This is insane, me and a mate were actually hunting the other side of the river while you were filming this video. We spotted you while glassing for deer Haha.
haha where you guys the two blokes walking accross the frost early in the morning? I remember seeing two hunters on that second morning walking to the river and then climbing up that track. Or the night before (the first night) I heard a shot right on sunset along that ridge. Did you get anything?
Hey mate, looks like an amazing spot to hunt. Any chance you could point us in the direction of places like this to hunt in vic? I’m from nsw and looking do a trip down there but don’t now where to start, any tips appreciated
Yeah not knocking this bloke but did 3-4 day trips with a fry pan, large tray of snags and a creek with yabbies in it for fun back in the day. Winter, Frenches Forrest and a thin tent each. A cave would been damn luxury. Once slept in the car cause someone (AH) left a can of beans (another luxury) in the fire and wrecked my tent. 2 nights in the vinyl seats of a HK Monaro. Trust me tent was better but a cave.....whaoh hoo!
When you said it's the dirtiest you've ever been, it reminded me of one experience while I was in the army. We had to dig fighting pits with over-head cover and lived in them for two weeks. The only day it didn't pour down was the day we dug the hole. My wife wouldn't even let me in the house, I had to strip off in the back yard and hose myself down. Really makes you respect the guys from WW1 who lived in stinking mud for months on end.
Oh for sure mate. I love learning my world war history (both 1 and 2) and a big respect to the diggers! Also to yourself mate, I'm not ex army, but have plenty of friends who are, and the stories they tell always amuse me! Certainly have a way of teaching you to toughen up hey.
Those Red Rock chips aren't cheap mate. I'm from Melbourne and i've been freezing living inside a modern house, can't imagine the night out there. Even at work, as a machine operator, I'm wearing a long sleeve top, a work shirt, a work jimper and a work puffy jacket just because the factory's been so cold. I appreciate that you were observing the rules regarding state and national parks but given a real survival situation, i wouldn't give two hoots what season it was and what i could and couldn't forage for. Great vid mate 👍
Gday mate. Thanks so much for that! Should help me buy the next pack for the next trip haha. It does get cold here in Vicco .. I know the canadians and europeons like to make fun at us for thinking it's cold .. but there is something about cold drizzly grey melbourne that still takes a bit to get used to. Yeah I thnk the foraging laws in national parks are ridiculous to be honest. How many people are actually going out and eating bush tucker. And yeah in a real survival situation I'd have eaten that little fish as well. Thanks again for watching and your donation .. I'll have a snow vid coming out soon as well (which was extra cold haha)
This is so refreshing to see. I have been trying to find some good winter survival / Bushcraft vids to watch. It almost is not worth me watching those TH-camrs who bring their completely free donated tents, Titanium indoor wood heaters and enough food including waygu steak, bacon and eggs and wraps etc including all the condiments along. It's good to see a down to earth fellow Aussie just doing the hard yacker as we do here. Great vid! Enjoy the content.
EDIT for my Fanenhight friends, Australia winters can go from -1 degrees celcius up to alot lower in the high snow mountains, but then it can get into the 35-48 degrees celcius also. It is winter here, but it was 38 degrees celcius in Darwin 2 days ago. Where I live in melbourne, it has been an average of -2 to + 6 degrees celcius. I have had to use my heater alot, I am a winter person, but it has been very cold where I am living atm. No insulation in the walls.
Thanks for watching mate. Yeah and the thing about Victoria is 1. The homes in Melbourne are notoriously known as some of the coldest in the world (based to insulation and design) 2. Our snow often has a higher risk of hypoterhmia, because it sits at that 0.c to 1.c temps, the snow gets wet and mushy, which means you are more likely to get soaked, which means being wet in the cold .. higher risk of hypothermia
Mate it's one thing to survive on so little out there for as long as you did, it's another to have the energy and motivation to film it all so beautifully, well done.
TH-cam just recommended this video to me, I really dig your style! Like a cross between beau miles and camping with steve 😅 very cool and wholesome, subbed
Thanks for the mention Luke, you tough bugga. I need to get a hurry on, and get you a waxed canvas poncho with a thick wool blanket to match it. They would top that sheepskin nicely. I would carry a feather down quilt too.. but I'm not as hearty as you. Then a chair framepack to carry it. A lovely valley you scored there. That cave is really nice. I wonder if hot rocks would be possible. Big fire, then pull the rocks and place them close to you. That wind shot just before you caught the blackfish was a beauty. Cut sandwiches at the end would've been fun. Love what you're doing.
haha yeah I've had a few comments about the food .. I think some fruit and sandwiches might of been a bit healthier .. mind you I couldn't stomach much of it cause I think my tummy shrunk a bit. Sheepskin worked great! I've been converted to sheepskin over down sleepingbags perhaps haha
I've got that exact same coat. While they have no insulation by themselves, I found it makes a huge difference if you put it over the top of your wool blanket while you sleep. They're wind proof, so they stop the heat being blown away.
Yeah they work great as a ground sheet as well. But you are right, perfect for something water proof and wind proof and great as an extra blanket. I should of chucked it on top of me rather then wear it.
