Well these guys inspired a mate and I to give it a go in August 72. We travelled in an 1100 Moke and got to the Jardine. In 74 we took a 1275 Californian Moke across the Jardine on a 44 gallon drum and two airbeds and took it to the top. Our record was being bogged 47 times in one day. We pulled ourselves out with a manual boat winch.
I worked in Bamaga 76-77 and had heard abt the '74 trip in the moke but the story by then was it was made by two female Bamaga primary school teachers. The only outside contact them there days was radio Australia and BPA dc3 once a week into Jacky Jacky airstrip. Little traffic up there then as noted in the vid as each community had only one truck, some teachers their bikes. The DAIA had the work machinery. Permission early in the piece was needed from the Manager to go camping outside of town but was more of a safety issue than anything else. Steve Mckeough, Dave Brennan and myself made a bike trip in Aug '77 down to Cairns from Bamaga which lasted 4 days, the first 30 miles south of the Jardine took 10 hours. The two Kens had dropped Jerry cans off weeks before at what was then known as Cox's camp at 50mile south of the Jardine before Heathlands stn and passed another onto Moreton stn. so we could refuel. We reached Coen on the saturday of the Coen races to hear Elvis Presley had just died. The two Ken's are there in the vid and would go through a ctn of hot stubbies / day when working the line and as they would say would sweat it all out. Kenny Savo of Cody between Red Island point and New Mapoon lost his life to a croc at that PMG crossing showing the two kens in the vid in the early '80's swimming the same PMG dinghy we had used to get the bikes across, back to the other side. The croc was lying there on the bottom of the deepest fastest water on the southern bank of the Jardine. His body after a wide week long search was found by Kenny Cox near to the crossing. They were the best of mates and it broke him. Kenny Savo had a laugh so infectious. It is said that later on when Kenny Cox retired to Smithfield in Cairns with his family, he went to the local one night shouted a round for the whole bar and went home and died in his sleep the same night. They're all gone now and sadly missed.
Hi Tiger ! Mate, I really have VERY high admiration for your 72 and 74 trip. I too am a 'Moker' have been since about 1980 and still am today. I've been up the Cape in my Moke with 2 other Mokin' mates in 2012, a 'breeze' compared to your trips !!!! Our Moke Club went up in 82 and it was the trip from hell for them, they made it through somehow but everything that could go wrong, did ! Any photos from your trips ?
Videos from that era where straight to the point and without all that "Macho" bullshit you see these days. No more than commercials disguised as 4x4 trips. Thanks for the upload.
I grew up watching these legends on a Sunday nite at 630 while Mum cooked and Dad sat on the lounge drinking beer fast track 40 years later it’s me on the lounge with the kids streaming it to the TV. The sense of adventure is timeless 👍
exactly - I remember in the early 80's watching these on I think Channel 7 on a Saturday night, and also the Malcolm Douglas specials, and I also when i was maybe 12-13 went to a local theater to watch the Albi Mangles movie....Best memories....
@@franksandbeans2519 These are part time 4x4. So no need for a centre diff and by extension diff lock. I believe it is the lack of cross axle lockers that is the miracle.
@@barneybarret6088 Good Point. I was thinking too new. Eg: Defenders. Damn LR series still kicked along nicely though. Would have loved to see a Range Rover do the same trip.
I disagree mate, i bought 2 fj cruisers 2012 and a 2017 both bog stock with atrs on it made it up there in comfort the whole way. No problems, still driven every single day. Since new. Neither of them have missed a beat.
Totally agree mate, the modern Land Rovers are so unreliable you wouldn’t dream of going off tarmac, it’s a real shame. Unfortunately it’s all about looks and that’s the target market “Chavs”.. Still miss my series 2A..😢
It was because of this film/expedition way back in 1972 that as a 10yo child I was so captivated by this trip that after I left the RAAF in 1987 I moved to Brisbane and bought my first 4x4. in 2001 a 1987 4.2ltr petrol LWB Nissan Patrol. And in 2004 I travailed up the cape with the Queensland Nissan Patrol club. I have lived the dream. Thank you so much to the Leyland brothers for the inspiration you gave us up and coming explorers...
Back in the Day, the Brothers lived in Dumaresq Street, Newcastle so not far from our High School. Our family had enjoyed the weekend lifestyle that Land Rovers could offer since the mid Sixties so I distinctly remember walking past the Brother's garage and seeing these two Landys being prepared for this epic adventure. The stand out feature was the cut out mudguards and huge tyres which were a memorable sight for a schoolboy back then.
