7 1/2 Days in a Road Train - Part 1 of 5
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- Part 1 is the first installment of a 5 part series of videos that shows the detour I had to take in February 2022 to transport freight in a triple Road Train from Adelaide in South Australia to Darwin in the Northern Territory.
The Government had granted triple Road Trains supplementary access for 28 days to the Northern Territory via Burra in South Australia through New South Wales coming out at the bottom of Queensland. This was only ever a double Road Train route, triple Road Trains were not normally allowed on these roads.
I have taken my camera gear along with me on this seven and a half day road trip in a triple Road Train to film as much of the floods and journey that I thought might be of some interest to anyone. At the time of leaving Adelaide in South Australia, it was still raining along some of the roads that I would travel on causing road closures along the way. As I moved from State to State, I could only hope that these temporary road closures would not cause me to sit stationary waiting for areas to dry out so that I could continue.
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Love the fact that you put up some maps. With that people from other places can see the route and understand it all better. NICE
Thanks Bob, glad you liked it.
Yes
As a interstate Coach commando, I’m impressed with your calm demeanour, and patience with all the obstacles you face every day.cheers from Geelong.👍
Thanks Steven, perhaps it come with the enjoyment of the job 👍
Thank you for taking the time to make a Video, The town was awesome, reminded me how it was back
in the 50's and 60,s when I was kid. not a jam with cars and people. loved it.
The run shown here min this video was something out of the ordinary for me as it wasn't my normal trip route. Something that I will always remember as being one of my favorite trips. Glad you liked it.
Hi there mate, imagine that a lorry driver from Poland is fellowing your episodes which provide me an insight of what the country I want to set foot in one day is like.
Love your accent folks 🇵🇱👍
Cheers, glad you liked it👍
Great content, really authentic with informative narrations. Gives a really natural view of the journey without distraction. Thanks for taking the effort to produce and share.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video👍
Son drives triples in Qld and would love to do a drive with him. This is the next best thing. Great vid, beautiful unit and operated like a true professional. 👍
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you.
Ohhhhhh crikey me dingoes... streeeeewwth maaaatte.. you awe struckin failians are amazing maaaaate !!
Happy to see you liked it, thank you👍
My new favorite channel!!! Awesome videos!!!
Glad you like it, thanks for subscribing.
Thanks so much for taking the time to do this video series. I am able to see so much of your beautiful country. 🚜🇨🇦
Glad you enjoy it, we are lucky to have a country like we do.
I have to say that I am impressed by the skill and knowledge that you and other Road Train drivers have. The beautiful landscapes of Australia is amazing. Thanks for sharing this with us.
You are more than welcome Pointing Dog, glad you liked it.
Great travel video showing the real Strayla Mick. Love those big blue skies.
Blue skies, green grass, orange sunsets, it doesn't get much better.
Man 3 trailers you folks rock
Cheers 👍
My god this is awesome, being cooped up in my small apartment in japan this is awesome to watch, very very interesting keep em coming Mick !!!
Thanks Arch, glad you like them.
Thanks for posting this, likely the only way I'll see your country as I'm 76. I have had a desire to see Australia and New Zealand for decades and you'll enable me to see at least some of it. I look forward to following your series. Thanks again.
Thanks Marv, next part out next weekend.
Great video Mick ,good to see parts of the outback
Glad you enjoyed it, lots more to come in the next 4 parts.
Part one is great. Looking forwards to the next ones. Pro drivers like you make it look easy
Thanks Jill, Part 2 out in two weeks time.
Mick is a good operator. This is real outback trucking, not "drama every mile" self promoters like the at times cringe worthy TV show. Real truck drivers just going out and doing it every day.
@@rogerpearson9081 drama queen he isnt. Very likable man and friend of ours
@@rogerpearson9081 too kind mate, steady on.
@@dryroo I owe you another thank you.
Hi, just found your channel. My dad drove road trains Adelaide to Darwin and across the Nullabor his whole life. Long before mobile phones and TH-cam, so this was wonderful for me to watch. Thanks 😊I’ll keep watching!
Thank you Robyn, your dad would have had a very different life back then to what it is today. Just the mobile phone to be able to talk to love ones has been a a big game changer.
