3 Days SOLO Survival in Winter as a Traditional Australian Bushman
Vložit
- čas přidán 14. 06. 2024
- In this video I head up to the Australian mountains in the Victorian High Country during winter to test myself with a 3 day solo survival challenge. I bring out limited food and no tent or modern sleeping bag for this journey. With freezing conditions I have to stay warm with only a sheepskin bedroll and woollen blanket.
I manage to find a cave to spend the 3 days in and try and practice my survival skills.
Check out Peak Oil Company for sheep skin bedrolls:
www.peakoilcompany.com/
If you would like to support me in the early days of this channel, please consider joining my patreon: / membership
SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS
Follow me on Instagram: thebeardedbushranger
Follow me on Facebook: LUKEVANDENBERGFILMS
#bushcraft #survival #survivalskills #wintercamping
This is insane, me and a mate were actually hunting the other side of the river while you were filming this video. We spotted you while glassing for deer Haha.
haha where you guys the two blokes walking accross the frost early in the morning? I remember seeing two hunters on that second morning walking to the river and then climbing up that track.
Or the night before (the first night) I heard a shot right on sunset along that ridge.
Did you get anything?
@@TheBeardedBushrangerlucky that shot didn't get you, 2 hunters and 1 filmer in same area not noticing each other, all it would take is 1 shot of mistaken identity
@ChristopherWallbank-di9hj They both just said they saw each other 🤷♂️
i have lived in Australia for 40 years now - I love the way of life you have here and i appreciate the video and your efforts. God bless you man
Thank you very much for watching and your comment! It's a great country.
3 days, only need 5 cartons beer, 3 bags of salt n vingar chips & matches
Sounds good to me! Next survival challenge ... survive 3 days with only 3 cartons of beer.
Sounds like an Alcholic in need of rehab.
the bright sun and blue skies in middle of winter is gorgeous ❤❤❤❤❤
This is so refreshing to see. I have been trying to find some good winter survival / Bushcraft vids to watch. It almost is not worth me watching those CZcamsrs who bring their completely free donated tents, Titanium indoor wood heaters and enough food including waygu steak, bacon and eggs and wraps etc including all the condiments along. It's good to see a down to earth fellow Aussie just doing the hard yacker as we do here. Great vid! Enjoy the content.
EDIT for my Fanenhight friends, Australia winters can go from -1 degrees celcius up to alot lower in the high snow mountains, but then it can get into the 35-48 degrees celcius also. It is winter here, but it was 38 degrees celcius in Darwin 2 days ago. Where I live in melbourne, it has been an average of -2 to + 6 degrees celcius. I have had to use my heater alot, I am a winter person, but it has been very cold where I am living atm. No insulation in the walls.
Thanks for watching mate. Yeah and the thing about Victoria is
1. The homes in Melbourne are notoriously known as some of the coldest in the world (based to insulation and design)
2. Our snow often has a higher risk of hypoterhmia, because it sits at that 0.c to 1.c temps, the snow gets wet and mushy, which means you are more likely to get soaked, which means being wet in the cold .. higher risk of hypothermia
Thanks for the mention Luke, you tough bugga. I need to get a hurry on, and get you a waxed canvas poncho with a thick wool blanket to match it. They would top that sheepskin nicely. I would carry a feather down quilt too.. but I'm not as hearty as you. Then a chair framepack to carry it.
A lovely valley you scored there. That cave is really nice. I wonder if hot rocks would be possible. Big fire, then pull the rocks and place them close to you.
That wind shot just before you caught the blackfish was a beauty. Cut sandwiches at the end would've been fun.
Love what you're doing.
haha yeah I've had a few comments about the food .. I think some fruit and sandwiches might of been a bit healthier .. mind you I couldn't stomach much of it cause I think my tummy shrunk a bit.
