WE FAILED (cannot complete the big lap of Australia)
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2023
- Tia & Cheveyo
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You guys didn't fail! Being humbled by the land and the weather is an essential part of the real Australian experience!
You have seen parts of the country that I doubt I ever will. I really appreciate you taking us on the journey and capturing it so beautifully and authentically.
You two did NOT fail. You adapted, improvised and overcame adversity. Hence, winners!👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻🤤🤞👏🏻
Indeed. Welcome to Australia. ;)
And grinners!
Agree 100% . 👏👍
Tia & Chev: Do not take this the wrong way ... I think the road closures are just Australia's way of saying "Don't finish so soon - we want you to stay a little longer!"😊
It could also mean that you need to return one day as there is still more to explore.
@@kaz1578 True ... maybe I should have said that I don't want them to leave just yet ... I'm really enjoying their stay here in OZ😉
When you get to Uluṟu guys…, you will know you were meant to take this path 🌈🥰
@@Laurie473 yes... interesting
Its not a failure. This is the ultimate example of how the universe sometimes has different plans to what we do. Now you just have a different part of Australia to see when you come back again!
I'm actually glad u guys r doing this because I really want to see Tia for Scale at the Uluru
You're not allowed to climb it anymore
@@asjeotpretty sure they meant from the ground & not from the top.
Tia's never climbed any yet that I've seen.
It’s cool, Tia doesn’t climb for scale, she stands in front and says “br-brrrrrt!”
…and Cheveyo says “…..Tia for scale.”☝🏼
@@asjeot Considering how respectful of they have been regarding observing cultural, historical, and religious limits I doubt they would have even thought about climbing it.
Definitely
No idea how I found this channel, but I've become very invested in this road trip.
Same 😂
Me too!
Same here. It seems to appeal to many different age groups, even all codgers like myself.
2 months late, but me too!
My folks tried 4 times to complete the loop. It's all part of the Aussie experience. You guys are smashing it!
During covid we had pretty strict lockdowns, and also there were substantial stretches of time - much of 2020 and 2021 where it was basically illegal to travel between states - you had to apply for special permission from the government for very extenuating circumstances. A lot of people, especially Grey Nomads, were trapped for months. WA and the NT were some of the strictest, I wouldn't be surprised if that killed the alien caravan park.
Wycliffe Well was flooded out 3 times over the span of two months which is what lead to it's "temporary" closure. However seeing this footage and reading a few reviews online of how it's been ransacked I don't like it's chances of actually reopening. It's a shame. I live in Alice and drive north a few times a year for work, this has always been one of my favorite stops, it's so quirky.
Cut through to kalgoorlie - added bonus: biggest manmade hole in the ground in the world - then cut north to Geraldton, kalbarri, port gregory (pink lake!), the cliffs, and all places north. To be honest, youre about 6 weeks too early for the best of the north west anyway. Theres a small window - as the deserts heat up for summer from around october/november the coastal wind starts blowing a gale on large parts of the coast 24/7.
But heres another bonus - that would put you smack on time to see the wildflower season in kalbarri, which is spectacular, since wa has (from memory) more wildflower species than the rest of the world put together.
Everyone does wave out there but also, some people are touching their windscreens, because they believe that if a rock kicks up and hits their windscreen having their fingers on it will stop the windscreen from shattering. I know people who have an unshakeable belief in that one.
I hope they do Kalbarri!!! They can definitely fit it in!
That's a shame. However, it does mean that you're getting the full Aussie experience. All you need now is to be motoring along and discover that you have a dinner-plate sized huntsman in the car with you. You'll be amazed at just how quickly you'll pull up and leave the vehicle! Great video all the same. Thank you.
Haha fingers crossed we skip that particular experience 😅
Hahaha! Omg! Yes, this 👏🏻
@@OnePackWanderers Had that experience last week in the ute. He travelled for about 2 hours with me until I had to stop because he kept going on my windscreen in front of me. Very distracting.
You previously considered and even asked if you should do a detour to see Uluru, so that was a potential option for you a week or so ago. Before you leave Uluru, check the roads up north again, if the bridge and roads are open by the time you're done in the red centre, you might be able to get back to doing your giant lap. It'll add an extra week or so onto your adventure, but going back to Perth via Adelaide is going to do that to you anyway.