If he was driving in the 60`s when the high way was dirt across the Nullabour and went across on the train, there is a good chance that I met him at Cook.
@@marinotagliapietra7839 he definitely was driving that route in the 60’s. So nice to think that you may have met 😊
Great video-professional driver presenting honest content with no BS. Looking forward to the rest of the series. Have a safe one.
Thank you Peter, Part 2 is on the channel now. Glad you enjoyed Part 1.
Great video, lovely lanskapes, wish i was i Australia.
From Sweden with love.
Thank you, glad you liked it.👍
Far out! All that country is so green. Went down that way to Adelaide from Brisbane with the old man a couple of years ago and it was absolutely burnt to a crisp. Incredible the difference a bit of time and rain can make!
The country is looking exceptionally great at the moment. When Sally and I were there a number of years ago the road between Longreach and Winton had so much road kill on it we gave up counting the kill and concentrated on escaping the rotting smell.
Hello mate, your videos is awesome! and I can tell you, you have better roads than we have in the U.K ! :)
Thank you, but let me say we have some shocking roads as well. In saying that, yes we are reasonably lucky with our roads here in Australia, 👍
Beautiful scenery from Oklahoma
It was a great rip with so much green countryside.
Sure thing, Sir! LIked.& Subscribed. If I had met n found people like you 17 years back I would have stayed back, and could be living this honest and blessed life. Its a sad and happy feeling., if fate would ever bring me back, I am going to see you. God Willing.
Too kind mate, all the best to you.
Mate, that truck is a beauty.
They look the part.
Yeah deffo mate
@@carlstevens4981 👌
That looks beautiful
Cheers, thanks.
Great to see the Barrier Highway with edgelines and sealed shoulders finally! A lot better condition than I remember as a kid 15 to 20 years ago!
Unfortunately the shoulders have been damaged in some locations along the Barrier Highway from the recent rains with big washouts. With a bit of repair work it will be back to it's former glory again.
Thanks Mick, really enjoyed the episode, looking forward to the next one👍. Thank you 🙏
Thanks David, glad you are enjoying them.
Great trip ,lots of scenery which l loved to see ,Thank you for your service to the people who needed your delivery .
Glad you enjoyed it, lots of scenery to come in the next 4 parts.
Great stuff Mick, always in awe of you guys driving the triples, looking forward to all 5 videos, cheers mate
Glad you liked it, a new video will go up every second Saturday. This is of course as long as I am home to do it and not out in the truck.
@@justcruisinwithmicksally837 country grinds to a halt real quick if you guys aren’t out there doing what you do so well
@@pete_bluscorp7718 Thanks, we are just one of many links that make Australia what it is.
Absolutely brilliant Mick. Extremely interesting. Thanks.
Thanks Chris, plenty more to come in the series.
Hi Mick we have loved all of your truck videos. This one is no exception. You put together great footage without being too wordy. Thanks so much for sharing. We are looking forward to seeing the rest of this amazing trip. Cheers.
Thank you Dianne, the videos will be uploaded every second Saturday as long as I am home to do it and not away in the truck. I think things will settle down now and get back to normal so keep an eye out for the next one in two weeks time.
Nice video and good luck from Old South Wales in the UK 👍
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video👍 All the best to you in the UK.
Im a retired Aussie trucker in the US. I take my hat off to you. you do well. I only pulled doubles.
Cheers mate, it is like riding a bike, once you have done it a couple of times it is second nature.
Hi from upstate New York! what a pretty country to drive through! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Mike, glad you like our country.
Awesome video mick.
Great to see that beautiful country after the big wet and those endlessly straight highways.The big triple road train in it's element.Love it.
Looking forward to the next one.Cheers mate!
Glad you are enjoying the video, lots more to come over the next few weeks.
Next week i sart my CIII driving operations for HR, im finding your videos so informative, love the way you describe the little things, thanks mate for taking the time to make these.
Cheers, glad you like what you see.👍
thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Great video, I would love to experience life running a R/T , I drive a S580 over in Scotland. You have the beautiful wide openness, and respect from other road users. Here we are always looking out what stunt the car n van drivers will pull on us next . Look forward for your next blog . Take care n safe driving. JD
Thanks John, glad you enjoyed it. The next one will be up next weekend.
