Walking SOLO Through the Australian OUTBACK as a Traditional Swagman

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @TheBeardedBushranger
    @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад +81

    Gday everyone! Since this video is getting a bit of traction I'm getting lots of comments. 90% of ya love it but a few are critical which are pointing out the mistakes. Which is totally fair enough. Well aware I should of brought 2 knives, that cooking on coals is the way to go - go watch my other videos where I do all of that. To clarify I'm a bloke who loves the outdoors and Australia history and getting out and giving it a crack, and I never claim to be a survival expert. I also never try to 'hide' any mistakes made out bush and I'll always show both the good and the bad of a trip. Also, this video was filmed a year ago, and since then I have just got back from a big 4 day offtrack cross country outback walk where I have corrected all the mistakes made in this vid.
    Thanks again for all the support!

    • @WongJawa
      @WongJawa Месяц назад +3

      Live the live👊

    • @FeralPestControl
      @FeralPestControl Месяц назад +8

      Mate ..... didn't you know? Everyone is an expert.
      I thought it was a great video ..... keep doing what you love.
      Take care buddy.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад +8

      @@FeralPestControl 😆 some people love pointing out everything you've done wrong, while never creating anything themselves. But fair enough. Thanks for watching

    • @justpeace999
      @justpeace999 Месяц назад +5

      Let ‘em judge and moan mate but you’re the man who is out there giving it a go. Legendary effort! Loved it

    • @todaywefly4370
      @todaywefly4370 Месяц назад +3

      😁keyboard warriors…gotta love ‘em!

  • @SarahlabyrinthLHC
    @SarahlabyrinthLHC Месяц назад +77

    Hubby and I were driving through the outback in Western Australia in 1998 and we were several hundred kilometers from anywhere. We came across an Aboriginal man walking along the roadside so we stopped to see if he was ok, if he wanted any supplies, water or food, or a ride somewhere. He said no, he was doing fine. The only thing he was carrying was an empty tin can. He flourished it in the air and said "I know where the waterholes are." So he smiled at us and we left him to his walkabout.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад +12

      That's a great story! I remember something similar one time many years ago in queensland, I was bushwalking and came out to a very remote country road, one lone aboriginal man walking along it by himself. Ended up walking with him half the day to reach the nearest town.

    • @SarahlabyrinthLHC
      @SarahlabyrinthLHC Месяц назад +3

      @@TheBeardedBushranger That must have been so interesting!

    • @gunterbecker8528
      @gunterbecker8528 Месяц назад +2

      Happy walking mate and congrats on your efforts Gunter

    • @SarahlabyrinthLHC
      @SarahlabyrinthLHC 18 дней назад

      @@survivalabc That is probably true. My own view is that it is better to see people as individuals, rather than any particular race.

  • @davidanderson9043
    @davidanderson9043 2 месяца назад +35

    Brilliant video. I’m a 60 year old that’s been bush camping all my life.
    My grand father was one of the pioneers that opened up this brilliant part of the world 111 years ago. The farm is still owned by his grand and great grand children.
    I smiled when I saw your canvas water bag, I still have mine and not to many people know what the hell it is☺️
    Thanks for such a nostalgic video and such a hard slog in the harsh Mallee environment. Hat off to you Sir.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад +3

      What a fantastic bit of history! Must be proud of your grandfather being a pioneer. Those must of been hard times! It's fascinating learning about how they lived and how they got by back then.
      And I love my water bag, been taking it on quite a few trips! I'm yet to hang it up on the front of my 4x4 to cool it, but I'll have to do that one time as well!

    • @davidanderson9043
      @davidanderson9043 2 месяца назад +4

      ⁠I remember my grandfather but unfortunately he passed when I was very young.
      However my dad left the Mallee as a young man.
      He didn’t talk a lot about living on the farm. It was a harsh life, especially for a boy.
      They were as poor as church mice. No power, dirt floors in the self made house, no shoes or fresh food (bar blackberries and rabbit), getting the horse ready for a day in the paddock before a five mile walk to school with little to eat. You get the picture.
      We today find it hard to comprehend, some would even say child abuse. But different times and you just dealt with what you had.
      Many thanks

    • @andyh9381
      @andyh9381 27 дней назад

      I'm curious, when was that brilliant part of the world "closed"?

    • @davidanderson9043
      @davidanderson9043 27 дней назад

      @@andyh9381 as far as I’m aware, it’s still open.

  • @swanieswanepoel7845
    @swanieswanepoel7845 2 месяца назад +39

    Luke, you are a BEAST! Hats off to you for completing that trail in work boots! Your videos are incredibly relatable, and it's your ability to showcase your misfortunes and blunders that makes the viewing experience so much more immersive. Please continue creating this fantastic content!
    Just a side note: To add some variety to my takka bag, I include plain dried fruits like peaches, which I believe still align with the spirit of the traditional swagman.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад +2

      Thanks for your comment mate haha yeah the feet were a bit sore walking in steel caps.
      The dried fruit actually sounds like a great way to get a bit of a natural sugar hit on these types of trip. Thanks for that.