...and that'd create the tantalising opportunity to drive through Katherine a fourth time 😃
@@lesrankin1767 Maybe They'll actually visit the famous national park that time instead of just passing through
Understand you are disappointed. Please don’t think have failed. Definitely not the case. Love your positivity. Loved seeing the aliens. So cool. Thanks for showing us parts of Australia we may never get to see otherwise. Good to see Tia behind the wheel again. Enjoy the new route.
You didn't fail to do your 'lap', you were thwarted. The weather has beaten travellers before, and will again. Congrats on finding the shifting spanner, they always come in handy 😉. Good luck with the rest of the journey. (too right Tia....sweet potatoes all the way.)
I was expecting a
“…nah, yeah, …no worries!”
Maybe in another 4000kms.
Don’t feel disheartened, you guys have done an amazing trip (yes, you’re included Blue) and you can say you did “a trip ‘round Australia” even if it wasn’t The Full Lap, as planned. But that’s what travelling in Australia is about. It would be weird if it went to plan….maybe worse.
It’s even more epic that you’ll travel 5/6ths of a pie!
I award you three . . . . . . . . . five stars!
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
If you ever get back to Australia and buy a decent four wheel drive then the Northern part of Western Australia is probably one of the best places in Australia to go adventuring with a four wheel drive. One could spend months in that vast area alone and still only see a small portion of the available natural attractions. Probably have to be more careful about choosing the time of the year to visit there than most elsewhere in Australia as the entire landscape as well as access or exit travelling conditions can change rapidly and sometimes catastrophically after the big wet, moonsoon rains and cyclones start to arrive.
Ularu really is a wonder of the world - so glad you made the decision to push on and not quit at Darwin 👏🏽👏🏽 been loving your series! Tia for scale 🎉😂😂
Please, you have not failed at all ! You guys are champs !!! I've been almost reclusive since I moved to Brisbane from Perth, missing WA each and every day and wishing I was back there. Then, I came across your travel vlogs and felt myself slowly getting back to my old, cheerful self, thoughts returning to positive ones and laughing with you on your incredible trips. You guys are shining examples to this generation of how a solid relationship works - maintaining your sense of humour, your sense of wonder, your sense of responsibility and being supportive of each other even when confined to a vehicle almost 24-7 ! I truly hope you find another option to complete the journey back to Perth. Consider all options, practise safety. Good luck, God bless !
Get out and explore SEQ, there's lots of beautiful places to explore, When I moved to Brisbane in 2002, I started with the start parks website and looked up all the waterfalls that were within a day trip drive from Brisbane, that was a good way to start, gave me lots of things to see and gave me a lot of ideas of other things I wanted to see.
My advice, make the most of where ever your at in life.
You did not fail, this beautiful and vast continent just showed her occasionally unforgiving hand. You are experiencing the real Australia. Her vastness means few roads and her occasional unforgiving nature means those roads and bridges will be washed away. This story of apparent “failure” has been told many times before and will be told many times again by others. Well done for adapting and moving forward. As a born and bred West Australian (sand groper) I am sorry you did not see the fab north west but I am loving your stories and the shots from your drone. Keep it up.
just discovered you and I already feel invested.
despite your obstacles your positive energy shines.
welcome to oz. thank you for the vibes.
Same here
Your guy’s optimism and ability to keep pushing on regardless of the mishaps is so inspiring. Keep up the good work ❤
You guys haven’t failed don’t think of it that way think of it as an opportunity! You’ll now be able to see things that you would not have seen if you’ve gone the normal route. Now for the postcard - this postcard actually means a lot to me, as I used to live on Hamilton Island for work for three years. Every Saturday morning I would catch the ferry across to Whitehaven and spend the morning on the beach as part of getting away from the island and feeling as though I was in paradise! Whitehaven Beach means so much to me, and if I was to be awarded the postcard, I would feel very honoured and privileged. Love you guys stay safe and again it's an opportunity, not a failure. 💕
I hope you guys are still visiting northern Western Australia it’s the best part! Broome is such a lovely place
Yeah its great until sunset
@@Joe-jd4pn 60`s was not so bad ;) .
@@hooflungdung3026 That was funny but true lol
Bummer about the bridge 😢. You two would have liked Broome and the beaches. However, you didn’t fail. You can’t control Mother Nature. Love the videos and the positive energy. Great drone work guys. Thanks for the adventures.😊
Strongly recommend, if you're going to go down south through to Adelaide; stop at Coober Pedy - it's an opal mining town and tourist destination, aside from the fascinating opal mining stuff the town is famous for being completely underground (due to extreme weather). If you've ever wanted to know what it's like to live like a fantasy Dwarf this is your chance.
