That's fantastic Sharyn & John! We are so pleased to hear this, as I know how much you put into your travel blogs. Happy days and travels my friend. Cheers Marg 💛
I really enjoyed this video and love you down to earth approach to camping. It is awesome to see animals in their native habitats. I could feel your excitement. 💕💕💕
As always, top video guys! Loved your cheeky throw away line and super quick recovery re Marg liking her own voice Steve! Steve and I both laughed and reckon you might just have got away with that one. 😄
@@patcollins3093 haha thanks Pat, a great way to plug another TH-camr that I respect and have made friends with, she puts so much into her videos and time creating them which I totally relate to. As to my darling Steve’s comment, I could have edited that out but then we wouldn’t be being real. Appreciate your ongoing support. Cheers Marg
@@brentonl2631 our pleasure Brenton, I’m so pleased there is still free camping and I think it’s important for us to support our beautiful country towns. As long as people leave no trace when camping. Cheers Marg
Hi, really enjoyed the video. Yes we like to holiday without no real solid plan as where to stay. It is great. Feeling to find a place and decide you’re going to stay there. As for everyone’s camping set up, I think it’s a personalised and individual thing , what works for one person may not work for another Anyhow, keep smiling and enjoy the trip
@@lackatit thank you, we’ve really enjoyed this holiday challenge and came across some excellent private camping spots. Thanks for your support. Cheers Marg
You find the best places, love them all. We have only ever seen one platypus on all our travels and we could only see its head, yr shots are fantastic, my friend would have loved seeing an entire one. Think a trip to uralla is on the cards. After all the op shops we looked in you finally found yr beer mugs yay ❤
Yes my darling friend, the holy grail of beer jugs with a handle was achieved in Uralla. Love that shop and hope to return one day with more room to being the goodies home. Hope to catch up with you soon. Love Marg
Great to see a new video. I've watched most of your videos if not all.Very enjoyable. I think free camps or donation/minimal charge camps are as good as some you've paid quite a lot for.
Bloody awesome guys how good is wattle flat! Camped there and explored that river many times. You guys were only a few kms from where I was camped in one of my recent videos👌🌿 Thanks so much for the upload thoroughly enjoyed it!! Cheers guys look forward to all your adventures in 2025!
Thank you - we'll have to catch up on your videos to see where you've been. One thing we didn't have was service whilst in the country areas, which isn't a bad thing but unable to watch any TH-cam. Thanks for your support. Cheers Marg
Loved the idea of finding free camps over Christmas / New Year. Well done. Would really like a section on how you take star photos with your camera and a bit more about that. Keep up the good work - you guys keep it real and we like that very much.
@@karenhogan3053 thank you Karen, we were very lucky to have such privacy at a very busy time of the year. All depending on how and where the moon is when we next camp, I’ll see if I can give some tips. No night is ever the same, as it all depends on the elements of light at the time ie ISO and f-stops. Do you have a DSLR camera? Cheers Marg
@ Thank you for replying and I do Marg, a Sony A7 IV DSLR. We have been lucky enough to have done two full laps and four half laps over the last 10 years allowing me to take some amazing day time photos. I have just never mastered the star shots and we do love a stary night camping!
@ oh my goodness, how lucky are you to have travelled extensively. I’m sure you must have a hard drive full of beautiful images. Just a thought, there would probably be plenty of step by step guides on TH-cam to taking night photography worth checking out. I have a Canon 6D that I can connect to via Bluetooth with my mobile, so I’m able to be included in the photos via a remote. If yours doesn’t have Bluetooth, you can purchase a remote for your camera. What I love about using a remote is keeping your camera stable on a tripod and not bump/accidentally moving it when taking a photo manually when trying to achieve a slow release photo. You just have to adjust the settings in your camera manually to accommodate the conditions at that point in time ie: Higher ISO and f-stop for dark nights (no moon) and the reverse for full moon bright nights. It’s all about how much light you are letting into your camera by using the manual settings and not on auto, plus using a tripod to keep your camera still to avoid blur. Good luck, I’m sure you will achieve the magic of capturing the stars. Love you to let me know if you do. Cheers Marg
Loved watching this . We were in that area over the NY , our son lives In Tamworth. The antique shop is on my list of places to go ( our son face timed me while he was there once and I got him to grab me an old cake tin ) 😂😂😂 Great video Margie , love your work ☺️
@@lorrainedraper82Thanks Lorraine. We loved all the country towns we visited and I definitely want to pop into Little Birdy again, I loved the coreten steel flowers but they were too big to be carting around with us. Love secondhand cookware & gadgets, I’ve bought a lot from op shops. My most recent purchase was a mini cocktail shaker perfect for one.