I am new to your amazing channel! I loved it so so much! I watch a ton of channels from Australia, my favorite! But they are all filmed near water and the ocean, like field days, B2B castaways, reef addicts, and so on, I have to say I love the change! You are going to be huge very soon just like they are! This is just beautiful and you are very engaging and smart. You have to have that certain knack I guess you’d say to keep an audience engaged and you do that easy! 😊 cheers from a 49 yr old grandmother from Birmingham Alabama USA! ❤😊 can’t wait to binge all your past episodes! 😊
Duhhh I said all filmed near water, this is filmed near water too but I meant like tropical waters, islands, salt water! This is like wilderness to me. It’s different and I like it! 😊
What a very kind encouragement from you! Thank you so much for takign the time to watch and write a comment. Yeah I love field days, B2B and even Rokitkit. Most of those guys are up north in the tropics. If you would like to see some great Aussie content in the southern parts of Australia I would reccomend Scottys Gone Walkabout, The Silly Swagman and Rob Parsons!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 congratulations at last a person who adapts to the reality of an outing to the forest wearing jeans and booties and a simple shirt as the vast majority walks the forest make me regain faith in the real bushcraf
To be honest, it's genuinly what I wear out bush haha though I want to start wearing more traditional clothing that the old fellas would of used. Wool pants and shirts etc
@@TheBeardedBushranger bushcraf was an activity where people learned and enjoyed the outdoors, today the bushcraf became a competition of who has the most expensive knife, the top 72 hour backpack, or the most complete first aid kit mutated to ifax and very expensive clothes to go to the forest ......
Hello Katrina Green. Thank you very much for your encouragement. It's support from people like yourself that helps me to continue making these vids. Thank you very much
fine lil spot you found there!... it'll be nice to see you back in that cave... reminded me a cave I found in one of my hunting trips back in Greece... I kept coming back every year, I even used rocks and clay to build a wall on the entrance, and a fireplace on it... beautiful winter hunting trips alone and with friends... a fishy river near by, lots of game deer and pigs, just like your spot... all good times... thnx for sharing your experience mate... 19:12 you really had a''moment'' there... awsome!
Thanks for watching mate. I thin kI'll be coming back to this spot like you said. Especially in some rainy weather. I've fished the river in the spring and it was booming with trout.
37:21 yet another case for the Swiss Army knife awl and some cordage. Granted a hat lanyard rarely looks super cool but in the right climates a chin strap is a life saver. Or a hat saver. In my emergency gear (a small fanny pack worn beneath my pack belt) I always carry some form of boonie or bucket style collapsible hat, mosquito head netting and the necessary cordage for a chin strap.
yeah true, but this is an authentic akubra hat so I don't want to poke any holes in it to tie string through. I actually just got a swiss army knife as my back up kit though.
Don’t usually comment on videos, but mate this was awesome. Full respect for the dedication and care whilst camping but also amazing job with the videography!! Great video
@@TheBeardedBushranger Had the original Silmarillion and Gollum grey beard here . Have a signed copy of the Silmarillion I grew on Tolkien., tk 4 the reply appreciated.
This is incredible! To think I live in a country with these many beautiful sights and adventures lying awaiting, you are truly inspiring surviving off the land like that! Thank you for showing this to us but also inspiring viewers to fall in love with Australia ❤
@@TheBeardedBushranger yeah who would have thought! I live in Queensland so all I know is the stereotypical places such as beaches and way too hot weather. I just watched your vid in the Victorian highlands, it’s insane to me that places like this exist here :) x
State forests are really good in Vic (though they are trying to take that away) and then there are a few national parks (biggest being the alpine national park) where dispersed camping and little fires are allowed. NSW has even more options then Victoria as well. Thanks for watching.
Food is highly underrated lol get stuck in Luke😂. Great trip , camped in a cave in Grampians National Park on a 4 day hike with others. A memory I'll never forget, as you 34:52 said as though it was thousands of years ago. Time is not linear when it's not disturbed. If we see a stretch of water with no wind or wave mirror like undisturbed, just like time , now throw a stones into the water ripples disturb the mirror like surface, same thing with time. If we find a piece of nature where civilisation or mankind's rowdy society hasn't disturbed it then time is not linear and our surroundings could very well be thousands of years ago.
Cheers mate. I remember vagualy seeing that cave while camping on that river years ago. Always wanted to check it out if it was an actual cave. And a cave it bloody was!
Hello from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Just found this video. Really enjoyed it. Top notch editing. You earned yourself a sub my friend. Cheers and take care.
thank you for very much for watching. I gotta admit, I can't compete when it comes to the cold with you guys up in Canada! But the Canadian youtubers are a big inspiration to me.
Love it, Luke. Your fortitude must rival the stone bones of those mountains to embark on such an adventure in this season. I find it a challenge to venture beyond my doorstep this time of year (give me 30°C+ any day).
Cheers thanks for watching. I appreciate that. Although the Canadian and Europeon guys would find this pretty warm, I do know what it's like to push yourself outside at this time of the year
just came across the channel, and loving it! As a fellow Aussie, our way of bush survival is really underrepresented on TH-cam. Sure there is plenty of overseas survival content and home grown fishing/boating adventures, but I feel like this will be the next big thing! Keep it up, subs will come shortly with the quality of these videos, loving your use of music to fit the scene too!
Oh cheers mate I really appreciate that. Yeah I've noticed that most of our survival content in oz is up in the north, so tropical island surival stuff. I haven't seen many oldschool survival stuff in the south here. Thanks for watching.
My brother and i do this also when we can get the chance. So very much loved your video. Great work . Its the art of being a true man . Every man and woman should take the time to experience.
I reckon you learn to appreciate all the comforts we have these days, when you learn to make yourself uncomfortable on little for a bit. Good on a ya for getting out there.