Wow that was a loooooong truck sir
All in a days work 👍
So nice green outback after that big rain change the scenery. Love the truck.
Green everywhere on this trip, glad you liked it.
Moving dirt is by far the best money and easiest work but also among some of the heaviest loads you'll ever haul. I sleep at home every night but it takes a robust tractor to start.
I used to cart cement powder years ago, always ran to full axle weights.
Great video Mick. I think I missed my calling. I should have become a truck driver. However, watching your very entertaining and informative videos gives me a greater appreciation of the sort of difficulties you encounter, such as oncoming motorists not giving you room when they can see you are doing a turn. I think that in turn makes me a better and more 'truck aware' driver. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to the rest of your trip.
Glad you enjoyed it. I think it is unawareness about what to do around larger vehicles that is the reason for other road users to do what they do when near us, tolerance by all is the way to go.
It looks nice mate but unless your an owner driver, its a long lonely drive.
@@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi it would be if done on a regular basis.
Just came across your channel whilst looking at some of our Australian built Kenworths and I have to say how much I enjoyed watching you go about your work seriously and professionally and I have to subscribe as I will be looking forward to your next episodes and thanks to you for your good commentary as we go along it’s almost like I’m in the cab alongside! 👍
Glad you are enjoying it James, next video is up Saturday 26th of this month.
Great, video, will watch all 5. Recently been thru that country ourselves so it’s great to see the places we know. 👍
Cheers 👍
This is a bloody fantastic video. The filming is good, and I like your speaking voice. Thanks for all the work that you put into making this.
Thank you Pharaoh, Part three will be up on the channel this coming Saturday.
@@justcruisinwithmicksally837 Ripper! I'm looking forward to it.
@@PharaohDeathMask Cheers, part three went up onto the channel today.
Thanks Michael for gre
Thanks Mick for great video. I have the utmost respect for truckie, they do marvellous job under trying conditions at times. To be traversing the "real" Australia must be an awesome experience and even when on the same route time and again, the ever changing scenery , because of weather etc, surely would keep it interesting. May your journey continue to be safe and hassle free.
Thank you Jackie, yest the changing scenery and the weather make it different all the time, glad you enjoyed the video.
Looking forward to and enjoying each episode.Travel safe.👍🏼🇦🇺
There now for the viewing malcolm, hope you like it.
Thank-you for showing the great country we call Australia, also Thank you for your service to deliver the goods to the top end well done.
Thank you for your kind comments, take care.
Nice gear changing. This time last year everything was on fire now its green . Another great video
Thanks Wayne, yes it certainly is green over that way.
If i didn't know better i would have thought that you are driving through South Africa. Same roads, same weather, exactly the same.
A lot of people have said the same thing.
Thanks Mick, really enjoyed this episode, looking forward to the others..
Thanks Bob, 4 more Parts in the series to come.
Part 1 of 5 , looking forward to this Mick.
Part 1 is there now carl, enjoy.
A very relaxing video to watch. Keep up the good work Mick.
Thanks Sue, Part 2 is up on the channel now.
From Darwin ... Mate, you are a bloody legend!!. Good on you!! All the best.
Thank you kindly, one of many.
That was a great video. Really enjoyed watching it. All the open spaces you get to travel through.
Glad you enjoyed it David, the final part in the 5 part series will go up on the channel next weekend.
Thanks Mick.Great to see the different path to Darwin. A long run for solo driver, heh !! The country certainly looks in good nick.
You bet, I have never seen the country looking so good all the way.
First time I have seen your videos Mick. You have just got another subscriber. keep on rolling and stay safe. Thanks for doing the videos.
Thank you Peter, glad you like them.
Australia has some great looking trucks and trailers, would love to visit some day.new subscriber from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
Glad you liked what you see Jeff. You never know, you may get here one day.
Enjoyed your video Mick. I was fascinated with you going through the towns and having to make left and right turns. Seeing it from the truck driver's seat, rather than in the car on the other side of the road. Had a chuckle about the goats.