This is also your chance to visit Nitmiluk Gorge if you stop in Katherine - it's a very, very famous and picturesque place.
Huge bummer you didn't get to finish (if you have time left on your visas maybe once you get back to Perth via the Nullarbor you can go up the west coast? the landscape in the top half of WA is quite extraordinary.) but in any event yet another reason to come back again for Australia Round 2.
I mentioned this in the comments to your last video, but I don't know if you read them more than a day or so after posting - that water hole you visited a couple days back in Litchfield national park where everyone was swimming and you mentioned how it must be safe from Crocs? They just had to close it down because someone got bitten by a 2m croc, so you got in to see it just in time
The same water hole? Wow! I hope the man that was bit is OK.
@@OnePackWanderers wasn't too serious all things considered
hahah you guys are braver than me, that alien park is some Wolf Creek type crap right there 🤣🤣🤣
It’s not a fail. What you achieved getting as far as you did is extraordinary and you should be very proud of yourselves. Very few Aussies have done what you have. Bravo! Even more incentive to come back and deal with unfinished business in a 4WD. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Going south means that you can go to the opal mining town of Coober Pedy where people live underground, and you will be able to stay in underground accommodation. The drive to Alice Springs is beautiful. Ayers Rock is okay. I prefer the Olgas. Now you know why a 4WD is advisable in the northwest. Gives you more options if a road gets closed, but it also gets you into gorgeous out of the way places. 2WD is only good for the main roads. Had you stayed north Kakadu would have been beautiful.
You have captured the blues of Whitehaven perfectly in your postcard Tia 👏 OMG That was so scary. Watching you guys in that abandoned place. I was screaming at my phone “Don’t go in the caravan, don’t go in the caravan!” 😮
Sweet potatoes are the BEST!! Excited that you get to see "The Alice" and Uluru after all.... it was meant to be.... go with the flow. Interested to see what new things you can see on the way back across the Nullarbor... maybe Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie ?? Yes and see Coober Pedy with its underground houses and Opals.
Don’t get too bummed out guys, you’ve made it much further than many Aussies have lol! 😅👌 It was an amazing effort and out of y’all’s control. Try not to beat ya selves up… 🥹✌️🍻
I love the Whitehaven postcard guys. A shame that you missed northern WA but you would have missed so much with the quick journey that you're on. Hopefully you can come back in the dry season (so you can swim with mantarays, whales and whale sharks at Coral Bay / Exmouth for starters) and see it at a more thorough and leisurely pace. In the meantime there is Alice and spectacular Uluru. You really really really need to do the dawn balloon ride. You should really stop off at Coober Pedy as well. Why don't you guys fly out from Adelaide, no reason to travel all those nullabor miles again. It's winter in Perth as well. Happy travels.
It's a problem Western Australia has only two main roads in and out.
Please look at it this way - you have had the quintessential Aussie experience. There is a reason one of the most famous Australian poems has a line -
“ I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains” Australia, she is a tough country. I really do think you will be glad you went to the centre though, there is now where else on earth like it! Not a failure at all, just a pivot. Enjoy your trip guys!
we got sick of waving going across the nullarbor, so we tied a rubber
glove to the windscreen wiper.
Love this! 😂
love your videos! as someone who lives in Australia but doesn't travel much, I really enjoy seeing the rest of Australia through your videos :)
In no way a fail, just life!!
To be honest, this will leave your next itinerary in Australia much easier, with a exploration of the WA coast and Tassie - much easier than re-doing half of your trip to get to Central Australia. And you get to see the true heartland now. Can't wait to see it all again through your eyes :)
I literally just missed you guys on the road, I was travelling down from Darwin back to Adelaide when the heavens opened up just south of Alice 3 weeks ago, love watching your Adventure around our great land, I have seen more of Australia from your blogs didn't even know existed before, so thanks for that, the quality of your films and especially the drone footage is amazing, sorry you didn't get to complete your original planned drive, but youll love Ularu, Kings Canyon and all the great gorges around Alice. Thanks for your sharing of an amazing adventure that 90% of Australians have not or will not see.👋👋😎
It's a shame that you won't get to do The Big Lap but seeing Alice Springs, Uluru and Kata Tjuta is an amazing experience. Kings Canyon is also a spectacular place.