Wow that footage of the platypus was amazing. We have never been able to capture one like that’s hey have always been to timid. With regards to caravans on trails, from what I have seen it’s more about people taking set up that are too big for the trails. If you are not damaging the trails I think you are fine. The trails you were on were also around a campsite so do t think it’s an issue. Love that you worried about it. Keep up the good content guys and we have liked and subscribed 👌 Matt and Leisa.
@@filthyoffroadadventures thank you, we know that we were very lucky to experience the platypus for as long as we did. I hope you get to see one in the wild one day too. Appreciate your support and taking the time to offer your feedback. Happy camping! Cheers Marg
Hope you keep making your videos -we love how you show us some places in a town and then find a good spot to camp away from the crowds. We enjoy watching whilst having morning and afternoon tea. I've made some of your recipes too! We camped at Styx River many years ago -there were lots of leeches .
@@vanessadunstan3970 thank you, I do love music and try to choose what compliments our footage. Appreciate you taking the time to let us know. Cheers Marg
Wow. Love the video and what a wonderful surprise at the end. Thank you so much for your support. John and I were so surprised and please, than. Just love the new camera and footage, looks so good and smooth. Our youngest son is serious with a young girl from Armidale area and we were talking about going and have a look. You have given us some great camp sites to check out. Happy New Year and thank you again (not just for the mention but for the great content). Cheers Sharyn
Thanks Sharyn, I seriously accidentally said your cheerio then in an instant thought I’d give you a shout out. I hope those that follow us become new subscribers for you. As for the pocket camera, I think it is going to be good, the quality is definitely a step up. No one really shares what they use, so I thought I would show this new one. As for the Armidale/country area, I hope you tune into our next couple of TH-cams to come out over the next few weeks, as we’ll share with you much more. All the best with your son and his romance. 🤞🏻❤️ Thanks for stopping by. Cheers Marg
Great video guys , love what you do and where you take that van (mildred ) that’s Adventure 🤠 so don’t stop. The audio with the mic is really good , keen to try mine now but we have osmo 5. How awesome you got to see a platypus, that is a special moment to remember. Keep em coming 👍
Thank Shad, always great hearing from you. Mildred is a little trooper and I can't believe the places we've been with her - 11 years old now. Good to see the new pocket camera's quality is really good, I just need to feel confident with handling it as I'm worried I'll damage the gimbal or gizmo (haha) - I'm going to make some sort of portable protection bag for it when we are out and about on foot. I need to practice more with it. The DJI mic that came with it is really good quality, shame they are so expensive as I need to purchase a second one for Steve. The platypus encounter was magic and we spent ages by the waterhole just taking it all in. Appreciate your support. Cheers Marg
That's so good to hear, you are going to thoroughly enjoy the luxury of camping with a caravan and how lucky are we all to have this amazing country to explore. Happy camping Deborah! Cheers Marg & Steve
@@carolynburns8550 thank you Carolyn, your ongoing support is greatly appreciated. We do plan to have many more road trips to come in 2025. Cheers Marg
@@begoodjohnny62 thanks JBG, we have a couple of new episodes to feature on a Friday over the next couple of weeks. Hope you enjoyed your river getaway at Spencer. Cheers Marg
Excellent video as always, thanks. We have travelled along Waterfall Way in our campervan, but did not find that campground, will definitely add it to the list.
