Googs Track South Australia - 4wd Solo Touring
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- Опубликовано: 26 янв 2017
- Googs Track in South Australia is located a short drive North of Ceduna. In September 2015 I completed a solo crossing in my Land Rover Defender over 4 days. Googs Track is a single vehicle track crossing 363 sand dunes from South to North. It passes through the Yumbarra Conservation Park and Yellabinna Regional Reserve.
The Track was constructed by John ‘Goog’ Denton between 1976 to 1979. It is 4wd only access due to the sandy dunes, not suitable for soft roaders. There are no facilities along its route so travellers much be totally self sufficient for fuel, food and water. A sand flag is highly recommended.
Highlights along the track are Googs Lake and Mount Finke, both providing basic campsites.
I completed the exploration from Ceduna ending in Glendambo, an approximate distance of 570km. Goog’s Track is a well known trail for 4WD and adventure enthusiasts.
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Pick a date. Live Your Somedays, Today.
I made the decision at 19 years to leave everything behind (which was nothing) and travelled the world on my own in the Merchant navy and when I left I carried on. One life, one time.
You hit the nail on the head when you said don’t wait for retirement because tomorrow is never guaranteed. Great work.
I think there's something nostalgic about the way you present. Almost like watching a 1970s ABC journalist. Brilliant work mate!
Aye. Not scripted. Not polished. Just good honest commentary on what's going on. Relatable.
Also driving a defender really helps with the look as well. Long live the old defenders
Hi buddy :)
You do a great job here! Really. I am impressed by this video. Media, broadcasting and A/V making is my full time job for 25 years and I can honestly say - you are a profesional. Great job. I enjoy every single minute of this movie. Thanks for great time. I feel like I was there with you. Really good job!
Thanks mate. appreciate it.
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I love that little motivational speech 21:25. Makes me wanna sell up & get out bush. Fxxk retirement!
Thanks for the honest and unabashed account of your trip! Nice to watch an overlanding piece without seeing and ad for 4wd supercenter every 10 seconds :) Keeps making those memories and ill stay tuned! Great Work!
Thanks for watching mate.
Amazing landscape, reminds me of a trip when we were supposed to take the Great Central Road to the east from Laverton. The road was closed, so we detoured across the Nullarbor Plain by highway. Somewhere east of Ceduna we took a track north passing Kingoonya. The landscape looked much like this video. Great memories !
Yes beautiful country. At least your detour was memorable!
My family and I really enjoyed your vid tonight, thanks. Perfect mix of film/still shots, music and editing. Your honest, down to earth/lack of ego approach and informative presentation is refreshing this day and age. Great viewing during lock down 👍😁
Thanks 👍
Some profound words! I let my 20s fly by waiting for someone to go on adventures with. I never found that person either. Finally taking some steps towards touching my dreams! Until then these videos will have to do! Keep up the amazing work!
Thanks mate.. and get yourself out there... we might just meet the person we're looking for out on our travels.
Been there... Camped at Goog's Lake... Was fortunate to be in the company of Aunty Sue Haseldine, (Kokatha Mulla Elder...) Amazing Country.
Thx mate... awesome vid and spirit. Was living in Cann River and Croajingalong East Gippsland then the massive bushfire and Covid. Now single alone living in Western Eyre, oz best kept secret as well as Marree, iconic region. Yes, never waste time waiting ; tis precious
Brett you've been presenting some excellent videos in the past and especially now, brilliant work you're doing mate... and a great credit to you for keeping a genuine perspective on remote travel.
Thanks mate. I certainly like to show it how it is.. too many extreme 4x4 videos showing things you just don't do when alone and in a remote location.
Kinda makes me sad, that he didnt find someone. And worried lol
This reminds me of when I traveled around Australia with my family when the kids were young. The way you pay attention to small details and take the time to really soak in your surroundings is awesome. Keep it up.
GREETINGS FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA. GREAT VIDEO. I WAS MORE OR LESS OUT THIS WAY BACK IN 1962 IN A SERIES 2 LAND ROVER WHEN THE NULLARBOUR WAS JUST A TRACK AND THERE WAS AN OLD METAL GATE SEPARATING SOUTH AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA. I TOO WAS TRAVELLING SOLO AND WAS 21 AT THE TIME. NO SATELLITE PHONES IN THOSE DAYS!!!
