Driver's Eye View Plus - Savannahlander - Part 6 - With Commentary - Almaden to Dimbulah
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2024
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Note - A version of this trip filmed using a camera mounted on the outside of the cab front window without commentary will be available shortly.
Almaden takes its name from Almaden in Spain's Cuidad Real province. It is located on the Mareeba to Chillagoe railway line at its junction with the Etheridge line to Forsayth. The remains of the once extensive sidings and the long Island platform indicate that this was once an important location on the Tablelands railways.
Our train stopped for an hour, giving passengers time to wander over to the Railway Hotel for something to eat and drink, after which there was still time to visit the station museum and take photographs of the station with its substantial water tower.
With departure time approaching passengers returned to their seats and our drivers/guides checked we were all aboard as the diesel engines were started ready for the next leg of our journey to Dimbulah. The scenery on this part of our journey was more varied than that experienced on the Etheridge line as we had three ranges to cross before the landscape became less barren as we entered the fertile plains irrigated by Mareeba-Dimbulah irrigation scheme taking water from the Tinaroo Dam. Our guides explained how the area had once been home to tobacco plantations that began to struggle as smoking went out of fashion when the health issues related to smoking became better known, some of the farmers used government subsidies to switch to growing limes, avocados, grapes, mangoes and coffee, to name just a few of the alternative crops they turned to.
The township of Dimbulah (aboriginal word meaning “long waterhole”) grew in significance with the coming of the railway as it became a locomotive servicing point for trains to Mareeba and Chillagoe, it was the gateway to the Hodgkinson Goldfield, also contributing to the towns importance was the Wolfram tungsten mine and the Mount Mulligan coal mine.
Our train drew into the tiny platform at Dimbulah where the “Dimbulah Historical Society” put on refreshments for passengers, there was also a small museum and shop selling books about the railways and surrounding area.
For information about the Tablelands railway - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablela...
To learn more about Dimbula, please click on either of these links - www.mbahistsoc.org.au/locatio... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimbula...
To learn more about the “Savannahlander” or to book your own outback adventure, please click on this link - savannahlander.com.au/
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Music - Track - Composer - Source
00:00 & 02:18:47 - ES_Hiding Shadows - Josef Falkenskold - epidemicsound.com
This trip was filmed -20.10.2023
Track Gauge - 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
To see the first 4 Parts of this trip, please click on any of the links below -
Driver's Eye View (Australia) Plus - Savannahlander - Part 2 - With Commentary - Forsayth to Cafe Bloodwood - • Driver's Eye View Plus...
Driver's Eye View (Australia) Plus - Savannahlander - Part 3 - With Commentary - Cafe Bloodwood to Einasleigh - • Driver's Eye View Plus...
Driver's Eye View (Australia) Plus - Savannahlander - Part 4 - With Commentary - Einasleigh to Mount Surprise - • Driver's Eye View Plus...
Driver's Eye View (Australia) Plus - Savannahlander - Part 5 - With Commentary - Mount Surprise to Almaden - • Driver's Eye View (Plu...
Third one of these Aussie train videos, I watched and very beautiful flat landscape, rocks, scrub brush’s and red dirt.
Hi, it's nice to know you are enjoying this series of videos covering a railway I knew almost nothing about. The whole area is fascinating, it rarely features on TV, it's nice to discover new places and landscapes. The scenery changes dramatically in the last two episodes as the railway enters the tropical rain forest before leaving the plateau to drop down to the coast.
Very enjoyable ride along filled with tidbits of very interesting Aussie history of how and why this area became how it is in this point in time.
Hello, I'm pleased you enjoyed the ride. The commentary from the drivers was interesting, explaining why the railway was built and the purpose it serves today. “Will” one of the drivers was a zoo keeper before he became a Savannlander driver, his love of wildlife came over in his commentary making it all the more interesting to listen to.
I like these long videos 👍🏻
Very entertaining! Thanks.
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
Thank you for the sixth part. Beautiful day and generally the same type of vegetation appears, with a little surprise at 28mn. But there are some changes. Hills approach the track, roads with perfect pavement.cross us, animals are seen (1.23.25), a wreck of a double-decker bus also, as well as fields of cultivation. But it is civilization that returns.
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it. I'm glad the driver stopped before our train before we hit the rock at 28:05 If only that bus could talk, I bet it led an interesting life, when its public transport days were over, it was probably used as an oversize camper van before finally becoming a summer house. The scenery at the end of the video was very different from that at the beginning.
Love this channel to bits. It’s been a wonderful companion all these years.
Hello, I really appreciate your kind comment, it means a lot to me 😊.
