The KIMBERLEY - The Great Northern Adventure - EPISODE TWO
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Coming up in this episode - Cape Laveque is not what I expected. I find a stunning camping spot (Bullys Camp) and go looking for crocs with the drone. Bully camp is basic but the location is worth it. I hit the Gibb for the first time and arrive at Wanjina Gorge after dark. For me it feels like the adventure really starts on the Gibb.
CAMERA GEAR I USE:
DJI OSMO
DJI Inspire 2.0
GoPro 5 SYou cessions
Nikon D7000
MUSIC
From The Underground (Instrumental Version) - Sebastian Forslund
Worth The While - Kata
This And That - Kata
So You Say - Nahra
Just Do - Martin Carlberg
Infinity - Johan Glössner
Halfway Heart - Johan Glössner
Cause I Am Coming Home - Johan Glössner
You can help me with a LIKE - SHARE or by SUBSCRIBING to our channels/social media, and by joining me on Patreon for exclusive content just for you.
SUMMIT eXpedition
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA INFO:
Website: www.summitx.net
Patreon: / gavingillett
Instagram: www.summitx.net
Facebook: www.summitx.net
Twitter: www.summitx.net
ABOUT ME:
I'm old fashioned, a bushman and solo Overlander, exploring the Pilbara where I live and Australia as a whole. I'm teaching myself film making to share my travels and experiences with my 1 year old son so he can watch years from now. I'm also sharing them with you, many people will never get to see or go to the places I'm going so I hope you find them interesting. Enjoy the weekly videos, the solo eXpedition's into the Kimberley and the world longest and most remote 4WD track the 2000km Canning Stock Route. There is so much more to come and I'm excited to share it with you.
Join me as I take you around Australia and show you the best solo touring this country has to offer.
Question - What is your absolute must see bucket list Kimberley location?
If Christmas day is for family, boxing day is for the individual to relax and enjoy. I hope you had a Merry Christmas!
Best of the seasons to you and yours too Ferg, you will love it when you get out to McGowans. One of the best camping spots of the whole Kimberley, right on the beach and you will being seeing that great spot in a future episode :D
fer God's sake, if you buy a chain saw, get it from a reputable mower and small engine specialists. Don't buy cheap from Bunnings or Mitre 10. A somewhat late message I admit lol
That gorge is amazing. It's been added to my must see destinations.
Watching your videos are giving me itchy feet to go and do these trips myself, I love watching them.
I'm glad you enjoy them. Dont wait to long, every year more people go into these areas. Before long they could have paved roads and McDonald's out there :)
Beautifully filmed and love the music too!
Beautiful! I love these solo videos. Thanks!!
OK Gav, I'm officially rusted on now. Your mature and easy going outlook is so refreshing, nothing like my Melbourne life at all but I do know you are filling up my bucket list every week. I cannot believe how unbelievably beautiful our country is and how drawn to it I feel after watching your CSR trip and this latest Kimberley adventure. As I say in most of your productions, thank you for taking me along for the ride, it's not lost on me how much effort you put in to share what you do, you are doing a wonderful job and really connecting with people who don't just want a muddy Hilux on Sunday night but rather a trip of memories and respectful tourism in the bank that can be viewed in our dreams every night as we sleep. Great Job with this one.........it's a 10.
Thank you so much, I'm stoked your enjoying the series. I had a blast editing Episode 3 today and I think you're going to love that episode even more. Thank you again for the kind messages of support. It really is appreciated. EDIT: Episode 3 is getting uploaded now for Patreons :D
Hi Gavin, watching this again in prep for our Jun-Jul trip next year :) Three families.
Awesome, maybe I will even have it updated by then with a new trip showing more
well done mate. Not easy putting this all together
Another calming and relaxing journey that had me dreaming of places undiscovered with no people....
Another beer ? Yes, thanks, cheers :-)
I'm hiding from the Pilbara heat in the AC, listening to the cricket and editing episode 3 of the Kimberley series. Great way to spend Boxing day :) Loving life
You seriously deserve more subscribers than you have, your content is excellent.
Great video love your channel- get a Japanese SILKY saw it will go through that tree in no time - get the 2000 saw or the larger Katanaboy 500 - the Medium teeth are the best for dryer wood -- the bigger the teeth is for greener wood
Cheers mate, i'm going to google the Japanese SILKY now.
SummitX.net Drifta in NSW import the Silkys. They have some great RUclips vids on them as well . Reasonable price to.
I will definitely check them out, I'm not getting any younger so if it makes my life easier i'm all for it hahah Plus Drifta make some great gear so if they are importing it you know its good.