Congratulations 👏🎉 on passing the 10k subscriptions.
Thanks Leanne, 4 for part to the series to follow.
Fantastic video Mick!! I always dreamt of being a long distance truckie when I was a young teenager growing up in Perth, used to watch all the interstate rigs coming in to Perth down Greenmount Hill.
Instead I ended up joining the Navy, stayed in for 20 odd years and then went into IT! At 57 I think that any truck driving opportunity has long since gone!! 🙁
Watching these videos is the closest I’ll get, so very many thanks for posting them!! 👍
Thanks Mick, glad you enjoyed it. It was late in my life that I took up truck driving but is is paying the bills until I retire.
Never too late and right now there's a driver shortage
@@t-dog8528 so true.
Awesome video, Brings back some wonderful memories of Cobar n Bourke. Early 80s We got the owner of a sheep station to go into town and get us some boooz and we all got drunk in his wool shed. It was a party. In the morning the owner came and was lost for words as he saw how tidy his shed was. You could eat your breaky on the floor. We were 5/7 B Coy.
Thanks Walter, some memories for you.
Excellent footage. Looking forward to the rest of it.
Glad you are liking what you see, Part 2 out Saturday week.
Another great one, Mick. I appreciated that you showed maps of your route.
Glad you liked it, yes the maps played a big part in this series.👍
Something about the outback. Awesome.💗 Thanks Mick. Met you on the road ...few years back, ya haven't changed a bit.Greg.
Cheers Greg, you have me curious now.
What a great video ,great to see the country so green ,i,ll get there one of these days.
Glad you are liking the video, the green was so nice to see.
Thanks mate.
Cheers 👍
Rewatching this again ,
Even I have done a bit of that, glad you liked it.
Subscribed. Love this stuff
Cheers 👍
Thanks Mick, I've always wanted to travel the Barrier and Mitchell highways from Adelaide to Dubbo via Broken Hill, but so far have never managed to do it. This video has given me some idea of what it would be like and how to plan for it.
Nice to hear it is of some help to you bushranger, it is a great trip.
Thank you.
You are very welcome.
Lol I saw him pull out and I was like “watch out!! You’re on the wrong siiiiiide!” Hahahaha (I’m an American). What a cool job. Imagine all the cool shit you get to see and places you get to go. And all the music you get to listen to and podcasts and books on tape and stuff while you work. Plus those big trucks are just plain awesome anyways.
Glad you like it so much, cheers👍
You really do have the best job in the world. I'd absolutely love to come to Oz and drive a road train.
Wow, thanks
Seriously, i bet it's hard as hell to reverse them lorries. I'd love to come and try it 😂
@@carlstevens4981 You got the right but once you learn how to do it then it isn't so bad. Some days are better than others.
@@justcruisinwithmicksally837 yeah I can imagine. But it's just always been a thing of mine. Just get in the lorry and drive across a huge place like Oz. My kinda job. 👍 Keep safe out there mate.
@@carlstevens4981 thanks mate.
I live your videos, keep up the good work. Watching from L.A California. I can’t imagine pulling 3 trailers especially driving on the other side
of the road. I would love to come try it out for a month, i love love pulling heavy loads…
Cheers Mike, something you will have to do one day.
Great video makes me want to get back into a truck again been retired 3 years drove a scania doing O D loads, was behind the wheel for over 30 years cheers
Glad you enjoyed the video Graham, Part 2 is up on the channel now if you wish to watch it.
Great video Mick, looking forward to the next video greetings from Saskatchewan Canada 🇨🇦
More to come, glad you are liking is all the way over there in Canada.
Awesome video Mick...keep them coming
Thanks Mark, 4 more to come in the series.
Many thanks for the video.
My boy did Perth, Sydney and back for a while.. We learnt quickly it's not an easy job. Then there were all the infringements he picked up. Big thanks to South Australian police for that : (
Can't wait to see more.
Adelaide to Darwin is so different when it comes to infringements, it seems to be a more realistic world that way. Glad you liked the videos.
Very good observation for local government to take in consideration
Thank you, cheers👍
@@justcruisinwithmicksally837 keep it up
Great video Mick as always.
Thanks Sue, glad you enjoyed the video.