Awesome Shelley, I hope you get to make it there and experience the Platypus who was playing in the larger waterhole to the right of where you enter the campground. Cheers Marg
Hey guys Looking forward to all your 2025 adventures. I don’t do social media stuff. But I love you and your family on you tube. You are both so real, non of all that fake crap. Keep doing what you’re doing.we love your adventures. Ps if I win power ball we will ensure you do this full time, you’d just have to put up with us lol. All the best
@@LeighJameson Haha that made us both belly laugh - sounds like a great deal. 🙏🏻 Thank you so much for your friendly and kind support, it’s greatly appreciated. Cheers Marg & Steve
Another great Friday night viewing with the Gibbos.. love the platypus & your new glass mugs with the handles.. can’t wait to see your next adventure. Love you guys 🤩
Thank you my darling friend, we'll have a few more Friday videos uploading at 5pm over the next couple of weeks. Love your support but mostly love you. x
@@theresehowes7282 Thank you Therese, your positive feedback is greatly welcomed. We have another video to air at 5 next Friday - I am currently busy editing all our footage. Love having our trips to watch back over time. Cheers Marg
I camp like you in the way I go out and explore places with no specific place booked. If I like what I find, I'll stay. If not, I move on. But NPWS, with their pre-booking requirements has made it impractical (particularly when there is no mobile signal). So now, I try and stay away if I can from NPs and keep to State Forests or Conservation Parks etc. Enjoying your videos. Thank you for taking us along. 👍
@@stephendimech2802 Ditto, I think I’m a bush/river girl but then when I dive into a wave I become a beach girl. In saying that, we love to avoid the crowds and the bush & country give us that. Thanks for your support. Happy travels. Cheers Marg
Love your videos Marg. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you both. What a wonderful location all that amazing wildlife. Looking forward to seeing your next adventure. xoxo
@@juliehurley9795 thanks Julie, it’s so lovely to receive positive feedback. We will have another video for you to watch next Friday at 5pm. Cheers Marg
Hey keep up the great work, We (Liippy and i) love to get away and camp with our trusty Coromal (Cory) 18ft off road van. Love the video's, u guys excite us to get out more often and enjoy this great Country of ours.
That's awesome Cougar(?) appreciate that you and Lippy relate to us. I'm thrilled to hear that our videos may encourage you to find your inner Gibbo and get out there. Life's too short, we need to embrace the beauty of the outdoors whenever we can. Cheers Marg
We absolutely loved the town Jodi and I'm regretful for not buying more from Little Birdy, I especially loved the iron work garden flowers but Steve was being practical about the size of them at the beginning of our camping adventure (haha). I did that in Uki a long time ago, and bought a huge garden frame with a flower and we had to store it for our whole trip. My Uki flower frame looked out of place at our campsite but now looks amazing in our garden and brings back memories every time I look at it. We will definitely return to the area, we loved it and especially the Platypus encounter. I have several more videos to edit, so hope to have a new one each Friday for the next few weeks. Cheers to you. Marg x
@@gibbosroadtripadventures hahaha sounds like my purchases when we go camping! ☺️ Yes, you should go back to the Uralla/ Walcha area, especially in the spring or Autumn. After some rain all those waterfalls are amazing!! Can’t wait to see more of your adventures this year. Travel safe! Xx
@@jodifinnegan8660 Thank you Jodi, we’ve actually stayed in the pub at Walcha, another lovely town. We do hope to return to Little Birdy next time we are up that way. Keep smiling! Cheers Marg
Hi there, thank you! We'll have to check it out next time. We have actually stayed in that area in the past, at a Hipcamp called Rivermead Farm - we have a video on it where we also sighted a platypus in the river next to our camp. Ref: HIPCAMP Rivermead Farm LWE June 2021 Cheers Marg
Thank you Sandra, appreciate your kind feedback. I'm happy to say that there will be a few videos we will be uploading to TH-cam this month of our recent travels. Kind Regards Marg
Thanks Lisa, fingers crossed we all have some luck to allow us to do what we are constantly dreaming of but in the meantime take what we can when we can. Lower Wattle Flat was a lovely little gem of a campsite, especially with a local platypus or two. Cheers Marg
That's fantastic, truly appreciate your feedback, and we wish you much fun as you venture out and enjoy this amazing state & country. Btw - Another video on our free camping challenge to air next Friday at 5pm. Happy & Safe Travels! Cheers Marg & Steve
Thank you Diana, appreciate your feedback. It was a little more with the camera on us this time which we don't often do but I guess if people are regularly watching us they are getting to know us anyway. Thank you for tuning in and leaving a comment. Kindest Regards Marg
Lovely video today guys. You hit the nail on the head regarding working so as to retire!! We hope you have had a peaceful start to 2025. Your voice and footage on your new camera appeared crystal clear., May I ask what App or program you use for editing? I used Microsoft Clipchamp which was easy to learn…as I was editing!! 😊 I uploaded my FIRST video last night!!! I’m excited and very nervous. ~ Vicky (& Rick)
Hi Vicky, thank you for your message. I use iMovie as I have a Mac and it’s a free program and simple to use but limited with say graphics that other TH-camrs use. I’ll have a look for your TH-cam channel - could you share a link here via contacting us in messenger on Instagram? Appreciate your feedback. Happy travels. Cheers Marg
The platypus was amazingly non-shy! Was that a kingfisher dive bombing it? Lovely place far from the madding crowd. The coast is so incredibly crowded, good find and you're almost in my backyard.
