Forgotten and Almost Deserted - Some of the Poorest Towns in Australia

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  • @DrewsAdventuresGo
    @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +8

    Let me know what town you liked the most out of these 4 and what you'd like to see happen to bring these towns back to life? 🏘

    • @aidanbutcher8817
      @aidanbutcher8817 День назад +3

      What do we do to revive these joints?
      We start a business there.
      We round up all the undesirable types we don’t want around, we put them on exercise bikes and treadmills where they can generate green energy that goes to batteries we bring back to town.
      They get sold to pensioners who struggle with bills . Then when they are broken , we put a fertiliser factory up next door and these clowns that were bread originally for the baby bonus welfare come back as blood and bone that assists the roses to grow better down the local Oval.
      If they never had jobs… well we just gave them one!
      You’d have to do something by bringing water to the region though.
      Seriously though why would you live there if you only got $30k/ year? How would you go finding a partner?! These towns may be great to explore but they make Tennant Creek look like Las Vegas!
      You’d kinda want to be a hermit to be there. When you got old what about being near a hospital? I met a guy who got given a house in Andamooka as the occupants never paid the land tax and abandon it. He just basically wanted a few “hide outs “ around the joint though.

    • @Ozcrazy49
      @Ozcrazy49 День назад +3

      Govt. should revitalise these town, build houses for immigrants who should be compelled to live there for say two years minimum.
      Children should be made to engage in sports. Set up training venues for technical trades so we have extra workers for the future to build even more residences and businesses for the communities. Outlaw social media and computer games for those under 18 years of age. Bring back discipline ie a kick up the arse for any misdemeanours. Parents on drugs should be deported to Norfolk Island.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +1

      ​@aidanbutcher8817 good points there Aidan. I do wonder if they'll even exist in another 20 years or so 🤔.
      Maybe if grey nomads and Gen X retirees want a quiet life but as you and Cheryl in the video says the closest main hospital being Karoonda it'd need some upgrades to support a bigger regional population and I don't know if any governments are willing to do that much? 🤔

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +1

      ​@@Ozcrazy49 I reckon that could be done.
      Look at Biloela in Queensland and Kaniva and Nhill in Victoria which have actually been revived by immigration and similar could be done in Borrika, Halidon, Sandalwood and Mindarie 🤞🏻. Jobs wise may be difficult but maybe even make 1 of these forgotten towns into something and as the saying goes built it and they will come? Maybe 🙏🏼

    • @g_reg84
      @g_reg84 23 часа назад +4

      You should do terowie near peterborough. Ghost town and has a lot of ufo activity in the town. A lot of old buildings and history. (I grew up in Peterborough).

  • @nannerz1994
    @nannerz1994 День назад +13

    Just watched it all the way through That was a good one! I love how you appreciate places most people don't even think about

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +1

      Thank you so much Nannerz and I try to find the spots that are overlooked and hidden away and show them to the world and I appreciate your support and kind comments my friend :)

  • @Vivianblue.
    @Vivianblue. День назад +11

    Good video. Love these lil "blink and you'll miss them" towns. I'm a bit of a real estate + history nut, I can tell you from my many hours of real estate stalking that any of of these homes in these small towns pop up for sale they are snapped up real quick. Peoplr love living out in in isolation, especially when it costs less than the burbs. These places may look unappealing to many but in the past decacde or so many more folks are choosing to escape the rat race and live in places like these mallee towns.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +3

      Thank you Vivian and yes you're right there are many people who love these quieter, almost off grid towns and I'm one of them once I get to retirement age mate aha.
      Thank you for your great input here and I think your sentiments are spot on for many folks who are sick of the overly busy lifestyles of the cities and bigger areas.

  • @silvanastephan4379
    @silvanastephan4379 День назад +8

    Awesome video Drew, thanks for sharing and showing us around

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +3

      Thank you so much Silvana and I appreciate your support my friend 🤗😍

    • @aidanbutcher8817
      @aidanbutcher8817 День назад

      You make some interesting viewing for sure! I’d be scared to go out there in a conventional car though, you’d need either an SUV or 4x4.
      If you broke down I couldn’t imagine the amount of $ you would need to get mechanical help! You’d need Gold RAA assistance for sure! Some of those roads are sketchy as!
      I was surprised to see that junkies had gone there to shoot up?! Like you can actually buy drugs like that there? Looks like a good place to collect cans or scrap for recycling though!