G'day mate. Thanks.. Would have been a wild adventure back in those days. Truly spoilt today with the technology available, and the perfect highways linking everything.
Those words were really right out of my mind
I have a dream of exploring solo and I'm very much excited to achieve that.
Thanks for inspiring my fading dream 👍
Love these videos. Something about the adventure of going solo and living on your own. The talk in the middle of the video about waiting was really powerful.
Just came across this fabulous post of yours and very enjoyable watch. Friends have recently completed this trip and loved it. I too had a mechanic (a friend actually) install 4 new shock absorbers and major service and PRE trip on my 1997 Disco back in 1999. I departed on the first leg of my trip at 0300hrs. 2 hours in on inland QLD gravel roads 3 shock absorbers had lost the mounting nuts. That required a limp into the nearest town and about 3 hours delay. Since then I check everything every time.
Sounds like you got lucky there without any damage. A great lesson. Thanks
Amazing information and videography. Beautiful landscapes amidst peaceful Nature. Thanks for sharing.
I really hate to say it, but one who grew up with the Leyland Bros. I couldn't help myself but think of their jingle after you climbed out from under the Landy after fixing the exhaust!! But you do remind me of those guys & those days. Oh to be half my age (your age) & do all this!! Thanks again for another great, honest & down to earth video. You are not really travelling alone, you take us all with you each time!! Cheers!!!
I have fond memories of the Leyland Brothers.
'Living your someday today'! Excellent video mate!
fantastic video mate ! I enjoy travelling alone too. this is inspiring
Like you, I longed to 'roam', but unlike yourself, being married with a family was the prohibitive factor for me. I simply couldn't spare the time nor money to travel tp the places I wanted to. But now, mid forties, I am preparing my vehicle and creating an itinerary. Finally, it's going to happen, the way I want it to. This is occurring much later in life than I'd hoped... my former wife and I talked about heading off on such a trip with the kids and a camper, but again, life got in the way. But, so long as I go everywhere in Australia I want to go before I die, I'll be buried with a smile on my dial.
Cheers for the inspiration to finally get out there.
See you on the tracks!
Great to hear michael. enjoy the journey!
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thanks for taking the time to put this together and share your experience.
I´m getting a Defender in about 2 weeks , and thanks too your awesome awesome videos I feel like a child on Christmas morning , can´t wait to start exploring my neck of the woods ! Love the videos !
PS : Best accent ever
haha Thanks mate. Enjoy your new Defender!
Love your videos and philosophy on life, Brett. Thanks for sharing and all the joy you bring to people. Wishing you all the very best life has to offer.
Thanks for watching Matthew.
Another great inspirational video. Thanks so much for sharing these with us. Cheers :)
Thank you for making this video, I always wanted to go on a solo trip but I didn't have a chance, but now I now how it feels to be alone faraway from every thing, thank you once again
I enjoyed this very much. Thank you for sharing.
Great work Brett - and so much more authentic than many of those commercial efforts we see on the box. Spinning wheels and product placements left, right and centre drive me mental. Your vids capture what I like about taking the deefer out on the tracks - and you've whet my appetite for another trip! Love it. Long time watcher of your vids, and now a supporter on your new patreon site (great initiative!).
Thank you Neal! I appreciate your support. Yes mainstream TV can get a little artificial. I try to keep it real. In the very early phases now of planning and preparing for the next big trip. Hopefully will produce more videos like this with a similar length. Still have plenty of other footage to edit though from 2015. Will work my way through it. Thanks again. Brett
Awesome. Loved this. Can see how much effort went into filming and editing and the result is amazing. Thanks for sharing it.
21:28 I've a drive in me now, in my 30s. To seek adventure, to explore, to create memories ... But what scares me more, than being alone, is waiting. Waiting till retirement to begin living my life. Life of adventure and exploration, I dreamed of, in my early 20s. But was too afraid. Too afraid to do it alone... Now I roam, living my somedays today.
Amazing. Living the dream my friend.
great trip, you are a legend doing that trip alone, Cheers Rolly from WA
Great production, well done! I admire your adventuring and learning about these different paths across Australia, if only vicariously.
Thanks mate.
What a great way to spend 45 minutes. You have done a grat job conveying the feeling of the outback. Please make more.