So good to see an australian " Survival" video. Most on TH-cam are from the Northern Hemisphere, That means soft wood to cut for campfires etc, Try that in Australia !, Native hardwoods are not easy to process with either handsaw or small axe. A really no bS video. ! Well done mate,
Thats awesome mate! You did well. Must have been cold. Interesting how low your blood glucose levels must have got with no food. When I was a teenager we used to fish for trout in NZ in the back country with worms. Was deadly. Mind you we used rods. You tore into those snacks in the car! Keep up the great work! 🇦🇺 🇳🇿
Cheers mate! I won't lie, on the second night I realized I had 1 satche of rehydration powder (glucose) and I decided to drink that (mixes with 300 ml of water) ... more for the bordedom haha I usually always catch trout on a worm on these rivers, but they were having none of it this trip .. I reckon the fact that it was slowing down might have something to do with it.
Great video, love the bare bones style of fishing, reminds me of my days as a poor teen messing around trying to have fun. Catch you next time. Hope to see even more fishing
Beautiful country love your presentation and skills lots of caves here in Arizona USA just watch out for wildlife! Just subscribed English bloke living in Arizona all the best mate.
Looks like a great location, I was out at Bunyip state park about 2 weeks ago in the cold and got woken up by one of those deers! loud enough to hear him huffing in the distance. Those cold air wells are something to watch out for, you lucked out with that cave. Keep it up mate!
Cheers mate. Yeah the sambar and fallow run wild through the bunyip! I remember coming back from a camp there a year ago and seeing heaps of them in a paddock bodering the forest! It's amazing how those little pockets of cold air sit in the valleys.
This one was epic mate! Watched it twice now. Awesome trip, beaut spot and good shots. That shot looking out of the cave was a cracker. Cheers, keep it up 👍👍
Cheers Kurt. It really was a great view. It must of been a great base location in history past, just with that view of the valley below and the river. You would of seen plenty of game moving around back in the day.
Great video mate, I really appreciate your knowledge of the bush and your willingness to do things using traditional methods. Love your style of videos man 👍
Gday there legend! Just found this Vid and your Channel in my recommends. Instant follow. Love your camera angles and the immersion in this production. Got me snuggling up with the husky and start the fireplace roaring on this chilly Melbourne night Kind Regards, J
Spent quite a bit a few nights in the Vic mountains with a hound crew. Typically give ourselves more gear than you permitted yourself, and bigger fires. Couple of dogs in the swag is very warming on cold nights, if you’re in an area that permits it. Surprising how much warmth even a little dog gives off. My record is three. I was warm….. could hardly breathe, but deffo warm. Coldest night I can recall was up the Mitta in State Forest. Water spilled on the tray of the ute while making a morning brew, froze instantly and was still there at 2 in the arvo. Good on you for pushing your limits. We were there for different reasons, both good. Cheers…
Yeah I've heard of the saying of a 'three dog night'. Most state forest you can bring dogs in, I got a kelpie and a border collie .. I'd like to take them out more. THough our Vic government wants to turn our state forests into national park which would take away our rights to bring dogs out. Hopefully it doesn't happen.
That mukbang at the end was great! I think I know where that is or I could be wrong. It's been a while since I've been there. Beautiful all the same. Not so much the kangaroo carcasses though...
Cheers thanks for watching! haha the chips tasted a treat after that. Yeah it was mostly deer carcasses around the joint from hunters who usually take what meat they need, then leave the rest.
I was really hoping to see some of the night sky and you did it. Good one ! Beautiful stars, couldnt recognise the constellations though. Aussie night sky outside of the towns and cities is beautiful.
Cheers mate. I used to try and get lots of nightlapses on my mirrorless camera. It would take up too much SD card room on these trips though. With the new nightlapse feature in the newer Gopros it means I can try and experiment with that kind of stuff.
Great video Luke, greetings from Cooktown QLD. In 1988 when i was in the army reserve we went bush for a week, the only food we had was 1 day ration packs left over from vietnam war. Didn't stick to the ribs so good, i was hungry by the end of it.😂 Keep up the good work bloke
Cheers mate thanks for watching. I remember visiting cooktown back in 2009 and when traveling back southh getting cut off at the annan river because of flooding! Great area up there .. but too many crocs for me
Gidday mate 😂😂 the ending with you having a munch totally how it is aye, You can't beat a beautiful swim in winter. I swim all year round unless it's ridiculously cold. It's just cleansing and revitalizing. That cave was so cool to, you can tell your follow man's feeling a bit cold when the blanket comes over the head aye 😂 That was amazing, Have an incredible week..also can't go wrong with good ol Jerky the guy in my local village at our only shop makes his own..so good to
Oh cheers mate, thanks for watching. Yeah I actually swim every mornign on my farm. Winter mornings are the best, such a great way to start the day. haha yeah those snacks did the job at the end!
Haha yeah I still like to keep it clean after I leave. Too many places are getting shut off to us in the bush because people have left a mess and then parks uses that as an excuse to lock a place out. THe graffiti was pretty funny to read though haha
@@TheBeardedBushranger I could not agree more. I’m the same. Even if the place is a dump I clean up my mess and try to clean as much of others as I can while I’m out. I do clean ups of the camp sites in my local state forest to help try to keep it open as to many grubs are just trashing the place and will end up getting the park all gated off.
This is insane, me and a mate were actually hunting the other side of the river while you were filming this video. We spotted you while glassing for deer Haha.
haha where you guys the two blokes walking accross the frost early in the morning? I remember seeing two hunters on that second morning walking to the river and then climbing up that track.