    • @silvanastephan4379
      @silvanastephan4379 День назад

      @@aidanbutcher8817 that's one thing keeping me from exploring this awesome state more, my car. I would always be stressed about getting stuck by myself, can't afford RAA without a job. Unfortunately I've discovered evidence of junkies everywhere on my walks, I'm always surprised at some of the places they have been and left their dirty needles.

  • @Ozcrazy49
    @Ozcrazy49 День назад +3

    Well done Drew, just love these old deserted towns. Too bad they have declined and a bit sad.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад

      Thank you so much mate and that is super kind of you and I appreciate your support. I think these towns can do with some TLC but have some charm to them, undoubtedly 😀 .

  • @tonybloomfield5635
    @tonybloomfield5635 14 часов назад +3

    Really interesting video. Well done mate!
    As a Victorian it is absolutely striking to see long stretches of near perfect road surface and clean shoulders and clear road markings, even in semi remote areas. In Victoria almost all our highways have become totally neglected and riddled with potholes and/or patchy repairs.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  14 часов назад +2

      Thank you Tony and welcome to my channel mate. Yes I find the roads heading into Bendigo from Adelaide a lot like that where they sorta seem full of holes but South Australia too has some shockers especially on the Yorke Peninsula, I've noticed, myself.

  • @MAMysteryTours
    @MAMysteryTours День назад +7

    Great look around Drew. Well put together

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +1

      Thank you so much Mark and Annette and it was a nice day (even though very hot weather lol) out there to see these towns 😍

  • @phensriwood2093
    @phensriwood2093 22 часа назад +6

    Good on you using your indicators .

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  22 часа назад +2

      Thank you. I am in a habit of using them even where it's probably not quite necessary lol

  • @aurelius2277
    @aurelius2277 22 часа назад +5

    Interesting video. It reflects the drift to the cities across Australia. I am from WA and similar scenes in the old Gold Mining towns on the various Goldfields. Also same in old towns in the WA Wheatbelt.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  20 часов назад

      I think you're right there. Everyone wants and needs their services closer to where they live. Thank you for your comment mate😀

  • @LyntonSchwark
    @LyntonSchwark День назад +9

    Nice little drive around the Murray Mallee, my Grandfather had a farm property at Sandalwood in the 1920's and my father was born in Wynarka the other side of Karoonda in 1926. Must have been a hospital there and not Karoonda?

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +2

      Thank you Lynton and I did travel by Wynarka too on the way up. They have a Christmas lights display in Wynarka. I believe Cheryl was saying the hospital was at Karoonda but my own hearing was not great there sorry.
      Do you have many memories of the how the towns were before they somewhat declined?

    • @LyntonSchwark
      @LyntonSchwark День назад +2

      Hi Drew, no I don't as my Grandfather had moved to the mid north of Appila to farm before I was born in 1957. My old girlfriends father had a farm at Karoonda in the 1970's and dug Mallee roots transported and sold to stockists in Adelaide 😊

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +1

      @LyntonSchwark oh fair enough Lynton. I know Apilla as it has springs there, right? I reckon I've done a bit of a swim there. Karoonda is one of the best towns in the region of the MM. I quite like the mix of the newer silo art there and the townships quieter but not deserted vibe.
      Thank you for sharing your family story Lynton and I hope 2025 is starting well for you and your family

  • @kymzadow4174
    @kymzadow4174 18 часов назад +6

    Hardest oval in Australia , covered in flat thistle and 3 corner jack , you got up as fast as you went down

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  18 часов назад +1

      Yes you're right there. Would be a place not to fall down 😳

    • @navcenter77
      @navcenter77 17 часов назад +1

      I grew up in the town of Murray Bridge about an hours drive from Karronda and remember the Borrika oval having green grass during the Summer. It was mainly watered with water from a Bore some 200ft deep

    • @aidanbutcher8817
      @aidanbutcher8817 16 часов назад +1

      @@kymzadow4174 looks like a good place to build a Gaol on!

  • @Luke.Nugent1967
    @Luke.Nugent1967 День назад +4

    Fantastic video Drew. You will find many ghost or micro towns along the old train lines that used to supply the those towns.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +1

      Yes Luke the sad thing is the industry and infrastructure gets cut and the highways are routed elsewhere and it seems then most towns are doomed if they're in that situation hey mate. Thank you for watching and your support my friend.