    • @loladiaz7616
      @loladiaz7616 Месяц назад +1

      Yes Ditto the above 😘

    • @ClancyStaub
      @ClancyStaub Месяц назад +2

      Hello from WA State, USA. Aussie born, in USA 50 years, 09/Oct, 1974- Present 09/09/2024.

  • @lesklower7281
    @lesklower7281 Месяц назад +20

    The traditional swagmen were shearers walking from shearing shed to shearing shed and they carried with them one pound of flour sugar and tea and maybe dried fruit because they would mix the dried fruit in with there damper dough and probably some sugar and that would make johnny cakes and also they would have regular camping spots and swagman would throw some pumpkin seeds around so pumpkins would grow and swagmen would cook up the pumpkin and eat the cooked pumpkin and probably other vegetables which ever was growing at the swagman camp site

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад +1

      Great bit of info. Cheers.

    • @lesklower7281
      @lesklower7281 Месяц назад +1

      @@TheBeardedBushranger l remember reading it in some book but l can't remember the name of the book

  • @jacobrawles8687
    @jacobrawles8687 2 месяца назад +13

    I like how you are real about your experience. Even when things went wrong you did not edit it out. Great video and thanks for being real.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад +3

      Cheers mate. Yeah I'll never claim that I am some kind of proffesional expert. I've just got a passion for the outdoors, bushcraft and history and I'm taking others along on the journey as I learn more.

    • @DD-bx8rb
      @DD-bx8rb 2 месяца назад +1

      @@TheBeardedBushranger The settlers made dams, tanks, and waterbags, and nearly every Aboriginal bushwalker would rely on them today.

  • @denisthemenace.
    @denisthemenace. 24 дня назад +7

    I'm an Aussie who is real happy with the yt algorithm for once. A pleasant surprise

  • @shantishanti1949
    @shantishanti1949 Месяц назад +11

    Age 56 did 315 km over 8 days Cameron Corner to Birdsville - no tent just a rubber mat and sleeping bag.
    Raising money for YoungCare - loved every minute. Beautiful country 🙏🙏
    PS 5 litres of water is roughly 5kg - best 5kg you will ever carry.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад +1

      Good on ya, that is a really big walk. Well done. I love those big long distance walks as well. What is youngcare?

    • @shantishanti1949
      @shantishanti1949 Месяц назад

      @@TheBeardedBushranger you should look up. They do a semi annual charity walk - would be a great video. They raise money and build accommodation for young people with disabilities.

  • @stonemonkey1968
    @stonemonkey1968 Месяц назад +4

    Superb video and thanks for taking the time. Loved it

  • @PolarBearMVG
    @PolarBearMVG Месяц назад +22

    Hi Luke, you can avoid blisters by wearing knee-high nylons under your socks. It also helps to clean your feet and apply foot powder every morning before walking. I was infantry for many years and never had a single blister.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад +4

      Cheers mate, yeah usually I do pretty good just with taping my foot when I start to feel a blister coming on. I was too exhausted and kind of pushed on that I forgot to do that!
      I know about the powdering of feet (the silly swagman taught me that) but never heared about the knee high nylon.

    • @PolarBearMVG
      @PolarBearMVG Месяц назад +2

      @@TheBeardedBushranger They prevent friction from wearing the skin. Never got a blister after wearing them under my socks.

    • @ColinMcCormack
      @ColinMcCormack Месяц назад +1

      Or two pairs of socks, lightweight with heavier ones over them. Same principle

    • @PolarBearMVG
      @PolarBearMVG Месяц назад +2

      @@ColinMcCormack Good enough for a casual hike, but not for the long, forced marches with weapons, ammo, etc of my soldier days.

    • @ColinMcCormack
      @ColinMcCormack Месяц назад +1

      @@PolarBearMVG I don't doubt that

  • @williamfrance-
    @williamfrance- 2 месяца назад +6

    Man I have really come to appreciate the act of making videos on long solo hikes like this. I just hiked 102km in 2 & 1/2 days and all the extra shots of walking and b roll seems like such a legendary effort considering how much you’re already putting in to the hike itself. Also I totally understand that feeling of losing your bearings when you put your pack down and couldn’t find it again; I put my camera down in a bush (to protect it from the sand) while I stopped for a drink. Put my pack back on and continued walking for 20 metres or so before I realised my camera was still on the trail and even in such a small distance still struggled to find it! Took me a good 5 minutes of searching and backtracking to spot it. Learned a valuable lesson in that moment. Great video, thanks so much for sharing your adventure!

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад +1

      Mate 102km in 2 1/2 days is a solid effort! you must of been packing light to manage that! And yeah filming can sometimes take it out of you. Mind you I've come to feel like the camera is all part of the experience at this point. It is really great on those down times when your just hanging around and killing time ... gives you something creative to do!

