Adelaide River Floodplain Crossing
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- Recent heavy rainfall at the end of the wet season has once again put water over at Adelaide River. Before the crossing, we witnessed boats motoring around the Adelaide River bridge car park. We only had the snorkel fitted two weeks prior which has already proved a worthwhile addition, with the alternate trip around the flooding to add an additional 3 hours to an already 2.5 hour car trip.
Slow and steady is the way to go. Well done
You were a champion driving through that nightmare.
Jeez I'm a territorian and this spooked me!!!
Defintely brings back some scary memories for me, i lived and worked all over the top end. Pine creek and Katherine and Jabiru and Darwin. And some of the driving was down right poop your pants stuff. Like driving your Hilux through water that is above the bottom of the side windows. Or another time going over a creek crossing while it was running hard and feeling the Hilux sliding sideways heading towards the creek.
Or driving in rain that is so heavy you can not see anything. And the time i was in my Ford Ghia and doing about 90 km/h and hit a long stretch of water a couple of hundred metres long, and the whole car aquaplaned and i lost all control of the car.
Driving in the territory in the wet season isnt for the faint hearted or inexperienced.
What’s a Hilux? I’m from NW Montana. 5 miles from the Canadian Border, and 9 1/2 miles from the Idaho State-Line. Closet neighbor is over in Canada. 11 3/4 miles away…
@@garlandremingtoniii1338 it is a Toyota Hilux, or as Americans might say a pick up truck.
These guys, were so calm all the way
Lovely Video ❤️ pretty scary though crossing the flood waters any crocs around 😮
This vid is giving me anxiety. Are there crocs in there? Oh my goodness....
Virginia Webb Probably. They are normally confined to the river, however given the whole area was under flood it would be fair to assume some had left the river and are out there somewhere. In saying that though, given how large an area is now covered with water the crocodile density would be much less. Travelling through like we were you'd almost never see one.
That just seems like such a long way to drive on a flooded road especially with possible crocodiles - wouldn’t it be safer to
Build a bridge? Or have a ferry?
I drove that section in 1998 following big rains in my trusty Hilux Dcab. It wasn't anywhere near as long or deep. Just bought a Prado 120, gotta say they're underrated.
I would never go up there in the wet season! Been up in the dry season though, it’s magic! I wish I could get there again before I die!
Don't let the oppressive heat scare you off. It's a completely different place during the wet season. I'm older and have moved away now. I'm still fortunate to return frequently, but it will always be my spiritual home.
Balls of steel this bloke
Classic Adelaide River floodplains. Great driving.
Yeah NO! I'm not afraid to drive in most things but I'm getting older and just watching this gave me goosebumps! kudos to you for driving that!...
Gives me goosebumps watching it so many years later. Younger me would certainly be getting a scolding from older me, that's for sure!
@@scott887792 I hear that!
I did this sort of thing in my youth. A bag across the Radiator and away we went .... but not anymore ... enjoyed the video
Pretty common when I was a boy living in this region, less so as more sealed roads appeared. Not something I would do ever again.
How are you both so calm when you know there are animals older than dinosaurs all around you? I know you said the density in crocodiles is different in the wet season but you are unnaturally calm compared to how I would be reacting hahahaha
Ha ha, not calm by any stretch - at least I wasn't. Many years later my wife revealed how nervous she was (she's not normally so talkative).
Daily occurrence out there
I love this vid .. its a million miles away from the UK // very cool (!) ..
love the music on the radio....song title is called "Crazy" (seal) & the lyrics "Never gonna survive" how appropriate
That's amazing the similarities from there to here a world away. Looks Iike the Mississippi River Delta in Louisiana during high tide and rainy season. Would love to head down under and check that country out. Sure that would be a good trip.
Go in the winter (your summer) it’s the dry season up north. Temps are the same all year ‘round but the monsoon rains make it 100% humidity and many road closures. The dry season is magic!
Forgot to say, April to october is the dry.
You would not be dissapointed!
Hi guys, I come across this clip every couple of years and I still can't believe that you had a crack at that.....I hope you guys are well....
How could u tell you were still on the road?? Wow. I’d be so worried I’d drive off it and in deeper water. Are Australian cars built to handle water like this ??
the white posts with red reflectors mark the edges of the road. you want a 4wd with a snorkel fitted to drive in water that deep.
Randomly appeared in my suggested videos, so here I am. All I keep thinking is about crocs surrounding you & the person with their window down. Big nope for me. Actually, I wouldn’t drive in it & I’m semi-used to fairly deep floods in the U.K. where I live.
Not something I would do again. Interesting note about the river that had flooded (and I was subsequently driving through), they train the crocodiles to jump for food - link to Google image search below:
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Yeah that’s a huge ‘nope’ from me haha. Glad you both made it through ok though and are wiser now!
I use the white posts as a general depth gauge. An inch or so below the reflector is ok, so long as the flow isn’t too fast. Drove from Meekatharra to beyond Mt Magnet one night like that.
That was probably the best water crossing clip I’ve seen. True perspective of what can be done on a flooded road out of necessity
I thought that too when I entered this crossing late one night in 1997. Coming from the opposite direction I could just see the tips of the white markers out of the water for a good kilometre ahead and my mate reckoned he had done it before no worries. Unfortunately after the long straight they disappeared as the road went into a gentle sweeping bend. With my mate holding a spotlight out the window and water half way up the windscreen and pouring in through the windows the old cruiser eventually shut down. With a boat on the roof (but the outboard in the back under water and couldn't get started), we ended up paddling the 1.7km back to shore with some shovels and then walking 22kms back to Corroborree. A couple of days later some mates from Darwin came out with a boat and 4 of us pushed it back along the road to dry land, all the while the boat circling us watching from crocs (this is where they do the famous jumping river crocodile cruise). Even pulled a water python out from the bullbar! Next day we dropped in a new battery, drained water from the glow plugs and she cranked over no worries! It was the electrics of the edic motor that shut it down that night; just as well I suppose as we by then had no idea where the road was and were very lucky to have stayed on it.10pm at night sitting on the roof rack in pitch darkness surrounded by kilometres of water was quite unnerving. I did a short swim over to pole 207 (6:14) and tied the vehicle off with a snatch strap for some reason...god knows why, that vehicle wasn't going anywhere. Great few days of adventure!