Thank you Gavin, you would have to be my most favourite youtuber right now. Your production is outstanding, no wonder you have made us wait so long for this series to be released. I too have just shared your link on Facebook, I do hope that you get more views. The work you do to show us this great country of ours is simply awesome, cheers Tony
Thanks Tony and Dawn for sharing my work, bloody legends. I'm so glad you're enjoying the series. My wife and I just sat down to watch the first draft of EP3 and it got her tick of approval so that wont be far away for you :D
Thanks again.
Hi Gavin. Love watching your videos. Enjoy the relaxed commentary too. Here in the UK I'm so envious of the vastness you have at you disposal.
Keep it up matey.
Regards
John Crellin cheers mate, I'm glad you're enjoying the series :) Thanks for watching and for writing in to let me know
Another Great Video! Gavin, take look at silky saws.
Great vid as usual
Another fantastic video of your beautiful country and your amazing journey.
Thanks for sharing and very best to you!
Cheers, Pete
Dark Horse thank you pete, have you seen my Canning Stock Route series. You might enjoy that series as well
Not yet but I do plan to watch all your video's.
You might enjoy some of my quad ride videos.
Cheers, Pete
wow what a stunning place thanks for posting gavin
paul barsby my pleasure, thanks for watching. I think the Kimberley series only gets better from here
Awesome 2nd ep in this series Gav. Goes to show that you can never be over-prepared for trips like this. Regarding crowds, I guess it’s a balancing act in the timing of trips depending on the season and weather conditions etc. I’m like you, I prefer to camp remotely and enjoy solitude rather than deal with the hordes lol. Keep up the great work mate!
Chris Lai Thanks Chris, I could have made it easier on myself by not going in peak season :) Thanks for watching :)
Another most amazing video my heart beat dropped by 70 feel like a crock my right know when you said about being scared of sunscreen I pissed myself my family are over from the mother land my dad won't put any on stupidly reminded me of him I luv Ronny and Andrew but your vids and music is amazing all the best and the most safest travels for the new year
CRAIG MURPHY thats a fantastic message thank you :) I'm really glad you enjoyed that episode. Can't wait to show you EP3
Hope you had a great Christmas Gavin and a BIG thumbs up for episode 2, yet another fantastic video showing off our great country!!!! Looking forward to episode 3.
Thanks Brett, i'm working on EP3 right now in fact :D Thanks for the support :D
Thanks Brett, i'm working on EP3 right now in fact :D Thanks for the support :D
Awesome! Don't forget to relax and have a couple beers in between 😀
Hahaha I edit better after a few beers :D
I have a Husqvarna Li-ion chainsaw and it is absolutely amazing! I highly recommend looking at it when you're out shopping for one.
prana8 cheers for the recommendation. I will definitely check it out. Thanks mate
Have used both the husqvarna and Stihl li-ion chainsaws , ended up getting the Stihl one , they are both great and just as good as each other
You should catch up with Ronny Dahl. You may have crossed paths at one stage. Seems I'm watching your serious of vids and his and you're on the same sections. All of this brings back wonderful memories.....keep it up...
I got to meet Ronny at the Perth 4WD show. Great bloke and i'd love to work with him in the future. It's been an interesting year. I filmed the Kimberley Series and the CSR series at the same time back to back over 6 weeks. I think was 2 weeks in front of Ronny for the Kimberley (I'm also not sure how much of the Kimberley he did) and I was 1 week behind Andrew on the Canning Stock Route. I'm still learning as I go so I decided to edit the CSR series first because it was easier to edit. Then 2 weeks after my CSR series I started my Kimberley series and it just turned out to be luck they line up with what Andrew and Ronny are doing. Not sure if that means I'm getting more or less views as a result lol
I have traveled in every state except SA and Australia is an amazing place. you showcase your part of the world beautifully.
zoezoe610 Cheers mate :)
Thanks for the fantastic footage, can't believe you went that far up Windjana without seeing a freshy, they were everywhere in August 2017 when we were there.
Hahah yeah they didnt come out of the water until after 8am, I hit the track to early. I was excited so I was walking through the Gorge by 05:30. I went all the way to the end and back again and it was only on the way back did I see them :D
Mate love how you showed the map and marked where you were going in the red line, wish more people did this as I try to find some of these spots and miss them, you get that.
Love that part of the world hope to be going there again soon, look forward to the next video.
