I'd love to see that part of Australia. My wife of 26 years was raised in Melbourne and most of her family now lives in the Brisbane area. I've driven from Melbourne to Brisbane and have gone a bit further up the coast on excursions while staying in Brisbane but have never been inland. I am a big fan of desert racing and would love to come down and watch the Tatts Finke race. You would enjoy a trip down the Baja peninsula. I live in Arizona but go down there as often as I can. I'm headed down next week for an 8 day tour. Lots of history, relatively affordable, plenty of dirt roads (only one paved road that runs from Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas), and the Mexican people are super friendly. I've enjoyed your trucking videos. When my parents retired my father bought a Volvo VNL630 and converted it then licensed it as a motor home. They travelled around the states for 10 years in that truck towing a 37ft Teton 5th wheel behind it. It seems Australian still has a good level of professionalism with its truck drivers.
Great series Mick and Sally! We look forward to your videos coming! Keep up the good work we love seeing all the great places for camping and caravaning . Thanks for sharing your trips with us Norm and Jenny 😊🇦🇺☀️🌊
Thank you for your kind comments😃 We are heading to the Flinders Ranges this coming Wednesday for a few weeks so hopefully will get some good footage while up that way🤔👍
Wow!! Thank you so much for taking me on this trip as I am loving it!! I have never been any further than Hawker, back in the late 1970s but I come from NSW. so it is a long way. The roads were much better than I expected them to be but those painted mountains took my breath away!! I also didn't expect to see a river full of water. No one was a fisherman! Yes, a good camp fire makes all the difference to a trip. Definitely nice to go with like-minded friends. I am very much looking forward to your next video!! The videos go much too quickly as they are so enjoyable to watch especially when you are able to put the drone up & show us what the land looks like from up above. What a wonderful country we live in.
Glad you are enjoying the video Louise,we had a ball on our trip, Getting back to nature really makes for a good time. The Painted Desert is a striking place to visit and the drone certainly ads to it. Each video will go live every Friday, much more to show you😃
Great video! Done quite a bit of that but not for many years and never the Simpson and sadly Birdsville was flooded so we had to dodge it too. Never mind hopefully a few years left to get it done. What a great variety of setups, plenty of options for anyone considering camping out. Looks like youre all having fun and thats the whole point of a trip like this. Cheers Cheryl 🙂
Great video, great memories for me seeing some spots I’ve been to before. I hope someone had a fishing rod to throw a line in that river 😁 the painted desert is a wonderful place.
The Painted Desert (Arckaringa Hills) is a pastoral lease. Currently no entry fees. For the viewers, the Arckaringa Hills are 150 km north of Coober Pedy. The heritage area begins near Arckaringa homestead and stretches to the north and east, including Mount Arckaringa, Mount Andrews and parts of Arckaringa creek. You can access the region either from Stuart Highway, or the Oodnadatta Track.
Wonderfu landscape and places... Do you guys not worry about snakes and other things that want to kill you? That was always in my mind camping in Aus...
Great part 1 video Mick. The drone footage essential for flat land like that outback. What were the 2 planes standing on their tails about, I may have missed what you said? On a windy night, how do the people sleeping in the roof mounted campers get on, sea sick? Certainly a vast flat country. Like the campfires, great atmosphere. Cheers from NZ.
The two planes are part of a Sculpture Park that was created for a reason I am not familiar with other than it is one man's creation over many years. The roof top campers never complained out the wind during the trip so I have to assume it was all good up there.🤔 We really enjoyed this trip with the group that we were with.
Was that right turn being made out of RM Williams hwy ? Just driven Laverton through Great Victorian Desert to Balladonia, Id do it again 2moro. My inner gypsy enjoys your efforts Mick & sally . Safe travels
Salut Mike, je suis de retour sur ta chaîne après quelques jours à écouter davantage de musiques plutôt que de visionner des reportages. Merci pour cette aventure en groupe (groupe improvisé ou organisation préalable?) très sympathique. A bientôt pour le prochain épisode. Salutations de France. JPhB
This group was made up of family members and one who wasn't a family member both Kerry (my brother ) and I went to school with. All lifelong friends and family.
Really enjoyed this, we've done the Oodnadatta twice and the Birdsville once as part of family road trips during and post COVID, and sitting here in suburban Adelaide it was so nice to instantly recognise many spots before you even announced what they were. "Oh yep that must be the turn off to Coward Springs" and so on. I was transported back to our travelling days! So thank you. Can I ask how you did the little map animation early on, showing the route you went on with your vehicle icon travelling along and the distance travelled? I've wanted to do that sort of thing but haven't known how! Cheers, Greg
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video. 👍 The map showing the route we traveled on is don with an app on my iPhone or iPad which is called TravelBoast. It comes with a free version or you can subscribe to it and get a few extra add ons that can be used with it.