    • @williamfrance-
      @williamfrance- 2 месяца назад +1

      @@TheBeardedBushranger Totally agree re the creative outlet! I only took a DSLR with me and a wide angle super takumar with me but I’m so glad I did. The environment was unreal and would not have been properly captured with only my phone. Unfortunately I had to carry 4L of water between camps and was prepped for the full 5 day trip just in case so started with 20.2kg and came home with 16kg. Feet are destroyed with blisters but the experience was unlike any other hike I’ve ever done! Your statement about pushing your body to its limits of discomfort to get away from the niceties and cushiness of regular life really hit home for me, I’ve never fully understood myself and my limits like I did on this trip. Such a valuable insight to have gained.

  • @Paulxxx457
    @Paulxxx457 2 месяца назад +22

    Thanks for a good long video

  • @roderickduracktully7496
    @roderickduracktully7496 2 месяца назад +3

    So true , really come to appreciate how good we have it these days when you strip it back and go without for a bit .

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад

      Makes you appreciate a warm shower, good meal and a comfy bed!

  • @petergedd9330
    @petergedd9330 Месяц назад +2

    More than enjoyable mate, sitting here with a glass of wine and a bag of crisps. Been to lovely Australia a few times, Queensland, Loved it, love the folk, could live there. Thanks for this Swagman video, all the best to yer. (That sky though!! That reminds me so much of our trip, deep azure blue, I love it) Good job about the water tanks, very thoughtful. We were really green when we first came over, looked at the map and headed for the coast to get to see some whales, we thought we'd just cruise down to the coast, OMG two days later......we finally got there, the locals were laughing at us and I can see why, HUGE!!!. Subscribed. Cant describe how beautiful it was to watch this..

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks for watching! It seems a lot of people from overseas who visited Australia at some point fell in love with the place! Glad the videos could remind you a bit of your time here.

  • @simondennis3450
    @simondennis3450 2 месяца назад +3

    Fantastic vid yet again. I'm glad you found your knife. As someone who spends a lot of time in the outback it's nice to see vids showing just how tough it would've been 100+ years ago. I love reading the old books and diarys of the early settlers.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад +2

      Yeah same .. some of the stories of isolation and hardship are really compelling.

    • @simondennis3450
      @simondennis3450 2 месяца назад +1

      @@TheBeardedBushranger Look up the book "mates and gold". I've read many books on the old prospecting years but this one is fantastic. That and the Len Beadell books.

  • @huckyduck
    @huckyduck Месяц назад +1

    Loved the video! Thanks for making it… the bush is amazing.

  • @patriciapitt4228
    @patriciapitt4228 Месяц назад +4

    We watched the Swagman come through our little town, called Merinda ,as they always called at my Grandfather place and Grandmother would always cook them a hot meal, and they must have told their mates as that was the only place they called, that's back in 1945 in Nth Qld, it was tough going for them because there was not many cars around then, great you are showing people how it used to be, and we grew up with no phone or power or car ,so had plenty of time to roam the bush Many Thanks for taking us with You. ***😊*** ...

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад +1

      What a great bit of history you have there. It's interesting to think that the swagman history is as recent as the 1940's/50's/even 60's.
      Sounds like you got to really experience a great lifestyle.
      Thank you for watching.

    • @patriciapitt4228
      @patriciapitt4228 Месяц назад +1

      @@TheBeardedBushranger that's what we called the good old days ,it's bloody crazy world now ,please take care and stay safe watch out for the snakes on 2 legs *** ...

  • @jonnybolath6670
    @jonnybolath6670 Месяц назад +2

    Thank you for this report. I really enjoyed seeing the landscape and the Australian sky at night. I lived approx. 10 year down under and left Australia approx. 40 years ago. I am still a bit homesick when I see wonderful reports like yours. Thank you!

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад

      Yeah it's a beautiful country. Where abouts in the country did you end up living?

    • @jonnybolath6670
      @jonnybolath6670 Месяц назад +1

      @@TheBeardedBushranger We lived in Melbourne and Sydney. In 2016, my wife and I visited Australia again. The best part was our train ride with the Ghan from Alice Springs to Adelaide. The railway company did a great job arranging for a stop at about 10pm and offered the opportunity to view a fantastic sky, even having special telescope to watch the stars. It was an outstanding experience.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад

      @@jonnybolath6670 id love to do the ghan, sounds like a great experience

  • @jimmyf9152
    @jimmyf9152 2 месяца назад +3

    Fantastic video. You really captured the beauty of the outback. Glad you found your knife!

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад +1

      Thanks mate, I'm definantly keen to do more outback trips in the future.

  • @richardmclean7876
    @richardmclean7876 Месяц назад +2

    This is a great channel!