Darren Moore thanks mate, I'm glad you liked that. Only just taught myself how to do that so it will be in future episodes and hopefully it gets better over time haha
Nice episode mate. Certainly got the idea of Cape Leveque and Kooljaman. Very pretty and lovely destination but yes, swamped with crowds on a regular basis. We were there in 2010, May and copped 240mm of rain in a day , temperature of 40 and 100% humidity. Horrible but will get back up that way again as soon as we can. Hey you didn't see Ronny Dahl on the Munja Track did you. Seems to have found a little trouble out there in the dark. Keep up the good work Gavin. Our favourite part of the world.
dashcoja hahah cheers mate. No didn't see Ronny, I think he hit the Kimberley about 3 weeks after me and I was at ElQuestro when I meet one of his mates Anto who was doing a big lap of Australia at the time.
The crowds took me but surprise. I was expecting it to be busy like the Pilbara gets busy in Winter but in reality the Pilbara is still very much undiscovered compared to that.
Great Vid once again. Thanks for sharing. Steve
Thanks Steve :D
Great Job Mate
Thanks Gavin.
Enjoying the series,very interested heading up their July and August so great to get a heads up.
An Irishman buys a chainsaw that guarantees to cut down 40 trees an hour. He starts using it, but finds it only cuts 10 in the hour. Takes it back to the salesman and says "it doesn't cut 40 trees an hour, I only managed 10." With that the salesman starts up the chainsaw to see if anything is wrong. The Irishman says "what's that noise?" Inspired by your chopping Gavin. Cheers from Melbourne!
stevie65able lmao love it. Plus you will be happy to know I purchased my first chainsaw recently lol
Excellent! Look forward to its first video appearance.
Thanks for sharing on RUclips today mate, it topped off the day. Great shots of Windjana Gavin, it is one of my favourite places, just too crowded for me now though.
Yeah I would have loved to have seen the place 20 years ago
Believe it or not, I might have some photos from 1994 and definitely 2006.
You're right, I wont believe it until you show me those photos so I can have a look hahahah
I will see what I can dig up for you over the next couple of days mate
Another nice vid mate. Keep it up
GR8 Vid.....again...Merry Xmas to You n Yours 🎉🎉....My must see...Munja Track I'm thinking 😉
Merry Christmas too you and yours too mate. Glad you are enjoying the series. Munja Track would be amazing. It was still closed when I went through so I could only see the first little bit and wasn't allowed past the community so no footage of that in my series. Ronny looks like he got through all the way a couple of weeks later. I bet as he gets closer to the inlet it gets very very wet after the wet season we had this year
Nice!
so you mentioned you were wanting a chain saw for your 4wd and you said you have looked at electric saws. I went to Cape York last year and we took a stihl battery saw. It worked saw well the whole trip and the fac we never had to carry fuel was even better. chrge on those batteries last like 8 working hours which is great. have a look you might like it.
Hi Ben, well funny you should meantion that because I just purchased a electric saw and will feature it in a video soon :D
As I said Gavin can’t wait for you to upload to UTube.Much better on the big screen.What a lovely place funny though how both you and Ronny have just posted at the same spot.
As I have said before great work and enjoy every episode you have loaded.
The Gibb River Road is definitely on my bucket list! Would an Australian made off-road camper trailer be capable enough to do this track? I own a Cub Camper.
Hi Gavin thanks for your incredible effort putting together your Kimberly series, my wife and I will be heading out there in July and your videos have really given us a wonderful preview of what we can expect. We have a long drive from Middle Lagoon on the Dampier Peninsula to Derby and wanted confirm how long it will take? Google maps estimate 8-9 hours but their dirt estimates are sometimes way off so its good to check with someone who has actually done it. Also I will be taking a Mavic Pro on the trip and any drone tips you have would also be appreciated. Thanks in advance Buddy...
Hi Baden, Thanks for watching, i'm glad you enjoy the series. The trip from Middle Lagoon to Derby will depend heavily on track conditions. If it's been recently graded it could take half that amount of time :D As for drone tips, slower is always better and try and capture a variety of angles, heights and distances from your subject to give you as many perspectives to work with as possible. Oh, and watch out for eagles :D They love those little Mavics
Awesome series once again. Just a thought, you should hit up Ineos for copyright on you red A in your logo.
hahah yes I should :D bastards :D
I just posted this as a reply to a question but I thought everyone might like the information so here it is.
It's been an interesting year. I filmed the Kimberley Series and the CSR series at the same time back to back over 6 weeks. I think was 2-3 weeks in front of Ronny for the Kimberley (I'm also not sure how much of the Kimberley he did) and I was 1 week behind Andrew on the Canning Stock Route.