26:05 to be culturally sound, the red dirt is "pindan". Pindan is commonly found, in TO language, right across Australia. I like the sound and feel of "pindan".
28:50 it is an offence to interfere with native wildlife, in all jurisdictions, especially by handling them. Please don't take standing dead wood, as birds and lizards use them to perch and survey. When taking fallen dead wood, always check for hollows as small marsupials will often be protected by these hollows. Cheers, Stu
I'd love to see that part of Australia. My wife of 26 years was raised in Melbourne and most of her family now lives in the Brisbane area. I've driven from Melbourne to Brisbane and have gone a bit further up the coast on excursions while staying in Brisbane but have never been inland. I am a big fan of desert racing and would love to come down and watch the Tatts Finke race. You would enjoy a trip down the Baja peninsula. I live in Arizona but go down there as often as I can. I'm headed down next week for an 8 day tour. Lots of history, relatively affordable, plenty of dirt roads (only one paved road that runs from Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas), and the Mexican people are super friendly. I've enjoyed your trucking videos. When my parents retired my father bought a Volvo VNL630 and converted it then licensed it as a motor home. They travelled around the states for 10 years in that truck towing a 37ft Teton 5th wheel behind it. It seems Australian still has a good level of professionalism with its truck drivers.
I have seen on videos some of what you parents had, always impressed me no end. Enjoy your travels when you do them.
You live in a beautiful area of the world, thanks for the wonderfully interesting video.
Cheers, yes we do & very lucky.
Awesome vid mick! Can’t wait to see the rest of the series, love the Kenworth hat 😂
Cheers Dion, the Kenworth hat is a god comfortable fit 😄
Another great video mick you can’t beat a camp oven cook up beside a river love it looking forward to the next video
Yes, it is pretty hard to beat👍
Great series Mick and Sally! We look forward to your videos coming! Keep up the good work we love seeing all the great places for camping and caravaning . Thanks for sharing your trips with us Norm and Jenny 😊🇦🇺☀️🌊
Thank you for your kind comments😃 We are heading to the Flinders Ranges this coming Wednesday for a few weeks so hopefully will get some good footage while up that way🤔👍
Wow!! Thank you so much for taking me on this trip as I am loving it!! I have never been any further than Hawker, back in the late 1970s but I come from NSW. so it is a long way. The roads were much better than I expected them to be but those painted mountains took my breath away!! I also didn't expect to see a river full of water. No one was a fisherman! Yes, a good camp fire makes all the difference to a trip. Definitely nice to go with like-minded friends. I am very much looking forward to your next video!! The videos go much too quickly as they are so enjoyable to watch especially when you are able to put the drone up & show us what the land looks like from up above. What a wonderful country we live in.
Glad you are enjoying the video Louise,we had a ball on our trip, Getting back to nature really makes for a good time. The Painted Desert is a striking place to visit and the drone certainly ads to it. Each video will go live every Friday, much more to show you😃
Great videos Mick and Sal, They are very inspiring.
Cheers, glad you liked it, we had a ball.
Absolutely Beautiful!!
We all live in a fantastic country.👍
Fantastic video guys thank you 👍
Cheers, thank you😀
I love the change of environments as you go deeper into the outback. Really beautiful scenery-thanks much for sharing it with us!
Thank you, we do not have to travel very far for it to change so much.
Good Evening 😊 Awesome Adventure 👌🏽Love the Simpson 👏🏼 Thanks for taking me along 👍🏼Greetings and Cheers 🥂 Mates From South Africa 🇿🇦
God morning to you Sir, glad you enjoyed the start of our trip, more to come.😃
more great content Mick - essential planning for our upcoming trip.
thankyou again.
bigred76.
Was a great trip full of long lasting memories.
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing your life in the desert with us.
Thanks👍
I first travelled the Oodnadatta track in 1966 in a 1962 EK Holden.
Back in the days when it was a real challenge🤔🤔
Excellent video, mick , loved it great to see even the kids playing in the dirt and loving it , look forward to the next video .
Thank you, it is great to see that modern electronics are not always required to entertain the young ones.
@@justcruisinwithmicksally837 its great to see.
Simpson Desert - this'll be a great VLOG! Going to watch right now :)
Hope you enjoy it👍
@@justcruisinwithmicksally837 Great Ep thanks.