Or the night before (the first night) I heard a shot right on sunset along that ridge.
Did you get anything?
@ChristopherWallbank-di9hj They both just said they saw each other 🤷♂️
Hey mate, looks like an amazing spot to hunt. Any chance you could point us in the direction of places like this to hunt in vic? I’m from nsw and looking do a trip down there but don’t now where to start, any tips appreciated
I think there are no deers in Australia.
There are heaps of deer in vic@kiriInvestigator4597
3 days, only need 5 cartons beer, 3 bags of salt n vingar chips & matches
Sounds good to me! Next survival challenge ... survive 3 days with only 3 cartons of beer.
Sounds like an Alcholic in need of rehab.
@@jimmydcricket5893 hahaha i was like that when i was young. But happy to be a non drinker now. I totally enjoyed this joke though haha
Sounds like Bathurst 😅
Yeah not knocking this bloke but did 3-4 day trips with a fry pan, large tray of snags and a creek with yabbies in it for fun back in the day. Winter, Frenches Forrest and a thin tent each. A cave would been damn luxury. Once slept in the car cause someone (AH) left a can of beans (another luxury) in the fire and wrecked my tent. 2 nights in the vinyl seats of a HK Monaro. Trust me tent was better but a cave.....whaoh hoo!
When you said it's the dirtiest you've ever been, it reminded me of one experience while I was in the army. We had to dig fighting pits with over-head cover and lived in them for two weeks. The only day it didn't pour down was the day we dug the hole. My wife wouldn't even let me in the house, I had to strip off in the back yard and hose myself down. Really makes you respect the guys from WW1 who lived in stinking mud for months on end.
Oh for sure mate. I love learning my world war history (both 1 and 2) and a big respect to the diggers! Also to yourself mate, I'm not ex army, but have plenty of friends who are, and the stories they tell always amuse me! Certainly have a way of teaching you to toughen up hey.
i have lived in Australia for 40 years now - I love the way of life you have here and i appreciate the video and your efforts. God bless you man
Thank you very much for watching and your comment! It's a great country.
And a loaf of bread and barbie sauce for chip sangers.
Wow! I'm 27 years old and have been welding for 40 years. What a coincidence. Lol
Those Red Rock chips aren't cheap mate.
I'm from Melbourne and i've been freezing living inside a modern house, can't imagine the night out there.
Even at work, as a machine operator, I'm wearing a long sleeve top, a work shirt, a work jimper and a work puffy jacket just because the factory's been so cold.
I appreciate that you were observing the rules regarding state and national parks but given a real survival situation, i wouldn't give two hoots what season it was and what i could and couldn't forage for.
Great vid mate 👍
Gday mate. Thanks so much for that! Should help me buy the next pack for the next trip haha.
It does get cold here in Vicco .. I know the canadians and europeons like to make fun at us for thinking it's cold .. but there is something about cold drizzly grey melbourne that still takes a bit to get used to.
Yeah I thnk the foraging laws in national parks are ridiculous to be honest. How many people are actually going out and eating bush tucker. And yeah in a real survival situation I'd have eaten that little fish as well.
Thanks again for watching and your donation .. I'll have a snow vid coming out soon as well (which was extra cold haha)
This is so refreshing to see. I have been trying to find some good winter survival / Bushcraft vids to watch. It almost is not worth me watching those TH-camrs who bring their completely free donated tents, Titanium indoor wood heaters and enough food including waygu steak, bacon and eggs and wraps etc including all the condiments along. It's good to see a down to earth fellow Aussie just doing the hard yacker as we do here. Great vid! Enjoy the content.
EDIT for my Fanenhight friends, Australia winters can go from -1 degrees celcius up to alot lower in the high snow mountains, but then it can get into the 35-48 degrees celcius also. It is winter here, but it was 38 degrees celcius in Darwin 2 days ago. Where I live in melbourne, it has been an average of -2 to + 6 degrees celcius. I have had to use my heater alot, I am a winter person, but it has been very cold where I am living atm. No insulation in the walls.
Thanks for watching mate. Yeah and the thing about Victoria is
1. The homes in Melbourne are notoriously known as some of the coldest in the world (based to insulation and design)
2. Our snow often has a higher risk of hypoterhmia, because it sits at that 0.c to 1.c temps, the snow gets wet and mushy, which means you are more likely to get soaked, which means being wet in the cold .. higher risk of hypothermia
Thanks! Enjoyed it very much.
Thank you so much Fiona!!! Your support means heaps and is a big encouragement to continue making films! Stoked you enjoyed the film
Mate it's one thing to survive on so little out there for as long as you did, it's another to have the energy and motivation to film it all so beautifully, well done.
Cheers mate, I appreciate that!
Mate it was only 3 days..Men have become soft
The Australian wilderness just has a hold on my soul. Thank you to the keepers and the first peoples who still protect the land.
33:49 was so good!
Cheers mate.
TH-cam just recommended this video to me, I really dig your style! Like a cross between beau miles and camping with steve 😅 very cool and wholesome, subbed
Well that's a big compliment since I love both of those guys! Thanks for watching.
Time for a step 2 or a bottle of wine found on the side of the road ?
@@fergspan5727 Not a bad idea!
Thanks for the mention Luke, you tough bugga. I need to get a hurry on, and get you a waxed canvas poncho with a thick wool blanket to match it. They would top that sheepskin nicely. I would carry a feather down quilt too.. but I'm not as hearty as you. Then a chair framepack to carry it.
