Andy's Adventure Home || Day 1
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- This is the first vid of my journey home after The Long Ride. This was done in April 2016. The first leg is from Margaret River to Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
Riding a 2007 DL650 V-Strom.
Camera - Drift Ghost HD
Me again, spent 12 months in Southern Cross on site on a gold mine - the road is diverted around it now. The superpit wasn't even thought of back then 1988/89 but later went nd had a look around - from the bottom - because we knew the Mining Superintendent. Great video, I used to drive from Perth to Leinster - way past Kalgoorlie looking after minesites. Big holes in the ground. Great video AP - keep them coming.
that super pit was something!! I have seen a few open cut mines before but nothing that big soo close to a town, the cameras just don't do it justice with the size of the thing.... even looking at it, without the mining trucks as reference it doesn't seem that big.......... then you see the trucks and the digger and it still blows my mind!! Thanks for binge watching mate!!
That's an amazing amount of money raised! That's awesome! Holy cow! That's a Grand Canyon Pit! And a big Tonka truck indeed!
Yeah, was a great effort for everyone on the ride..... basically equates to about $1000 per person or there abouts. That pit is just WOW!!! I would love it if they did tours, would be a definite thing to go on.
The first time I ever heard of the rabbit-proof fence was when the movie came out many years ago. I don't remember all of the movie but I do remember that I liked it. I never really knew much about the similarities of how the aboriginal peoples of Australia were treated much like the Native Americans in my country. And I didn't actually think that the fence still existed till this day. Thanks for showing this to us.
wow, I am shocked that the movie got released over there.... generally the art director movies in Australia just stay here..... awesome that you have seen it though!!! Yeah, I think most conquered races get treated the same........ disgracefully :-( I wish I stopped off at one of the places that still has the sign up for the fence..... and yep, the fence is still maintained to this day :-)
Woo! And now he returns. I can't remember if I watched the whole trip out. A pub everywhere! Nice tv promo.
yeah, I wish I just kept going and camped on the side of the road somewhere, even all the trucks would have made less noise than all the people did :-( will be the last time I make that mistake!!
What, that show looked totally believable, lol, I did love the song though! That is one huge hole in the ground, wow!
hahahahaha The add was the best part of the whole show..... it was terribad!!!
You can just imagine that town in it's 4-pub on the junction boom-town days!
My god, that hole in the ground... awesome and fucked up all at the same time!!
Great stuff mate, enjoying your long ride home :)
yep!! that super pit is both.... one massive man made scar on the earth, an ugly and horrible mess but wow!! just wow it is bloody amazing!! Kalgoorlie still has it's night life...... so many miners up there, the night life is pretty rough from what I can remember hahaha
thats a huge truck 😲and cant believe it is a tv show 😂
hahahahah I think it went for ½ a season and got pulled, it was just crap!!
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That sure is one big hole in the ground. Have to go there one day and check it out . Cheers
I was shocked at how big it was...... hahahaha "that's what she said" hahahaha :-)
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Epic! That super pit is massive and I'm sure the camera doesn't even do it justice right?
The camera doesn't even come close!! Cheers for watching mate!!
Dang that's a huge hole. Wow.
IT IS!!!! this was filmed in April last year and when I edited it recently it blew my mind all over again!!! That digger weighs 380,000 ton!! it looks like a tiny matchbox car down in the bottom of it........ just WOW!!!
That's what he said! :-p
Was that Margaret River to Kal in a day? Anyway now we get to enjoy the trip home! Cheers mate
Yeah mate, Margaret River to Kalgoorlie in about 9 hours I think it was.... not sure it was a while ago. Yeah, some different things on the way home :-)
Not a bad days effort! I drove Perth to Ceduna in 20 hrs.... then Ceduna to Perth in 22 hrs a week later................ never ever again lol.
bugger that mate..... I wouldn't even try that once let alone do it twice hahahaa
That's a massive pit, Do you book ahead to all your overnight stays or do you take a chance? RSM8
for part of the way back I did, just because there were going to be a lot of others going back around the same time and we pretty much booked out whole towns on the way over. but most of the time I just winged it and hoped for the best :-) I used an app called WikiCamps to find places to camp on the way home.
I wonder how much dirt that digger can carry.
I did a quick look up and found that it can carry 22 m3 of dirt which on average is about 30 ton but most likely higher as they are digging for minerals, the machine weighs 380 tons hahahaha OMG!! wow that is bloody heavy!! This is an awesome question mate, I am glad I looked it up now, I wouldn't have otherwise :-)
Some people just can't smash out the km's and have to stop far too regularly. Which is fine when there are lots of things to see and regular towns. But out there?
HaHa! I'd never heard of that TV show before. Yeah, mining towns = lots of pubs!
Geez! That hole is wider than a prostitutes vag!
maybe not the prostitutes that work there hahahhaa You're right, there isn't a whole lot to see but at the same time there is...... no towns to speak of to make it a stopping point though, must have just decided to go super slow and take their time to get back to work :-)
that is a big mine...was a call inn driver on minimg trucks some years ago..but mine weight 200ton, not 400ton as thise you looked at. Its a mighty feeling to control one of them. biggest one l have heard of is 800ton..that is absolutly sick.
Are you riding home alone?
800 ton!!! jeez mate, that is bloody massive!! Yeah, riding home alone, made it easy to stop where ever and when ever.
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Right now l would have taken your place...miss riding now...cold and very wet now days here...
That is the beauty of living in Australia.... can ride all year round, even when it's cold it isn't really that cold :-)
Andy Pandy Motovlogs thats the downside here...it becomes REALY cold...and they put salt on the roads to kill the ice and that destroy bikes...
Im so excited to test out my new xlite x551 helmet i can hardly wait....aaarrgh... dam winter