Sheepskin worked great! I've been converted to sheepskin over down sleepingbags perhaps haha
Looks beautiful. Thanks for sharing our amazing Australia with me .❤❤❤❤❤ So Glad i found your channel .❤ Keep up the journey s
Thanks for watching! Plenty more videos to come.
Great video!! I haven't been in there for over 45 years!! Apart from the blackberries its pretty much the same which is terrific.
Great to hear, I was there about 2 years ago and I reckon the blackberries were worse then .. so it's cleared up a bit.
I was thinking when watching this, that YT has helped bring things a long way in Bushcraft this last decade. I have picked up more new techniques and skills just watching people like yourself trying out different things than I learnt before. Growing up in the 70s & 80s all we had was tricks we picked up from a few family members, mistakes we learned from mates and the odd skills we picked up in the Military. Aside that all I had was Lofty Wiseman’s SAS survival book (who is still going strong and got to see him again at this years Bushcraft Show here in the UK a couple of weeks ago). But I would say it basically gave me the basics as you never come across many other Bushcrafters to learn from. YT and you fellas making them has helped open that all up and give new tricks and ideas - so thanks for all your doing 👍
CZcams has been such a great place for learning. Also the community as well that has grown around it. I am certainly no pro, in fact I see myself as learning and experimenting a lot myself!
@@TheBeardedBushranger - very true - I do t think I any of us ever stop
Learning, or making mistakes along the way. I think most of my real learning is based on more common mistakes 😂
Agreed. Back in the 80's i learned to make a bow drill fire from a Tom Brown book. So much easier these days! On the downside, tons of misinformation...even from some large channels. I think I've seen only one video of how to properly make a debris shelter as an example.
Hahaha the socks 😂😂 Really enjoying this one so far mate!
Got home and ordered 2 more pairs straight away 😆😆
Love how he made sure to look after his good woolen ones but screw the old man's 😂
Mongrel socks in Tasmania are excellent.
@@timchilman Need to keep them ready for the snow haha
B.S...those, always naked,just some paint.
Loved it Luke. Even the bit where you look like the Cookie Monster in the car. 😂👌
😂 Felt like the cookie monster at the end there!
Wow it's amazing nature. It's very beautiful. Thanks for video.👍
Thanks for watching. This place really has some great landscapes.
Congratulations. That was one of your best ones yet.Appreciate your honesty. Looking forward to seeing more adventures like this.
Cheers mate! I definantly have a few more ones like this, planned for this year.
I agree... there's a lil magic in this one... very promising!
Yep, it was a goodun 👍
This is going to sound weird, but thanks for including the car meal. I was invested by this point and needed to see you eat 😂
😂 I had some flak for my choice of unhealthy food! But I love a good bag of chips after a trip.
Thanks! Enjoyed it very much.
Thank you so much Fiona!!! Your support means heaps and is a big encouragement to continue making films! Stoked you enjoyed the film
Excellent video! Truly enjoyed it. I know that feeling when you get back to your vehicle or home with all the snacky snacks and whatnot
haha yeah I'm a sucker for snacks! Thanks for watching.
Some absolutely stunning footage, mate. Real nice little video to kick back and watch.
Cheers mate. Glad you enjoyed watching it.
Loved this, real Man From Snowy River vibes
Thanks for filming and sharing :)
Cheers thanks. One of my favourite films!
Great video mate, I really appreciate your knowledge of the bush and your willingness to do things using traditional methods.
Love your style of videos man 👍
Thanks for your comment mate. Plenty more videos to come this year. I'll try and do a few more stripped back ones this winter.
Luke great video. Thank you.
Cheers mate.
Stunning country, love your walkabout adventures, reminds me of my bush childhood.
Cheers mate❤😊
Vicco high country is some of my favourite. Plenty more walkabout adventures to come.
Great video mate, I love these videos and seeing the beauty of the Australian bush
Cheers mate, I appreciate you giving it a watch
I've got that exact same coat. While they have no insulation by themselves, I found it makes a huge difference if you put it over the top of your wool blanket while you sleep. They're wind proof, so they stop the heat being blown away.