  • @brushitoff503
    @brushitoff503 19 часов назад +3

    A Passing Memory.
    If walls could talk of whereof people walked, you see a time gone by as a passing fly
    Of times a past & those that last, into the sun that leaches the ground, the walls remain yet to be found..
    Enjoyed this mate, I wish I could impart my bush life knowledge unto you, but there is an old saying, you can't get there from here. Thanks for the explore.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  18 часов назад +1

      You wrote that very well my friend and I'd love to learn more of things 💯 😀

    • @brushitoff503
      @brushitoff503 17 часов назад +1

      @@DrewsAdventuresGo
      The Overview.
      I'm overheating & cold in a desert of old,
      Sunbleached & tanned from stories untold
      My foot falls softly in unbroken ground,
      the plains of life are full of my sound
      No trace is left, in the blowing sands
      just a memory that's held within my hands
      In times of old remembed by few, we walked the land in a different hew
      Life comes, life goes but one thing remains
      only the brave shall walk astray..

  • @BigBird2202
    @BigBird2202 День назад +2

    Great video Drew thank for your time in making it

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад

      Thank you so much mate and I really appreciate your support in watching and it's a fascinating set of towns out there 💯

  • @Ghastly10
    @Ghastly10 День назад +5

    Awesome video thank you for showing area's of South Australia I have not seen. Some of which I have not been passed in a long time, it is sad to see towns like this slowly fade. I reckon you could film a post apocalyptic movie in some of those areas.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +2

      Thank you so much for your support Ghastly and you are right these towns are a mere 2 - 2.5 hours from Adelaide yet often overlooked and we don't hear of them sadly hence they have become socio-economically struggle towns it seems hey 😢

    • @Ghastly10
      @Ghastly10 День назад +1

      @@DrewsAdventuresGo No worries was a very cool video. Yeah being what would been farming towns, when the government closed the rail lines down it would of made life hard for the farming families out there. Used to go past that area many years ago when going to Renmark for holidays back in the 70's, then later on going via Karoonda on the way to Mildura.
      Not sure what Karoonda looks like now but back in the 80's it was a small town, I think the only reason that it is still there and gotten bigger is location and is a main arterial road from Tailem Bend to Mildura, Ouyen and other towns in that part of Victoria.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +1

      @Ghastly10 Yes Karoonda isn't too bad and probably the biggest town close to these little towns 😍

  • @nathanhallisey441
    @nathanhallisey441 21 час назад +2

    Just watched the whole video, great work.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  20 часов назад

      Thank you Nathan and welcome to my channel mate 😀

  • @AbandonedAngel
    @AbandonedAngel День назад +4

    What an incredible adventure Drew 👌🏾

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +1

      Thank you so much Angel. I think you probably have some towns like this not far from Sydney too? 😍

    • @AbandonedAngel
      @AbandonedAngel День назад +1

      @DrewsAdventuresGo we do have a few towns up this way - that are very similar - an old mining town - Hill End springs to mind 😀

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +2

      Oh nice maybe you can go there Angel and see it. Sounds like a very curious place my friend 😍

  • @TorquilBletchleySmythe
    @TorquilBletchleySmythe 19 часов назад +2

    The wierd roofing you saw at the post office is a large cottage and a smaller, lower one joined by beams from roof top to roof top and a facade and roofing iron put in place to make a larger building with an attic for storage.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  19 часов назад +1

      Thank you for answering that Torquil. I did wonder how it was structured but that does make sense and I appreciate your help and thanks for watching and welcome to my channel 😀

  • @richardwolski5899
    @richardwolski5899 День назад +2

    Just watched yr vid fantastic me and my wife love this stuff.have subscribed...😊

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад

      Thank you so much Richard and your wife and welcome on board. I've got a lot more to come this year and hope you'll enjoy more of my videos to come and Happy New Year 2025 😀

  • @fishingrod001
    @fishingrod001 11 часов назад +2

    Top job! :) Would have liked to see the remains of railway infrastructure in each.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  33 минуты назад +1

      Thank you mate and actually I have a great friend Mike who has a channel covering the railway history side of things not just here but in many other parts of SA and interstate.
      If you look up @outdoorstype he should come up 🤞🏻😊. Thank you for watching mate