Someone else has already mentioned - depending on time and finances - you could drive up the West Coast from Perth to Broome.
Loving seeing all of your adventures.
The river was close to 50 Km wide for a few days. Yes, 50 km wide... My family said Coles in Kununurra had empty shelves!!!! Great place... every day is fun
Your biggest triumph is maintaining a loving and comfortable relationship in your challenging Aussie Odyssey. Even Cheveyo’s man-bun and Tia’s grin have never wavered. Well done.❤
I’ve never been through Katherine but I heard from a friend back in the day when they installed their first traffic light the tourism office was super proud.
The lady at the tourist office was giving directions to a friend on numerous travel ideas and couldn’t help but mention the traffic light as in “go to the traffic light and turn right….”
Sounds like a nice town if it’s small enough but big enough to have one intersection worth of a signal :)
While in Alice try and get to the Desert Park if you can. It’s amazing! And recommended by David Attenborough!
Don't worry guys! Many a traveller's plans have come unstuck in Australia's unpredictable weather. I once got stuck in north Qld floods for 3 days bc my boyfriend thought he could drive fast enough to "beat the floods". He couldn't 😅
The main thing is that you're safe - and as you say, you get to see central Australia, which is pretty amazing. Can't wait to see what you think of Uluru and Kata Tjuta 😊
It's a shame you guys wont be visiting North-Western Australia but at least you can tick Uluru off your bucket list, somehow that works in your favour. Btw that shot at 9:25 is amazing.
Bugger, I was looking forward to you experiencing Exmouth and Coral Bay. Hopefully you can come back during July-September to do North WA. Keep up the cool posts
You two are inspiring my inner traveler. I feel and others l guess feel the same that we may not ever make this big trip But We are getting to travel with you in near real time❤️ Thank you Tia and Cheveo for this Grand adventure 🤗🤗
Also, you could come back through Laverton - Leonora - Kalgoorlie and do a little gold digging (prospecting) (look for the quartz rocks especially along the rivers and it will guide you where to look). You might come home with a chunk of gold 😊
The secret little “love you” for the editing sess was so sweet ❤
Yes i also live the little kisses Tia gives to Cheveyo on his shoulders
Guys glad you went the other way and saw the Uluru way, like i said North western Australia is the Arse end of the earth you could always attack it the other way. The good news is the things you missed at Western Australia you get to see like Wave Rock Hyden, prospecting for Gold at Kalgoorlie , thrombolite at Lake Clifton , the oldest monastery in WA at New Norcia, and if you have time to travel 2 hours north of Perth you can see the Pinnacles at Cervantes. Next time you come back you gotta buy a 4x4 to do North western Australia. These things happen you cant stop mother nature. Good luck
Hey you guys didn’t fail… The weather and the Bridge are the reasons that you couldn’t continue in that direction not you
A true failure would be to ignore all advice and get stuck or worse
You did not fail, the road failed
Be careful with all that’s going on down Alice Springs way crime wise and never take your eyes off your car or your valuables even for a moment day or night and you will be fine I think
All the best guys, we will be thinking of you
Always quality vlogs
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Kindest regards
Nigel
WMH Team - Australia
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You didn’t fail! Australia has some harsh unpredictable conditions. Your uploads are amazing. All the best to you both and hope you one day come back.
Failing in your context is stepping on a curled-up snake you didn't see. Don't let it 'bug' you; you'll still see lots and lots of things to reminisce about when you're old and grey! Btw, I LOVE your exuberance! Wish it was contagious through videos..... Best wishes for the rest of your trip!
Oh wow, you guy's made me a little emotional. I actually shed a tear 😭 that you didn't accomplish your mission & that your going to miss driving through the Kimberley range. But that's ok 👍 you've adapted!
I hope Uluru is more than you expected.
Hello. Please know that you have definitely not failed. The Australian conditions vary so much and can be very harsh. The rains this year over much of Australia have been very brutal and much heavier than usual. I live in Adelaide and we’ve just had the most rain in 4 decades!
Getting your car bogged in the bull dust can last for weeks so you have definitely made the right decision. Take care the both of you!