Yeah they work great as a ground sheet as well. But you are right, perfect for something water proof and wind proof and great as an extra blanket. I should of chucked it on top of me rather then wear it.
Great adventure, tough man. Good on you. Great video. Thanks.
Cheers mate, it certainly pushed the limites a little, but I'll be doing more like this
wow that view in that cave front is stunning
Yeah I got really blessed with a great outlook.
Considering the graffiti in the cave, unless that was you, I don’t think anyone would say you’re mucking up the cave by having a fire there.
Haha yeah I still like to keep it clean after I leave. Too many places are getting shut off to us in the bush because people have left a mess and then parks uses that as an excuse to lock a place out.
THe graffiti was pretty funny to read though haha
@@TheBeardedBushranger I could not agree more. I’m the same. Even if the place is a dump I clean up my mess and try to clean as much of others as I can while I’m out.
I do clean ups of the camp sites in my local state forest to help try to keep it open as to many grubs are just trashing the place and will end up getting the park all gated off.
@@vhwft yeah it sucks how many people will trash a joint. Good on ya for cleaning up campsites
@@TheBeardedBushranger Agreed 👍 💯..alot of places getting fenced out from " grubs " destroying it .. Here in Canada 🇨🇦 Cool video 😎
Awesome video mate! That cave was a great find.
Cheers mate. I remember vagualy seeing that cave while camping on that river years ago. Always wanted to check it out if it was an actual cave. And a cave it bloody was!
Great video mate, love the cave and view, being out there with nature..can't beat it. 😊
Yeah one of the best spots I think I've camped
Very cool my friend❄😎
Thank you Herb! It was very cool (at night)
Ha Ha !...excellent really enjoyed it , and i know that feeling when you come across grub again ......any grub .
Great video Luke! Loving your new channel. Really interesting content!
Cheers mate, thanks for watching it.
I am new to your amazing channel! I loved it so so much! I watch a ton of channels from Australia, my favorite! But they are all filmed near water and the ocean, like field days, B2B castaways, reef addicts, and so on, I have to say I love the change! You are going to be huge very soon just like they are! This is just beautiful and you are very engaging and smart. You have to have that certain knack I guess you’d say to keep an audience engaged and you do that easy! 😊 cheers from a 49 yr old grandmother from Birmingham Alabama USA! ❤😊 can’t wait to binge all your past episodes! 😊
Duhhh I said all filmed near water, this is filmed near water too but I meant like tropical waters, islands, salt water! This is like wilderness to me. It’s different and I like it! 😊
What a very kind encouragement from you! Thank you so much for takign the time to watch and write a comment. Yeah I love field days, B2B and even Rokitkit. Most of those guys are up north in the tropics. If you would like to see some great Aussie content in the southern parts of Australia I would reccomend Scottys Gone Walkabout, The Silly Swagman and Rob Parsons!
Nice adventure, lovely looking area. Cannot believe you're allowed to make fires in a national park . Looking forward to the next adventure.
State forests are really good in Vic (though they are trying to take that away) and then there are a few national parks (biggest being the alpine national park) where dispersed camping and little fires are allowed. NSW has even more options then Victoria as well.
Thanks for watching.
great vid mate! Really enjoyed it and learnt some things too :)
Cheers mate! Appreciate you giving it a watch.
This guy needs some more subscribers! Enjoyed the video, mate. Hello from Singapore!
Cheers thanks for watching all the way from singapore!
fine lil spot you found there!... it'll be nice to see you back in that cave... reminded me a cave I found in one of my hunting trips back in Greece... I kept coming back every year, I even used rocks and clay to build a wall on the entrance, and a fireplace on it... beautiful winter hunting trips alone and with friends... a fishy river near by, lots of game deer and pigs, just like your spot... all good times... thnx for sharing your experience mate... 19:12 you really had a''moment'' there... awsome!