Pioneers. Inspired my dad to take our family up to the Cape in 1978. Drove across the Jardine River. Camped near the Tip probably where the carpark is now. No sign marking the Tip back then.
Love seeing these nostalgic episodes, and seeing what it was like then. I wasn't even born when they did this trip. It was amusing to learn that in 1972, winches weren't even available to buy off the shelves, as well as tyre puncture repair kits we have now. Goes to show how we 4WDers got it easy now. Thanks for sharing.
My wife, our 10 year old son and I ventured up that track way back in 1984 in our short wheel base Toyota. It really was a track back then. One river crossing consisted of a raft made up of 44 gallon drums - one vehicle at a time pushed by as many volunteers who were game enough to go in with the crocodiles!
Classic l grew up watching the Leyland brothers anything we did that was bush orientated was called doing a Leyland still is today ...along with Malcom Douglas these guys were the ultimate adventure people ...true Aussie legend's.....
Did the same trip in a '58 model Land Rover back in 1975. Yep...rough as guts and quite a challenge for three 18 year old fellas. Getting across the Jardine took all day and we were croc bait most of the time. What an experience and the old Rover made it up n back no worries. Very different to what it is today
Did a main leaf in the suspension heading into Cooktown...it was quite a rough road back then. Otherwise, from what I remember, all went well. Amazing the punishment that vehicle endured
So where can I find a woman as tough as these lasses that would even start such a raw adventure? I guess the dodo bird isn't the only thing that's extinct! Marvelous home movies, loved every moment!
I grew up watching Mike and Mal and now am so grateful to be able to watch them with my own kids. We love to 4WD and camp and this was as expected - both compelling and a note to how soft we are these days! Cheers Andrew for putting this up - much appreciated mate! Dave and family in Sydney
Great video. I love the fact they could comfortably and safely use the Cape rivers and waterways. Very few crocs back then........ most were turned into belts, shoes and luggage.
A significant observation. It’s the same with Seals and Sharks around Sydney. The old time Fisherman killed both off in numbers that boggle the imagination
I own a 79 now, used to own Landrover and despite how much of a piece of shit it was I still gave this video a thumbs up! I respect the challenge of taking a Landrover into the bush! ☺️
This show and other adventurers are pretty-well responsible for the popularity of the whole 4wd movement in Australia. My favourite show when I was a kid.
That amount of work and repairs etc.. If that was me i would be swearing and throwing stuff around. Not these guys, they never look upset or angry. It's great to watch
We caught up with the Leyland family a couple of times, the Coorong and Yorke Peninsula in South Australia when we were kids holidaying with our family, 1975
Yeh...dullard 4WD programs yapp yapping on the 2way as they drive in ultra comfort with every luxury and form of technology...always wearing throngs cos they're never gonna stray far from their security blankets. Cmon.... let's get back to real adventure...and not Bear Grylls crap
@@mark2073 Sure...go ahead and use it.Enjoy the experience. But please don't compare it to the challenges of very basic equipment, mechanics and knowing where the hell you are and so forth. Maps were inaccurate, roads generally non-existent, asking for prior experience in these regions, safety support.... You gotta give due credit to those who did it under these early conditions. Without them, where's the excitement? My mates and I were 18 when we travelled to the tip of Cape York in 1975 in our 1958 Land Rover. Very different to doing the same trip today. There's an improved road, a car ferry, roadhouses, loads of other people doing the same trip, satellite communications.... So glad we could do it in 75. What a trip we had
@@intricacy9490 I agree totally, I lament every time a road is paved. Not just because of the loss of adventure but because of all the new people and "development" it brings in. I drove the San Felipe (Baja California) road south many times decades ago, man that was quite an amazing adventure through the Mexican desert. Now it's paved as of last year. It washes out every now and then, I can only hope that funding dries up and the bridges don't get repaired, that will keep the tourists away. I'm fixing up a 1982 BJ60 and I will disconnect as much electrical as possible, making it fully manual. But I'll still have high tech accessories like GPS. And lockers although they aren't really high tech. If the tech is available I say use it, but set up the vehicle and trip so it doesn't depend on it.
@ 12:35 mark. With these deadly Red Back spiders there is no point in taking any risks.... pan to a guy in short-shorts, no socks and tennis shoes. Yea Mate!
