THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE!! The roads are RELENTLESS! - KEEPS GETTING WORSE!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ย. 2024
- Today's video starts at Ellenbrae Station, where we enjoy an amazing bath and some warm scones that were divine!
Leaving Ellenbrae, we are heading to Home Valley Station... we said that the road from Manning Gorge to Ellenbrae was so bad on the previous episode... but this was insane!
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Started following you around a few weeks ago. Appreciate the hard work editing to put out the vids everyday. Your fridge has cracked the sealed refrigerant pipes, most likely from the corrugations. The ammonia is the coolant the manufacturer uses in the 3 way fridge. My understanding its a sealed non serviceable item. The brake wires are the same colour at the wheels because it doesn't matter which way you wire them as they are magnets and will work either way. Its nice to have a great bunch of people to travel with. Yes the road is hard but the memories are priceless.
Thankyou so much for coming along with our adventure! 😁
Thankyou for the fridge info ✌️
Yeah you're 100% right, we've got an amazing group and these memories are priceless!
Thoroughly enjoying watching you do the Gibb and don’t think we will
Thankyou so much! Yea I can understand that... I don't think I'll be doing it again in a hurry 🤣😅
Fantastic videos guys Must be so much work doing it daily but we are loving watching and look forward every morning to watching the latest one. You do a fantastic job Leah, very informative, love your touch of humour you throw into it.
Keep safe and look forward to watching more of your adventures
Thankyou Dianne 😍😍 it is a tough gig doing this daily haha I don't know what I was thinking 🤣🤣🤣 but it's all good, it's quite fun being able to put something out in real time!
Thankyou so much for watching ❤️
i just found you guys, loving your work 👌
Thankyou so much Greg! 🙌
Another great episode guys! Love that you’re keeping it real with the problems you’ve been having! Goodluck for tomorrow 😀
Thanks guys! We like being very real about everything! 😄 No sugar coating over here 🤣🤣
After that sort of day you did so well to get this episode out Leah. I dont think i could of. So hats off to you
Haha! Thankyou 😁 Tj took the kids this morning to the park so I could have a sleep in 😉
Looking forward to tomorrow’s episode of Home Valley Station guys, as my sister in law and brother in law have done some caretaking there, and El Questro over the years. Enjoying the episodes. Safe travels.🤙🥂🍻
Thankyou for watching 😍 aww that's amazing, this spot is lovely and we can't wait to check out El Questro tomorrow, hopefully, depending on the weather 🤞
Love watching your videos. Very informative and entertaining. Great to see another caravan with a K8 👍👍
Thankyou so much 😍 oh we love our k8 ❤️
dorry about your fridge issues, I hope you can get it sorted .... I really like your daily updates and love that you keep it real 👌
Thankyou so much! So glad you are loving these videos 😍😍
Thanks for the daily updates, appreciate the hard work and time to do but fantastic that you are sharing your experiences. Everything is fixable so keep smiling and enjoy the adventure your kids are learning so much through your travels and you are making great friends and memories along the way. 😘
Thankyou for watching 😍😍 couldn't agree more! Everything is fixable! 👌🤙
Thank you for the tips on the conveyor belt, for protecting pipes . In two weeks time or less you'll sit back with a beer thinking what a epic trip. Excellent videoing editing, keep up the good work job well done.
That's it! We will look back on this and just think how amazing! 😉 and maybe chuckle about the damage we all did lol!
Thankyou for watching Greg 😍
Another great video leah so sad thats happened you poor buggers but keep going and enjoy yourselves
Thankyou Dianne, nothings stopping us 😍😍
Absolutely loving following your adventures.
Thankyou so much 🤗😍
Did the Gibb last August and did 2 tyres, all of my front suspension, lights loose, bash plates coming off etc, etc.. Total cost was about $5K!
Oh no! The Gibb is relentless isn't it!
Awesome Vids Guys, Bring back Memories I did the Gibb and up to Kalumuburu in 1988.