Hi guys
Sorry that the weather has turned on you. There is no failure when travelling as adaptability and taking the initiative are everything! We called into Whytes well in August 2022 and it was open so in less that 11 months it has been reduced to a broken down ghost town. Very sad. Uluru and Kata Tjuka will be highlights of your wonderful journey. We love your style humility and presentation. We will continue to follow you on your wonderful adventures-
It’s a quirk of fate that by the time you published this video the road was open again ….
That said it hindsight is wonderful thing ….
Can’t wait to see what new adventures this curveball allows you ….
You didnt fail. Alice and Uluru were obviously calling you. Youve got this far maybe checkout Coober Pedy as well now. Gee you were brave in the ghost town. Bit disappointing, to know tho there are people just vandalising and busting up whats been left in this abandoned town.
Stay safe 🤗
This route is something that you had contemplated before and so don't be too bumped out. You'll get to see Uluru, one of the most famous landmarks of Australia. What saddens me is the realisation of your Australia roadtrip coming to an end. I only wished you had a longer visa stay so that you can explore every nook and cranny of this lovely country. I really enjoyed (and still enjoying) your roadtrip and have never missed a single video.
I've been following your channel since the time you visited Kuala Lumpur, the city that I currently reside in. I wish you guys all the best and safe travels always! 🙏👍💪🥰
An extra 1000 Km is no failure at all. Blueberry rocks!
As many have already said. YOU DID NOT FAIL! If there is anyone who has driven around in country Australia and has not had to backtrack hundreds of kilometres because some creek or road has flooded they have never actually driven around in country Australia. Most people have had to have their whole vacation plans changed by floods, cyclones, fires, droughts, dust storms or some kind of wildlife plague. That is just part and parcel of living in the great brown land. STRAYA! You travelled halfway around the world, bought an old, second-hand Toyota Corolla (with the wind down windows - excellent choice) and drove it around more of Australia than most Australians will ever see. YOU DID NOT FAIL!!
I have driven around most of Australia and you've been to places that I haven't and discovered lots of things that I never knew existed. You've been further than Burke and Wills, two of our greatest and most celebrated explorers, reached places that they never did and they died in the attempt. Don't die. That video would be depressing. Throughout all of this, the two of you have been impossibly cute and unerringly positive. Honestly, you are two of the most inspiring and uplifting people I have ever seen, and we should give you a job with the Australian Tourism Commission to make promotional videos for us to attract other impossibly cute and unerringly positive people to this country as tourists, although we should make them shop at Coles or Woolies, not Aldi. We want their cash. Tight-arses!
YOU DID NOT FAIL!!! You even made The Big Turd (Potato) look interesting. When you come back next time, you can try to do the big lap in the other direction and see all The Big Things you missed this time. I can't believe you didn't do a video at The Big Pineapple in Queensland. So Wrong. We won't tell you about swimming with dolphins in Broome you missed out on, because of that. At least you can play the golf course this time as you drive back across the Nullarbor. YOU DID NOT FAIL!!!! Unless, of course, you fail to check out the mead from Chateau Dorrien Winery in Tanunda, as you pass back near Adelaide.
Another brilliant vlog! I cannot get over how great that drone has been in providing new perspectives on your travels. Your positivity is, as always, contagious and endearing!
Too bad you didn't get to Broome. Stupid floods! Don't think of it as failure - you've seen more of Australia than a lot of Aussies have seen, and it's an interesting diversion too. Chin up guys, and keep on keeping on!
You might witness a rare thing. The rain might cause the desert to bloom with flowers. For a brief time, two or three times a century, the desert comes alive.
As you are learning, Australia is a huge and wild continent. Being humbled by the country is THE essential Australian experience. It was always going to be chancy without a 4WD. Well done you two.
Also you missed the opportunity to get kicked right in the marbles!
Flooding in the dry season is some terrible luck though, something you couldn’t invision, a shame.
@@ashdog236 I agree. Worked up in Darwin FIFO for 4 years and the dry season was usually very much that!
No such thing as a failure here, this is travel! We were similarly disrupted by floods last year, but in Northern Rivers region last year when travelling Aus in our van. All the best
I'm sorry that your trip did not go as planned but we're seeing you're making the most out of it. Thanks for sharing all your adventures and also the tough decisions. Have a safe trip! And what a lovely postcard you designed there!
Bit of a bummer you missed the west coast. Fantastic scenery. But, I guess, that leaves something for you to explore the next time you're here.
