down out bush, never ever leave your vehicle to try to walk somewhere
Ayw stay on your vehicle
Enjoyed the video, it seems that everything worked out in the end. Enjoy the outback!
Thank you ☺️ we enjoyed the outback very much, apart from the car trouble.
So pleased for you that it was a relatively minor repair and you now can keep exploring as it could have been a lot worse.
We were happy to be on the road again after a week indeed. So much to explore!
Wow, what an adventure! You guys are becoming pro at this. Happy all turned out well and very happy to see you again (via the video). Subscribed, will ‘follow’ you on this amazing journey. Big love and hug from me, X Do 😘
Thanks Do, it was a pretty intense experience indeed, but luckily there are many people who are willing to help out in such situations. Thankful for that 🙂
Glad everything worked out well for you all
Thank you ☺️
Scary story, lucky that couple came along because it sounds like you could've made a silly panicked decision otherwise. Please tell me you have an EPIRB now? remember because of the distance even after pressing an epirb it could be 5 days or so until you are rescued, need water for everyone to last that long and stay with the car
@@aakeeno we were very fortunate with that lovely couple indeed. We’re completely set now to journey through the outback again. Thanks to all the great tips in the comments of this video 👍🏻
The idea of walking 40km or 100km to get help is definitely not a good one. There there have been plenty of people who have tried to walk much less distances than that and who have unfortunately died. When walking in that sort of heat a huge amount of water needs to be consumed to stay hydrated.
The best advice which the rangers and the police tell everybody is to stay with your vehicle!!!
Thanks for your reply. Staying with the vehicle seems to be the right thing to do indeed.
I’ve been driving road trains across the outback and across Australia, with this days technology I always have recommended people who are going out there in remote areas to get a satellite tracking device installed on your vehicle and give access to a family member on it, call someone and tell them that you are departing from point X and you should call them back from point Z around that time and if they don’t hear from you within 6 hours of that time to call for help, work on worst case scenario and have as minimum 4 litres of water per person per day, never leave your vehicle and stay in the shade as much as possible but not on the bare ground where it is risk to get across to spiders or snakes, another good thing to have is personal locating beacon- EPIRB
wow, thanks for you comment. great tip!
The first thing we did after this adventure was getting tracking device indeed. Should have done that earlier though.
That's what the snorkel on the prado is for, so you can cross water slowly and safely, no damage, no sucking water into the engine. Always stop and check out deep water. Never enter fast flowing water, it will wash you away.
Enjoy your trip.👍
Thanks
@colinl9018 - Especially that slowly and safely is something we should have known. We did the opposite :-( Hard lesson learned..
@@FamilyLifeExplorers Lucky insurance kicked in (hopefully)
My parents got helped out by rangers at Karijini nat. pk. in WA a few years ago.
Thank god for rangers.
Ranger Reece was our hero. Without him we would have been stuck in Limmen for ever..
And the insurance is a whole new story, but worked out alright. But took weeks..
Never ever leave your car, may be tempting to walk but we are always taught in Australia to tay with the car.
@darin986 luckily we were picked up by the ranger. Walking wasn’t really an option indeed.
Can you maybe elaborate on your response? Why shouldn’t someone leave their car?
@FamilyLifeExplorers because a car is much easier to see in that country than a tiny human being. Also, unless you are a camel and can carry a huge amount of water, in high temperatures or humidity you will die after about 3 days. You also don't know how far to help it is, and in the hotter season, homesteads/ civilisation may be deserted. I would echo the other person who said get a reliable satellite phone and as you have kids, an emergency locator beacon. 1st nation people familiar with their country have died in hot weather, you're not as experienced as they are.
@@FamilyLifeExplorers because when searches come looking for you it is easier to find a vehicle than a person walking and probably getting lost.
@@darrengray2309 ah thanks! Staying with the car sounds like a better strategy then indeed.
Thank you@@heatherhoward2513. We’re definitely not a camel nor an experienced outback traveler. Next time we’ll be much better prepared because of comments like yours. Thanks
Might be a good idea to at least get yourself a Starlink Mini, so you don't have to rely on often non existent mobile phone coverage.
@@steveleo1636 we got ourselves a Garmin inreach right away. Perfect for when we go hiking as well. We will never be lost again ;-)
Very naive and stupid to be in that sort of remote area with only food and water for only a couple of days. Should be self sufficient for Atleast 2 weeks incase of Emergency
Yep spot on Darren. I won’t be watching this channel. Disaster waiting to happen…..Too many TH-camrs now getting their heads on the screen with no idea🤦♂️
@@darrengray2309 - learned that the hard way 👍🏻
We hope this video helps other travellers not to make the same mistake. Disaster happens too often indeed. We were lucky.
Not very smart.Quite reckless really.
You’re right @@chrisedwards8050 - but ‘you live and you learn’
Well, a couple with kids went for an off-road trip no knowledge of a car whatsoever... Broken fan - what is a fan, where is it? So, the FIRST tip is - do not be stupid!
Great tip, thanks
I think they realise that now. No need to be a smart arse after the fact.
@@jimmyriddle5246 It is better to be "a smart arse" than to be lost with a couple of kids
@@View_from_Australia it's like telling me the winning lotto numbers AFTER the draw. Completely worthless. They already know that they made a mistake. I guess you never have
@@jimmyriddle5246 It is like telling you to not play lotto... Though it would not help you anyway.