Awww wow! How amazing 😍🙌
Those baths looked wicked been so long since i had a bath to use glad u enjoyed it been tough going but i do love how you don't sugar coat it raw is best :)
Oh those baths were heavenly! Thankyou! I'm glad you like the realness, I haven't got enough energy to sugar-coat anything 🤣😅
Holy hell! Those are some rough roads but the scenery and the adventure would absolutely make up for it! I have a Franklin with the Dometic fridge like yours so I’m keen to know what failed to see if I can do anything to stop that happening.
Rest up and safe travels.
Yes, we aren't sure, we think it may be something with the ammonia piping / gas piping... and I think that would just come down to the suspension on the van... I don't think we could have prevented it 🥲
@@fivedownunderfrom what I have read (and you have probably worked this out already), you will have to replace the entire cooling unit onyour fridge. That is unfortunate!
Sorry to hear about the fridge, we've become so dependent on them. I wonder if they fair better in the "full offroad" vans or if corrugations are just corrugations no matter what. Did you know that you can cook damper/scones on a plain old hot plate or in a frying pan? Just make up your favourite damper/scone recipe roll the whole thing into a ball and flatten to about 1&1/2 inches and cook it on medium heat on both sides (until golden brown on both sides). Slice it like a cake and eat it straight off the hot plate, amazing when you haven't had anything like it for a long time on the road.
Yea not too sure, we have 3 other semi off road vans with us and 1 off road and nothing happened to their fridges, maybe bad luck.. unsure 😄
Oh my gosh! This sounds like an amazing way to cook some delicious stuff! I'm going to have to try this, thankyou 😁
Arrrr WHAT. they must have put those baths in just after we went there, daaam, & yep, top scones 👍 Hang in there, not far to go. 🤞
Oh no! Yea he said it was a recent thing, amazing scones and lovely people that worked there 😍😍
Not far to go 😄 thankyou for watching! 🤙
Hi guys, lost for words, that is one expensive holiday and too much stress lol and we are full time nomads and only free camp so most of the time in the bush. Wow just enjoy. Sending good vibes lol.❤
Hahahahaha you said it 🤣🤣
Send all the good vibes you have 🤭❤️
Thanks for the real honest raw report of the Gibb. Answered one question we had and the answer is we can do without that road.
No worries at all 😄 glad I can tell it how it is 🤙
Well think I will leave my caravan and just take the swag
Good luck guys
Hahaha yes! Less things can go wrong 😁😍
Hi guys. Love your channel. Keep it going.
Awesome
Thankyou so much 😁
Has there been any difference in damage of the vans between the
vans with springs and airbags
Great watching guys it will be great when you get around to meeting everyone and their experiences
I was thinking the same thing 👍
Hopefully you loved the episode of getting to know all our travellers that are with us 😍
We will be doing a Gibb run down at the end of our trip and talk through the comparisons etc 😁
Three important facets to the answer to the question; 1, tyre pressure, 2, speed, 3, airbag pressure.
Love watching your videos, ❤ which month or months were you there and would you recommend that time of the year. Sorry about your fridge. 😢
We did the Gibb at the end June 😀 Was close to the start of the season, we still had some very rough roads but it's all luck to whether you'll follow the grader and have smooth roads 🥲
Tough day at rhe office.😮
RIGHT! The Gibb is relentless! 🥲
Oh gosh, I could really feel for you both on this leg of your journey. What a nightmare of a road and the damage that has been done to all of you. 😢😢 You will be really needing a well earned break at the end of this series. Glad you have not sugar coated any of it. It is what it is. Pity that road is not looked after better, they would get so many more tourists along it. Maybe they don’t want that. Take care.
They are talking about making The Gibb bitumen in a couple of years time, so that'll be nice 😅🤣
Atleast we all still have vans that are able to be towed, we've seen a couple on the side of the road and some being towed, quite sad.
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@@fivedownunder i hope they do bitumen it. That would be awesome. Sad that people have lost vans or anything on that road, its so popular for so many. Keep safe and hope the weather stays kind. 😀
I hope it’s never bitumen that would just spoilt it. Mind you if the Voice gets up it will probably be closed or it will cost a $1000 fee to go on it.