Thank you, Tim. I reckon this by far the best part of your series (in Qld) to date: including the commentary - especially the commentary. From rocks on the ‘road’ to a disertaion on farming dynamics in the tablelands, via the possibility of various visitors who may have made the journey. Interesting and dynamic.
Thanks again for these glimpses of marginal places in excessive heat and the ‘can do’ attitude of the incomers who moved from tobacco to limes etc..
Hello Peter, this leg of our journey contains the most varied scenery and I agree also the most interesting commentary so far. It's nice to know a little about the history of the places the train passes through, all the old mining towns, the long gone logging industry, replaced by tobacco farming, which in turn was replaced with fruit farming. If ever I get the opportunity, I'd love to go back to the little museums, there is one in most towns, run by various historical societies, the photographs of how it used to be are fascinating and the odd thing is when I look at the dates, many were taken during my lifetime and it is then that I realise that some of my school mates who emigrated to Oz as £10 poms might well have ended up in these places. I will make a video or two covering the non railway aspects of this journey. Australia is a fascinating country.
I thoroughly enjoyed the cab view ride from the comfort of my home in Ontario, Canada. However, I am sure the "real thing" is infinitely better. Thanks for the ride.
Hi, I'm glad you enjoyed the ride and "Yes" you are right, no video can match the real thing, it was much more than just a train ride, one of my best ever adventures and the other passengers along with the crew were great fun to travel with.
great journey thanks for sharing ;-)
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
Good video and cab view. 👍
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it 😊.
Hello super video
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊.
Thank you for this beautiful journey. It is very scenic . All the information also accounts to this special trip. You mentioned of the Bushnen created way to eat Cycads. I am from South Africa. Were they related to our Bushnen tribes? Interesting to know.
Hi Gideon, I'm glad you enjoyed the ride. The question about the aborigine bushmen is one I didn't know the answer to, so I looked it up on the internet where I found this article that suggests there is a link between the original nations of South Africa and Australia - www.britannica.com/topic/Australian-Aboriginal
Aunque estas jornadas pueden llamarse " viajes a través de la nada " y donde cada kilometro es igual al interior, el paisaje tiene cierta belleza surrealista y los comentarios son divertidos. Buen video con la calidad de Tims.
Es agradable visitar lugares que no se parecen a ningún otro lugar en el que haya estado y ver la amable vida salvaje que normalmente tendría que visitar en un zoológico, como canguros, ualabíes y pájaros de colores brillantes. Las sierras no se parecen en nada a las montañas europeas, me encantaría volver al final de la temporada de lluvias al paisaje cuando está verde.
Esperamos eso.@@Timsvideochannel1
Hi Tim, Most Australians would not know this rail line & tourist train existed most Aussies travel overseas to holiday before seeing there backyard first, I'm really enjoying this beautiful journey thank you for showcasing it to Australians & people though out the world, Every mile that clicks by the scenery changes, Gee Petford is a quite place and i bet it would be hard to buy a cold beer🍺 there cheers Bob. PS Are you coming on down this year for another visit.🦐🥩🦪🦘
Hello Robert, I visit my cousin in Brisbane and he and his wife are only aware of these places through my videos. They travel a lot, visiting the UK and Europe when visiting family back home, they also love Tasmania and regularly visit Port Douglas for canoeing holidays. I have seen more of New Zealand and Australia than 90% of the people who live there. Here on the South Coast of the UK most people regard North of the River Thames as another planet, a place they have no interest in visiting because it is sometimes wet and cold, yet they take holidays all over the world, they don't know what they are missing, the North of England, Wales and Scotland are some of the most scenic places in the world. I would not have known about the wonderful railway journeys of Queensland had I not sat on Roma Street station in Brisbane, one of the few places I've seen these wonderful railway journeys advertised. Most of Australia is a mystery to people in the UK, sure we have TV programs such as "Wanted Down Under", but all you get to see is sunny beaches and housing estates, some of Australia's most iconic trains are featured occasionally, but it's always the same very expensive train rides such as the Ghan or the Indian Pacific.
The Savannalander is so much more than a train ride, it's living history, where else is it possible to learn so much about Queensland, it's mines, it's wildlife, the Lava Tubes and the river gorges. I was trying to book my next trip to Oz yesterday, but I hit a problem, one of the railways I was planning to visit "the Wilderness Railway" on Tasmania is carrying out maintenance work to its tracks. I will wait until it is fully up and running before booking anything.
Most of the passengers on the Savanalander and the Gulflander were Australian, many of them having done the trip more than once. I would like to think that a few people who might not have even known about these trains without watching these videos will be inspired to make enquiries and hopefully book their own trip, because that will help to ensure the long term future of these railways and the prosperity tourists bring to towns served by the Savannahlander and the Gulflander. Time for beer, All the best from a wet and windy UK.