A lovely valley you scored there. That cave is really nice. I wonder if hot rocks would be possible. Big fire, then pull the rocks and place them close to you.
That wind shot just before you caught the blackfish was a beauty. Cut sandwiches at the end would've been fun.
Love what you're doing.
haha yeah I've had a few comments about the food .. I think some fruit and sandwiches might of been a bit healthier .. mind you I couldn't stomach much of it cause I think my tummy shrunk a bit.
Sheepskin worked great! I've been converted to sheepskin over down sleepingbags perhaps haha
Loved this one mate, could feel how hungry you were when you started smashing that bag of chips 🤣
😂 Thanks for watching mate.
Hahaha the socks 😂😂 Really enjoying this one so far mate!
Got home and ordered 2 more pairs straight away 😆😆
Love how he made sure to look after his good woolen ones but screw the old man's 😂
Mongrel socks in Tasmania are excellent.
@@timchilman Need to keep them ready for the snow haha
B.S...those, always naked,just some paint.
Excellent footage of a special part of Victoria. Think I'll stick to my modern gear thanks. Hats off for sticking it out with that amount of gear.
Tell me your jealous of the sheep skin at least 😆
@@TheBeardedBushranger I'm a kiwi, does the Pope shit in the woods?
I've got that exact same coat. While they have no insulation by themselves, I found it makes a huge difference if you put it over the top of your wool blanket while you sleep. They're wind proof, so they stop the heat being blown away.
Yeah they work great as a ground sheet as well. But you are right, perfect for something water proof and wind proof and great as an extra blanket. I should of chucked it on top of me rather then wear it.
the bright sun and blue skies in middle of winter is gorgeous ❤❤❤❤❤
I am new to your amazing channel! I loved it so so much! I watch a ton of channels from Australia, my favorite! But they are all filmed near water and the ocean, like field days, B2B castaways, reef addicts, and so on, I have to say I love the change! You are going to be huge very soon just like they are! This is just beautiful and you are very engaging and smart. You have to have that certain knack I guess you’d say to keep an audience engaged and you do that easy! 😊 cheers from a 49 yr old grandmother from Birmingham Alabama USA! ❤😊 can’t wait to binge all your past episodes! 😊
Duhhh I said all filmed near water, this is filmed near water too but I meant like tropical waters, islands, salt water! This is like wilderness to me. It’s different and I like it! 😊
What a very kind encouragement from you! Thank you so much for takign the time to watch and write a comment. Yeah I love field days, B2B and even Rokitkit. Most of those guys are up north in the tropics. If you would like to see some great Aussie content in the southern parts of Australia I would reccomend Scottys Gone Walkabout, The Silly Swagman and Rob Parsons!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 congratulations at last a person who adapts to the reality of an outing to the forest wearing jeans and booties and a simple shirt as the vast majority walks the forest make me regain faith in the real bushcraf
To be honest, it's genuinly what I wear out bush haha though I want to start wearing more traditional clothing that the old fellas would of used. Wool pants and shirts etc
@@TheBeardedBushranger bushcraf was an activity where people learned and enjoyed the outdoors, today the bushcraf became a competition of who has the most expensive knife, the top 72 hour backpack, or the most complete first aid kit mutated to ifax and very expensive clothes to go to the forest ......
Congratulations. That was one of your best ones yet.Appreciate your honesty. Looking forward to seeing more adventures like this.
Cheers mate! I definantly have a few more ones like this, planned for this year.
I agree... there's a lil magic in this one... very promising!
Yep, it was a goodun 👍
Thanks
Hello Katrina Green. Thank you very much for your encouragement. It's support from people like yourself that helps me to continue making these vids. Thank you very much
fine lil spot you found there!... it'll be nice to see you back in that cave... reminded me a cave I found in one of my hunting trips back in Greece... I kept coming back every year, I even used rocks and clay to build a wall on the entrance, and a fireplace on it... beautiful winter hunting trips alone and with friends... a fishy river near by, lots of game deer and pigs, just like your spot... all good times... thnx for sharing your experience mate... 19:12 you really had a''moment'' there... awsome!
Thanks for watching mate. I thin kI'll be coming back to this spot like you said. Especially in some rainy weather. I've fished the river in the spring and it was booming with trout.
37:21 yet another case for the Swiss Army knife awl and some cordage. Granted a hat lanyard rarely looks super cool but in the right climates a chin strap is a life saver. Or a hat saver. In my emergency gear (a small fanny pack worn beneath my pack belt) I always carry some form of boonie or bucket style collapsible hat, mosquito head netting and the necessary cordage for a chin strap.
yeah true, but this is an authentic akubra hat so I don't want to poke any holes in it to tie string through. I actually just got a swiss army knife as my back up kit though.
Don’t usually comment on videos, but mate this was awesome. Full respect for the dedication and care whilst camping but also amazing job with the videography!! Great video
Cheers mate, thanks heaps for watching and commenting! Appreciate it. Plenty more videos to come this year
Looks beautiful. Thanks for sharing our amazing Australia with me .❤❤❤❤❤ So Glad i found your channel .❤ Keep up the journey s
Thanks for watching! Plenty more videos to come.
You respect nature and the environment, and so I've subscribed.
Awesome thanks for subscribing mate.
Great work indeed remote rural NSW off grid here opal miner, thanks for taking me along on your journey.
I like your youtube account name. Are you a tolkien fan?