  • @brunfree
    @brunfree День назад +2

    This was brilliant to watch, really enjoyed the style of your videos. Learned a lot of info. I would say Halidon had me itching to detect as did all of them. Please do more of these style vids. I have many old street directory books, I’ll look thru’ them for street mapping. Really interesting and thanks for this one Drew..❤❤❤❤loved this one

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +1

      Thank you so much Brun and same here. Maybe we could go up together and try a detect around the road edges hey. I reckon there's a lot of history hiding in the region 😍

    • @brunfree
      @brunfree День назад +1

      @ we really should do that

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +2

      @@brunfree I'm keen 💯

  • @PeterMcginley77985621
    @PeterMcginley77985621 День назад +2

    hey drew nice exploration of the out back of SA hope alls well mate.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +1

      Thank you Peter and I appreciate you watching the video and your support and I'm not too bad here. I hope you are keeping well?

    • @PeterMcginley77985621
      @PeterMcginley77985621 11 часов назад

      @@DrewsAdventuresGo hey drew im still going through health issues mate but taking each day as they come, but i never stop watching my favourite videos from who i subscribe to and there channel its always a pleasure to see your content when you put them up mate just keeping up and catching up on what i miss the most of cheers my friend.

  • @exploringsydneyandbeyond9059
    @exploringsydneyandbeyond9059 16 часов назад +1

    So sad these towns a dying . Great video Drew .

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  16 часов назад +1

      Thank you so much my friend and it sure is. They're in some need of TLC 😪

  • @kathdunstall8977
    @kathdunstall8977 День назад +2

    Our family used to live in the green house at Halidon . About 45 years ago.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад

      Oh awesome Kath. I bet you have many fond memories of it. It seems sadly abandoned and as you saw it has a lot of strange stuff out the back entrance, at least 😕. Please feel free to share your memories and thank you for your comment

  • @aussietracey1
    @aussietracey1 3 часа назад +1

    you could also check out kulkami and mararma not far from karoonda

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  26 минут назад

      Thank you Tracey and I will be trying to explore more of these micro towns 🤞🏻😊 and welcome to my channel too

  • @marty-fh1rw
    @marty-fh1rw 11 часов назад +1

    Interesting. I was trying to make out the towers. TV Antennas?

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  27 минут назад +1

      Thanks Marty and yes I think if you mean the towers in the properties themselves then those are TV reception towers 😀

  • @malleeboy300rider7
    @malleeboy300rider7 5 часов назад +1

    I believe the local farms which surround these little towns are experiencing drought conditions and this is reflected by the drop in incomes for that postcode area. ..not uncommon for farmers to have to dip into savings or credit during years of no or little return

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  6 минут назад

      So true Mallee Boy. We are a land of droughts and flooding rains. I heard once (not sure if it is true) we tend to have 6-7 year cycles of these weather patterns?

  • @philipreiffel5077
    @philipreiffel5077 23 часа назад +3

    Do really love mallee country!

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  23 часа назад

      Same mate. There's something quite beautiful about it up there 💯

  • @allandoyle3555
    @allandoyle3555 День назад +3

    Does anyone know what happens to abandoned houses in Australia..can you buy them..and how...or do they just sit and rot...thanks for this video mate..you have a new subscriber here..

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +1

      Welcome Allan and I appreciate your support. I do wonder the same. I know in the US they often have liens against them ie back pay of land and rates and other taxes has to be made for anyone who wants to buy them. I don't know if Australia does the same or how that process works and maybe I should do a video of the process 🤔
      If I had the money I would love to buy a couple of them and restore them into liveable places 🙏🏼

    • @allandoyle3555
      @allandoyle3555 День назад +1

      @DrewsAdventuresGo a video would be great....google seems to have so many different answers..and I'm sure that all states would be different as well

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +2

      @allandoyle3555 thank you Allan and I reckon I'll try investigate it and see what I can do 🤞🏻

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  17 часов назад

      Good idea mate. Ill try investigating it and find out 🤞🏻

    • @GR19611
      @GR19611 17 часов назад +1

      I travel past many times a year but never stop.There are sometimes buildings for sale at very reasonable prices in these areas on the condition that they are restored. Check with council.