Hi MJ, How lovely to have this area in your backyard, we loved it and embraced having a private campsite by a river. I'm not sure on the type of bird as I was eagerly trying to capture our busy little platypus, I believe there were possibly two, as later on one seemed much smaller. Such a rare encounter and in all our travels we've probably only experienced that twice before. Pure joy! I hope you get down to Lower Wattle Flat to experience the encounter yourself. Cheers Marg
@@gibbosroadtripadventures I'm on Coffs Coast and definitely will! I lived in Armidale for a period of time, not too far from that gorge actually and always intended to get to Wattle Flat for a camp and never did... That was 30 odd years ago! Never say never...
@@mj2745 Haha yes, never say never! I think Coffs and Port are the ideal place to live on the NSW Coast, as you have so many amazing campgrounds to explore. One of our other experiences with a Platypus was inland from Coffs at a Hipcamp called Rivermead. Such a beautiful area. Cheers Marg
😂 You were in the New England/ Dorrigo Plateau areas. I've lived in most of the areas, and a word of caution. Closed shoes are wise. Saw a visitor at Ebor Falls wearing thongs and warned him but he was bitten by several large ants. He was in agony. Brown snakes do hang around the water, and the whole area is infested with Funnel Web spiders. No drama but being aware is always a benefit.
@@elizabethscott7660 thank you, yes I wasn’t prepared. Later during our trip I ended up putting on my gum boots. We are back home now and live in the bush and only yesterday we had our resident diamond python visit. Appreciate your feedback, thank you. Cheers Marg 😊
Who's the fool??? We are! 🤣Thank you for clarifying. We did actually think it was fools gold, so it's good to know what the real name of it is. Cheers Marg
Thanks very much guys,love the content and keep this sort of thing going. If people subscribe they get a notification of a new episode. Cheers 🍷 and look forward to the next one.
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Your videos have a calming effect on us, the places you go, your cooking talents and the relaxed way you go about things is credit to you both.
@@BruceMcMurray-d7e This is lovely, thank you so much for your kind feedback & support - appreciated.
Kindest Regards
Marg & Steve 😊
Thank you. My numbers have had a huge jump since you mentioned us on your Channel. Truely appreciated.
That's fantastic Sharyn & John! We are so pleased to hear this, as I know how much you put into your travel blogs.
Happy days and travels my friend.
Cheers
Marg 💛
@@gibbosroadtripadventures We enjoy both your channels .
@@christinebassett7025 thank you for your support.
Your rambling is good we learn something.
@@catherineallison3475 Oh thank you, that’s nice to hear. Much appreciated.
I love watching all your travels and think I have watched nearly all your videos so thanks very much and keep up the awesome work
@@jimmyintel thanks Jimmy, that’s a lot of watch hours. Appreciate the support.
Keep it up - Love watching your simple vids. Love the way you go to free and easy accessible camps in NSW.
@@teknichols thanks Doug, appreciate your kind feedback. It may cost us a small fortune in diesel but a bonus not to have to pay for a camp. 😂
I really enjoyed this video and love you down to earth approach to camping. It is awesome to see animals in their native habitats. I could feel your excitement. 💕💕💕
@@MareeForman thank you Maree, appreciate your kind feedback.
Cheers Marg
Hi Guy's love your content 💕. My husband and I enjoy watching your trips. Regards Chris and Cindy😊
@@cindywhalley3370 thanks Chris & Cindy, appreciate your feedback. 😊
Very nice free camp ground. We're hoping to get out that way this year. Hopefully we catch a glimpse of the platypus too. Great vid, cheers.
@@ontheroadaustralia thank you, I’ll have my fingers crossed for you & Mr Platypus.
Cheers Marg
As always, top video guys! Loved your cheeky throw away line and super quick recovery re Marg liking her own voice Steve! Steve and I both laughed and reckon you might just have got away with that one. 😄
@@patcollins3093 haha thanks Pat, a great way to plug another TH-camr that I respect and have made friends with, she puts so much into her videos and time creating them which I totally relate to.
As to my darling Steve’s comment, I could have edited that out but then we wouldn’t be being real.
Appreciate your ongoing support.
Cheers Marg
Keep shining I love watching what you do as I like doing similar things and look forward to every video. That platypus sighting was so cool too 😎
@@craigb1427 Awww that’s lovely. Great to share with like minded people. Hope you get to enjoy a platypus encounter too someday soon.
Cheers Marg
Some lovely towns and scenery, the camera and mic are good too so no worries there. Thanks for the video.