  • @paulferguson8116
    @paulferguson8116 Месяц назад +7

    Good on ya mate for going bush and giving it a go. Few mistakes I saw but you did well. Bit of advice though, if you want to live to do it again then don't waste your water putting out the fire. Cover it with soil and don't worry, no body is going to put their foot in it and get burnt because you probably won't have anyone coming along again for months.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад +9

      Cheers mate thanks for watching .. so a few people have said the same thing in comments so I'll let you know the reasoning as well.
      1. There were 3 water tanks along this walk, and I was camped by one each night. the water tanks were full and I had called ahead to talk to the rangers. They had requested to have any fires put out with water. This means I had quite a bit of access to water, straight after putting the fires out I filled my water bags up and I had plenty of water to drink.
      2. This was actually filmed last year october when the mallee was goign into an early fire season, as I said, rangers actually wanted fires out with water (not just burying sand on top) also being part of the CFA I gotta play by those rules when I'm putting content publicly on the internet.
      Hope that explains it. Have a good one mate

    • @petergedd9330
      @petergedd9330 Месяц назад

      @@TheBeardedBushranger I had wondered about that, yea it makes sense, to be extra cautious about fires.

    • @helennicholson9530slim
      @helennicholson9530slim 28 дней назад

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  • @EamonWanders
    @EamonWanders 8 дней назад

    Damn well done Luke! Amazing video and great results.

  • @elizabeththompson4424
    @elizabeththompson4424 Месяц назад +7

    you should always have two knives
    a fixed blade & a folder
    and possibly an additional machete or hand axe
    rabbit needs some oil added to it since it is such a lean meat
    best in a stew

    • @jimksa67
      @jimksa67 Месяц назад

      dodnt forget a needle in your wallet for slivers n stuff, tip from a bushnik BC Canada

    • @Michael-en7of
      @Michael-en7of 23 дня назад

      They are pretty good chicken fried also. Parboil an older one before frying.

  • @garthrichert5256
    @garthrichert5256 Месяц назад

    A very beautiful video of tranquillity, lovely photography and a very nice man. Aw gee, thanks again.

  • @ronjohnson9690
    @ronjohnson9690 Месяц назад +4

    What a beautiful country.

  • @bernardofitzpatrick5403
    @bernardofitzpatrick5403 23 дня назад

    Omg I love that place. 🎉. Paradise 🎉. This is real content ! Mouth organ ! Australians are the best 💪

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  22 дня назад +1

      Thanks for watching! Yeah something very special and peaceful about the outback.

  • @williambarr318
    @williambarr318 Месяц назад +5

    Wow, what a great video. I could really feel the Australian spirit. I’m Glad you found your knife.

  • @stepbystep125
    @stepbystep125 2 месяца назад +1

    I truly enjoy your videos and I admire the effort and energy you put into them. Your monologue is well received and holds value for me. Keep up the good work Luke.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад

      Thanks mate, I appreciate that. Glad you've been enjoying the videos.

  • @vasilisouris4853
    @vasilisouris4853 2 месяца назад +3

    Fantastic video, having lived 3 years in the mallee bush between Euston and balranald this video was a pleasure to watch, I found quite few old places like you found with old cans and tins, usually with bullet holes in them, the mallee scrub used to have a fair few forestry workers in it. Cutting fence posts, brush for brush fencing and charcoal burners making charcoal, charcoal is what I did for three years, I often took my bag a blanket a rifle and would just wander it was a great life

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you very much for that bit of history! I was really curious to know what that camp might of been for. It certainly wasn't marked on a map or anything, and was a bit off the trail. I guess there are plenty of those old camps lying around the outback.

  • @SpireUtd
    @SpireUtd Месяц назад +2

    Really enjoyed that. Thank you. Can't beat walking to appreciate your surroundings.

  • @Yamumsfavouritebogan
    @Yamumsfavouritebogan 2 месяца назад +5

    No place like it! Proud to call Australia home!

  • @darynwilson8330
    @darynwilson8330 2 месяца назад +2

    Mate this is a stunning video, again you are living the dream. Keep up the amazing vision that you are creating 😊

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад

      Cheers mate! I'll continue trying to pump out these videos this year.

  • @mitchie53
    @mitchie53 Месяц назад +3

    Greetings from South Africa, good on ya mate.
    Mitch

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks mate. Good to see a few South Africans watching the channel

  • @mchaelparisi8253
    @mchaelparisi8253 25 дней назад

    Well done mate an awesome experience being with only nature and yourself .
    Thanks for sharing

  • @chelatkins685
    @chelatkins685 2 месяца назад +7

    Hows that for timing, I'm heading out to this track this weekend for a solo birthday trek. I was doubting my ability to do this, but seeing a traditional swagman in his workboots and denim walking 60ks is giving the kick up the arse to just push on. Thanks for another great film Luke

    • @chelatkins685
      @chelatkins685 2 месяца назад +1

      Just goes to show how easily we can get caught up in making sure we've got all the perfect gear before getting out there. A humbling reminder that you can get out there with just the essentials and some safety equipment. You dont need the bells and whistles as most outdoors youtubers bang on about to get out and explore

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад +1

      Mate so jealous you get to head out there. This whole trip was filmed about a year ago, last October. And we were already heating up heaps so it was bloody hot. I reckon right now would be a great time to do it .. much cooler and plenty more water around with the rains we have just had.
      Hope it goes well for ya mate.