@@snells-window What a story! Terrifying! wow.
Gotta laugh at the sound track......
We’re never gonna survive........
Yeah, I did pick up on that, once I got the copyright infringement email. Just happened to be on the radio at the right time :)
Good choice of music as well 😎
What an apropriate song. I've even been singing it lately so you can imagine my surprise when it starts playing in this very random video I decided to watch :)
By the way, does anyone know if there are any crocodiles in this river or crossing? It definitely looked like it could've had crocodiles.
GeorgiaIsOnMyMind There certainly are crocs in the river. They do boat cruises on the river during the Dry Season. Search "adelaide river queen jumping crocs" in RUclips and you'll get an idea.
Thanks, and I just did that. Those crocs look pretty intimidating. So judging by the length of this crossing along with the fact that there are large crocodiles here, this crossing then appears to be even more dangerous than Cahill crossing, which is somewhat shallower and a LOT shorter.
Here, if you got stuck and had to get out of your vehicle to either wade the rest of the distance or in the alternative, to even tie the front of your vehicle to the back of another to tow you out, you'd be putting yourself at some major risk of being stalked/attacked by a crocodile.
What befuddles me is why the Australian government doesn't put some sort of barricades along the sides of such crossings; barricades which would allow free flow of water, but would keep crocodiles out.
I'd say this road would even be risky in drier times if someone just decided to walk alongside it, which people do on roads. A crocodile could also ambush someone on foot on the dry road, and drag them into the river.
Question; Asides from Adelaide and Cahill crossing, are there any other such vehicle crossings in Australia through Crocodile waters? If so, I'd appreciate it if you could let me know the names, Thanks!
I love you car so much
Thanks. We called it "Rexy the GX-y" as it was a Toyota Prado 120 GX.
👍 spectacular view sir
just out of interest , what car where you driving ..??including mods , PlZ
Phil W A Toyota Landcruiser Prado, 120 Series. I had a Safari snorkel fitted, and I had stopped just prior to the video to reverse the air intake to stop any water getting down the snorkel and into the air intake box.
thanks for replying ;)) I was interested in what vehicle you were in . I thought you almost certainly had ( some sort ) of a diesel with a snorkel ..... nice to know what works !! cheers bud ;))btw .. insane & cool vid .. ))
Can't imagine how many Crocs are in that water .
And I thought we had deep water driving here in NW Montana during “SPRING-MELT.” From about The end of March throughout April and, Parts of May or, All of May, depending upon how high up you live. Like us at 7478 feet up on the back-side, of the Rocky Mountains. But during this time because of so much snow everything is wet muddy & nasty 🤮 all over the western part of Montana. The car washes in Missoula and in the small towns of Kalispell / Whitefish / Townsend / Lakeside / Columbia Falls / Potomac / Seeley Lake / Libby! / Polson / Dillion / Butte / Belgrade / Bozeman
West Yellowstone, hopefully by now you get the picture. Every one of them stays busy 24 hours a day.
Nice i got a 120 prado there underated but very capable 4bys
Hazardbone I picked up a new 150 about 2 months ago. New engine, but that same diesel Prado rattle!
Australians don't believe in building bridges eh? I've seen the same thing from Cahill crossing. Y'all are cray cray!
What is a HILUX?
and people think they have trouble getting around....must be a great vehicle......water proof...sealed....etc
As much as I could tell t least. My wife did report very cold water dripping on her feet. I suspected is was because the aircon drain was under water and was flowing back into the car.
This is either too stupid or too brave. Either way I ain’t gonna do it. 🙀
That’s a nardly view knowing that you have to cross it to get home...
Can someone plz tell me This in Florida
This is about 45min east of the city Darwin, in the Northern Territory, Australia. Search "wak wak nt Australia" on Google Maps and you should find the area.
@@scott887792 Thanks for that, was wondering exactly where this was. Talk about stress inducing drive. Geez, don’t know how you two stayed so calm. Guess it’s everyday commonplace for you Aussies, heh?! Amazing! 👍😁🤯
marakie plains window on the wetlands
New King James Version
“If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, Then how can you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, In which you trusted, they wearied you, Then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan?
Jer 12:5
One thing I would not do drive through floodwaters asking for trouble
Madnesses
Why dont they build some bridges 🌉
This is on the floodplain of a river that has broken it's banks. I had already been over the bridge :) Interestingly the local government raised the whole road by a few inches 2 years later. Not much use in a situation like this, but certainly a help for smaller flood situations.
There’d be crocs everywhere
Cast a line out the window for a catch.
Fucking scary. Are there crocs around?
There are, but you'd be unlucky to come across one driving like that. Get stuck and have to sit on your car roof and you're bound to get some unwanted attention though. Google 'cahills crossing croc stalking car', it's about 2 hours down the road.
Scott Gibson Thanks , mate. Will do that. Everything's there huge, floods huge, crocs huge. Floods here in Malaysia are something, but nothing compared to yours over there. But I still hope to take a tour there someday. Great country, awfully nice people.
Did you have lockers?????
RCSCALECRAWLER Negative. Just 4WD.
fuck getting stuck in that..