You can speed it up in Settings to 1.25, 1.5 or 2 and it takes less time to play. Not that there's anything wrong with the video but if you are pressed for time it helps.
What an awesome video! We appreciate all your hard working making this and applaud your decision to roam...don't be too lonely, you have us riding with you. ;-) Come to America sometime and I'll take you through the desert SouthWest through Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona. It's absolutely amazing!
Thanks Nigel. I'll keep your invitation in mind but first have sooo much more of Australia to explore. Currently prepping my car for the next trip.
yes come drive around the USA.
We are on our way back from overlanding Mexico and Central America. We might come up through Texas and over to Arizona if you want to show us around?
@@RoamingTheOutback I've been through that part if the USA desert Nigel mentioned. You'd love it
Awesome ... in the same place ... inspiring stuff !
Excellent work mate. Thanks for sharing
you made this way more interesting than it had any right to be. I got hooked by about 5 minutes, thanks.
Yes indeed!!! Excellent video...
One of your best Brett - congratulations.
I really like your video, thank you for sharing. It was very informative and good footage
It's like a cross between Malcolm Douglas and Les Hiddins.
Relaxing, calm and considered.
This channel along with Every Where Together is the only 2 channels I follow.
Thanks Ade. Those two legends are my film idols, so I must be on the right track.
I also follow Ray Mears :-)
Well done mate, love to see I'm not the only one who is forced to travel alone👍
Respect for what you have done and filmed solo! Thank you for sharing this! You are such an inspiration! Greetz from Holland. Go Defenders😀
Thanks for watching mate.
Well it’s 6am in the morning. Grrrrrrrrr
Fantastic video though. I really enjoyed it.
Thank you!!!
Clearly a serious amount of hours and skill went into this video, Thanks. I don't see a lot of videos from South Australia, so this was very welcomed. Thanks.
Thanks mate. Yes many many hours.
Hi Brett, really enjoyed your movie. Excellent work. Looking forward to the next one. Paul.
I like you trying to get someone to come along on my outback trips by the time I got to 30y I gave up trying to get others to go with me so I started to go outback any time I could and I can tell you I had many great trips and my be some not so great (broken 4x4ers along the way but that's part of the trip and is great to look back on along with the great story's you get) I'm in my 70's now and still outback tripping any time I can. I hope to do the Goog's track soon. I never stop and you will never stop it's a great life in the outback camping.
Great video Brett....just like a pro.....Cant wait for next year for big trip.
Great production. Lots of useful info shared. Well worth watching the whole way through.
Xx
Nice video..well shot..We have just done the track in 2 4x4s and 3 dirt bikes..loved it..
Nice one mate. The South Aussie bush has a lonely desolate feeling but it is hauntingly beautiful.
Outstanding video Brett - we can really appreciate the amount of effort you put into producing and editing this video. Thoroughly enjoyable experience - Happy Land Rovering! Warren and Colleen.
Thank you Warren and Colleen! Yes a lot of hard work in and out of the editing room but worth it. A record to look back on in my later years :-)
Thanks for the video. I never knew about this track before but have now added it to the list. Great stuff! Hope to see you on the road some day.
Excellent video Brother. Enjoying your build videos & website as well. Very well done on all!!
Extremely well done
Thank you for living my dream.
And reporting so well on them
Thanks Simon!
Excellent vid, mate. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for such a wonderful video. It made me feel free to watch all that beauty out there in Australia from here in Pasadena, California USA.... Keep up with the videos on your future travels.
bloody superb video!!! really like the words in the middle of exploration alone! hi5 from the uk! if I ever come to aus in my lifetime we will share a beer on an overland trip
Very nicely made video. Very inspirational!
You make great videos. Bring me back to old school exploration films back in the day. Superb commentary, too. I just subscribed. Keep it up.
Superb video, you seem like a really genuine bloke, I am glad you moved the tree out of the way. My defender is really similar to yours and I am planning a trip through spain and portugal this summer. It has taken me a while to get it ready for some serious miles but I have learnt a lot on the way including how to rebuild an engine and how to rebuild the axles ! Keep up the good work. James.
Thanks James. Doing it yourself is a great way to build confidence in your mechanical abilities and knowing that if something breaks you're willing to have a go and fix it. Enjoy your summer adventure!