Great video! Done quite a bit of that but not for many years and never the Simpson and sadly Birdsville was flooded so we had to dodge it too. Never mind hopefully a few years left to get it done. What a great variety of setups, plenty of options for anyone considering camping out. Looks like youre all having fun and thats the whole point of a trip like this. Cheers Cheryl 🙂
Glad you liked it, it was a great trip.👍
Great video, great memories for me seeing some spots I’ve been to before. I hope someone had a fishing rod to throw a line in that river 😁 the painted desert is a wonderful place.
Unfortunately no one tried to wet a line, I doubt id anyone had one to wet🤔
I see a Triton in the group, that's what I drive now and operate it as Pilot Vehicle.
The Triton did Mitsubishi proud in the Desert, no issues at all.
The Painted Desert (Arckaringa Hills) is a pastoral lease. Currently no entry fees.
For the viewers, the Arckaringa Hills are 150 km north of Coober Pedy. The heritage area begins near Arckaringa homestead and stretches to the north and east, including Mount Arckaringa, Mount Andrews and parts of Arckaringa creek. You can access the region either from Stuart Highway, or the Oodnadatta Track.
Very good, thanks for the info👍
Wonderfu landscape and places... Do you guys not worry about snakes and other things that want to kill you? That was always in my mind camping in Aus...
Eyes open and try to be as careful as one can be.
Great part 1 video Mick. The drone footage essential for flat land like that outback. What were the 2 planes standing on their tails about, I may have missed what you said? On a windy night, how do the people sleeping in the roof mounted campers get on, sea sick? Certainly a vast flat country. Like the campfires, great atmosphere. Cheers from NZ.
The two planes are part of a Sculpture Park that was created for a reason I am not familiar with other than it is one man's creation over many years.
The roof top campers never complained out the wind during the trip so I have to assume it was all good up there.🤔
We really enjoyed this trip with the group that we were with.
Was that right turn being made out of RM Williams hwy ?
Just driven Laverton through Great Victorian Desert to Balladonia, Id do it again 2moro.
My inner gypsy enjoys your efforts Mick & sally .
Safe travels
You are correct, we left the R.M. Williams Way coming from Craddock as we went right onto the Flinders Ranges Way to head towards Hawker.😬
Salut Mike, je suis de retour sur ta chaîne après quelques jours à écouter davantage de musiques plutôt que de visionner des reportages. Merci pour cette aventure en groupe (groupe improvisé ou organisation préalable?) très sympathique. A bientôt pour le prochain épisode. Salutations de France. JPhB
This group was made up of family members and one who wasn't a family member both Kerry (my brother ) and I went to school with. All lifelong friends and family.
👍@@justcruisinwithmicksally837
Really enjoyed this, we've done the Oodnadatta twice and the Birdsville once as part of family road trips during and post COVID, and sitting here in suburban Adelaide it was so nice to instantly recognise many spots before you even announced what they were. "Oh yep that must be the turn off to Coward Springs" and so on. I was transported back to our travelling days! So thank you.
Can I ask how you did the little map animation early on, showing the route you went on with your vehicle icon travelling along and the distance travelled? I've wanted to do that sort of thing but haven't known how!
Cheers,
Greg
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video. 👍
The map showing the route we traveled on is don with an app on my iPhone or iPad which is called TravelBoast. It comes with a free version or you can subscribe to it and get a few extra add ons that can be used with it.
@@justcruisinwithmicksally837 great thanks! Keep up the good work!
👍🏻👍🏻
cheers
Mick, when you got to Cadney Homestead, did you get an odd feeling that you had been there before?
Sure did but now nice that I can do it at my pace.
26:05 to be culturally sound, the red dirt is "pindan". Pindan is commonly found, in TO language, right across Australia. I like the sound and feel of "pindan".
Great stuff, thanks👍
@@ChristosIsHe Thanks mate.
08:55 good call, but it's really about wheelchair access.
possibly so.
@@justcruisinwithmicksally837 Indeed
Was there a Camp Commandant appointed? Or was it just laissez faire? Was a Packet Commander agreed? Sorry, old Army guy, just asking.
Neutral camp in this one.
@@justcruisinwithmicksally837 just as long as it works out OK
28:50 it is an offence to interfere with native wildlife, in all jurisdictions, especially by handling them.
Please don't take standing dead wood, as birds and lizards use them to perch and survey.
When taking fallen dead wood, always check for hollows as small marsupials will often be protected by these hollows.
Cheers,
Stu
The Bearded Dragon that was being handled was ill and on the centre of the wheel line, It was picked up to move it off of the roadway.
@@justcruisinwithmicksally837 I do apologise - yes that is good