That was great! Thank you making and sharing. 🇬🇧👍🏻👋🇦🇺
More to come Rich, glad you liked it.
@@justcruisinwithmicksally837 great! Stay safe on the road
Hi Mick, just come across your channel after watching an American trucker travelling around the USA. I will follow your journey as well from here in New Zealand🚛🚛 Safe travels.
Welcome aboard! Glad you like the channel.
Things got a bit quiet at work with no diesel getting passed Glendambo. It’s amazing how green it is out here at the moment (East of Coober Pedy). Great video, Mick. It must have been nice flying solo for a change.
I found it amazing to travel so far around Australia and to see it green for the majority of the trip. It just illustrated how far and wide the rain has been. Solo is certainly different to being 2-up, been a while since I have done a trip on my own.
Great video Mick, was certainly a unique time seeing some strange combinations coming through
Thanks Darren, glad you liked it.
Amazing work....Big LIKE from Zimbabwe!!!
Thanks Zimbabwe, Part 2 will be up in just under 2 weeks time. Glad you like the video.
Wat geweldig om zo australie te zien,krijgweer heimwee als ik deze beelden zie.
We hebben15 jaar geleden gereisd van Darwin naar Top end, is niet te beschrijven zo ongelovelijk mooi ,spannend .
Thank you, yes we are definitely in a very lucky country with what we have to look at each day.
but it was Dutch land... that you gived away 🤷♂️😁
Great vid Mick.Looking forward to the rest
Cheers rob, glad you liked it.
Great video mate, you showed some great skill there, all the best.
Thank you bruce, Part 2 is up on the channel now.
Amazing. One day I wish I can just go there and ride with your truckers.
Maybe one day!
Thanks for showing Yunta. I did my apprenticeship at what was then A E (Alby) Sherriff's BP Oasis Garage, It is now the Ampol Truck Stop and the last building on the left as you head out of town en route to the "Hill". My Late parents and brother had what was the then Mannahill Store .. This was in the 60's and gee it brought a tear to my eyes.
That is awesome, it is rather sad to see these small towns reduced to what they are now.
@@justcruisinwithmicksally837 Thank you for answering my comment; really appreciated
@@Afrodizyak47 anytime
Wonderful seeing, has I normal drive through this hiway, Adelaide 500kilomrt to Broken hills, 500kilomrt,from Broken hills to Cobar 200kilomrt, from Cobar to Burkes, you love the wilderness, good video..
Thank you Peretiso, glad you like the video.
Excellent video, enjoyed the trip. Cheers from South Coast NSW
Thanks Ken, glad you enjoyed it..
I like this job
Cheers 👍
Very good, I enjoyed this, very relaxing.
Thank you very much!
Beautiful!
Thank you Anush.
Great Video I am looking forward to your next video. I am glade that you where ok and did not get stuck on the HWY to the Alice . Cheers Safe Travels
Thanks for watching!
thank you for the detailed video
Thank you Robert, glad you liked it.
God bless you.
Thanks mate
Another great video, I'm now a happy subscriber!
One thing I thought was that now that it's possible to post long videos to TH-cam (10 hours or more), it would be great to film the front view of the truck during a long journey- I don't know if you're aware of the fairly recent advent of 'slow tv'- SBS did a series on trains- the Indian Pacific, The Ghan etc. You'd obviously edit out your breaks and any private moments, haha, but I find the effect really hypnotic.
Anyway, it's just a thought. Loving the videos- both with road trains and caravan adventures. Cheers
I tried to watch some of the SBS train trip but found it too long and uneventful to keep me interested. We all have different likes in what we would like to watch though.
There is so much I would like to film if I was permitted to do so as well as having the time during the trips to set up for the filming. My employer has been great allowing me to do what I do but there are so many restrictions from freight receivers along my trip which is fair enough.
@@justcruisinwithmicksally837 Yeah, I get it. You do a great job mate. That's a really good looking rig too. Cheers
@@danozism 👍
Yes hard work got to know your stuff but thanks Mick love watching your videos a long drive 👍🕺
Thank you alan, it was just over a 7,300km drive.
Doing a great job 👍
Cheers Martin.