I watched this series in around ‘76, when I was 6. Since then I always wanted to go to the cape. In ‘97 I did my first trip, because of the Leyland brothers. I’ve lived on the NPA now for over 20 years. Thanks for the tip, Mike and Mal!👍🍻🎯🇦🇺
My dad bought a lwb safari Landover back in the seventies. It had a straight six Perkins and we could just keep up with the lorry's on the motorway. I remember it had a double skinned roof and a manual cruise control mounted on the dash. I sat in the middle as a six year old and put the cruise control on full going down the A1, it gave my dad quite a scare when he took his foot off the accelerator and it didn't slow down. Needless to say I got a good telling off.
I remember The leylands first movie. "Wheels across the desert" 1968? West to East with a bottle of Indian Ocean water to tip into the Pacific at Byron Bay. Fantastic.
I just love the simplicity of it all back then. I know some of the new gadgets and developments re really useful, but it's great to see how it was done in the early 70's. My family did some trips like this in the early/mid 80's, and it's really nostalgic to watch these old films. Thanks for uploading.
Looking at all that water in the Jardine and I can’t help but think of how many crocs were in there. I spent 6 months in Bamaga and a few trips over the Jardine (on the barge). One trip down to the Jardine, in the dry season (in 88) we found a massive croc slide, maybe 16 foot croc, you guys were very game going in that water. I know the Jardine brothers use to cross with lots of houses with them in the middle, the crocs would pick off horses on the outside.
90%of 4 wheelers these days would have thrown the towel in long ago even with all the new mod cons of lockers, lifts, skids winches and recovery equipment etc, amazing perseverance good work guys 👍
The 10% of 4WDs that are up for the job these days are almost exclusively Toyota Landcruisers. According to my mate who works in Outback North Queensland you don't see much else. Maybe the odd Nissan Patrol.
Loved the Leyland Brothers films, back when travelling Australia was still an adventure and you had to rely on your own initiative to get yourself unstuck. Not like today's bitumised roads and help just a phone call away...
I loved seeing these programmes by the Leyland Brothers as a kid. The original programmes, before they were remixed for "Ask the Leyland Brothers" were called "Off The Beaten Track."
Agree with last comment. Prepared with spare parts and simple problem solving skills.Travel in numbers be safe, be smart and keep it simple. Days have changed, vehicles have changed, but they didn't need every gadget advertised on TV to get out and have a go.
Crazy adventure! I can't imagine trying to film and document in those days! When the broken diff came out I thought for sure you'd have a special glue to fix the teeth!😁
Last one I saw was Mal and his wife going to the tip in their 100 series LC, and compared to this it seemed like a picnic! Nothing seemed to phase these guys. That river was uncrossable by car, let’s face it, but they did it anyway!
I remember when these guys had something going on TV. must have been in about the 60's or 70's. Can't remember much in the way of the details now, I was only a little tyke at the time. I still remember the fascination (and the Jingle), and looking forward to the episodes on TV. Times have changed somewhat. Great blast from the past!
I just did a rego check on AYI077 it come back still registered as a 1989 WHITE LAND ROVER 110 SERIES Some one got hold of the plates, and is keep the dream alive.
They done this trip in 1972 I think. In The first of the series 3 and series 3a landrovers from 1970 to 1980. 1980 to 1983 stage 1 v8 109 inch. 110 started in 1983
What I remember of Alby was the girls he had with him. Stunning model types, usually two at a time. Whatever he had, they wanted it. I wonder what happened to Alby? Maybe the me-too brigade got him.
at school in the 70`s a mate would say ,"where do you recon we are mike , Me , buggered if i know mal " standard answer for near 45 years ,,, man that stuck !
WOW! What the Leyland brothers did is amazing! And with kids along too! I loved how the cab filled with water and they are still driving her! You would NEVER see this kind of no BULLS**T anywhere these days GO THA AUSSIES!!
Might have much in the way of creature comforts in the old land rovers,but they were tough.........usually had to replace the axles with army issue ones
Amazing that this clip has been up for a year. About 10 years ago, I put up a 6 minute clip the leyland brothers did of some hang gliding and had one of the leyland brothers hassle me to take it down - I said no because it fell under the fair use laws. next thing I had channel 7 lawyers contact my sporting club and also hassle me out.
@@jesusislukeskywalker4294 yeah, it was before copyright holders could flag your video and take all the monetization it made - so things are different now.
@@jesusislukeskywalker4294 yep - I even suggested to him that he could capitalize on his archival footage by allowing people to do " then and now" you tube vids - and he could then grab the monetization but no - he couldnt see it.