@@TheBeardedBushranger Had the original Silmarillion and Gollum grey beard here . Have a signed copy of the Silmarillion I grew on Tolkien., tk 4 the reply appreciated.
@@TheSilmarillian Great stuff. I've read lots of his work and my pipe smoking was inspired by himself and C.S Lewis.
This is incredible! To think I live in a country with these many beautiful sights and adventures lying awaiting, you are truly inspiring surviving off the land like that! Thank you for showing this to us but also inspiring viewers to fall in love with Australia ❤
Thank you for watching! Australia really is beautiful. So much diversity in our landscape as well
@@TheBeardedBushranger yeah who would have thought! I live in Queensland so all I know is the stereotypical places such as beaches and way too hot weather. I just watched your vid in the Victorian highlands, it’s insane to me that places like this exist here :) x
@@spiceysista Queensland is very beautiful though. I've done some survival stuff up there and it's much more cruisy! Plenty of coconuts around.
Great video!! I haven't been in there for over 45 years!! Apart from the blackberries its pretty much the same which is terrific.
Great to hear, I was there about 2 years ago and I reckon the blackberries were worse then .. so it's cleared up a bit.
This is going to sound weird, but thanks for including the car meal. I was invested by this point and needed to see you eat 😂
😂 I had some flak for my choice of unhealthy food! But I love a good bag of chips after a trip.
This was good medicine. Thank you. Enjoy your Walkabout. Take care. Stay safe.
@@amorlia4488 thanks for watching!!
Cool adventure Luke! That was a lot of fun...I can taste the Australian bush in your videos 👍
Thanks herb! Does the Australian bush taste like gamey venison 😆
@@TheBeardedBushranger Haha no, more like rabbits and blackberries 😁
to camp there in a rain storm would be cool to see! it doesn't have to be survival, so bring some comfort food. great video like always
I was thinking exactly that. Go back in a heavy storm, but do a nice big cook up with some good food. Thanks for watching.
@@TheBeardedBushranger ☔❄
Thanks. Enjoy this trip
Thanks for watching.
Love this pal watching from Ireland ur in for a big career in this Gained another subscriber 👍🇮🇪
Cheers mate thanks for watching. I know we really can't compete with the cold with what you folks get up there in the northen hemisphere.
Greetings from So Oregon brother really like your vids your bush skills make the adventure! God Bless
Thanks for watching all the way from oregon!
Bet those snacks tasted good! Great video and beautiful country.
Haha yeah but I couldn't eat much of it. I reckon my stomach shrunk during this trip!
Thanks for watching.
Nice adventure, lovely looking area. Cannot believe you're allowed to make fires in a national park . Looking forward to the next adventure.
State forests are really good in Vic (though they are trying to take that away) and then there are a few national parks (biggest being the alpine national park) where dispersed camping and little fires are allowed. NSW has even more options then Victoria as well.
Thanks for watching.
Food is highly underrated lol get stuck in Luke😂. Great trip , camped in a cave in Grampians National Park on a 4 day hike with others. A memory I'll never forget, as you 34:52 said as though it was thousands of years ago. Time is not linear when it's not disturbed. If we see a stretch of water with no wind or wave mirror like undisturbed, just like time , now throw a stones into the water ripples disturb the mirror like surface, same thing with time. If we find a piece of nature where civilisation or mankind's rowdy society hasn't disturbed it then time is not linear and our surroundings could very well be thousands of years ago.
Interesting perspective mate. Thanks heaps for watching. The grampians camp you spoke of sounds great
Some absolutely stunning footage, mate. Real nice little video to kick back and watch.
Cheers mate. Glad you enjoyed watching it.
This guy needs some more subscribers! Enjoyed the video, mate. Hello from Singapore!
Cheers thanks for watching all the way from singapore!
Awesome video mate! That cave was a great find.
Cheers mate. I remember vagualy seeing that cave while camping on that river years ago. Always wanted to check it out if it was an actual cave. And a cave it bloody was!
What a lovely trip and admire your courage to take minimal food ❤
Thanks for that! Next time I'll try and bring nothing .. I only wanted to bring the jerky cause it was my first time making it.
Thanks for watching!
Great video! I know that spot pretty well and I know how cold it can get!
Such a ripper spot hey. The whole area is magical.
Hey Eli, don’t give it away 😉🤣
@@colsadventures our secret Col! 😉
First time viewer!Loved watching you adventures
Thanks for watching!
Loved this, real Man From Snowy River vibes
Thanks for filming and sharing :)
Cheers thanks. One of my favourite films!
Hello from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Just found this video. Really enjoyed it. Top notch editing. You earned yourself a sub my friend. Cheers and take care.
thank you for very much for watching. I gotta admit, I can't compete when it comes to the cold with you guys up in Canada! But the Canadian youtubers are a big inspiration to me.
Great video mate, love the cave and view, being out there with nature..can't beat it. 😊
Yeah one of the best spots I think I've camped
wow that view in that cave front is stunning
Yeah I got really blessed with a great outlook.
@@TheBeardedBushranger i grow up in tropical country in the philippines
Love it, Luke. Your fortitude must rival the stone bones of those mountains to embark on such an adventure in this season. I find it a challenge to venture beyond my doorstep this time of year (give me 30°C+ any day).
Cheers thanks for watching. I appreciate that. Although the Canadian and Europeon guys would find this pretty warm, I do know what it's like to push yourself outside at this time of the year
Another great video mate! Keep up the good work brother!