It’s very rare to see the Red Centre after rainfall so it looks very green.
It's not about the destination, it's about the Tia for scale along the way
I want to put this on a t shirt 😂
So good that you guys decided to head south & keep the adventure alive!!!
Great work guys!
Also I know this an obvious statement to make, but…….. u know you can go west from Uluṟu, right???? I don’t know your budget or time schedule but you can cut through & head up to Port Headland or Broome, then come down the coast into Perth!!!
The great central road is dirt though & u do need to get a permit to travel through Aboriginal land… permits are easy, good old google!!
4WD only west from Yulara (Uluru)
😢😪 So sad! Plans need to be somewhat flexible in Australia, but yes I was really looking forward to seeing Blueberry take on all of Australia - maybe the movie! 🤔 Come on Tia, a free tool, a free opal, a free chunk of gold, who knows? 😂 Wow, best footage I've ever seen of the Outback! 😃 I'm never going to Wycliffe, good capture, great sound effects! 😵(😁) Glad you're safe! 🙋🐜🤗
Aw guys… don’t be bummed - you 100% did NOT fail! If anything, you got to see a different part of our beautiful and diverse country which you would’ve missed otherwise. That’s a big win in my books! 😊
It's incredibly disappointing for you, but better to be safe. Most Australians haven't seen as much of this country as you have. Don't be too down, and how can you be down when you get to see Uluru! A stunningly beautiful and spiritual place. Thanks for sharing your journey (and keep warm!). It gets cold out there.
Yay for heading South. Uluru or bust! An extra 1000 miles means an extra video...
Totally with Tia - sweet potatoes over regular potatoes!
9:25 What a cool-looking drone shot.
Notes for SA - Kimba has a big thing! She's pretty cute ;) There are also loads of regional art works on a grand scale on the grain silos.
The head of the bight is hosting the whales - up from Antartica giving birth and a bucket list thing I havent done yet!
Whyalla is hosting the (worlds ?) largest cuttlefish breeding event - you can swim in with them or do a glass bottom boat tour!! I kid you not. Worth a look, fascinating nature, recently protected from fishing industry and pulling the tourists ❤
And the tip of the Eyre peninsula is cold but beautiful and nearly deserted this time of the year - that could be your new lap, of the EP!
Good travels !
You may not have done the lap, but you've covered more of the country than most Aussie's ever will. I had heard of that alien place, didn't realise they'd shut down, I guess it was the pandemic that stopped travellers for months (I will add that I've never understood the urge to destroy stuff like that).
Hopefully you get to see Uluru with some water running off it, they've had a lot of rain recently, that's a rare sight to see for anyone.
Ah thats such a bummer!! Definitely not a "fail" though, please don't think of it that way. A fail would be something that you could control that you lost control of - you cant control unseasonal flooding in the northwest of Australia! It so exciting that you're continuing on south to see Uluru, you guys can always see Broome next time ❤️❤️
The alien stuff was hilarious btw (and very creepy!!). Elvis was clearly abducted by them a few times.
Shame you didn't get to see north Western Australia, it's one of a kind. At least you get to see more of the interior, and maybe you'll go up there another time!
Loved following you both, you both will be back, im sure. Gentle souls.
You guys are so great! I am very sorry you missed doing the lap for yourselves but there's always next time! And just think, you'd not have seen that bizarre alien world...now there is outback adventure 😉😆. Phew, what a place! Thanks for sharing it. I loved the Devil's Marbles. They are beautiful. Kinda reminds me of the NZ Moraki Boulders, but they are on a beach. My Dad thought they were the most boring things! My sister and I insisted on seeing them each time we went that way LOL.
Sweet potatoes are yuk...sorry Tia! But my taste buds tell me not to eat them or face the consequences! I'm with Cheveyo on this one 🖒🖒🖒. Adore the bloopers!!! Stay safe guys.
Thank you for showing me parts of my country that I doubt I’ll ever see, it’s been absolutely amazing to be able to travel with you both. ❤❤ can’t wait for our next adventure ❤❤
I'm sad you guys couldn't complete the big lap with Blueberry but a little silver lining is that you can go to Owl Springs! and now you have even more reason to visit Australia again!
Also, the drone footage is gorgeous!