Well these guys inspired a mate and I to give it a go in August 72. We travelled in an 1100 Moke and got to the Jardine. In 74 we took a 1275 Californian Moke across the Jardine on a 44 gallon drum and two airbeds and took it to the top. Our record was being bogged 47 times in one day. We pulled ourselves out with a manual boat winch.
bloody hell that was a good effort in a moke with that ground clearance and 2wd, i did it on a motorbike 15years ago.awesome
I worked in Bamaga 76-77 and had heard abt the '74 trip in the moke but the story by then was it was made by two female Bamaga primary school teachers.
The only outside contact them there days was radio Australia and BPA dc3
once a week into Jacky Jacky airstrip. Little traffic up there then as noted in the vid as each community had only one truck, some teachers their bikes. The DAIA had the work machinery. Permission early in the piece was needed from the Manager to go camping outside of town but was more of a safety issue than anything else.
Steve Mckeough, Dave Brennan and myself made a bike trip in Aug '77 down to Cairns from Bamaga which lasted 4 days, the first 30 miles south of the Jardine took 10 hours. The two Kens had dropped Jerry cans off weeks before at what was then known as Cox's camp at 50mile south of the Jardine before Heathlands stn and passed another onto Moreton stn. so we could refuel. We reached Coen on the saturday of the Coen races to hear Elvis Presley had just died.
The two Ken's are there in the vid and would go through a ctn of hot stubbies / day when working the line and as they would say would sweat it all out.
Kenny Savo of Cody between Red Island point and New Mapoon lost his life to a croc at that PMG crossing showing the two kens in the vid in the early '80's swimming the same PMG dinghy we had used to get the bikes across, back to the other side. The croc was lying there on the bottom of the deepest fastest water on the southern bank of the Jardine. His body after a wide week long search was found by Kenny Cox near to the crossing. They were the best of mates and it broke him. Kenny Savo had a laugh so infectious. It is said that later on when Kenny Cox retired to Smithfield in Cairns with his family, he went to the local one night shouted a round for the whole bar and went home and died in his sleep the same night. They're all gone now and sadly missed.
@@iandaniel2153 well one of our party was a teacher. She flew out of Bamaga as she had to get back to work. The other was a nurse.
@@tigeryoung8611 ... ok thanks that straightens it out. The nurses up there were a great crew and far enough removed from matron on TI.
Hi Tiger ! Mate, I really have VERY high admiration for your 72 and 74 trip. I too am a 'Moker' have been since about 1980 and still am today. I've been up the Cape in my Moke with 2 other Mokin' mates in 2012, a 'breeze' compared to your trips !!!!
Our Moke Club went up in 82 and it was the trip from hell for them, they made it through somehow but everything that could go wrong, did !
Any photos from your trips ?
Videos from that era where straight to the point and without all that "Macho" bullshit you see these days. No more than commercials disguised as 4x4 trips. Thanks for the upload.
Cough... Gall Boys..cough!!
That exactly why I can't watch ultimate adventure anymore!
These guys could get a car through anything but they never carried on about it. Doesn’t get much better than that!
@@Mike_Costello knock it off fella,, go fly your little toys.
Isn't that the truth ! You want to see results not endless talk.
And not ONE product placement for the whole doco - how refreshing !
Does an aeroplane starter motor count as product placement 😂
I grew up watching these legends on a Sunday nite at 630 while Mum cooked and Dad sat on the lounge drinking beer fast track 40 years later it’s me on the lounge with the kids streaming it to the TV. The sense of adventure is timeless 👍
exactly - I remember in the early 80's watching these on I think Channel 7 on a Saturday night, and also the Malcolm Douglas specials, and I also when i was maybe 12-13 went to a local theater to watch the Albi Mangles movie....Best memories....
No lockers , no 100ah batteries . I salute these people .
no diff locks neither...
Land Rover. Centre Diff Lock was standard.
@@franksandbeans2519 These are part time 4x4. So no need for a centre diff and by extension diff lock. I believe it is the lack of cross axle lockers that is the miracle.
@@barneybarret6088 Good Point. I was thinking too new. Eg: Defenders.
Damn LR series still kicked along nicely though.
Would have loved to see a Range Rover do the same trip.
Yeah you dont need that shit mate. Its about being smart
Back when 4x4's were just a tool, not the bloody luxury, leather bound, DVD installed, electrical nightmare, mortgage breaking vehicles we have today.
I disagree mate, i bought 2 fj cruisers 2012 and a 2017 both bog stock with atrs on it made it up there in comfort the whole way. No problems, still driven every single day. Since new. Neither of them have missed a beat.
Totally agree mate, the modern Land Rovers are so unreliable you wouldn’t dream of going off tarmac, it’s a real shame. Unfortunately it’s all about looks and that’s the target market “Chavs”..