  • @trentkrikken9873
    @trentkrikken9873 2 месяца назад +2

    So refreshing is ur content, really enjoyed that vid. Thanks

  • @garrynorth6199
    @garrynorth6199 Месяц назад +3

    From a rabbit eater in australia, rabbit cooked like that would have been tough as boot leather, in your situation if I had enough water I would have simmered it in your billy for an hour with pepper and salt, that way it is tender and tasty. Then for nourishments you can drink the water. And swaggies never had chai, they had black tea and if they were lucky some sugar. Anyway great video ol mate, and yes the city slickers would have no idea how bad the flies are 👍🏾

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад +2

      haha comment number 1254 on the way I cooked that rabbit ... but yeah next time I'll cook on coals. It wasn't too bad to be honest though.
      I cooked up a rabbit stew in one of the first videos I ever posted and it was much better .. took the time to really stew it and it tasted great.

  • @happyhunter1964
    @happyhunter1964 Месяц назад +1

    thank you for taking us on your adventure.

  • @jackvoss5841
    @jackvoss5841 Месяц назад +5

    An old technique: have severe red (or some bright color) bandanas or long ribbons. Tie one or two up in a tree or bush at camp. When walking away, have small chunks to put up as trail blazes. It has to save you only ONCE to pay off.
    Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

  • @anthonymitchell6764
    @anthonymitchell6764 2 месяца назад +1

    You are an absolute bloody machine
    Loved this video. They just keep getting better and better
    Thank you or your amazing efforts ❤

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад

      Thanks heaps for watching mate! Appreciate that .. this vid was actually made a year ago but I wanted to upload it here on the new channel.

  • @tonykampkes9861
    @tonykampkes9861 Месяц назад +7

    A lot of the swagmen were 1st WW1 veterans. Trying to walk the horrors of trench warfare out of their system. They just couldn't go home.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад +3

      Yeah it's interesting how long the swagmen history goes for .. from the early 1800s right through to the 1930's. And even a few stragglers of the old life after that as well.

    • @denisthemenace.
      @denisthemenace. 24 дня назад

      Yes, that is an important point

    • @Michael-en7of
      @Michael-en7of 23 дня назад

      Very similar to American hobo culture.

  • @karenlucas8882
    @karenlucas8882 22 дня назад

    Thankyou, I loved your adventure, my grandmar (Gar) used to tell stories about being on the trail with her father and cooking damper for the stockmen in a camp oven it's great your keeping the spirit alive!😊🇦🇺👍

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  21 день назад

      That's a great story .. have you ever seen the movie 'the shiralee' .. about a man and his daughter walking as swaggies?

  • @craigaston
    @craigaston 2 месяца назад +8

    Such and Aussie thing to do. Windy, adverse weather, dry and hot. "That's why I'm just making a little fire" 😂

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад +1

      haha some days here in the summer are just a no go though.

    • @craigaston
      @craigaston 2 месяца назад +2

      @TheBeardedBushranger haha yeah I live in the Pilbara. 30 degrees in winter and 40+ in summer and ournwet season is basically non existent compared to the Kimberley.
      I love the if I'm careful she'll be right mentality 👍

  • @captainbackflash
    @captainbackflash 5 дней назад

    So wonderfull. Thank you!

  • @Danielflicker
    @Danielflicker 2 месяца назад +11

    Hello from Germany 🇩🇪

  • @followourtravelsau
    @followourtravelsau 2 дня назад

    Awesome video thanks mate. I know the area you were walking through and it's absolutely magnificent country. Thank you for taking me through it on foot. I'm starting to get a bit old these days so it's great to be taken back out to these places. I'm getting the first of two knees knees replaced pretty soon so hopefully I'll be back out there again, in the meantime I'm living it through you :)

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 дня назад +1

      Gday mate, thanks heaps for that comment. I'm glad the video can give you a bit of a walkthrough country that you really enjoyed. Hopefully your knee replacements go well and you get back out for walk soon enough.

    • @followourtravelsau
      @followourtravelsau 2 дня назад

      @@TheBeardedBushranger I hope the first knee replacement goes well too because I'm off to Marree for the Camel Cup next year and then later in the year up to Tibooburra and the Darling River! The wife and I went on a four week trip only three months after she had hers done so I can't be going soft and letting "team blokes" down or she will never let me hear the end of it!

  • @paulinelee9694
    @paulinelee9694 Месяц назад +5

    To me, the most precious thing , is water. You could have put the fire out with sand and saved your water. Great video.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад +5

      Yeah a few people have asked about this and basically it comes down to camping each night near a full water tank so I had plenty of water I could utilize. Also I had called ahead to the rangers before this walk and they do request that fires are put out with water. Another thing is this was filmed last year late october when the mallee was going into an early fire season, and being a part of the CFA I need to be seen as doing the right thing.
      Thanks again for watching.

    • @Moamanly
      @Moamanly 22 дня назад

      @@TheBeardedBushranger Ahhh I wondered about that too.