As always, thanks for sharing your adventures!
you two, wonderful, adventurous, delightful, decent, down to earth, beautiful Americans. Thanks for taking me through a journey around my beautiful island. I have one regret. WE DID NOT GET TO KEEP YOU. wIsh you nothing but joy and happiness in what ever you do in your life. One day you are going to make wonderful parents God bless you both. Cheers from Australia
It's always disappointing when plans don't work out because of stuff you can't control, but don't blame yourselves, you didn't fail, the road failed you!. On the plus side you get to visit Alice Springs and Uluru / Kata Tutja and maybe King's Canyon too. We did the drive from Darwin to Adelaide ourselves a few years back and it's an amazing journey with so many interesting places to see in the red centre. You must stop in Coober Pedy too, the landscape around there is just unreal and there's old opal mines you can visit and even noodle for opals yourself and half the town lives in underground houses.
Loving your adventures Tia & Cheveyo! You guys didn't fail and you've done more of it compared to how much I've done living here my whole life! Thanks for taking us on this adventure through Australia :)
wherever you guys are we are along for the ride! :)
A TikTokker I'm following was also halted at Kununurra trying to make her way to Broome via Fitzroy Crossing. I know this video is made a couple of days ago but as of yesterday the Fitzroy was open and she crossed it in her 2WD after waiting a day for traffic to clear ...
Glad y'all kept plugging along, even though you couldn't finish the route you wanted to. In many ways, it's just a different version of what y'all have done all through your travels, whether it be cancelled flights, injuries, illnesses, or whatever. You adapt and keep on going. 👍
And yeah, a postcard would be nice 😁
Love watching you guys!
Thanks for taking us on your adventure! 😊
I feel for you not completing your trip but never think you have failed. You have achieved so much in Blueberry. Love the fact you find the positives. I have a preference for roasted sweet potatoes over ordinary ones.
That's Australia for you!
At least you are having an authentic Aussie experience.
Big things, floods & fires, what more could any traveler want?
Ahh! "The best laid plans of mice and men do oft times go awry" - Robert Burns. Seems to me that Uluru wasn't going to let you leave... especially after viewing so many of the 'big things' around Australia, you practically tempted fate! 😉 Intrepid travellers are frequently tested and challenged to find a different path that others might follow - you passed the test with flying colours!!! 🏆 NO fails or flies on either of you - keep up the good job. 😃
So what you guys are experiencing here with your "national diversion" to Perth via other routes is what I lived with for all my adult life teaching up north in Western Australia. You would plan a holiday for 6 months or so and one lousy night of rain would see all these plans go to hell. I have spent weeks at some places waiting for waters to drop and for bridges to be repaired - so absolutely the right decision. Once you get over that disappointment though you'll make all new memories and share those as is your journey now. There's so much to see on the way back to Perth that there will be heaps of new fresh content for you guys to show. Just no more "GIANT" stuff though please!!! Haha just joking. Love your channel - so nice and fresh and as an Aussie nice to see your take on things downunder. All the best - - your videos make my day!🚙🚙🚙🚙
Better than being an idiot going out there anyway and getting stuck.
You two are too smart and respectful to ignore good advice.
Enjoy the trip :)
Last time I drove to Brisbane (from Darwin) I stopped at Renner Springs the first night. I filled up with fuel, started the car to run air con for the dogs while I ducked inside to pay. One of the dogs, my little turd of a chihuahua, went nuts when someone walked by my car. He jumped around and barked and carried on like a pork chop and stood on the door lock. Locked all the doors, keys in the ignition, car running. Took over an hour to find someone that could break into my car for me. That was not a good start to the day... it could only go up from there.
As many others have said, you didn't 'fail'. A 'failure' would have been not checking the road conditions and getting to Fitzroy Crossing and having to turn back then. Enjoy your diversion.
Dont tell blueberry...but you could just sell (trade in) her and buy a 4x4 and continue your lap, if you are desperate to finish it (although, for "blueberry" money, you're probably not gonna get much of a 4x4, so you've probably made the more prudent choice). Cheers!
My wife's the same. When you get to Uluru do an indigenous tour to hear the dreaming stories they are so amazing
Spot on Robert,we can learn so much about our first nations people and hearing their stories 👍
You will be driving past the Flinders Ranges just before you arrive at Port Augusta in South Australia. Definitely worth visiting with spectacular scenery and gravel roads that are doable in a 2WD. Enjoy the remainder of your journey 👍
If you guys are in Alice for a day or two would love to drop off a care package 🎉