Still miss my series 2A..😢
All true, but a diff lock would have been handy for them.
@@richardsmart120 2A's were the best!
Couldn't be said better mate
It was because of this film/expedition way back in 1972 that as a 10yo child I was so captivated by this trip that after I left the RAAF in 1987 I moved to Brisbane and bought my first 4x4. in 2001 a 1987 4.2ltr petrol LWB Nissan Patrol. And in 2004 I travailed up the cape with the Queensland Nissan Patrol club. I have lived the dream.
Thank you so much to the Leyland brothers for the inspiration you gave us up and coming explorers...
These guys really were trend setters. “Ask the Leyland brothers”. I remember watching this as kid . I’m 65 now!
me too, when i lived in Brisbane, i went out and bought a FJ40 had some great fun on the beaches, and i am a Pom!
Damn thats a good age,I'm just over the HALF CENTURY mark and I'm so happy i made it this far lmbo🤣👍🇬🇧
I'd imagine that cute blonde-haired moppet is in her mid-50s now
eles eram muito bons
Travel all over the countryside, ask the Leyland brothers.
They should repeat this stuff, so much better than the total junk on TV today.
Absolutely Great Documentaries By The Leyland Brothers A Bit Dated 49 Years Ago But Still Well Worth Watching!🙂🤠🚘🏞️🌳🌴🐊🐍🇦🇺
I concur
Bullshit programs with bullshit ads
Agree for sure.
Totally agree! those were the days
Agree with you Mate. This is true blue adventure, the real deal without all the BS that you see today. CHEERS👍🍺🥧
total respect for these leyland boys, no macho, ego, swearing every second etc etc. oldschool , respect !!!!
Was a family ritual as a kid - we'd all crowd around the black and white to watch the latest episode of The Leyland Brothers...
Loved the Leyland Bros when I was a kid. Living out the dream now. Cape York & Kimberleys is in the planning stages now for 2022.
Good luck!
Done this trip yet mate ?
I did to Bamaga in a panel van about 2005. 👍 The road is good all the way through now.
Leyland brothers and Malcome Douglas were loungeroom legends in the 70s & 80s
Back in the Day, the Brothers lived in Dumaresq Street, Newcastle so not far from our High School. Our family had enjoyed the weekend lifestyle that Land Rovers could offer since the mid Sixties so I distinctly remember walking past the Brother's garage and seeing these two Landys being prepared for this epic adventure. The stand out feature was the cut out mudguards and huge tyres which were a memorable sight for a schoolboy back then.
Pioneers. Inspired my dad to take our family up to the Cape in 1978. Drove across the Jardine River. Camped near the Tip probably where the carpark is now. No sign marking the Tip back then.
my father's sister and her husband ran the barge across the Jardine. real characters who loved the aussies who made the journey
Love seeing these nostalgic episodes, and seeing what it was like then. I wasn't even born when they did this trip. It was amusing to learn that in 1972, winches weren't even available to buy off the shelves, as well as tyre puncture repair kits we have now. Goes to show how we 4WDers got it easy now. Thanks for sharing.
They actually used an early 'tyre repair kit' @5:34 Surprised they had that back then...
I was 1yo. Watched them as a kid....
My wife, our 10 year old son and I ventured up that track way back in 1984 in our short wheel base Toyota. It really was a track back then. One river crossing consisted of a raft made up of 44 gallon drums - one vehicle at a time pushed by as many volunteers who were game enough to go in with the crocodiles!
Classic l grew up watching the Leyland brothers anything we did that was bush orientated was called doing a Leyland still is today ...along with Malcom Douglas these guys were the ultimate adventure people ...true Aussie legend's.....
That's right, mate 👍
Did the same trip in a '58 model Land Rover back in 1975. Yep...rough as guts and quite a challenge for three 18 year old fellas. Getting across the Jardine took all day and we were croc bait most of the time. What an experience and the old Rover made it up n back no worries. Very different to what it is today
Jeezuz wat an awesome memory.....isnt this old footage amazing....
Did you have any trouble with the landys
Did a main leaf in the suspension heading into Cooktown...it was quite a rough road back then. Otherwise, from what I remember, all went well. Amazing the punishment that vehicle endured
So where can I find a woman as tough as these lasses that would even start such a raw adventure?
I guess the dodo bird isn't the only thing that's extinct!
Marvelous home movies, loved every moment!