Awesome videos guys! Love following you on your travels!!! ❤
Thankyou so much Tina 😍😍
Wow!!! The road look terrible 😮
Are you aware that there's rain coming, and that the Gibb RR is closed from Tuesday? Just be aware of flash flooding. I'm sure that the stations will let you guys know the latest updates. Stay safe 😊
Crazy roads! Thankyou Debbie 😄 we will be keeping an eye out for an update on Monday to see if we can stay at El Questro while everything settles down and the roads re open🤞
What a great group of people you are travelling with, can’t imagine doing it on your own. (Although lots do 😳)
You might need to organize a 5 year reunion so you can all relive your Gibb adventures and have a good laugh about it.
Hahaha I reckon that's an amazing time! It's been pretty special to do it with these guys! Wouldn't of been the same without them 😍
Obviously looking at this episode my previous comment from your last episode is irrelevant. Beat of luck getting it sorted but still love watching you 👍
Haha that's all good 😄😄
Things are changing daily around here 🤭🤭
so bloody awesome 👌
Thankyou 😍😍
Speechless, Geez...🤭
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Hi Guys, great video, thanks. What type of towing mirrors are you using and where did you get them?
Thankyou so much 😄 we have tbe milenco towing mirrors and got them from Anaconda
Greate video, did you have a compressor fridge or 3 ways?
Thankyou! We have a 3 way fridge 😄
We drove out to Ellenbrae Monday, the road is definitely better now than it was last year believe it or not.
WHAT! wow haha! Yea we had heard that the roads were 'good' atm compared to other times lol wow I couldn't see myself driving in any worse conditions than what we did 😅😅
I’m sure you’ll do a wrap up of the trip but looking back over everything….what advice would you give? Bearing in mind the actual and potential damage to cars and vans, going alone vs in groups. I’m sure everyone is keen to hear the leaf spring vs airbag suspension debate too.
Really enjoyable viewing and nice editing!
Not sure I’ll ever do the road 😅
Not sure I'll do the road again.. anytime soon anyway 🤣😅
Yea we'll do a wrap up video for sure, I think my advice would be to do as much as you can to secure your vans, tyres down, and then sit back and take the ride in... expect there to be some kind of damages, but hopefully, with tyres down and taping things up and not going too fast over the corrugations, you will come out of it ok, fingers crossed 🤞😁
@@fivedownunder Best advice is not to take a van on the Gibb. With a tent it can be a lot of fun as there are many places that can"t be reached with a can.
Lordy Lord guys! What a day for you all! Please know, I'm sure we've all had days like this & you just want it to all end!😢😢
The roads look 10 times worse from when we were there yrs ago.
Can't believe they stuffed up your camp bookings. Not good after a shity day of driving.
Hope you get to kick back & enjoy your experience there.
Keep smiling guys!🍻❤
Thankyou so much always for your lovely comments!
Yea the roads are so horrendous 😫
Tomorrow's a new day 😍
Funniest thing I’ve heard in a while
I’ll laugh at this in five years
Been 5 years since we got flatbed trailer off the Gibb in 2018. I still can’t 😆. Did it 2013 no issues then 2018 disaster.
How tired you must be doing editing every night but a great job. What program are you using?
Oh wow, it's crazy how the roads can change so much, even within weeks. Haha I'm soo tired 🤣🤣 I use Adobe premiere pro
Gosh, electrical wiring damage the first time, then the coolant leaks the second day. So the fridge is F'd well and truly now! Is your van young enough to be under warranty still? Good time to check and claim. Lower the tyre pressure more I would say. If you are just driving at 20-30kph then lower the tyres to 20-25psi all round. mmm I'll have to put my thinking cap on to find a solution to this issue for when I go over there.
Ellenbrae looked awesome. But the baths were a bit steeply priced I think. Would half hour at say $60 be good too? And could you shower off all that dirty water after? Or have to walk around covered in it all day! That's the bit that would cause me to put pause on the whole thing. No clean off shower, no deal! lol
Sometimes the corrugations are smoother when going the other way because they were created by vehicles going the other direction. So when you drive on them they smooth down a bit as your tyres go over them. But of course, you are playing with fire because you are on the same side as the oncoming traffic.
