Props to you Scotty for even showing the attempts at fire lighting that didn't work. Shows a true honesty

As a Canadian I'd like to order 1 Aussie winter please.

Taper the end of the drill some, that ought to help. I always taper the ends of my drills. Stays in the groove better, concentrates friction and heat better. In my experience. :) Great video!

Another great video mate and that was an awesome tarp set up! It's great to have you flying the flag for the Aussie Bush! Thanks for the plug, really nice of you! Cheers Erik.

I love how you give everything a try, I’m not worried when it doesn’t work out because it the real deal.

I read somewhere that becoz Oz is such an arid continent and so prone to bushfires that regulations prevent us from doing a lot of the type of camping shown in the UK and USA. Maybe that is why channels like yours are not as common. I appreciate how careful and safe your type of camping is but honestly not all people take as much care so, in some ways, that is not a bad thing. Have you ever watched Alfieaesthetics (based in the UK)? He has some great educational and very humorous videos not just on bushcraft and survival but identifying useful and dangerous flora and fungi - wish we had someone like that here ... hint hint!! Great video! I really appreciate your honesty in showing how things don't always go to plan and then give and use alternatives - makes everything so much more real and encouraging to those who might expect different outcomes. Enjoy your trip to the centre! Cheers!

Love the silent segment, proves to every other outdoors video you don't need music or dialogue !

Pioneer BBQ and Bar and Outback Pioneer Lodge - we were there in a huge storm, live music, electricity cutting out, lighting striking the rock.....awesome. Didn't rate Kings Canyon, took the Ghan from Adelaide with our 4x4 on the train and drove back via Coober Pedy. Recommend.

Nice one Scotty. Tips? Check out the permanent water on the "backside" of Uluru. Spend some time at the caravan park just outside the park. Quite a social experience. And Alice Springs has a night club! I think Friday night is the go. Not my scene but a certain kind of interesting. The kids in town have a bunch of stories (they probably should be at home) and the dry river bed just north may inspire your imagination. Fantastic part of Australia! You camp cooking skills are par excellent!

Your "winter" even outruns our coastal "summer" here, hahaha. Thanks for taking us along!

As far as the fire goes, sometimes you win, sometimes you learn. No losing as long as you keep trying! Can't get enough of the scenery.

Another great video. The Curawongs singing in the background was beautiful. Hahaha,,, it's great to watch you try all these different ways of doing things and how you have a go at yourself.

I actually checked your video's earlier today to see if you had anything new. Then this came across. Great. Love your video's, and use a few tips I've learned from you. By the way, I'm 68, proving we're never too old to learn. One question---would you consider a video, demonstrating the various tarp configurations you use? I'll setup the basic lean-to, or pup-tent, (A-frame.) I'm now trying to figure out how you set the tarp here. Just thought I'd ask. Be safe. From Colorado, US, Roger.

LoL Queensland ‘winter’. Come to Victoria late August. You’ll love it ;-). Great video btw. Keep up the good work 👍👍

Enjoyed it as usual. Thanks mate. Looking forward to the next one.

The most unique part a about this KZfaq channel that you show the things you pull out of the bag. Keep up the good work i love you’re channel

I like your honesty by showing your failures in learning. VERY REFRESHING !!! I've been there. :-)

Great Vid as always Scotty. Love the intro guitar too.

love your content man it’s so good to see you back at this camp enjoy all the small tips you give people along the way can’t wait for the next one keep up the good work

i have even greater respect for you mate !!! cuz you keep it real thats how you learn from making mistakes its not failure ... your being honest and real everyone started from a first time in fire making im sure all wasnt success on there first attempts keep at it practice at home when you can and youll do it and be very proud you did mate !!! cheers from 🇨🇦

It's awesome to practice primitive fire making skills, but you just can't beat a fero rod! Great stuff Mate! Thanks for sharing!

Great stuff Scotty your camera work is getting really good look forward to your vids and your trips. Thanks for putting in as much effort as you do and have a great weekend.

About the tinder bundle; blow from a distance. At close range, our breath just smothers the embers with dampness and CO2.

🏕️ VERY NICE TRIP AND THE WEATHER COOPERATED

Great video Scotty. I like that you included the hand drill difficulties, pretty tricky stuff. Cheers mate 🍻

Love the channel.. Love the down to earth reality of the stuff you do an last but not least I love the chat.. Awesome stuff buddy....