So good and that winch 🤦♂️ was just hoping nothing broke while they stood that close, thanks for sharing this with toe world
I grew up watching Mike and Mal and now am so grateful to be able to watch them with my own kids. We love to 4WD and camp and this was as expected - both compelling and a note to how soft we are these days! Cheers Andrew for putting this up - much appreciated mate! Dave and family in Sydney
I was thinking the same thing, everything is much easier and softer now with the options we have.
Watching this makes you realise how easy we have it
Unbelievable guys true legends absolutely brilliant footage with family and pets with very basic equipment lost for word's
Great video. I love the fact they could comfortably and safely use the Cape rivers and waterways. Very few crocs back then........ most were turned into belts, shoes and luggage.
A significant observation. It’s the same with Seals and Sharks around Sydney. The old time Fisherman killed both off in numbers that boggle the imagination
One thumbs down must be from a 79 cruiser owner
Aye, and the other 12 have kicked in as well
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Typical.
Lol back then there was none of this brand loyalty bs that weak ego,s live by today.
It was about adventure not what shit car you drive
I own a 79 now, used to own Landrover and despite how much of a piece of shit it was I still gave this video a thumbs up! I respect the challenge of taking a Landrover into the bush! ☺️
Yeah the 79ers couldn't handle no aircon
This show and other adventurers are pretty-well responsible for the popularity of the whole 4wd movement in Australia. My favourite show when I was a kid.
Old shows like this made you feel like doing something like that 👍
What a journey, what an adventure, and what great viewing, need to watch more, brilliant and well done
Old school
Great film you two were deffinately pioneers back in your day.Was great to watch
Absolutely incredible video. I can't believe they did all this with the family along, too! I would have turned around probably on the first day.
My first 4wd was a landy 2a as i loved watching the leyland bros as a kid, just restored a 88" 2a and enjoy driving it more than my new 200 series
landrovers at their best, uptown the challenge and so proud looking! Just lovely
Until a Toyota had to rescue them lol
That amount of work and repairs etc..
If that was me i would be swearing and throwing stuff around.
Not these guys, they never look upset or angry.
It's great to watch
We caught up with the Leyland family a couple of times, the Coorong and Yorke Peninsula in South Australia when we were kids holidaying with our family, 1975
No idiots talking on walkie talkies to each other about a slight slight bump they managed to cross with full diff locks on.
Yeh...dullard 4WD programs yapp yapping on the 2way as they drive in ultra comfort with every luxury and form of technology...always wearing throngs cos they're never gonna stray far from their security blankets. Cmon.... let's get back to real adventure...and not Bear Grylls crap
It's so embarrassing. I agree.
Well they have that technology available now, why not use it?
@@mark2073 Sure...go ahead and use it.Enjoy the experience. But please don't compare it to the challenges of very basic equipment, mechanics and knowing where the hell you are and so forth. Maps were inaccurate, roads generally non-existent, asking for prior experience in these regions, safety support.... You gotta give due credit to those who did it under these early conditions. Without them, where's the excitement? My mates and I were 18 when we travelled to the tip of Cape York in 1975 in our 1958 Land Rover. Very different to doing the same trip today. There's an improved road, a car ferry, roadhouses, loads of other people doing the same trip, satellite communications.... So glad we could do it in 75. What a trip we had
@@intricacy9490 I agree totally, I lament every time a road is paved. Not just because of the loss of adventure but because of all the new people and "development" it brings in. I drove the San Felipe (Baja California) road south many times decades ago, man that was quite an amazing adventure through the Mexican desert. Now it's paved as of last year. It washes out every now and then, I can only hope that funding dries up and the bridges don't get repaired, that will keep the tourists away.
I'm fixing up a 1982 BJ60 and I will disconnect as much electrical as possible, making it fully manual. But I'll still have high tech accessories like GPS. And lockers although they aren't really high tech. If the tech is available I say use it, but set up the vehicle and trip so it doesn't depend on it.
The Leyland’s were ahead of their time! Great video!
Fantastic TV show when it was made, great to see it uploaded today, many thanks for taking the time to do so.
This is real adventure in a pure form, what a great show they were. Steve
@ 12:35 mark. With these deadly Red Back spiders there is no point in taking any risks.... pan to a guy in short-shorts, no socks and tennis shoes. Yea Mate!
I watched this series in around ‘76, when I was 6. Since then I always wanted to go to the cape. In ‘97 I did my first trip, because of the Leyland brothers. I’ve lived on the NPA now for over 20 years. Thanks for the tip, Mike and Mal!👍🍻🎯🇦🇺
My dad bought a lwb safari Landover back in the seventies. It had a straight six Perkins and we could just keep up with the lorry's on the motorway. I remember it had a double skinned roof and a manual cruise control mounted on the dash. I sat in the middle as a six year old and put the cruise control on full going down the A1, it gave my dad quite a scare when he took his foot off the accelerator and it didn't slow down. Needless to say I got a good telling off.