Thanks for watching mate. I thin kI'll be coming back to this spot like you said. Especially in some rainy weather. I've fished the river in the spring and it was booming with trout.
Love it, Luke. Your fortitude must rival the stone bones of those mountains to embark on such an adventure in this season. I find it a challenge to venture beyond my doorstep this time of year (give me 30°C+ any day).
Cheers thanks for watching. I appreciate that. Although the Canadian and Europeon guys would find this pretty warm, I do know what it's like to push yourself outside at this time of the year
Great vid Luke, good onya mate, laughed hard and could totally relate to the chip and bikkies stuffing at the end. Enjoyed that 👍
Haha cheers mate, the chips washed down with gatorade went down a treat!
This one was epic mate! Watched it twice now. Awesome trip, beaut spot and good shots. That shot looking out of the cave was a cracker. Cheers, keep it up 👍👍
Cheers Kurt. It really was a great view. It must of been a great base location in history past, just with that view of the valley below and the river. You would of seen plenty of game moving around back in the day.
What a lovely trip and admire your courage to take minimal food ❤
Thanks for that! Next time I'll try and bring nothing .. I only wanted to bring the jerky cause it was my first time making it.
Thanks for watching!
Great adventure, bet those snacks taste good at the end 😝
Haha they sure did. Thanks for watching!
Awesome vid Luke, my fave yet 👌🏻
Keep it up
Cheers mate. Thanks for watching.
Love this pal watching from Ireland ur in for a big career in this Gained another subscriber 👍🇮🇪
Cheers mate thanks for watching. I know we really can't compete with the cold with what you folks get up there in the northen hemisphere.
Gday there legend! Just found this Vid and your Channel in my recommends. Instant follow.
Love your camera angles and the immersion in this production.
Got me snuggling up with the husky and start the fireplace roaring on this chilly Melbourne night
Kind Regards, J
Oh cheers mate that's great. A husky would be the perfect companion on a trip out in the cold I reckon!!
Great vid mate,
quality content luke, well done
Cheers thanks heaps.
Excellent work mate love it just subscribed
Cheers mate, thanks for subscribing.
Another great video mate! Keep up the good work brother!
And thanks heaps for watching.
Really enjoyed this one mate
Keep up the good vibes ❤
Cheers mate, thanks for watching. Plenty more vids this year.
Good video Luke
You respect nature and the environment, and so I've subscribed.
Awesome thanks for subscribing mate.
Bet those snacks tasted good! Great video and beautiful country.
Haha yeah but I couldn't eat much of it. I reckon my stomach shrunk during this trip!
Thanks for watching.
That cave is awesome, I could live there! Great video 👍
Wouldn't be a bad set up! Thanks for watching.
Well done mate! I've been thinking of doing something like this myself. It's amazing you found that cave. Great effort....Liked, subscribed!
Cheers mate, thanks for watching. Get out there for sure and give it a crack!
Greetings from So Oregon brother really like your vids your bush skills make the adventure! God Bless
Thanks for watching all the way from oregon!
Damn that cave was such a perfect fitting find
Great video! Always make me keen to get out!!
Cheers mate! Get out there!
Phenomenal work. Subscribed!
Awesome mate, thanks for subbing
Cool adventure Luke! That was a lot of fun...I can taste the Australian bush in your videos 👍
Thanks herb! Does the Australian bush taste like gamey venison 😆
@@TheBeardedBushranger Haha no, more like rabbits and blackberries 😁
Enjoyed this mate, great adventure, great editing too! This trip reminded me of a 5 day hike me and a mate did in Fnq to a secret spot called Jaia Cave! Was challengingly amazing! And yes we pigged into Doritos as soon as we got back to the car hahaha
Thanks for watching mate! haha getting into the car snacks after a big trip is always a highlight.
Enjoyed that what a fantastic adventure 👍
Cheers mate.
Awesome Luke massive respect..