  • @Romft17
    @Romft17 Месяц назад +2

    Spent some time in Singapore 1969/70 loved a Australian bush programme on tv, 'The Bush Tucker Man'. This is the first bush programme I have watched since brings back good memories. If you have not seen 'The Bush Tucker Man' Luke, have a look it is on you tube - a legend

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад +2

      Thanks for watching mate. Yeah I loved les hiddens! Also Malcolm douglas was a classic as well.

    • @Romft17
      @Romft17 Месяц назад +1

      @@TheBeardedBushranger Thanks for getting back to me Luke - must be great to go fo a - 'Walk About'. I am located in Scotland.

  • @budget-adventure
    @budget-adventure 2 месяца назад +5

    Ha ha ruined rabbit. Some flour and curry powder and a light fry up is fantastic. Great video mate

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад +3

      Mate .. rabbit cooked to a black char is the best haha to be fair I cooked a good rabbit stew in one of the first videos I posted!

    • @budget-adventure
      @budget-adventure 2 месяца назад

      @@TheBeardedBushranger ha ha I’m still going back through the earlier episodes. Rabbit stew sounds amazing I’ll have to go and find the video

  • @filmscorefreak
    @filmscorefreak Месяц назад

    Watching this video was very much time well spent. Thanks, from the US! And really glad you found that knife!

  • @Miclantechupi
    @Miclantechupi 2 месяца назад +4

    6:21 I have a bright orange shemagh that I use to avoid this. Tie it to a bit of brush by the kit as a flag and don't go out of sight of the flag.

  • @ajadrew
    @ajadrew Месяц назад

    You've really captured a feeling here that I've not seen before - some stunning scenes & just enough chat for the pictures to tell their story! 👍😊

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад +1

      Cheers mate, I appreciate that. Glad you enjoyed the vid.

    • @ajadrew
      @ajadrew Месяц назад

      @@TheBeardedBushranger 👍😊

  • @markbench8721
    @markbench8721 Месяц назад +8

    Lost your knife, almost lost your pack with your supplies. Its a miracle I am watching this video.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад +7

      Fair enough. I was out there to give it a crack and share the journey. I never hide my mistakes but I also never claim to be a survival expert. This was filmed a year ago. I've just come back from a 5 day offtrack outback swagman walk that corrected all the mistakes in this vid.

    • @PP-bm7zp
      @PP-bm7zp Месяц назад +8

      At least he is out there giving it a crack, not just sitting behind a screen being critical of someone

    • @ola3100
      @ola3100 Месяц назад

      Rats

  • @offgriddreaming5403
    @offgriddreaming5403 Месяц назад

    Big respect mate that was an epic trip. Thanks for bringing us along. Subbed 🤜🏼🔥🤛🏼

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад

      Cheers mate, yeah the feet were sore after that one! Thanks for watching.

  • @Aussie_gamer.
    @Aussie_gamer. 2 месяца назад +9

    First

  • @NatMoffet-ik6xw
    @NatMoffet-ik6xw Месяц назад

    Great video and the message is so true we don’t need all the modern stuff that we rely on unnecessarily

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад +1

      Yeah absolutely. Altough the modern stuff can be pretty nice to come back to after a big walk like this 😆

  • @KobieDuncan
    @KobieDuncan 2 месяца назад +6

    Hi

  • @brentlines6238
    @brentlines6238 Месяц назад +2

    Good on ya mate.. No BS Just simply a love for the outback . Brent Canada

  • @HSVsolo
    @HSVsolo 2 месяца назад +10

    Hello from qld

  • @tristancarroll5979
    @tristancarroll5979 2 дня назад

    I love what you do in your videos mate , especially sticking to the old historical traditional swaggie themes , !keep doing what you do , forget the idiots who look for something to knock , keep doing you ...

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 дня назад

      Legend, thanks for that mate. Much appreciated and thanks for watching the videos.

  • @joolzmac1
    @joolzmac1 Месяц назад +3

    Mate, that rabbit looked terrible! Letting the fire die down to coals would’ve been better. Flame just blackens anything. SR flour is better for damper, it needs to rise. Some ‘Cocky’s Joy’ (golden syrup) would be good on it. You certainly walked it like a swaggie so I take my hat off to you. Really enjoyed your vid, nothing like the great Aussie outback! 🥰🇦🇺🦘

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад

      Thanks for watching! haha I've just done another outback walk and I can promise you the cooking was much better this time around.

  • @JavierBonillaC
    @JavierBonillaC Месяц назад

    Magnificent trip. Inspiring!

  • @jackvoss5841
    @jackvoss5841 Месяц назад +3

    What you Aussies call “damper”, around the Great Lakes in the US, we call bannock. Hint: don’t add all of the water to the flour at once. Add just in small dribbles, mix up the dough, and roll it around, THEN add another, small dribble,etc. Much less sticky mess on the fingers and pan that way. For some luxury, add a few nuts, berries (dried or fresh), and/or meat bits. JARVIS good eatin!
    Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

  • @Whydiss
    @Whydiss 23 дня назад +1

    Love it! And glad you have learn how to cook on coals 😊

  • @terryvogel5252
    @terryvogel5252 2 месяца назад

    Awesome adventure Luke enjoyed that one been whatching your channel for awhile and enjoy your content. Good way to start my day.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад +1

      Thanks for watching, I'll continue to try and pump out these videos this year!