Love the Leyland Brothers. Grew up watching all their shows.❤️❤️❤️👍😊
7:10 Just when I thought it couldn't get any tougher, they whip out a kid.
My hat goes off to you sir.
The kid was Steve Irwin
I remember The leylands first movie. "Wheels across the desert" 1968? West to East with a bottle of Indian Ocean water to tip into the Pacific at Byron Bay. Fantastic.
the only genuine 4w drive show that you will ever see. very sad how the leyland brothers ended up.
A lot of people got rich on the inspiration of the Leyland bros
I just love the simplicity of it all back then. I know some of the new gadgets and developments re really useful, but it's great to see how it was done in the early 70's. My family did some trips like this in the early/mid 80's, and it's really nostalgic to watch these old films. Thanks for uploading.
Old school 4wd at its best. Go the Leylands!😁
IF U AINT GOT LOCKERS FRONT AND BACK, STAY HOME ON THE PORCH!!!
Looking at all that water in the Jardine and I can’t help but think of how many crocs were in there. I spent 6 months in Bamaga and a few trips over the Jardine (on the barge). One trip down to the Jardine, in the dry season (in 88) we found a massive croc slide, maybe 16 foot croc, you guys were very game going in that water.
I know the Jardine brothers use to cross with lots of houses with them in the middle, the crocs would pick off horses on the outside.
90%of 4 wheelers these days would have thrown the towel in long ago even with all the new mod cons of lockers, lifts, skids winches and recovery equipment etc, amazing perseverance good work guys 👍
Agree, see my comment above
What’s the bet they fabricated and fitted all the gear themselves, but didn’t mention that because they probably thought no one would be interested.
The 10% of 4WDs that are up for the job these days are almost exclusively Toyota Landcruisers. According to my mate who works in Outback North Queensland you don't see much else. Maybe the odd Nissan Patrol.
Think of it this way. The new toys made off roading and experiencing these beautiful outdoors accessible to 10x as many people (myself included).
Love stuff like this even better when I was a kid 🇬🇧🇬🇧
If anything shows how much of legends these two were it is this.
What is this? No Product Placements no Cooking Segments. Its like they watched off-roading shows back then for the actual off-roading
Should watch some john rooth.
@@mrrhody7234 yeah i have syarted getting back into his Old 4wd Action stuff now
@@J-P88 yeah, he is reposting some stuff
World was a bette replace back rhen
This is epic.
And I can't see a modern defender doing this either.
Excellent stuff.
Happy travels
You got that right. Modern defender cannot do this. Damage done to it would be enough to buy another same new Defender.
Such an epic video loved the adventure and ingenuity
I really enjoyed this documentary It's for sharing .👍
Used to ride to school in Newcastle past their house and see all the different vehicles they had.
I remember watching the Leyland Brothers with my dad when I was little .
Thank you for sharing this Andrew. I have been trying to find a copy of this for years, Thanks again
I uploaded the full length episode too th-cam.com/video/NguKEVAv18M/w-d-xo.html
@@AndrewSmith-xs4jg Many thanks, Andrew. I will watch that. Do you have any more episodes from there off the beaten track series? Cheers
Wow this brings back memories watching on channel 5 when I was we kiddo
Absolute legends,it’s amazing where we’ve come from in this country
Loved the Leyland Brothers films, back when travelling Australia was still an adventure and you had to rely on your own initiative to get yourself unstuck. Not like today's bitumised roads and help just a phone call away...
How good were the old Land rovers. No nonsense machines.
I use to watch this amazing family every weekend on T.V.
Oh for lockers back then! I'm a Toyota bloke, but I salute the Rover after that video!
I loved seeing these programmes by the Leyland Brothers as a kid. The original programmes, before they were remixed for "Ask the Leyland Brothers" were called "Off The Beaten Track."
These vehicles should be museum pieces!
These vehicles are probably still running mate, it’s the new Chinese owned Land Rovers that are completely unreliable, bloody disgraceful vehicles.
Agree with last comment. Prepared with spare parts and simple problem solving skills.Travel in numbers be safe, be smart and keep it simple. Days have changed, vehicles have changed, but they didn't need every gadget advertised on TV to get out and have a go.