  • @dannieduplessis2432
    @dannieduplessis2432 23 часа назад +1

    Very good.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  23 часа назад

      Thank you Dannie and appreciate your comment mate 😀

  • @allthatfluffnstuffQLDaustralia
    @allthatfluffnstuffQLDaustralia День назад +1

    Aww mate ❤ I’m here on the replay 👋

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад

      Thank you Fluff so much 😍. I think you'll get a huge insight into South Australia's dryness compared to Queensland with this video mate 🤗

    • @allthatfluffnstuffQLDaustralia
      @allthatfluffnstuffQLDaustralia День назад +2

      @ yeah mate I am and I don’t think I would really like to live in any of the places you’ve filmed 😂
      I feel like I can never say I am poverty ever again 😮
      I definitely am rich in life xo
      The research you did on the statistics on each place was absolutely brilliant. I love it when content creators step it up and you certainly did mate.
      Well, done to you xox I can see this video go viral as it rightfully should 👏 👏 👏

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +2

      Thank you so much Fluff and you're right on there regarding how rich we actually are.
      I have a few more of these to come so I'll hopefully get to them soon and be able to share more stories from these forgotten places hey mate

  • @gardnep
    @gardnep 19 часов назад +1

    Does halidon have an annual picnic race day? A few villages and areas have races and people come from everywhere. The site looked well developed. The bulletin cases just indicate someone was doing target practice, nothing dodgy about shooting targets, hundreds of people do it every week.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  18 часов назад

      I reckon they do Gardnep. According to Country Racing SA they have various events over the calendar year and celebrated their 100th anniversary in 2016. Thank you for your comment and I wasn't sure if they were casings or something else worse 😅

    • @malleeboy300rider7
      @malleeboy300rider7 11 часов назад

      @@DrewsAdventuresGo The Mindarie- Halidon yearly races are a hugely popular event that that is well patronised by people from all over SA, but mainly from the Riverland area.

  • @billspooner3792
    @billspooner3792 День назад +3

    I got to go for a drive an see these old towns since I live in south Australia, I want to live in a icalaton town where there no one around an restore a house that's my dream.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад

      Definitely got to get out there Bill and see more of our country. We have so much that's not on the mainstream maps and I reckon these towns have potential 💯 . Thank you mate 😀

  • @mnj640
    @mnj640 День назад +6

    If there are permanent residents probably pensioners. Cheaper housing the further you go. There's more places like these than you think.

    • @aidanbutcher8817
      @aidanbutcher8817 День назад +1

      A couple things you don’t see there are Petrol stations on every corner and box like houses going up there.
      You wouldn’t smell people in Sandalwood that actually smell like Sandalwood and say “Bout bout bouty boot”. When they speak.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад

      Yes the main demographic is older folks mate. I think you're right re housing costs and probably hundreds like these across the country. Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts my friend :)

  • @SEEYAIAYE
    @SEEYAIAYE 19 часов назад +1

    Pretty cool walkthrough of some forgotten towns, I don't think anything will bring these back sadly, too isolated and remote for most people and 0 jobs

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  19 часов назад

      Yes you're probably right. Unless some folks seriously make a big move out there and invest in it then it'll probably never improve 🤷

    • @BenState
      @BenState 19 часов назад +1

      @@DrewsAdventuresGo It wont be an investment unless it makes money. It would be charity.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  19 часов назад +1

      That is true sadly

  • @sachabinky2915
    @sachabinky2915 17 часов назад +1

    Nice Grape vines at 7.30

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  16 часов назад

      Definitely they were one of the greener plants out there mate 😀

  • @CamperKev
    @CamperKev 19 часов назад +1

    Some of those towns feel a little spooky during daylight hours, so I can't imagine how they feel at night. I find them intriguing however and that's what attracts me to your channel. That was a very interesting video. After researching Sandalwood, I quickly found a very disturbing event that took place there. If I add the link to this comment, RUclips will probably delete my comment, so I'll send the link through on a separate comment and see what happens. Otherwise Google, "Murder at Sandalwood" and the story should pop up on a 2013 ABC news story.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  18 часов назад +1

      I'll check that our Kev and thank you for letting me know of that story. I'll Google it up and see what I can find out.
      Thank you for watching and sharing your comments mate and welcome to my channel 😀

    • @CamperKev
      @CamperKev 18 часов назад +1

      @@DrewsAdventuresGo Thanks Drew and for the record, Google did delete the link that I sent through. However you should have no problem finding the story.