@@Peter-xtreme our pleasure, thank you for letting us know and your support.
Cheers Marg
What an amazing place. It's great that you share these beautiful places with us much appreciated.
@@brentonl2631 our pleasure Brenton, I’m so pleased there is still free camping and I think it’s important for us to support our beautiful country towns.
As long as people leave no trace when camping.
Cheers Marg
Hi, really enjoyed the video. Yes we like to holiday without no real solid plan as where to stay. It is great. Feeling to find a place and decide you’re going to stay there.
As for everyone’s camping set up, I think it’s a personalised and individual thing , what works for one person may not work for another
Anyhow, keep smiling and enjoy the trip
@@lackatit thank you, we’ve really enjoyed this holiday challenge and came across some excellent private camping spots.
Thanks for your support.
Cheers Marg
I think you are on a winner with this camera
@@catherineallison3475 Thanks Catherine, I’ll have to use it more to get to know & feel comfortable with it for future videos.
You find the best places, love them all. We have only ever seen one platypus on all our travels and we could only see its head, yr shots are fantastic, my friend would have loved seeing an entire one. Think a trip to uralla is on the cards. After all the op shops we looked in you finally found yr beer mugs yay ❤
Yes my darling friend, the holy grail of beer jugs with a handle was achieved in Uralla. Love that shop and hope to return one day with more room to being the goodies home. Hope to catch up with you soon. Love Marg
Great to see a new video. I've watched most of your videos if not all.Very enjoyable. I think free camps or donation/minimal charge camps are as good as some you've paid quite a lot for.
@@janette0900 Totally agree and we all need to ensure that we do the right thing and leave no trace so places like this remain free to visit & camp.
@@janette0900 Also wanted to say, thank you for your ongoing support - you’re awesome! 🙌🏻
Excellent sound, better than usual
@@catherineallison3475 Great, thank you!
Bloody awesome guys how good is wattle flat! Camped there and explored that river many times. You guys were only a few kms from where I was camped in one of my recent videos👌🌿
Thanks so much for the upload thoroughly enjoyed it!!
Cheers guys look forward to all your adventures in 2025!
Thank you - we'll have to catch up on your videos to see where you've been. One thing we didn't have was service whilst in the country areas, which isn't a bad thing but unable to watch any TH-cam.
Thanks for your support.
Cheers Marg
We loved Uralla! Would move there in a heartbeat!
I seem to fall in love with most country towns and Uralla definitely had something extra special about it.
Cheers Marg
Loved the idea of finding free camps over Christmas / New Year. Well done. Would really like a section on how you take star photos with your camera and a bit more about that. Keep up the good work - you guys keep it real and we like that very much.
@@karenhogan3053 thank you Karen, we were very lucky to have such privacy at a very busy time of the year. All depending on how and where the moon is when we next camp, I’ll see if I can give some tips. No night is ever the same, as it all depends on the elements of light at the time ie ISO and f-stops. Do you have a DSLR camera?
Cheers Marg
@ Thank you for replying and I do Marg, a Sony A7 IV DSLR. We have been lucky enough to have done two full laps and four half laps over the last 10 years allowing me to take some amazing day time photos. I have just never mastered the star shots and we do love a stary night camping!
@ oh my goodness, how lucky are you to have travelled extensively. I’m sure you must have a hard drive full of beautiful images.
Just a thought, there would probably be plenty of step by step guides on TH-cam to taking night photography worth checking out.
I have a Canon 6D that I can connect to via Bluetooth with my mobile, so I’m able to be included in the photos via a remote. If yours doesn’t have Bluetooth, you can purchase a remote for your camera. What I love about using a remote is keeping your camera stable on a tripod and not bump/accidentally moving it when taking a photo manually when trying to achieve a slow release photo. You just have to adjust the settings in your camera manually to accommodate the conditions at that point in time ie: Higher ISO and f-stop for dark nights (no moon) and the reverse for full moon bright nights. It’s all about how much light you are letting into your camera by using the manual settings and not on auto, plus using a tripod to keep your camera still to avoid blur.
Good luck, I’m sure you will achieve the magic of capturing the stars. Love you to let me know if you do.
Cheers Marg
Loved watching this . We were in that area over the NY , our son lives In Tamworth. The antique shop is on my list of places to go ( our son face timed me while he was there once and I got him to grab me an old cake tin ) 😂😂😂 Great video Margie , love your work ☺️
@@lorrainedraper82Thanks Lorraine. We loved all the country towns we visited and I definitely want to pop into Little Birdy again, I loved the coreten steel flowers but they were too big to be carting around with us. Love secondhand cookware & gadgets, I’ve bought a lot from op shops. My most recent purchase was a mini cocktail shaker perfect for one.