Crazy adventure! I can't imagine trying to film and document in those days! When the broken diff came out I thought for sure you'd have a special glue to fix the teeth!😁
Last one I saw was Mal and his wife going to the tip in their 100 series LC, and compared to this it seemed like a picnic!
Nothing seemed to phase these guys. That river was uncrossable by car, let’s face it, but they did it anyway!
great adventure. very nostalgic video too
I reckon I saw some of this in 1971 in "Across The Top". It was shown in our shire hall for the school.
Amazing ! Not ordinary adventures. Good filming at their time.
That was immensely enjoyable. This may have been the catalyst for sponsors to step in. Now its impossible to watch any 4x4 shows.
That was a great show back in the day.
Torightnoweverywhere they had travelled of the black stuff is mostly covered with black stuff, they were real 4x4 pioneers..
I remember when these guys had something going on TV. must have been in about the 60's or 70's. Can't remember much in the way of the details now, I was only a little tyke at the time.
I still remember the fascination (and the Jingle), and looking forward to the episodes on TV. Times have changed somewhat.
Great blast from the past!
I just did a rego check on AYI077 it come back still registered as a 1989 WHITE LAND ROVER 110 SERIES
Some one got hold of the plates, and is keep the dream alive.
They done this trip in 1972 I think. In The first of the series 3 and series 3a landrovers from 1970 to 1980. 1980 to 1983 stage 1 v8 109 inch. 110 started in 1983
You got to love those old land rovers.
They Just keep going. With An absurd amount of maintance lol.
When the leyland brothers sold AYI077, my family bought it and had it up until 2010. We really miss the old girl
I loved the the Leyland brothers as kid.
They did so much it’s amazing.
Real fwd pioneers
1968 Series IIA now I know why I love it so much!
Yep ask the Leyland Brother's they were the best ever an still unbeaten
Those were the days when Australia was great - Leylands, Alby Mangels, et al.
What I remember of Alby was the girls he had with him. Stunning model types, usually two at a time. Whatever he had, they wanted it.
I wonder what happened to Alby? Maybe the me-too brigade got him.
@@lawrieyoutube4375 I think he's living on a little island in Micronesia under a false name. Travels back to Australia for medical checks.
@@einfelder8262 Mostly for penicillin possibly. No that was snarky, whatever he is doing, good on him. Thanks for the info.
Good to see that they had their Aussie safety thongs on.
The good old days men were men, women were women, kids were kids and 4x4’s were 4x4’s
These are the people that Shaun Wales and Graham Cahill wish they were
And as a 4x4 loving Brit Graham and Shauno are the people I wish I was!
But never will be
Loved this whole video, but the best bit is 21:40 showing the age old tradition of a Toyota rescuing a Land Rover lol
I didn't see the Toyota try to cross the Jarden.
The Toyota would have rusted away before it reached the other side!
at school in the 70`s a mate would say
,"where do you recon we are mike ,
Me ,
buggered if i know mal "
standard answer for near 45 years ,,,
man that stuck !
oh such a refreshing comparing to the nowadays spoilt overlanders..
Proper stuff going on here, great film!!
Walking through those creek's I was like Crocs for sure.
These blokes are true legends! And a little crazy to. No one would ever attempt half that stuff today.
Absolutely fantastic - shows what is possible.
WOW!
What the Leyland brothers did is amazing! And with kids along too!
I loved how the cab filled with water and they are still driving her!
You would NEVER see this kind of no BULLS**T anywhere these days
GO THA AUSSIES!!
This why I bought a Land Rover...Disco and Defender
This is amazing I’m in awe
Soooo good.
Nice to see real men adventuring.
Some serious off roading, and no locking diffs or snorkels!
Might have much in the way of creature comforts in the old land rovers,but they were tough.........usually had to replace the axles with army issue ones
I love the mobile phone at 11.40. Classic
Exactly what Tanny said below, bloody awesome 😎
Super cool footage, even the dogs are keen to that crossing.! 15:20ish. All aware of the action and not there first time offroad.
That was so awesome, thanks!
Amazing that this clip has been up for a year. About 10 years ago, I put up a 6 minute clip the leyland brothers did of some hang gliding and had one of the leyland brothers hassle me to take it down - I said no because it fell under the fair use laws. next thing I had channel 7 lawyers contact my sporting club and also hassle me out.
wow dude seriously 😐
@@jesusislukeskywalker4294 yeah, it was before copyright holders could flag your video and take all the monetization it made - so things are different now.
@@jesusislukeskywalker4294 yep - I even suggested to him that he could capitalize on his archival footage by allowing people to do " then and now" you tube vids - and he could then grab the monetization but no - he couldnt see it.