I'm still learning as I go so I decided to edit the CSR series first because it was easier to edit. Then 2 weeks after my CSR series I started my Kimberley series and it just turned out to be luck they line up with what Andrew and Ronny are doing. Not sure if that means I'm getting more or less views as a result lol
Show less
REPLY
i watched your CSR and Andrews at the same time as you were released head to head.. I've watched some of Ronnys Kimberley but the sound has been all over the shop and its not that interesting.. maybe I've watched too much Ronny and you are new and refreshing and have a different angle on it all??
im not sure if it means you get less or more views but for me someone new is good and its good to get a different spin on things!
keep it up Gavin!
Christo Thanks mate, I'm glad you are enjoying my work :) I still have a lot to learn but I'm slowly getting there
That was a fantastic episode Gav, your comments on the cost benefit ratio in regards to certain camps was spot on. I avoid them like the bloody plague mate. Regarding downed trees, what about a Silky Saw? those silky katanaboy 650's are awesome for large trees and lastly mate, what happened to the old aerial? she went for a Walkabout or stowed safely? lol. The Moose See's all. lol. Happy New Year amigo from a bloody Snowy Cabin in Lapland Cheers Moose
Hahah snapped that aerial lol, I talk a little about that in EP3. I had never snapped an aerial before this trip. This was the first one I snapped and then on the CSR right after the Kimberley trip I snapped another one.
You get that on the big jobs mate. Cheers Moose
Great video Kooljaman at Cape Leveque I was there in 2001 still have the shirt. Did you go to one arm point, I did a crabbing tour there with some aboriginal people great memories.
I sure did, I went driving around the point to where all the little pearling huts are located. Magic spot but there was also 2 x 40 seat tour buses there so didn't do any filming. I felt out of place hahah I'm still not comfortable filming around other people. I'm getting less shy but its a slow process
I think back when I went there you had to go to the wards office and pay $5 to have a look around. No tour buses back then.
Hey Gav....yer know the feeling on the shy part with Filming...we'll get there M8....GR8 Vid 😊
Thanks mate ... the struggle is real hahah I had these great plans to film stuff at the Perth 4WD show but didnt film much at all as I was to shy hahah Down side of growing up in a small town perhaps ...
5*
I have the impression that piece of paradise lost in the middle of nowhere will become infested with tourists soon! Of course, I will be just one of them.
Gav, loving this series! How about if we stay around 12hrs behind you, could we tag along on the next one? Then when we get home we just show everyone your videos! Whatdayareckon?
hahah that would be fine with me mate :D No worries at all
Another great video Gav, can't wait for the next one 👍👍
Hi Gavin, recent subscriber to your channel - absolutely loved the Canning series, you do a fantastic production. I recall you saying you used to have an FJ Cruiser...I have a wife & 3 kids and we’ve just outgrown it. How did you find the move to the 200? What do you miss? What do you prefer over the 200? Keep up the great work...quality stuff.
Hi Phil, yeah I loved my FJ. So much so i'm one of the founding members of the FJ Cruiser Club of Australia and was an Admin of the page for many years. I love the FJ. For short to medium range you cant beat it but like you, me and my family out grew the FJ after a while :D
Great effort getting the place to yourself. Can I just ask what the display is that’s Om the far right at the bottom of the windscreen? It looks like a gps screen but seems to show other data, couldn’t really make it out. Is it for monitoring temps on the vehicle?
Hi there, thats the Ultra Gauge and its a fantastic bit of gear for telling you everything the ECU knows about the vehicle :D
What drone do you use ? Cape laveque is a great spot, we do the Gibb this year.
G'day mate. I use the Inspire 2
Hey Gav,
what’s the name of the awesome gorge you visited?😊 cheers Sascha
Windjana😅 Got it😅
Hi there champ
Nice place over that way hope to get back there soon.
Do you use lens filters on your drone ? and if so which ones .
Cheers
G'day mate, I use PolarPro - PL and ND filters on my drone. Hope that helps :D
Love the episodes. But why cant you film the nature while you are talking instead of yourself when you are driving?
Mostly because I am just one man with a camera working along doing everything from filming, editing, building my website, travelling to new 4wd destinations, running tag along tours and most importantly hanging out with family :D :D I think that about covers it :D
Ok 👍.
How big is your inverter, thanks
zoezoe610 900watt :)
Need to get a small electric chainsaw. No need to carry fuel but charge it on the hop. :)
zoezoe610 I went looking for one at the Broome Bunnings but I balked at the price :)
Yes some are this is the go for light cutting. www.kogan.com/au/buy/black-decker-18v-li-ion-25cm-chainsaw-gkc1825l20-xe-black-decker/?gclid=CjwKCAiAqIHTBRAVEiwA6TgJw55PtY8c-M0BgCHgSR2L2WG8iydLhLTnFIdOY4M3k5rwTG-ePAPSGBoCHGAQAvD_BwE
2nd