Epic video as all ways guys!
Can't believe you got to see a platypus
Hi Dylan, thanks for watching, appreciate it! The Platypus experience was extra special.
Cheers Marg
Wow that footage of the platypus was amazing. We have never been able to capture one like that’s hey have always been to timid.
With regards to caravans on trails, from what I have seen it’s more about people taking set up that are too big for the trails. If you are not damaging the trails I think you are fine. The trails you were on were also around a campsite so do t think it’s an issue. Love that you worried about it.
Keep up the good content guys and we have liked and subscribed 👌
Matt and Leisa.
@@filthyoffroadadventures thank you, we know that we were very lucky to experience the platypus for as long as we did. I hope you get to see one in the wild one day too.
Appreciate your support and taking the time to offer your feedback.
Happy camping!
Cheers Marg
Hope you keep making your videos -we love how you show us some places in a town and then find a good spot to camp away from the crowds. We enjoy watching whilst having morning and afternoon tea. I've made some of your recipes too! We camped at Styx River many years ago -there were lots of leeches .
@@christinebassett7025 thank you. I’m glad we didn’t come across any leeches, was it during a very wet period?
Cheers Marg
I enjoyed the music from the video . Great choice .
@@vanessadunstan3970 thank you, I do love music and try to choose what compliments our footage. Appreciate you taking the time to let us know.
Cheers Marg
Wow. Love the video and what a wonderful surprise at the end. Thank you so much for your support. John and I were so surprised and please, than. Just love the new camera and footage, looks so good and smooth. Our youngest son is serious with a young girl from Armidale area and we were talking about going and have a look. You have given us some great camp sites to check out. Happy New Year and thank you again (not just for the mention but for the great content). Cheers Sharyn
Thanks Sharyn, I seriously accidentally said your cheerio then in an instant thought I’d give you a shout out. I hope those that follow us become new subscribers for you.
As for the pocket camera, I think it is going to be good, the quality is definitely a step up. No one really shares what they use, so I thought I would show this new one.
As for the Armidale/country area, I hope you tune into our next couple of TH-cams to come out over the next few weeks, as we’ll share with you much more.
All the best with your son and his romance. 🤞🏻❤️
Thanks for stopping by.
Cheers Marg
@@gibbosroadtripadventures thanks Marg, as always I'll be watching.
Great video guys , love what you do and where you take that van (mildred ) that’s Adventure 🤠 so don’t stop. The audio with the mic is really good , keen to try mine now but we have osmo 5.
How awesome you got to see a platypus, that is a special moment to remember. Keep em coming 👍
Thank Shad, always great hearing from you. Mildred is a little trooper and I can't believe the places we've been with her - 11 years old now. Good to see the new pocket camera's quality is really good, I just need to feel confident with handling it as I'm worried I'll damage the gimbal or gizmo (haha) - I'm going to make some sort of portable protection bag for it when we are out and about on foot. I need to practice more with it. The DJI mic that came with it is really good quality, shame they are so expensive as I need to purchase a second one for Steve.
The platypus encounter was magic and we spent ages by the waterhole just taking it all in.
Appreciate your support.
Cheers Marg
Absolutely luv your videos they are so informative and interesting. We have just bought a small caravan and finding your channel is a godsend.😂❤ 👍
That's so good to hear, you are going to thoroughly enjoy the luxury of camping with a caravan and how lucky are we all to have this amazing country to explore.
Happy camping Deborah!
Cheers
Marg & Steve
Thanks marg I can hardly wait.
@ yay!
Thanks loved watching the video always enjoy watching your travels
@@carolynburns8550 thank you Carolyn, your ongoing support is greatly appreciated. We do plan to have many more road trips to come in 2025.
Cheers Marg
Awesome video again Marg and Steevie G, love love the video and content. JBG
@@begoodjohnny62 thanks JBG, we have a couple of new episodes to feature on a Friday over the next couple of weeks.
Hope you enjoyed your river getaway at Spencer.
Cheers
Marg
Excellent video as always, thanks.
We have travelled along Waterfall Way in our campervan, but did not find that campground, will definitely add it to the list.
Awesome Shelley, I hope you get to make it there and experience the Platypus who was playing in the larger waterhole to the right of where you enter the campground.