I love the commentary it breaks up the scenery
The commentary certainly adds to the trip and the Australian humour makes me smile
Thank you for this stunning video. Their long, and being I’m affected with ALS, sometimes it takes a few views to watch it from beginning to end. In a wheelchair for the future, these help me fill in this gap of my likes. Appreciate you labour in these, and see you on the next. Cheers Tim!!❤😮
Hello Martin, I'm really pleased you enjoy these longer videos. I was saddened to read that you are affected by ALS and I can appreciate the importance of RUclips and other social media in providing a means of of staying in touch with the world, my mother is in her 90's and getting out and about is becoming increasingly difficult for her, she loves being able to stay in touch with friends, family and the world in general through social media, as a result she knows more about what is going on in their lives and the world than I do.
Before RUclips the only cab ride videos available were the excellent Video 125 videos, now with RUclips we are spoiled for choice, I enjoy watching cab ride videos posted by other creators as much as I enjoy creating my own. My hobby gives me a reason to visit parts of the world I might never have otherwise seen. These videos do take up most of my spare time and kind comments such as yours help to make the experience an enjoyable one. Cheers and I look forward to sharing more of my travels with you in future videos😊Best wishes. Tim.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Thank you Tim, for the gracious comment. When you see your mother, tell her I will pray for her. Cheers Tim, and see you on the next!
@@martinmarsola6477 I'll let my Mum know, see you soon.
Thanks for taking me along wish i could have been on the train
@@user-mm9dw8nh4c Thankyou, I'm pleased you enjoyed the ride 😊😊.
Kalo perjalanan malam pasti serem tapi seru kayaknya...
Sepengetahuan saya, tidak ada layanan malam di kereta ini. Menaiki kereta ini adalah pengalaman yang luar biasa.
Hi Tim! At min. 28:10, not a good idea to derail here👻. Best regards from Hans and Cheers 🍻🇦🇹
Both driver's were keeping a good look out on this section of track, it was fortunate that they spotted the rocks on the line.
Tremendous, mammoth effort . . .this series of videos. Very well done.
I find the commentary illuminating, particularly this one. I find it very interesting how other people live and deal with their environment.
This is so much more engaging than the usual paroqhial fare dished-out ad-nauseum on UK TV,
Its a big country . . . . with a near moonscape environment in this part of Queensland. . . . with only a thin coastal fringe being usefully "Habitable" . . . . one wonders how this bit of Australia might be transformed by pumped desalinated sea water courtesy of a few acres of solar cells . . .space and sunshine being plentiful.
Hello Nicholas, this series is taking up all of my spare time, but it is an enjoyable way to re-live a wonderful experience. Travel has taught me a lot about other people and also their perception of my home country (England). I no longer trust mainstream TV to tell it how it is, especially when it comes to India where the British are loved and well respected, contrary to what some TV stations would have you believe. They have a wonderful make do and mend mindset in the Australian Outback, they don't really have a choice and in New Zealand they have a saying - "give a man a length of No.8 wire and he has a complete toolbox in his hand". There are some awesome RUclips creators who just point a camera without any kind of political bias, they just show it as it is, such as this young lady, I really admire her for what she does - www.youtube.com/@littlechineseeverywhere Most Australians live in the big cities or along the coastal strip where the standard of living is generally pretty good. There is plenty of water under the tablelands, a good deal of it is flooded for a couple of months a year, but the level of the water table is critical as is mentioned in one of the videos. Windmills are used to pump water up from the artesian wells to water the cattle, but this affects the water table which in turn causes rivers that once ran 365 days a year to dry up with devastating consequences for everything that lives in or drinks from the river. Queensland has huge open cast coal mines, especially around Emerald on the line out to Longreach, if you are interested type "Emerald" into Google Earth, then follow the branch lines off the main line to the coast to see the extent of the open cast coal mines. Along the coast there is sugar cane, cattle, all kinds of fruit and veg as well as cotton a little inland. Australia has more natural resources than anywhere else that I'm aware off. Travel is the best form of education, employers should look out for people who have travelled, because they know stuff that can't be learned at university, they are capable and they have learned how to communicate. I didn't see the sun harvested much in Australia, just a few windmills. Take care. Tim.
Dimbulah - If this is the same place I'm thinking of, sometimes it's spelled "Dimboolah". There was a comical story written about the place and also, I believe, a comedy movie based on that story that had Chad "Sheik Of Scrubby Creek" Morgan in the cast.