Hey Scotty great stuff love your work, Chris Bamman and yourself are my fav KZfaqr 👍

In the red centre, the West Macdonnell Ranges are an absolute must. Amazing little camp sites tucked away from the crowds, stunning landscapes

Nice tarp set up. I'll have to remember that one 👍

And so many people over here in America tend to picture Australia in their minds as a hot red desert country ..that's a beautiful green wilderness environment! Love your channel and subscribed! :)

Maaaaate. What an absolute ripper! ... As usual. Keep them coming 👌

Hey there Scotty, the wife and I just got back from Uluru and one recommendation I would give is to take head nets for the fly's, they are pretty thick :-)

Scotty, I was thinking a little Spam with the evening meal and avocado on the breakfast sandwich would give a little extra flavor! For sure, I would have wolfed both down faster than a starving man as you fixed them though. Great video! Glad you decided to take a chance on the weather.

so cool how we are just getting summer here in canada. love your vids, scotty!

Great setup. Third time the charm starting your fire ,good to show it not working sometimes,always entertaining

Roaming the Outback is another good Aussie KZfaq Channel to check out!

Enjoyed your video again, thanks for sharing !

what a treat. Thank you!

I'd do vids but I have a head for radio. I know plenty of others that get out there but just don't film it. Glad the ones like you and Chris B do film though, Makes blokes like me get inspired to plan another trip!

Another great video. I love the fact you are happy to show your failures, keeping it real. as mentioned in other comments you need to put a dull point on your drill, I also have never used a square hole on the base board, I always cut a shallow round hole. I would also suggest mastering a bow drill before a hand drill, walk before you run. Instead of char cloth try charring some punk wood, the problem with relying on char cloth is you cant replicate it in the bush without cutting your clothes. For that reason I have moved away from cloth to natural charring materials. Keep up the great work.

Lovely camp set up, glad the rain held off for you.... Enjoy the Alice, except for all the tourists its awesome.

Nice one Scotty, great cinematography and the walk in was well captured

Hey Scotty - Loving the videos mate. Big thumbs up from the UK 🇬🇧 - all the best and keep up the good work. Really like the history and you explaining the land obvs with me not being from your country.

You must do the base walk at Uluru. The cave paintings are brilliant. Another great video - good to watch.

Love that you keep on trying! Inspiring.

Aww thanks a bunch for the kind words Scotty!! Sooo appreciated!! Grizz definitely is the star of the show haha! We finally just got around to watching your new vid as we wind down from our big canoe trip! Also great video, too bad about the friction fire, but props for trying it out, once canoe season is out here I plan on diving into some more ways of fire making. You've inspired me :P Cheers my Aussie friend, looking forward to the next adventure!!

Good luck to you, regarding the better than expected weather. Although I'm one of those unusual campers, that enjoys the challenge of camping in the rain. Hence, I must admit, that I was looking forward to seeing you camping in the rain, to see how you handle it. Ohh well. It's going to happen sooner or later. I'll be waiting.......😁

Hey mate, as Siani said, taper the end of the drill. Also put a small triangular notch in the baseboard as that increases air flow. Good luck for next time! I look forward to your next video!

Great video. Thank you for listing the other Australian KZfaqrs.

Another Aussie guy is Andy’s Fishing Wild Cook. Different again but good content and goes on some awesome adventures to catch and cook fish. Loving your channel it makes for a refreshing change to view familiar Bush and content for us down in the Southern Hemisphere.

Love your videos mate. You were mentioning other channels you like. Matthew Posa is great. Goes away with his dogs. Anyway keep exploring, hope your NT trip goes well!

I'd love to see you do a kit overview, what you keep in your ruck, etc. Great videos!

Awesome video. Keep up the good work. Many thanks

Adding to your list of aussie adventurers, I just stumbled across another - Southern Land Adventures .... only seen one video so far but it was great!

Love the camera work, really made me feel like I was on that trip!

Living the dream champ, well done

absolutely great videos man. im watching all of them atm. i never was in australia tho ive seen alot in tv but your videos give it an extra shot of mystical-land. great work and keep em up greetings from switzerland.