Cheers Marg
Hey guys
Looking forward to all your 2025 adventures. I don’t do social media stuff. But I love you and your family on you tube.
You are both so real, non of all that fake crap.
Keep doing what you’re doing.we love your adventures.
Ps if I win power ball we will ensure you do this full time, you’d just have to put up with us lol.
All the best
@@LeighJameson Haha that made us both belly laugh - sounds like a great deal. 🙏🏻
Thank you so much for your friendly and kind support, it’s greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Marg & Steve
Another great Friday night viewing with the Gibbos.. love the platypus & your new glass mugs with the handles.. can’t wait to see your next adventure. Love you guys 🤩
Thank you my darling friend, we'll have a few more Friday videos uploading at 5pm over the next couple of weeks. Love your support but mostly love you. x
Hi Marg & Steve, we absolutely love watching your videos and look forward to each and every episode. Plz keep sharing!! 😊😊😊
@@theresehowes7282 Thank you Therese, your positive feedback is greatly welcomed. We have another video to air at 5 next Friday - I am currently busy editing all our footage. Love having our trips to watch back over time.
Cheers Marg
Special place, nice to see the platypus swimming around :)
Magic encounter. 🙂
Great video yet again. For what it's worth the picture and sound quality is second to none.
Thank you Doug, I always worry about how we are coming across, so this feedback is truly welcome. Much appreciated.
Kindest Regards
Marg
I camp like you in the way I go out and explore places with no specific place booked. If I like what I find, I'll stay. If not, I move on. But NPWS, with their pre-booking requirements has made it impractical (particularly when there is no mobile signal). So now, I try and stay away if I can from NPs and keep to State Forests or Conservation Parks etc. Enjoying your videos. Thank you for taking us along. 👍
Our pleasure and agree with you about the NP system, what's most annoying is people not cancelling when they aren't able or decide not to go.
Great video guys and a beautiful place I just love the bush for camping merry Christmas and a happy new year 👍🍺🍷🤙
@@stephendimech2802 Ditto, I think I’m a bush/river girl but then when I dive into a wave I become a beach girl. In saying that, we love to avoid the crowds and the bush & country give us that.
Thanks for your support.
Happy travels.
Cheers Marg
Really enjoy were you Steve take us out, thanks
Happy to share and appreciate you letting us know.
Kind regards
Marg
Love your videos Marg. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you both. What a wonderful location all that amazing wildlife. Looking forward to seeing your next adventure. xoxo
@@juliehurley9795 thanks Julie, it’s so lovely to receive positive feedback. We will have another video for you to watch next Friday at 5pm.
Cheers Marg
Hey keep up the great work, We (Liippy and i) love to get away and camp with our trusty Coromal (Cory) 18ft off road van. Love the video's, u guys excite us to get out more often and enjoy this great Country of ours.
That's awesome Cougar(?) appreciate that you and Lippy relate to us. I'm thrilled to hear that our videos may encourage you to find your inner Gibbo and get out there. Life's too short, we need to embrace the beauty of the outdoors whenever we can.
Cheers Marg
OMG I’m so glad you stopped in Uralla!! That’s my favourite shed shop as well… 🥰 the pies are the best!!
We absolutely loved the town Jodi and I'm regretful for not buying more from Little Birdy, I especially loved the iron work garden flowers but Steve was being practical about the size of them at the beginning of our camping adventure (haha). I did that in Uki a long time ago, and bought a huge garden frame with a flower and we had to store it for our whole trip. My Uki flower frame looked out of place at our campsite but now looks amazing in our garden and brings back memories every time I look at it.
We will definitely return to the area, we loved it and especially the Platypus encounter.
I have several more videos to edit, so hope to have a new one each Friday for the next few weeks.
Cheers to you.
Marg x
@@gibbosroadtripadventures hahaha sounds like my purchases when we go camping! ☺️
Yes, you should go back to the Uralla/ Walcha area, especially in the spring or Autumn. After some rain all those waterfalls are amazing!!
Can’t wait to see more of your adventures this year.
Travel safe! Xx
@@jodifinnegan8660 Thank you Jodi, we’ve actually stayed in the pub at Walcha, another lovely town. We do hope to return to Little Birdy next time we are up that way.
Keep smiling!
Cheers
Marg
Loved this! Especially the platypus!
Am hoping you ended up between Dorrigo and Bellingen... There's a cute little free camp there...