  • @TheSilmarillian
    @TheSilmarillian 14 дней назад +1

    Lost 4 words remote rural NSW here opal miner, thanks for taking me along on your journey most city folk would not know shit from clay , 1 can live off the land. Got lucky had an indigenous elder take me out into the scrub we spent a week there just him and I when he did the traditional walkabout enough said.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  12 дней назад

      That sounds like a great experience! Not a lot of people would have done something like that. Good on ya. Opal mining also sounds like another interesting thing to learn about.

  • @ralph-io6bj
    @ralph-io6bj Месяц назад

    Loved watching your walk through the remote terrain. Great video!

  • @ecowomble1781
    @ecowomble1781 Месяц назад

    Loved this video. Recent subscriber. Loved everything about it. Looking forward to viewing your other adventures.

  • @olodudu
    @olodudu 6 дней назад

    Great content. Hiking in Australia must be hell of a fun thing to do. Greetings from Poland!

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  5 дней назад +1

      Thanks for watcihng. Yeah we actually have a really big variety of landscapes to walk through

  • @jae4807
    @jae4807 2 месяца назад

    What an epic adventure, thankyou for taking us along. Finding your knife must have been such a relief.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад

      And thanks for watching! Yeah was very happy finding that knife again.

  • @paulpeople9178
    @paulpeople9178 2 месяца назад +2

    Mate love it. It’s the beard , it’s your hidden power maintain the rage

  • @craigpadley3535
    @craigpadley3535 Месяц назад +1

    Was in Oz earlier this year, absolutely loved it can't wait to get back.

  • @susana.2631
    @susana.2631 26 дней назад

    So happy you found your knife!!!👍

  • @duster8100
    @duster8100 Месяц назад +1

    In one of his Napolean Bonaparte books Arthur Upfield talks about how the swagmen communicated to others by chalk or similar sign language written at station gates describing the reception they got at the house on the property. I was on a trip with my family back in the 1950's when my dad who grew up in the bush pointed out a swagman walking along the road which by that time must have made him one of the last of that dying breed.n

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад

      Real interesting bit of history there mate. A few people have commented they remember stories of the last of the swagmen around that 1950's time slot.

  • @saikoxaol
    @saikoxaol 2 месяца назад

    Thank you for this beautiful video and insights of the outback and your style to be in there

  • @MrDwanehoward
    @MrDwanehoward 11 дней назад

    Enjoyed it bro. 😊

  • @dillipphunbar7924
    @dillipphunbar7924 Месяц назад

    I really enjoyed that, beautiful wildlife and scenery, including those colourful skies. Subbed

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад +1

      Cheers, thanks heaps for watching and subscribing to the channel.

  • @chrissguitarshow206
    @chrissguitarshow206 2 месяца назад +1

    Always look foward to your next program all the way from Guntersville Alabama.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад +1

      Awesome mate! Alabama looks like a pretty great place as well.

  • @adzbell7215
    @adzbell7215 2 месяца назад +1

    Absolutely awesome video. Living the life I dream of.

  • @isaactegg4966
    @isaactegg4966 2 месяца назад

    Bloody brilliant video mate been trying to watch every video you put out your craftsmanship of each video is awesome bro

  • @Fiona_Chasing_Light
    @Fiona_Chasing_Light 2 месяца назад

    Great video Luke - and your moment with the emu and her chicks was just lovely. It's nice to hear your thoughts and commentary too.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад

      Thanks so much for watching. And since making this vid I've come to learn that it's actually the dads that look after the chicks! There ya go.

    • @hettyspee-bw9rb
      @hettyspee-bw9rb 2 месяца назад

      Male emu look after the babys

  • @stuartlockwood9645
    @stuartlockwood9645 Месяц назад +2

    G,day mate, great video, glad you found your knife ,they are a very personal item no matter what they cost ya, lost is lost, and that's how we feel whithout em. A good pocket knife whith some means of securing to ya would be a good back up. Very dry country mate, lucky there's water tanks. My maternal grandma was born in Charters towers, I'llnever forget the stories she told me. I'll be watching ya mate, stay safe, best wishe's to you and your's, Stuart UK.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks for watching mate I appreciate it!
      Yeah I just got back from another big 4 day outback walk, and fixed this problem by carrying a spare backup swiss army knife (didn't loose my main knive as well this time around)

  • @DarkMetaOFFICIAL
    @DarkMetaOFFICIAL Месяц назад +2

    you truly are
    a man of swag 😎

  • @MarkHall-gz4jx
    @MarkHall-gz4jx Месяц назад

    Awesome video. Beautiful landscapes. Hello from appalachia Virginia in the states. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us....

