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Thank you for the amazing comment. We have been around, but unfortunately life (bills, kids, work) has gotten in the way a little. Any trips we have done recently we didn't feel were worthy of an upload. We hope to have something new out soonish.

Still miss that vehicle to this day, and it is a very capable rig. We have included the winch and it has saved us already 😀

The Brisbane Ranges was one of our first videos. We probably didn't do it justice, but are still new to all this and learning so hopefully go back and improve on the video

No this is a good track to start with and we are sure you will be entertained enough. Go slow, have fun and let us know how you go :)

Under the conditions that we went, you shouldn't have too much difficulty if you choose the easier paths. It can be quite rocky in places so tyres and tyre pressure may be a factor. It can snow up there and a wet track might add a degree of difficulty. Good luck, let us know how you went :)

@any4wd cheers mate, I'll drop down to 23psi and see what happens 👌

Dad? Is that you?

Thanks for the like 😊 There are a heap tracks off the main track (leading to Tallarook, north of Mt Disappointment). These are some of the tracks we saw but didn't have time to explore so we can not comment on the difficulty of them - let us know what you think of them, if you end up on any of them Wild Dog Track Sailor Jack Track Stoney Creek Rd Nylanders Spur TK Quarry RD and few tracks off it The Bump Clarkes Tk We tend to drive around and randomly choose tracks to see where they lead. Some of these tracks had a very steep descent / ascent (although they might have been closer to Tallarook). We are sure that with a bit of exploration you wont have trouble finding them

We are still finding our feet with all this, thanks for the encouragement it means a lot

There are still lots of places you can go without a 4WD, but it is a lot easier to take the path less travelled with one! We have never been a fan of scheduled & structured tours, we prefer to wonder whenever we get a chance. Thank you for the kind words 😊

All our trips seem to be last minute, we have had our car packed for the last month, however needed to cancel many times due to various reasons. We will keep you in mind when planning as it is comforting knowing there is another vehicle there... just in case. The Prado is a very capable car, we looked at that before the Fortuner, but it was a little out of our price range

@@any4wd yeah my brother is the only person I know with a 4wd and we never seem to get the same free time to get together and throw some mud around, so definitely keep me in mind. Keen as to meet new people and new adventures

@@any4wd l remember staying at a caravan park, there was a milk bar down the road and the old pub on the corner (l think it burnt down years ago) That was about it for Town haha I once walked to the milk bar and had to sit on a fence while a bunch of cows was herded up the road 😄

Our kids look at us like we are crazy when we tell them there used to be a milk bar on almost every corner...

Depends where you are comparing it to... For us we were looking for the next nearest town in Victoria. If you were to compare it to other places in Australia it would look like it was next door, but in Victoria, it is the town furthest away from any other

Thank you, and thanks for taking the time to comment 😊

No... well other than the chocolates that used to once exist... but we are still hopeful that one day we will see one in the wild 😉

Sounds perfect.... we have a bad habit of missing turns, but we will see if we can find it. Thanks for the suggestion

Hopefully we didn't disappoint

Thank you

We have now put this on our list. Is it possible to find the caves without a guide (we will try and find someone who knows the area, but just in case we can't)? We are always up for a bit of a hike so that part doesn't scare us 😉 Thanks for the suggestion

We were told it was hard, and we even heard some stories when we were down there of people that didn't make it. It is something that we would love to do one day, but maybe with a few other people and vehicles... just in case

There is a Walnut Retreat in Dargo that looks amazing, we didn't mention it in our video as we didn't have time to check it out. Hopefully one day we can stay there and experience more from the beautiful area

We were lucky with the weather, it really made the place feel magical

We love a roadhouse... they all seem to be disappearing making way for fast food chains and the like, it's now on the list, we will let if we make it there, hopefully you get to travel from Coober Pedy to Laverton as that would be an amazing road trip

I am from Victoria and lived near Laverton for 14 months ten years ago, loved the life style. lived on a cattle station out of town and worked on a local mine. If you visit, the mayor Patrick Hill is very approachable and amiable. Lots of prospectors go to an area close to Laverton called Hawks Nest on the Old Laverton Road which kinda follows the old abandoned rail line (closed 70 years ago). Lots of other places to prospect. Menzies, Leonora, in fact all around Kalgoorlie for hundreds of kilometres. A chap I know, Sam, operates the motel in the town. He was a very active prospector. There are other remains of towns with one south east of Laverton with a still active gold mine - Fish...... is the name of it (though this might be the name of the local gold mine). You can see the old street layouts and the cemetery but the only building left is the collapsed stone walled pub. Some of the graves out there are poignant with young men coming from overseas such as NZ and England only to never to return home and never see their families again, some dying young. Hawks Nest has a well known grave to a young bloke killed by lightning in the 1890s (if memory serves) and he mentions the lightning in the last entry in his diary. If you have a semi licence, you will easily get work. Not much work for MR or HR truckin. Speak to the owner of Desert Sands in Laverton or Breakaway in Leonora (both specialise in road maintenance and construction). Kalgoorlie seems to always have work for semi drivers. Usually paid well cos if they don't, drivers go work on the mines who do pay well - cos FIFO is a crap life style (FIFO - Fly in Fly out. aka 'Fit in or F**k off'😉) I am planning to go back, driving across the Nullarbor next year. From Port Agusta to Norseman is a great drive (1700km) . So little traffic. Cocklebiddy roadhouse does the best steak sandwiches, I always stop there to have one! fuel up at Nundroo SA, the last of the reasonably priced petrol til Norseman. Next roadhouse heading west, the price jumps 30c a litre! (at least last time I went just before Covid). In the Great Victoria Desert, (which includes the WA Goldfields) the local black fella mob are the Wongi who have a joke - If you're a white guy, you're not a Wongi! We call em blackfella and they call us whitefella or whybella and nobody thinks anything of it, not considered racist or a put down. It is a very different lifestyle out there which people either love or loath. I loved it and could have stayed. But family and friends are in Vic. Good Luck if you go, I am sure you will enjoy the journey and the stay. Endless places to pull into the bush and camp all over WA and SA Outback. @@any4wd

We did have a look at these as well, but due to being close to a few other towns they missed out on our criteria. But all worth a visit all the same

Thank you for the Sub!! It helps us out a lot and means a lot to us!

Thank you for the Sub! and the kind words. We are glad to see that what we are trying to achieve is not being lost on everyone 😊

Thank you for the confidence boost 😀 Good to see we are doing something right!

1k! Told you so.@@any4wd

You made our day with the first comment, and made Nez cry (tears of joy) with the second!

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We are yet to do the tree top walk, however we did have a go at the zip line. Unfortunately the weather has not been ideal at the moment, but on the bright side the waterfalls will be flowing with force. Thanks for the comment 😊

We are guessing that a lot has changed since then, and yet it would still be very familiar. A/C is such a luxury that we take for granted. We still remember the good old 2/90 air conditioner, 2 windows down and 90 km/h. We hope to make it to the north of SA one day (plus the rest of Australia). Thanks for the comment