  • @AlexCimmaronBS
    @AlexCimmaronBS 19 часов назад +1

    Subscribed

  • @ashleyhubbard8854
    @ashleyhubbard8854 19 часов назад +1

    I grew up in a small town in the early 1960s. If you removed the cars from these towns, you wouldn't notice any differences than 1962. They still look basically the same.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  19 часов назад

      I reckon it'd be good to see a street photo comparison and I think you'd be spot on 💯. Thank you for your comment and welcome to my channel mate 😀

  • @g_reg84
    @g_reg84 22 часа назад +1

    Kyle and I have driven past these towns a few times but never stopped as kyle is always in too much of a rush rush rush lol

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  22 часа назад +1

      Aha bless Kyle. They're very curious so next time you go down there check them out Greg 💯

  • @philipreiffel5077
    @philipreiffel5077 23 часа назад +1

    Been through those towns a few hundred times, it was good to drop into the wanbi hotel for a couple of beers, unfortunately it closed for good, I like the old style pubs, oh well.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  23 часа назад

      I need to go up to Wanbi. I have seen the pub on the street view but unlike you never got there to have a drink. Thank you for your comment Philip 😀

  • @lightbridge1695
    @lightbridge1695 21 час назад +1

    I think you'll find owning a house outright in the outback is easier than living up to your eyeballs in debt in the suburbs or cities.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  20 часов назад +1

      That is true. The cost of properties is probably the best aspect out there. Just need some services to go with it 😀

  • @chuckmaddison2924
    @chuckmaddison2924 17 часов назад +1

    This looks beautiful, compared to the " Turd town" videos of UK.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  16 часов назад

      Yeah I guess so. It's all comparative but in different ways. Thank you for your comment mate 😀

  • @saxonost7
    @saxonost7 16 часов назад +1

    You seem uncomfortable with the quiet?

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  16 часов назад +1

      Not really Saxon but I do think some "life" is a good thing. I'd say I'm an introverted extrovert in most of my daily life 😃

  • @MISSODETTESWANN
    @MISSODETTESWANN 11 часов назад +2

    This is what happens when people are broken due to high taxes cost of living and govt not maintaining infalstructure. No laughting matter.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  30 минут назад

      The governments of all persuasions and levels have long forgotten so many people, sadly Oddette. I hope these towns can survive and maybe even thrive, again 🤞🏻

  • @malleeboy300rider7
    @malleeboy300rider7 18 часов назад +1

    Correct pronunciation by locals is Borr-ick-A,

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  17 часов назад

      Thank you for that correction mate and I wondered about Wanbi too?

    • @malleeboy300rider7
      @malleeboy300rider7 11 часов назад +1

      @@DrewsAdventuresGoNo worries, glad to help, A lot of people struggle with that on to, calling WAnbI, when it is actually WonBEE. Note most of these little towns degradation has been very gradual, starting with the cessation of Rail services, the changeover to automatic telephone exchanges which no longer saw the owners of the shops having that sideline income to make the shops viable as well as them having the Post Offices in the shops as well. Add to this the decline in the farming population due to the increasing acreages needed to make it sustainable,and the closing down of the underutilised schools (East Murray and Browns Well) . As I said, a very slow but happening process

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  4 минуты назад

      Thank you mate for clarifying that. I'll try cover some more of these smaller towns soon 🤞🏻

  • @dantunno9264
    @dantunno9264 День назад +1

    Yep one of your better ones

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад

      Cheers Dan. I hope some of my older content is alright too aha 🤞🏻

    • @dantunno9264
      @dantunno9264 День назад +1

      @ older content is good too. There’s a few of you guys out there doing similar content in SA. This was a bit more unique, well at least I haven’t seen a lot of it from the others. Yeah nah this was clever stuff

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +1

      @dantunno9264 thank you mate yes you're right doing something unique is a good think Dan. I appreciate your support mate 😀

  • @ISRAELITE.ZEBULUN
    @ISRAELITE.ZEBULUN 21 час назад +2

    I THINK @ 25.41 IT INDICATES IT WAS A OLD COVID SAFE YOUR LIFE BEST MEDICINE CENTER

  • @robertplatte5700
    @robertplatte5700 День назад +1

    good on you brother be plenty of localities like these places around Oz plenty of room for immigrants

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад

      Definitely Robert we could see a program like the one in Nhill and Kaniva and Biloela where people can come and establish themselves in Australia and revitalise the towns 🤞🏻

  • @colinl9018
    @colinl9018 19 часов назад +2

    It put the kids to sleep at least............................................................