  • @Peakoilcompany
    @Peakoilcompany 2 месяца назад

    Beautifully shot, really well edited, great narration and entertaining story. That emu encounter was really special. A mum with chicks can be pretty aggressive. I think you put out good vibes. Really nice video Luke. You captured that country's colours well.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад

      Thanks mate. So aparently I've been told that it is the emu dads that look after the little ones! Something I never knew.

  • @MrBadBean
    @MrBadBean Месяц назад

    Very enjoyable video, enjoyed it immensely, well done mate.

  • @epoh8698
    @epoh8698 Месяц назад +1

    I was born out west . And also have camped most of the simpson desert by permission . Great video mate watched it all. Nice down south where you were too, The emu's and some waltzing matilda was nice

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks for watching mate. Simpson desert would be a pretty special place to camp out. I've never been out that way. I've done the red center and kakadu area. But yeah gibson and simpson are next level remote.

  • @SamClarkPhotographerAdventurer
    @SamClarkPhotographerAdventurer 2 месяца назад +1

    That's awesome Luke. You have captured the real Aussie spirit in this one. And I agree, stripping back, we don't really need much. That's what I love about going bush. It simplifies life. I have also spent a bit of time in Africa, and could also see many similarities with the Australian landscape.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад

      Yeah it's amazing the similarities. I often think that both Africa and Australia have a very ancient primal feel to the landscape .. so it makes sense places would have a similar feel.

    • @chrisallen7068
      @chrisallen7068 Месяц назад

      @@TheBeardedBushranger Evening, amazing to to think Africa and Australia were connected at one stage, Gondwanaland. Some plant families growing on both continents are related, Banksia and Protea and others are all in Proteaceae. The Waratah is another example. I can understand your comment " a very primal feel to the landscape ". Love your work, stay safe.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад

      @@chrisallen7068 I remember being amazed when I found out the Waratah is also found in south africa.

  • @ironbrothers607
    @ironbrothers607 2 месяца назад

    Excellent video luke, didn't know vic had such arid country like that, beautiful scenery and really well done doing it the old traditional way, really adds so much interest to it all. Your channel is fast becoming one of my favourites for outdoors adventures. Glad you got the knife back to mate. Look forward to your next trip 👍

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад

      Hey mate really appreciate that comment! Plenty more videos coming out this year!
      I'll be hopefully heading back up to this country next month to do a big walk along the murry river!

    • @ironbrothers607
      @ironbrothers607 2 месяца назад

      Sounds good mate 👍​@@TheBeardedBushranger

  • @dylankiefer
    @dylankiefer 2 месяца назад

    Always a good watch, keep up the great videos!

  • @johnemmons6599
    @johnemmons6599 13 дней назад

    Nice to watch

  • @detecting_Nathanael
    @detecting_Nathanael Месяц назад +2

    There were still a few of the old sundowners around in my childhood in the 1950's.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад

      I find it really interesting that this history is as recent as the 1940's to 1960's. Thanks for watching.

  • @Greg-r5h
    @Greg-r5h Месяц назад

    Loved every bit of it ... Cheers Ol' Mate.

  • @edbelledin9600
    @edbelledin9600 Месяц назад

    Interesting and educational..
    Thanks for taking us along and showing us the country.. and it was really nice that you found your knife. Stay safe and be well.
    Ed Belledin, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

  • @BlackDiamondx-pi3mv
    @BlackDiamondx-pi3mv Месяц назад

    Love ya work mate 🍻

  • @scottangel6462
    @scottangel6462 2 месяца назад

    Awesome video adventure and greetings from the US!! I must say that I am in awe of your amazing landscapes. I really like your style of traditional bushcraft. I do the same type here but with an American twist to it. Keep up the good work.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад +1

      Awesome mate, I reckon the American frontier times are some of the most interesting out there as well. When I'm watching movies it's always a mixture of old Australian frontier and American frontier stuff.

  • @timfinley4436
    @timfinley4436 2 месяца назад

    Good one mate. Greetings from the States. I'm really digging your traditional style. Very inspiring!

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  2 месяца назад +1

      Thanks for watching. Great to see some U.S.A folks watching.

  • @simplylifeau
    @simplylifeau 2 месяца назад

    Well done Luke, as I sit by the fire with a whisky at the comfort of home, appreciate how eye opening a trip like this is for you. When you scale back all the mod con, must wonder how old timers did this day in, day out… different times for sure, thanks for reminding us….👍

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад +1

      Thank you for watching! It really is interesting trying to imagine what it was like for the old fellas. Sitting back and watching with a whisky by the fire seems like the most fitting way to watch!
      Thanks again.

  • @corvus1238
    @corvus1238 Месяц назад

    You really communicated the spirit of Australia. I visited the one of the salt lakes, which must be in the same area you hiked, the last time I was in Oz. I can't wait to come back again. Soon I hope. Thanks for a lovely video.

    • @TheBeardedBushranger
      @TheBeardedBushranger  Месяц назад

      Awesome to hear! What was the name of the salt lake you visited?

  • @blakeyonthebuses
    @blakeyonthebuses Месяц назад

    Loved the video, thanks.