If you have paid for particular assets to be available at your camp site you are entitled to expect they will be available otherwise you should receive a partial re-embursment. Not go 'oh well its been a hard day on the road so we won't bother asking for power and water'. That's what they are gambling on. That you won't chuck a wobbly. But you are the ones doing the long dusty miles with no fridge, not them.
Well a Great NOrthern almost washes the day away, but not quite!! Have a great evening folks. I sure hope tomorrow is better. 😊
Yea the fridge is well and truly gone now, will be looking into it all more when we are off The Gibb.
We showered before doing the baths as we were so dirty 🤣 but yes half hour would still be lovely, but yes a very over priced activity, but not many baths found around Australia so we had to treat ourselves 😍
A great northern at the end of the day fixes everything 😉😍
What tyre pressures were you running in the car and in the caravan ? 25-30 PSI max is where I would be going, no more. Have done the Gibb twice, once with car/tent and once on my motorcycle, never seen it so corrugated. At this time my son is around Mt Barnett somewhere, so will be interesting to hear how he fared.
Hi John!
Oh wow, is your son stuck where he is or is he able to leave Mt Barnett? As I've heard the river crossing has risen quite alot there! 😄
Car was running on 28 on the back and 22 on the front and caravan was running at 25 🤙
@@fivedownunder Okay, good pressures all round, so that makes it more surprising that the fridge went south. Son was at Mt Barnett for three days but a window opened yesterday afternoon and they escaped to Derby. He is very disappointed by the lack of, or simply wrong, advice from Main Roads Dept. Some simply wrong and others contradictory.
Yes we found it hard to get information! Not a great system!
Most probably our suspension, dometic has actually said its a common problem, so maybe it was just going to happen regardless 🤷♀️
A good time to invest in a Bushman compressor fridge
We've been looking at these! 🙌🙌
What was the cause of the fridge faults? Do you guys have the same vans?
No, we don't have the same vans but the fridges are the same 😁 not sure yet, we think the cooling system let go. We were having power issues the day before as well and couldn't find out why either.
You poor buggers.😢
Haha yep! Tomorrow's a new day 😍
Even with all your problems at the moment I would still swap your life for mine right now and don’t forget you are making memories that will last forever
Aww thanks Trevor, yea these memories will be amazing to look back on 😍 you're 100% right
Bullara station = best scones
Oh my gosh! We loved Bullara scones! 😍😍😍
thats what hapoen to our freind frudge cire gone if you replace the fridge get a compressor fridge not three way much better sorry to see what happen but like you said its the gibb just watch out fir the frogs in the toilets at home valley lol enjoy
Omg I nearly sat on a gecko under the toilet seat this evening! Hahaha nearly crapped myself 🤣🤣
Yea we are looking at a compressor fridge 😍 heard great things!
Hope you guys are nearly out… see below for warning ………keep safe…..🚧 GIBB RIVER ROAD TO CLOSE - TUESDAY 27 JUNE 🚧
The incoming unseasonal weather in our north is set to impact parts of the 660km iconic Gibb River Road, a largely unsealed road through our Kimberley region.
We’re not looking to rain on your parade, but this weather means you may have to rethink your travel plans, for your own safety.
🌧 Planning to travel through central Kimberley?
Don’t. Delay your plans if possible.
🌧Already travelling through central or east Kimberley?
Leave the area and head to the nearest town. If you’re heading back to Broome, caravan parks are at capacity but additional overflow accommodation is being organised to cater for travellers.
🌧Already camping in the area and intending to stay?
Don’t camp near low-lying creeks or rivers, and be prepared to isolate for several days.
🌧How do I find out if anything changes?
Go to www.emergency.wa.gov.au for the latest info.
📸 The reality of what flooding can do to roads, Great Northern Highway early this year.
Thankyou so much, we are waiting on Mondays update and will go from there 😄😁