Great Video . Can not wait to arrive in AUS 14 days . Time to explore

Great video as always mate. Cheers.

Enjoy the red centre. Flies may well be a pita. Also at night the desert gets very cold. Plenty of walks like valley of the winds at kata tjunta. Kings canyon has some amazing views; the rim walk is fantastic. West macdonnells also has some amazing places. Avoid driving at night, too many things come onto the road that you can't see.

Nice spot for sure!

Beautiful rope work!

Love your work mate!! 👍🍺

Bush Channel is also a great channel. They do some Australian winter camping too...... Love your channel by the way!!

Scotty, mate the Larapinta Trail in the West Macdonnel Ranges would be right up your alley....check it out. Enjoy your videos, great job.

Scotty, you will in enjoy a red center trip. Just came back from mine. Eyres rock is a mind bender coming in. You can see it from over 120ks out. Check out the valley of the the winds while there. Awesome views.

Loving your vids mate, keep 'em coming :o)

Cheers for listing off a few other local content creators. I've been looking for some more local content to subscribe to. It's all North America at the moment and it's slightly different style of camping. No snow for one. Hah

Would love to see you do a video in Victoria in the snow, I love camping up near Mount Bogong, it is beautiful this time of year.

another cracking video. The video is getting better but it was A1 before. Top stuff and really interesting.

Great video!

Really awesome video mate! Camp set up looks great. I think you can work on your fire board (hearth board) create a dimple instead of a square. Bevel the edge of your spindle reduces resistance on the outside of the spindle. From one bush scotty to another, Enjoy the bush mate!

Kings canyon will blow you away mate, highly recommend doing a helicopter flight over the canyon! Was probably the highlight of our trip out to the red centre this time last year! 👌🏽

Thanks heaps for the shoutout mate - really enjoyed this video too.Looking forward to doing a cook-up with you in the future.

Great job mate

Great video mate, keep up the good work mate.

Another great video mate 👍

Great video mate!

43.50 that is some gourmet stuff right there, you’d pay twenie bucks for that in a cafe ....lol

I just discovered your channel tonight and immediately subscribed. You set up a high quality campsite. Your fire pit was excellent, and your food looked great! I also really liked the reusable wrapping material that you had around some of your food items! I think that if you had used a wider board for your spindle base, and notched it out to allow the hot dust to accumulate under the hole in the board, you might have found success with your hand drill method. Also, using a bearing block on top to apply pressure would have helped considerably. I do not intend to be critical of your efforts. I am merely offering a possible solution to help you in the future. I thoroughly enjoyed your video, and I will be looking for more of them coming from you!

that tent is on point

Nice vid mate keep up the good work

Great stuff mate!! Would love to see a video specifically about the equipment you use. Keep it up!!

that handrill plant is similar to the sotol in arizona that i use yes bigger base and taper end of spindle also start with round hole or divot i also use pine or any kind of sap on spindle makes it very sticky lots of down pressure without thumbloops /paracord good job love your videos

Erik and Scotty in the same week...shit yeah

Wow so nice 👍

Come on one of our courses Scott, and you'll be doing friction fire in no time. :-)

Great video as always. I didn't see any failures there with the fire, only you learning and showing us the potential pitfalls, try not to get frustrated, learn from it. A failure would be ending up with no fire at all.

It's best to use hard wood for the drill itself, although grass tree (or yakka as its called where I'm from) is good for the base. Handrills are best made of the taller, straighter species of wattle or she oak.

Lol winter..... in NY thats a great spring day..... love the video tho

Cool video!

Love to watched your video💖

I like the way you show the knots you use for the shelter. You need to round the spindle a bit so it fits in the fireboard depression. And did you forget the hat, it is not Scotty without the hat..Enjoy the time in the Red Centre... Peace

Verry nice.

Didnt realise non plastic reusable wraps was a thing. But definitely going to get some. I'm always taking too much plastic on my hikes or at other times for that matter.

Always enjoy your vids great videography . I wonder have you ever encountered any creepy/ extraordinary incidents? I'm a native of Guam, have you ever visited?

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Informative video

Good video. I think if you'd have tapered and rounded the end of your friction fire stick, you might have been able to get an ember. 👍

lol at your reaction 18:22