Travel the Outback Way from east to west, Winton QLD to Laverton WA July 2022

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  • @Destination_Of_Life
    @Destination_Of_Life 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This video is a fantastic blend of humor and insight, making it both entertaining and thought-provoking!

  • @dennismatthews6660
    @dennismatthews6660 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for sharing your adventures!

  • @ratulhassan5024
    @ratulhassan5024 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best travelling video of Australia.

  • @colburncrockett8252
    @colburncrockett8252 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Loved the video! I'll be doing the drive east to west as you did later this year!

    • @happycampersaustralia
      @happycampersaustralia  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We hope our video helped your planning, its a great drive 😃

  • @ottoswinebar
    @ottoswinebar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Really enjoyed your video.
    Very informative, and precise.
    Not just a heap of drones shots and watching people make wraps for lunch 😂
    I’m going to do this trip in May, west to east.
    Keep up the good videos.

  • @batmanlives6456
    @batmanlives6456 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hi guys
    I first did this trip back in 1984
    Had to apply for permits to cross aboriginal lands from Perth … took 6weeks to come through … ( permits that is)
    Was very remote back then
    Had to book in with police at Laverton and when completed at Ayres Rock !
    I was in an old series 3 Landrover
    Had to carry all fuel required
    She’s a bit different today !
    Bit of a cakewalk compared to then
    They’re talking about tarring it all
    That would make the trip fantastic… and let you enjoy the magnificent scenery better
    Thanks guys

    • @happycampersaustralia
      @happycampersaustralia  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you liked it

    • @j.t.s8618
      @j.t.s8618 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You'd be an old hand at these distances in the middle of nowhere. Glad to know that it's much easier now though 😜

    • @batmanlives6456
      @batmanlives6456 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@j.t.s8618 yes
      I have traversed just about every desert in Australia…
      There’s something very special about deserts and the solitude

  • @TBgunsandbutter
    @TBgunsandbutter 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i am glad i stumbled across your post !
    i once worked with an Aussie, at a warehouse job here in Connecticut, and he would tell me about how you could cross Australia, via Eyre Highway and Outback Way and drive the entire Continent by way of the Big Lap 🇦🇺
    he also spoke of the Nullarbor Plain

  • @colinl9018
    @colinl9018 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Going a few kays slower might save everything flying around in the van, and welds breaking?
    PS. 99% of those wrecked cars on the road come from the 'communities'. Or have been "borrowed"

  • @jon.bennett
    @jon.bennett 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great vid! I really enjoyed it. Thanks for the info at the end on fuel consumption, cost, damage, etc…

  • @AshleyPearceImages
    @AshleyPearceImages 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the video, enjoyed the content, just struggled to hear you when vision from car was taken, all I could hear was low tone mumbling.
    Thank you again for the informative video.

    • @happycampersaustralia
      @happycampersaustralia  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Noted! We have upgraded the mikes now, thanks for the feedback, it was 2 years ago.

  • @kevinpaine7893
    @kevinpaine7893 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this. Was good research for 2015 when I ride Cairns to Perth. 🚴

    • @happycampersaustralia
      @happycampersaustralia  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow! Thats a huge ride 🚴 Glad we could help with your research. Good luck 🤩

  • @mattridley8413
    @mattridley8413 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great content! Thank you.

  • @elainemcintyre4407
    @elainemcintyre4407 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the great tour & information. I have subscribed so I will get part 2 & so on. Safe journey & will catch you down the track.

  • @thommostravels9610
    @thommostravels9610 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the video.

  • @elainemcintyre4407
    @elainemcintyre4407 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi, you were so lucky to have great weather. Good journey thank you.Elaine from Brisbane.safe travels.

  • @aussiegolddogcnc3d412
    @aussiegolddogcnc3d412 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for sharing. Great video.

  • @andrewford80
    @andrewford80 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks!

  • @fawkesp
    @fawkesp 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I noticed you covered over the external fridge vent. Assuming that it is three-way fridge, how significant did this affect its operation at? Did you also cover over the hot water vent?

    • @happycampersaustralia
      @happycampersaustralia  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, it is a 3 way fridge. We turned the fridge off while it was covered, and turn it back on when we arrive at camp. Because the fridge is closed the whole time it did not get warm, and we travelled in winter which helped too. We have covered the hot water in the past, not sure if we did that time. We tend to just blow the dust out of the hot water every so often after dusty roads. (With a blower vac) By doing that, we are getting lazy with covering it as much as we used to. 😃

    • @fawkesp
      @fawkesp 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@happycampersaustralia Thanks. If you don't mind me asking, how many hours a day would you say you travelled in this crossing? I only ask because my experience has been that the 3-way fridge does not perform well on 12 volt, so I would be fearful of turning it off completely. Peter.

    • @happycampersaustralia
      @happycampersaustralia  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Don’t be fearful. It is just like a big esky. We had it turned off (no power at all) for 4 to 5 hours per day. Everything stayed fresh. If we were in the tropics with 30+ days, it would be a different story, but we never have an issue turning the fridge off for a few hours in normal to cool conditions.