Thanks mate
@@TheBeardedBushranger deserved 🙏
Well done 😎✌️nice challenge 🙌
Thanks for watching
Excellent footage of a special part of Victoria. Think I'll stick to my modern gear thanks. Hats off for sticking it out with that amount of gear.
Tell me your jealous of the sheep skin at least 😆
@@TheBeardedBushranger I'm a kiwi, does the Pope shit in the woods?
First time viewer!Loved watching you adventures
Thanks for watching!
I always enjoy watching your videos Luke because you are truly living Bushcraft. Out there trying new and different things and refining previous skills.
I am surprised you didn’t heat up some rocks on the fire to place behind you in the night. They will normally hold the heat through the night and keep you warm front and back. Picked that one up off a Canadian years ago and although I have only tried it once out of curiosity it seemed to work well. I remember thinking ahh that’s quite clever that trick.
Keep them coming 👍
Yeah I've heard that trick before as well. One to mark down for the future. Moving to the back of the cave helped on the second night cause it really created an oven like effect!
Thanks for watching mate!
That was very entertaining mate, really really enjoyed that. You did so well in those conditions with what you had, people who havnt been cant understand how cold it is up there in winter.
Id be a bit concerned about a pack of dogs coming through though.
Cheers mate. I'm pretty keen to try this settup in the snow this year as well. I thought dogs would come through, as I have seen and heared plenty of dogs throughout the high country .. but nothing my whole time here. Only thing that startled me was a wallaby hop into the cave in the middle of the night.
Great video, love the bare bones style of fishing, reminds me of my days as a poor teen messing around trying to have fun. Catch you next time. Hope to see even more fishing
Cheers mate. Yeah I love me fishing so I'll be doing more of that in future vids. Especially when trout season opens up again.
Loved it
cheers mate.
Thanks for sharing the experience. Time to get some fireproof woollen socks it seems 😂
Not a bad investment I think 😄
Great trip love the sheepskin
Cheers thanks. Yeah it's a great piece of gear, real warm.
Love the content mate !
I really enjoyed this vid Luke! I’m new to vic and keen to discover places like this!
Thanks @ThatAussieSheila where abouts in Vic you coming from! The high country is the place to be
@@TheBeardedBushranger I’m in Brunswick. There’s definitely many hikes and huts in the high country I wanna check out. There’s not a lot dog friendly up there tho hey?
Heck yeah mate , need more vids like this in oz . Could do a serries about each bushranger and where they lived etc in the bush. Might have to leave out the stealing part 😂
That's a great idea, I've actually thought about doing a series on some of the bushrangers, and trying to go stay out bush in the areas they lived. I've heard of the caves Ben hall hid in .. and aparently you can visit Mad Dog morgans hide out.
Problem is most of those places now are developed and not really places you can camp in.
Thanks for watching.
that looks amazing
Great vid
Wonderful video. Survival is not easy.
Thanks for watching.
Love the vegetation shot after the first night..
Yeah it was really bloody cold!!
@TheBeardedBushranger looked like it but you made it! Keep making videos, I'll keep watching
Loved this one mate, could feel how hungry you were when you started smashing that bag of chips 🤣
😂 Thanks for watching mate.
Looks like you enjoyed the chips at the end😂
Best tasting chips of my life 😆
Nice one mate, keep an eye out for those yowies
😆 I think I scared all the yowies off.
It's a great location. he has good skills
Thanks for watching
Hey mate, new subscriber here, loving the content and have watched most of them and forgot I hadn’t subscribed yet. Your content kept coming onto my feed so thanks for the good videos. I’m travelling around Australia at the moment and am passing through the vic high country over the next few days, it’s great up this way. Cya around aye
Awesome mate, thanks heaps for watching! You should get some snow up there this time of the year. I just got back from a snow trip up in the high country near the licola area. It's bloody great country up that way.