Hi there, thank you! We'll have to check it out next time. We have actually stayed in that area in the past, at a Hipcamp called Rivermead Farm - we have a video on it where we also sighted a platypus in the river next to our camp. Ref: HIPCAMP Rivermead Farm LWE June 2021
Cheers Marg
Love watching your videos. Keep doing you stay safe n keep making videos. You seem to be a lovely family. Take care
Thank you Sandra, appreciate your kind feedback. I'm happy to say that there will be a few videos we will be uploading to TH-cam this month of our recent travels.
Kind Regards
Marg
Looks awesome! We’d be the same, travel a lot more if only we’d win Tatts! Thanks guys
Thanks Lisa, fingers crossed we all have some luck to allow us to do what we are constantly dreaming of but in the meantime take what we can when we can. Lower Wattle Flat was a lovely little gem of a campsite, especially with a local platypus or two.
Cheers Marg
Another great video love watching what the two of you are up to.we are looking to do some of the trips you do thanks
That's fantastic, truly appreciate your feedback, and we wish you much fun as you venture out and enjoy this amazing state & country.
Btw - Another video on our free camping challenge to air next Friday at 5pm.
Happy & Safe Travels!
Cheers Marg & Steve
Great video mate
@@onthefencefilm thank you!
Really enjoyed this one. Thank you 😊
Thank you Diana, appreciate your feedback. It was a little more with the camera on us this time which we don't often do but I guess if people are regularly watching us they are getting to know us anyway.
Thank you for tuning in and leaving a comment.
Kindest Regards
Marg
Love ya work team 👍👍
Awesome, thank you! 🙏🏻
Lovely video today guys. You hit the nail on the head regarding working so as to retire!! We hope you have had a peaceful start to 2025.
Your voice and footage on your new camera appeared crystal clear.,
May I ask what App or program you use for editing? I used Microsoft Clipchamp which was easy to learn…as I was editing!! 😊
I uploaded my FIRST video last
night!!! I’m excited and very nervous.
~ Vicky (& Rick)
Hi Vicky, thank you for your message. I use iMovie as I have a Mac and it’s a free program and simple to use but limited with say graphics that other TH-camrs use.
I’ll have a look for your TH-cam channel - could you share a link here via contacting us in messenger on Instagram?
Appreciate your feedback.
Happy travels.
Cheers
Marg
The platypus was amazingly non-shy! Was that a kingfisher dive bombing it? Lovely place far from the madding crowd. The coast is so incredibly crowded, good find and you're almost in my backyard.
Hi MJ, How lovely to have this area in your backyard, we loved it and embraced having a private campsite by a river. I'm not sure on the type of bird as I was eagerly trying to capture our busy little platypus, I believe there were possibly two, as later on one seemed much smaller. Such a rare encounter and in all our travels we've probably only experienced that twice before. Pure joy!
I hope you get down to Lower Wattle Flat to experience the encounter yourself.
Cheers Marg
@@gibbosroadtripadventures I'm on Coffs Coast and definitely will! I lived in Armidale for a period of time, not too far from that gorge actually and always intended to get to Wattle Flat for a camp and never did... That was 30 odd years ago! Never say never...
@@mj2745 Haha yes, never say never! I think Coffs and Port are the ideal place to live on the NSW Coast, as you have so many amazing campgrounds to explore. One of our other experiences with a Platypus was inland from Coffs at a Hipcamp called Rivermead. Such a beautiful area.
Cheers Marg
😂 You were in the New England/ Dorrigo Plateau areas. I've lived in most of the areas, and a word of caution. Closed shoes are wise. Saw a visitor at Ebor Falls wearing thongs and warned him but he was bitten by several large ants. He was in agony. Brown snakes do hang around the water, and the whole area is infested with Funnel Web spiders. No drama but being aware is always a benefit.
@@elizabethscott7660 thank you, yes I wasn’t prepared. Later during our trip I ended up putting on my gum boots. We are back home now and live in the bush and only yesterday we had our resident diamond python visit. Appreciate your feedback, thank you.
Cheers Marg 😊
Not gold!! Thats pyrite.
Who's the fool??? We are! 🤣Thank you for clarifying. We did actually think it was fools gold, so it's good to know what the real name of it is.
Cheers Marg
There probably is gold there if you want to do a bit of fossicking but I didn't find any😂 but that was more years than I care to remember ago.
Oh and your nobodies fool your the best 👌
@ awwww thank you. 💛
Thanks very much guys,love the content and keep this sort of thing going. If people subscribe they get a notification of a new episode. Cheers 🍷 and look forward to the next one.