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  19 часов назад +2

      Cheers Colin and glad it helped and thank you for the comment 😀

    • @ChristineMeyer-hs9rg
      @ChristineMeyer-hs9rg 16 часов назад +2

      Grandma is relaxing to it too. 😴

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  16 часов назад

      @@ChristineMeyer-hs9rg excellent Christine 😀 and thank you

  • @TheTimeDetective42
    @TheTimeDetective42 День назад +1

    More like 'hamlets'. Except for the streets and front fences, they look almost like aboriginal settlements.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад

      They really are hidden and micro indeed, mate. I appreciate your comment and maybe I need to get permission to see a settlement like you mention.

    • @patriciapitt4228
      @patriciapitt4228 21 час назад +1

      Take a trip to Alice Springs but be very careful and thanks very much for the drive through great work 😊​@@DrewsAdventuresGo

  • @helennicholson9530slim
    @helennicholson9530slim 21 час назад +1

    Been through that area bd cattle truck midel night never have time stop look about their history out therre

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  20 часов назад

      Definitely do it Helen. There's a lot of history out there and just needs to be uncovered 😀. Thank you for watching and your comment mate.

  • @Colin1342
    @Colin1342 2 часа назад +1

    I think it’s bad manners to look around these towns. Some people still live there. These are their homes. And home is home no matter where you live.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  28 минут назад

      I understand where you're coming from Colin but I also think it's important to give some light and publicity to the fact these places are needing some TLC. Thank you for your comment mate 😀

  • @selwynlawton7939
    @selwynlawton7939 18 часов назад +2

    no Jobs so no residents, makes sense!!!

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  17 часов назад +1

      Yes once economic decline sets in it's quite hard to come back from I think, unfortunately 😕

  • @realfamilyman
    @realfamilyman 19 часов назад +2

    "$30,000... not sure what job people would be doing..."
    None. That's about $1150 a fortnight which is a Centrelink pension.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  19 часов назад

      Yes you're right or some part time farm labour work perhaps but not a lot of options elsewhere, there

  • @geoffmccoll4640
    @geoffmccoll4640 День назад +3

    If we had spent so much in Afghanistan during the past, how much "you buet bullshit" should we Australians had created?

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад

      Yeah that is an interesting conundrum Geoff. I wonder 🤔

  • @Nookdashiddole
    @Nookdashiddole 16 часов назад +1

    The pitch is concrete😂 I've been to a few grounds lie that

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  16 часов назад

      I'm guessing that they're unforgiving? I never got into cricket too much I'll admit 😅 . Thank you for your comment mate

  • @shaunllewellyn6058
    @shaunllewellyn6058 День назад +3

    Only 30% of Australia is habitable

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +4

      Indeed Shaun once we leave our big coastal cities it seems to be near impossible to make human life comfortable given our natural landscape. Great point and thank you 😀

    • @shaunllewellyn6058
      @shaunllewellyn6058 День назад

      @DrewsAdventuresGo the government won't build dams.

  • @geoffmccoll4640
    @geoffmccoll4640 День назад +1

    Um, Maybe Australia should locate our nuclear powered submarines there In 2042?

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +1

      Geoff you never know 😂 . Governments have done some stranger stuff in the past I'm sure

    • @gardnep
      @gardnep 19 часов назад +1

      Cheaper than the nuclear power station and probably just as functional.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  19 часов назад

      @@gardnep more than likely. Everything seems to be super expensive and slow in Australia to be built

  • @geoffmccoll4640
    @geoffmccoll4640 День назад +1

    This part of SA looks like Afhganistan?

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  День назад +1

      It's definitely seen better days, unfortunately, Geoff. I wonder if anyone even notices these towns much and especially from a local or state government perspective. Sadly it seems not in many cases 🤔

    • @BenState
      @BenState 19 часов назад +1

      Clearly you've never been.

  • @KnightsblooD.Of.thE.RedcrosS
    @KnightsblooD.Of.thE.RedcrosS 15 часов назад +2

    just really show's how bad this goverment can spend million's on helping other poor cuntry's with aid yet cant even spend 1 buck to help out a aussie town from dying.

    • @DrewsAdventuresGo
      @DrewsAdventuresGo  14 часов назад

      It is very sad 😔. We can surely do both or at least give fair resources to the folks here in these forgotten towns