Hi Neil, I did find a reference to "Dimboolah" and Chad Morgan in the same articles on the internet. Please click on the links to see them - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Morgan ruclips.net/video/kvnHbJ9qC20/видео.html I'm not sure that "Dimboolah" and "Dimbulah" are the same place, because there would appear to be a "Dimboolah" in Victoria. Chad Morgan was certainly an unusual character
@@Timsvideochannel1 Well, I was way out in assuming Dimbulah and Dimboola were the same town, they're way distant from each other! New South Wales stuck in between them!
Chad Morgan is mainly known in Australia and probably New Zealand(one single). He had one British single but it was an export edition. In Australia he had 32 singles and EPs to his credit from 1958 and 6 78rpm releases, the first 4 on Regal-Zonophone and the remaining two on Columbia, those being also issued on 45rpm. The 78s were Australia-only issues.
@@neilforbes416 I listened to a couple of his songs, he had a different way of doing things, that's for sure.
@@Timsvideochannel1 He most certainly did!
@@neilforbes416 Regal-Zonophone Well Hello Yellow Stone and Voice and Mary Hopkin was also on the label also after she left apple 1972 was her last single release then she retired after that.
Wonder what the land looks like after a good rain?
Driver's Will and Hamish described the route as looking awesome with the iridescent green foliage completely changing the look of the landscape, in fact they made it sound so nice, that I’m likely to return to see it for myself, it must be wonderful to see all the rivers flowing. You can see photographs posted on their Facebook page - facebook.com/Savannahlander/?locale=en_GB
Witam. Troszkę mnie zaciekawiło czym was poczęstowano na końcowej stacji. Czy to było piwo i coś , czy jakiś rozległy posiłek bez piwa? Pozdrawiam i dziękuję.😀
Podano nam niedźwiedzia, herbatę, kawę, wędliny, sery i chleb, dokładnie to, czego potrzebowaliśmy w bardzo upalny dzień.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Witaj. to ciekawa odpowiedź, cieszę się, że zapytałam.😀
1:03:00 Did he say" barbecued koala"? Just how much could he bear? LOL😁
It's good to see that you are on form today Neil. LOL 😅.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Aaaaaah, yep! LOL😄
@@Timsvideochannel1 Geez Tim Neil's back i have missed his dry humour.🤣😂😅😁
@@robertcoleman4861 They threw the mold away after they made Neil 😵💫🥴😉😊
@neilforbes416 your'e having a dry humour moment according to robertcoleman861 its time to break the drought 😀
Was there cell phone reception on the trip?
It was a bit hit and miss, more miss than hit.
Manoel da silva dá q Recife pe Brasil
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28:41 Methinks Hamish might be getting "stoned"! Hmmmmmm..... It may have been rather "boulder" me to make that remark! Just take it for "granite"!😁
Aarrgh, whatever you do, don't give up the day job 🥴.
@@Timsvideochannel1 LOL
@@neilforbes416 must be solid as a rock
I’m 5 minutes into watching this. Does that man talk the entire time?
"Yes he does", if you want to know about the area this train passes though, I recommend listening to what he says, on the other hand it you read the video description you would have seen that a version without commentary will be available within a week or so. I hope this helps.
I'm guessing he does . I got to 8 minutes than decided to activate my ejector-seat.
I know the King's English isn't spoken there, but a seemingly endless onslaught of uptalked vernacular is cruel and unusual punishment. 😩😫
@@Timsvideochannel1 I absolutely want to hear what he says, but will wait until I’m having my morning coffee. Right now, it is 1 a.m. here and the version without commentary works better for me.
@@rgarlinyc 🤣 NGL, I do love the Aussie accent. Maybe I’ll watch and listen later while having a cold brew! 🤠🍺. Cheers, mate! 😁
@@rgarlinyc Most of the passengers were Australian, the commentary is really aimed at them and they loved it, but I also understand that watching the video is a different experience, to actually riding the train. I had two cameras mounted, one inside and one outside, this enabled me to offer two different versions of the tour, one with and one without commentary, I hope you come back to watch the "no commentary" version in a few days time.
Surprising the women tolerate the gratuitous sexual comments from this guy. Totally unprofessional.
It's Australia, the women give as good as they get and you can bet the women over there know exactly how to deal with men.
Local colour matee.
We are all in it, equally, together. Respect has to be earned, Pedestal man only succeeds in disappearing up his own fundament.
I hope this isn't gonna go on much longer. Let's go back to shorter Driver's Eye View videos, pretty please.
Who else loves having a Karen on the train ride with us?
Settle back and enjoy the scenery.
There are more long ones to come before we get back to shorter European trips. You can use the 2X speed button on the YT player or maybe just watch the video in parts.
We have an old saying ,far is a long way !!! LOL🥸
That's a good description for parts of the journey between Forsayth and Cairns and we haven't reached Cairns yet !!!
@@Timsvideochannel1 Looking forward !!! LOL😄