And thanks heaps for watching.
just came across the channel, and loving it! As a fellow Aussie, our way of bush survival is really underrepresented on TH-cam. Sure there is plenty of overseas survival content and home grown fishing/boating adventures, but I feel like this will be the next big thing! Keep it up, subs will come shortly with the quality of these videos, loving your use of music to fit the scene too!
Oh cheers mate I really appreciate that. Yeah I've noticed that most of our survival content in oz is up in the north, so tropical island surival stuff. I haven't seen many oldschool survival stuff in the south here. Thanks for watching.
My brother and i do this also when we can get the chance. So very much loved your video. Great work . Its the art of being a true man . Every man and woman should take the time to experience.
I reckon you learn to appreciate all the comforts we have these days, when you learn to make yourself uncomfortable on little for a bit. Good on a ya for getting out there.
Loved it Luke. Even the bit where you look like the Cookie Monster in the car. 😂👌
😂 Felt like the cookie monster at the end there!
So good to see an australian " Survival" video. Most on TH-cam are from the Northern Hemisphere, That means soft wood to cut for campfires etc, Try that in Australia !, Native hardwoods are not easy to process with either handsaw or small axe. A really no bS video. ! Well done mate,
Thanks for watching. Yeah our hardwoods are bloody tough. I'll be doing some more survival vids this winter as well so stay tuned.
Thoroughly enjoying your videos - subscribed now - watching from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Cheers!
Great to see some folks from overseas on the channel. Thanks for subscribing.
Thats awesome mate! You did well. Must have been cold. Interesting how low your blood glucose levels must have got with no food. When I was a teenager we used to fish for trout in NZ in the back country with worms. Was deadly. Mind you we used rods. You tore into those snacks in the car! Keep up the great work! 🇦🇺 🇳🇿
Cheers mate! I won't lie, on the second night I realized I had 1 satche of rehydration powder (glucose) and I decided to drink that (mixes with 300 ml of water) ... more for the bordedom haha
I usually always catch trout on a worm on these rivers, but they were having none of it this trip .. I reckon the fact that it was slowing down might have something to do with it.
Great work Luke….the snacks. 😂.
Wow it's amazing nature. It's very beautiful. Thanks for video.👍
Thanks for watching. This place really has some great landscapes.
Great vid Luke, good onya mate, laughed hard and could totally relate to the chip and bikkies stuffing at the end. Enjoyed that 👍
Haha cheers mate, the chips washed down with gatorade went down a treat!
Great video, love the bare bones style of fishing, reminds me of my days as a poor teen messing around trying to have fun. Catch you next time. Hope to see even more fishing
Cheers mate. Yeah I love me fishing so I'll be doing more of that in future vids. Especially when trout season opens up again.
Enjoyed that one Luke! Bet the car food hit the spot afterwards! Cheers Erik
Cheers Erik! Yeah I'm a sucker for a bit of junk food after a trip 😆
Just found your channel. Love the videos! I'm definitely subscribing to see when you come back to the cave in the rain. Awesome content!
Thanks mate. Yeah for sure I need to head back here in rainy weather. Thanks for watching
Great adventure, tough man. Good on you. Great video. Thanks.
Cheers mate, it certainly pushed the limites a little, but I'll be doing more like this
Stunning country, love your walkabout adventures, reminds me of my bush childhood.
Cheers mate❤😊
Vicco high country is some of my favourite. Plenty more walkabout adventures to come.
Beautiful country love your presentation and skills lots of caves here in Arizona USA just watch out for wildlife! Just subscribed English bloke living in Arizona all the best mate.
Hey mate, what kind of wildlife do you get in Arizona? Thanks for watching.
Looks like a great location, I was out at Bunyip state park about 2 weeks ago in the cold and got woken up by one of those deers! loud enough to hear him huffing in the distance. Those cold air wells are something to watch out for, you lucked out with that cave.
Keep it up mate!
Cheers mate.
Yeah the sambar and fallow run wild through the bunyip! I remember coming back from a camp there a year ago and seeing heaps of them in a paddock bodering the forest! It's amazing how those little pockets of cold air sit in the valleys.
Bunyip State Park is so close to home. Never ending tracks.
I’d love to see more videos with the A Frame tent!
Great video mate, I love these videos and seeing the beauty of the Australian bush
Cheers mate, I appreciate you giving it a watch
Excellent video! Truly enjoyed it. I know that feeling when you get back to your vehicle or home with all the snacky snacks and whatnot
haha yeah I'm a sucker for snacks! Thanks for watching.
Beautiful photography.
Thanks for that!
Well done mate! I've been thinking of doing something like this myself. It's amazing you found that cave. Great effort....Liked, subscribed!
Cheers mate, thanks for watching. Get out there for sure and give it a crack!
Legend mate, enjoy all of your videos, you are a very genuine guy 👍👍👍
Cheers mate, means a lot to hear that!
I might head off next week into the bush for solo camping. I do van camping mostly but this is closer to nature.
Awesome, get into mate.
Great adventure, bet those snacks taste good at the end 😝
Haha they sure did. Thanks for watching!
This one was epic mate! Watched it twice now. Awesome trip, beaut spot and good shots. That shot looking out of the cave was a cracker. Cheers, keep it up 👍👍
Cheers Kurt. It really was a great view. It must of been a great base location in history past, just with that view of the valley below and the river. You would of seen plenty of game moving around back in the day.
Great video mate, I really appreciate your knowledge of the bush and your willingness to do things using traditional methods.
Love your style of videos man 👍
Thanks for your comment mate. Plenty more videos to come this year. I'll try and do a few more stripped back ones this winter.