  • @elysian95
    @elysian95 ปีที่แล้ว

    Surprising the road has not been sealed yet. I'm considering heading out there next year and just dread corrugations.

    • @happycampersaustralia
      @happycampersaustralia  ปีที่แล้ว

      Very soon for the eastern side

    • @mattridley8413
      @mattridley8413 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think that’s what adds to the trip and ‘mystique’. It will lose something being just another sealed highway.

    • @elysian95
      @elysian95 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mattridley8413 I'd be traversing it for the rock and nothing else, I've never found anything romantic about corrugations and value my vehicle.

  • @kenhopp223
    @kenhopp223 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks One day we will do that trip Take care

  • @MrGundawindy
    @MrGundawindy ปีที่แล้ว

    I see some websites say you need a 4wd to do this trip, but none of the roads look like you actually need 4wd. Did you even have your rig in 4wd at all? Do you think a Sprinter van would make it? They have excellent ground clearance and I have been on many gravel roads. Obviously, after rain things may be too slippery and/or boggy for a 2wd, but the road looked fine on your video.

    • @happycampersaustralia
      @happycampersaustralia  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi, I’d have no question that the Sprinter would make the first part of the Journey from Winton to Uluru. The W/A side of it is very rough with corrugations (especially west to east) and not sure if the interior contents of the Sprinter would suffer. Having said that, Bull dust or Sandy sections wasn’t a problem and the worse road was the side road to Lassiters Cave. Hope this helps!

    • @MrGundawindy
      @MrGundawindy ปีที่แล้ว

      @@happycampersaustralia thanks for your reply. That does help heaps. I'm not worried about corrugations. I just don' t want to get stuck, so the soft stuff that lasts for more than 100m or so that needs 4wd or actual bog after rain would be my main concern. It just moved onto my list of possibilities. Cheers.

    • @andrewford80
      @andrewford80 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@MrGundawindy 4wd is supposedly less damaging to the roads also

    • @MrGundawindy
      @MrGundawindy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@andrewford80 yeh, if it's bad enough that 2wd will damage the road I don't want to risk it. Not primarily for the sake of the road, but if it's that soft I'm only one mistake away from being bogged. 👍

  • @Saskia-v9f
    @Saskia-v9f 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow that’s a whole lot of dirt road & corrugation. Was it worth it?

  • @kurthaensch1972
    @kurthaensch1972 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sorry, just noticed on your heading, July

  • @goeffburdon7351
    @goeffburdon7351 ปีที่แล้ว

    great video guys .could you help me my partner wants a double axel caravan for traveling out back but i think a single axel would be better what do you think 😊

    • @happycampersaustralia
      @happycampersaustralia  ปีที่แล้ว

      We prefer single axle for off road manoeuvres. It gets into tight places easier. We have done about 200 thousand KMs on single axle, including remote tracks. Just be pedantic about checking tyres regularly (on some tracks they are checked daily) …… If you wife wants dual axle because she wants a large van, you have no choice, but if a small van will suit, there is no need to worry about blow outs as long as you are aware of what is going on with your tyres.

  • @Saskia-v9f
    @Saskia-v9f 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So it’s allowed that if you cook up veggies or fruit you don’t have to hand it over at Quarantine?

    • @happycampersaustralia
      @happycampersaustralia  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s right. Cook up your veggies and all good to go 👍

  • @roberthall1397
    @roberthall1397 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What’s the purpose for the permits in wa ?

    • @happycampersaustralia
      @happycampersaustralia  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There are also permits NT side, think it’s to drive on indigenous land, but they are free. They monitor numbers using the road.

  • @roberthall1397
    @roberthall1397 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you fill up with water at these places between warrakuna to laverton ?

    • @happycampersaustralia
      @happycampersaustralia  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No, you need to carry enough. It’s only a few days to cross.

  • @ainsliejones3764
    @ainsliejones3764 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice and interesting, not OTT, brilliant

  • @gavandavies332
    @gavandavies332 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mate take your time..😉

  • @kurthaensch1972
    @kurthaensch1972 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What time of the year was this trip

  • @sainathsai7379
    @sainathsai7379 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How can we apply for the permits ?

    • @happycampersaustralia
      @happycampersaustralia  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They are free, either online, or in person at Alice Springs Aboriginal Land Council.

  • @deanharries4154
    @deanharries4154 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why do you need permits to drive on our roads..! What is the cost on permits..??

  • @andyb.1026
    @andyb.1026 ปีที่แล้ว

    Need to learn a very simple use of a foam microphone muff,, to cut out all the road & wind Noise.. Would make this ten times better

    • @happycampersaustralia
      @happycampersaustralia  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This was made a year ago. We have realised this problem and have corrected it with new personal microphones in our newest movies. You will notice a big difference.

  • @geoffreywilliambradley5015
    @geoffreywilliambradley5015 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The symbol is on country with people
    sitting around camp fire