Nice one
Cheers thanks.
what an awesome spot mate !! great vid mate just subbed :)
Cheers thanks for watching and giving a sub! Plenty more videos to come this year.
bloody blackberries...sucks you have then down there too! Great 40 minutes mate, love your vibe. Great spot you were in too, that stream was top shelf, got to love the Vic high country ✌🏻
Yeah the blackberries get depressing to look at .. really taken over our waterways. Though they taste delicious.
Thanks for watching.
So good to see an australian " Survival" video. Most on CZcams are from the Northern Hemisphere, That means soft wood to cut for campfires etc, Try that in Australia !, Native hardwoods are not easy to process with either handsaw or small axe. A really no bS video. ! Well done mate,
Thanks for watching. Yeah our hardwoods are bloody tough. I'll be doing some more survival vids this winter as well so stay tuned.
great effort ! What an awesome cave ! hahaha the last 10 seconds showed just how hard you were doing it . Imagine if it was a cold beer and a hot meat pie or bbq chicken waiting for you in your car lol . no time for filming just eat !
a cold beer would of gone down a treat haha
Thanks heaps for watching.
i enjoyed this and have subscribed-thanks
Cheers thanks heaps.
I love it when i find a new bushcraft channel to watch. Subbed mate and will go through your videos. Great video i love the look of the australian landscape would love to go there. Great video mate big love from scotland ATB.sam
Cheers mate thanks heaps for giving a Sub. Love meeting people in the bushcraft community around the world. I've just had a look at your channel!
Looks like a great location, I was out at Bunyip state park about 2 weeks ago in the cold and got woken up by one of those deers! loud enough to hear him huffing in the distance. Those cold air wells are something to watch out for, you lucked out with that cave.
Keep it up mate!
Cheers mate.
Yeah the sambar and fallow run wild through the bunyip! I remember coming back from a camp there a year ago and seeing heaps of them in a paddock bodering the forest! It's amazing how those little pockets of cold air sit in the valleys.
Bunyip State Park is so close to home. Never ending tracks.
Great video mate
Cheers thanks.
Grown up bushcraft. thanks mate
Sometimes I feel like a big kid to be honest. Thanks for watching.
Beautiful country, love the winter survival. Shame about the fish. Great video.
Yeah hopefully when trout season opens up again I'll be able to do some more survival challenges and get some trout
to camp there in a rain storm would be cool to see! it doesn't have to be survival, so bring some comfort food. great video like always
I was thinking exactly that. Go back in a heavy storm, but do a nice big cook up with some good food. Thanks for watching.
@@TheBeardedBushranger ☔❄
Sick cave bro nice vid I really enjoyed it
Cheers mate!
I'm enjoying your vids mate - keep up the good work. I would definitely have had a bacon sandwich or 2 waiting for me in the car though
😆 A few spring rolls on the way home! Thanks for watching.
Those Red Rock chips aren't cheap mate.
I'm from Melbourne and i've been freezing living inside a modern house, can't imagine the night out there.
Even at work, as a machine operator, I'm wearing a long sleeve top, a work shirt, a work jimper and a work puffy jacket just because the factory's been so cold.
I appreciate that you were observing the rules regarding state and national parks but given a real survival situation, i wouldn't give two hoots what season it was and what i could and couldn't forage for.
Great vid mate 👍
Gday mate. Thanks so much for that! Should help me buy the next pack for the next trip haha.
It does get cold here in Vicco .. I know the canadians and europeons like to make fun at us for thinking it's cold .. but there is something about cold drizzly grey melbourne that still takes a bit to get used to.
Yeah I thnk the foraging laws in national parks are ridiculous to be honest. How many people are actually going out and eating bush tucker. And yeah in a real survival situation I'd have eaten that little fish as well.
Thanks again for watching and your donation .. I'll have a snow vid coming out soon as well (which was extra cold haha)
Lovely bit of filming mate 👍
Thanks for watching.
Enjoyed that one Luke! Bet the car food hit the spot afterwards! Cheers Erik
Cheers Erik! Yeah I'm a sucker for a bit of junk food after a trip 😆