First time watching one of your videos. Enjoyed every minute of it.
Thanks for watching.
Fantastic video. Love to see it👍👍
Thanks mate.
Great video Luke! Loving your new channel. Really interesting content!
Cheers mate, thanks for watching it.
Excellent work mate love it just subscribed
Cheers mate, thanks for subscribing.
Gday there legend! Just found this Vid and your Channel in my recommends. Instant follow.
Love your camera angles and the immersion in this production.
Got me snuggling up with the husky and start the fireplace roaring on this chilly Melbourne night
Kind Regards, J
Oh cheers mate that's great. A husky would be the perfect companion on a trip out in the cold I reckon!!
Spent quite a bit a few nights in the Vic mountains with a hound crew. Typically give ourselves more gear than you permitted yourself, and bigger fires. Couple of dogs in the swag is very warming on cold nights, if you’re in an area that permits it. Surprising how much warmth even a little dog gives off. My record is three. I was warm….. could hardly breathe, but deffo warm.
Coldest night I can recall was up the Mitta in State Forest. Water spilled on the tray of the ute while making a morning brew, froze instantly and was still there at 2 in the arvo.
Good on you for pushing your limits. We were there for different reasons, both good.
Cheers…
Yeah I've heard of the saying of a 'three dog night'.
Most state forest you can bring dogs in, I got a kelpie and a border collie .. I'd like to take them out more. THough our Vic government wants to turn our state forests into national park which would take away our rights to bring dogs out. Hopefully it doesn't happen.
That mukbang at the end was great!
I think I know where that is or I could be wrong. It's been a while since I've been there. Beautiful all the same. Not so much the kangaroo carcasses though...
Cheers thanks for watching! haha the chips tasted a treat after that.
Yeah it was mostly deer carcasses around the joint from hunters who usually take what meat they need, then leave the rest.
Really enjoyed this one mate
Keep up the good vibes ❤
Cheers mate, thanks for watching. Plenty more vids this year.
Awesome Luke massive respect..
Thanks mate
@@TheBeardedBushranger deserved 🙏
Great video! Always make me keen to get out!!
Cheers mate! Get out there!
I was really hoping to see some of the night sky and you did it. Good one ! Beautiful stars, couldnt recognise the constellations though. Aussie night sky outside of the towns and cities is beautiful.
Cheers mate. I used to try and get lots of nightlapses on my mirrorless camera. It would take up too much SD card room on these trips though. With the new nightlapse feature in the newer Gopros it means I can try and experiment with that kind of stuff.
Great video Luke, greetings from Cooktown QLD. In 1988 when i was in the army reserve we went bush for a week, the only food we had was 1 day ration packs left over from vietnam war. Didn't stick to the ribs so good, i was hungry by the end of it.😂 Keep up the good work bloke
Cheers mate thanks for watching. I remember visiting cooktown back in 2009 and when traveling back southh getting cut off at the annan river because of flooding! Great area up there .. but too many crocs for me
Sick cave bro nice vid I really enjoyed it
Cheers mate!
Damn that cave was such a perfect fitting find
Gidday mate 😂😂 the ending with you having a munch totally how it is aye,
You can't beat a beautiful swim in winter. I swim all year round unless it's ridiculously cold.
It's just cleansing and revitalizing.
That cave was so cool to, you can tell your follow man's feeling a bit cold when the blanket comes over the head aye 😂
That was amazing,
Have an incredible week..also can't go wrong with good ol Jerky the guy in my local village at our only shop makes his own..so good to
Oh cheers mate, thanks for watching.
Yeah I actually swim every mornign on my farm. Winter mornings are the best, such a great way to start the day.
haha yeah those snacks did the job at the end!
Awesome vid Luke, my fave yet 👌🏻
Keep it up
Cheers mate. Thanks for watching.
I'm enjoying your vids mate - keep up the good work. I would definitely have had a bacon sandwich or 2 waiting for me in the car though
😆 A few spring rolls on the way home! Thanks for watching.
This was awesome, plz keep presenting videos like this 🙂
And thanks for watching.
Great video, nice and relaxing to watch before bed.
Thanks for watching!
Very good videos, thank you. Hello everyone, have a nice day. I come from Vietnam ❤
Thanks for watching
Luke great video. Thank you.
Cheers mate.
great vid mate! Really enjoyed it and learnt some things too :)
Cheers mate! Appreciate you giving it a watch.
Considering the graffiti in the cave, unless that was you, I don’t think anyone would say you’re mucking up the cave by having a fire there.
Haha yeah I still like to keep it clean after I leave. Too many places are getting shut off to us in the bush because people have left a mess and then parks uses that as an excuse to lock a place out.
THe graffiti was pretty funny to read though haha
@@TheBeardedBushranger I could not agree more. I’m the same. Even if the place is a dump I clean up my mess and try to clean as much of others as I can while I’m out.
I do clean ups of the camp sites in my local state forest to help try to keep it open as to many grubs are just trashing the place and will end up getting the park all gated off.
@@vhwft yeah it sucks how many people will trash a joint. Good on ya for cleaning up campsites
@@TheBeardedBushranger Agreed 👍 💯..alot of places getting fenced out from " grubs " destroying it .. Here in Canada 🇨🇦 Cool video 😎
The Aboriginals were graffing caves before civilization began, nothing new here.
Love your travels always wanted to go to Australia
I’m in chatham Ontario canada
Thanks for watching! Funny that, because I'd love to see canada one day 😆