Fantastic video mate, brave man and hats off to you. Loved the video and wish I could experience the outback.
I've been on a track near this one ( but different ) many years ago. Opens up to big sand dunes and big beautiful open white sand beaches..
beautiful spot. A time when I actually bothered to go somewhere unlike lately...😁 ( I was with some people who new the area well and had 4 wheel drives ).
Thank you for taking us back to the Googs 👍
You're welcome mate. Thanks for joining me on my journey.
Nice one - inspirational as always, along with some 4WD tips as a bonus.
Thanks mate. Glad you've got some gold out of the film. :)
I admire your courage going solo to mt finke. Great video mate!
Love what you are doing brother!! So inspiring.
Thanks mate.
Great to follow your trip very educational
Amazing country out there. It’s on my bucket list to get to Australia for some overlanding at some point. Seems like there are still some really remote and seldom travelled tracks out there. Awesome adventure my friend. Cheers!
Great video Brett.
The prickly red flowered plant at the 28:00min mark is Grevillea Treueriana which is found only on Mt Finke 👍
This video was awesome! So well produced and edited. Love what you're doing mate 👍
What a Romantic dude!! Pretty rough as well. your 20s 30s 40s 50s will come and go and will be attache with nature and adventure. Good jod Sir.
good video man love the mechanical repairs bit
lost track of how many times i've watched this. you have a unique style that never gets boring. so looking forward to some new content from you.
Thanks mate. Should be back on the road within a month.
Great adventure @any age. Love the length and quality of your filming. Well done Bret and looking forward to the next adventure.
Thanks mate. Appreciate it.
Enjoyed the video, thanks
Thanks for the effort you put into making this video. Very honest and much appreciated. We look forward to more :)
Glad you enjoyed it Bryan. Thanks.
Great stuff Brett, keep living the dream as long as you can while you have your health and youth, As Brett said, don,t wait till you retire to travel this great country.
Thanks Rob. I'm eager to hit the road again.
Great video, really well presented.
respect my friend and you are not alone
That got deep :) Great video.
Great video as usual. Considering you film this alone, it's so professional you must be in and out of the Landy 1000 times a day! Keep up the great work Bret. Happy and safe travels mate.
Thanks mate. Yes it takes a lot of work setting each shot then having to walk all the way back to get the camera. I was certainly fitter at the end of my 10 months travelling.
You made a comment that is exactly how I think... What scares you more is waiting for retirement. I'm also in my 30s and I've always had that mind set. We're not even guaranteed to make it till then so do whatever you love now!
Well Done mate.... That trip has been on my bucket list for a good number of years....
Thanks Rob. Pick a date and get it scratched off.
Around Guy Fawkes NP & Victorian High Country 1st b4 further a field in my Defender. Need to ensure that I can Trust the old girl 1st before going to the real remote areas.....
Excellently done! Enjoyed that! Never been to Australia.
Keep them coming.
Thanks!
great filming/editing and adventure Brett .. very insightful .. cheers
Real nice video, very informative and easy to watch, you're a natural presenter... Loved what you said about solo adventuring and not waiting till retirement to live your life .🤘
Excellent video and yep Googs is a bit fun with great scenery.
Thanks. Will have to return someday without the cameras to soak it all in.
Yes, that's right 6am is in the morning. Bit like ATM machine.
I was lucky and had plenty of adventures in the Army from 17.
Did a trip in a Series 2A Landrover from Darwin via Halls Creek, the Tanami and Oodnadatta tracks back to Sydney in 1983. Got the bug back then.
This is just simply awesome.
Thanks mate.
Nice video , thanks for uploading ..
Warm greetings from New York.You're brave. I'm happy you made it back home safely. Love your video.
Thank you for your time, money & labor putting it together. Appreciate it. I've subscribe.
Thanks mate! Welcome.
Awesome video mate well done 10/10 for good effort
a refreshing video. I got tired of all the fake mateship and constant marketing of products in 4wd action
Thanks for this. What a great video. Cheers.
Thanks for watching Richard.
Love your vids mate! I'm currently prepping my troopy to do exactly what you're doing.. thank you so much for your inspiration:)
Your welcome mate. enjoy your prepping!
This might be 3 years later but mate i must say you did an outstanding job on this capture and edit. Well done.
Thanks mate.