CROSSING AUSTRALIA part-3. Flies and infection

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6 жыл бұрын

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Camping at the side of the road, the flies begin to annoy us. By breakfast time they are swarming. We enjoy our drive as we see road kill by the hundreds, and some live animals as well. We enter and overnight at Birdsville, where I get an eye infection. Lucky the flying doctor happens to be in town and I get the treatment I need to continue our trip. The episode ends crossing Australia’s tallest sand dune.
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@MrFastFarmer 6 жыл бұрын

Try being a farmer and living with the March fly. Rain or no rain, flys are just part of the Australian landscape and go well with coffee, soup, sausages, or generally any meat.

@richardachyde 5 жыл бұрын

Real sausage rolls only consist of flys and pastry.

@MrBones-do2wt 2 жыл бұрын

so in theory Australian meat has more protein than other meat, it's a win win the way I see it

@Arrynek01 5 жыл бұрын

The night skies are one of the reasons I want to do this. The flies are one of the reasons I don't want to do this.

@treadlightly.australia3606 6 жыл бұрын

Good to see you and your daughter have got the Aussie Salute down pat.

@quadpit 6 жыл бұрын

I love you bringing your daughter along now... Memories she will have forever and maybe do her own adventures in the future. Plus I think your interaction with her while you inform us makes it more inviting. I will skip the flies however LOL.

@the.magnus 6 жыл бұрын

Great memories with daughter 😊 Have a safe trip mate

@LandySmurf 6 жыл бұрын

Loved the humour in this video. You and your daughter make a great combo. Keep it up.

@Odin_View 6 жыл бұрын

Wearing headphones I was flinching hearing the flies go left and right. 8-0

@tharindu6 6 жыл бұрын

Great video again Andrew. Love your content

@Critt75ih 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! I love it when Kate comes along, reminds me of my daughter and my adventures her in Oregon, USA!

@Malc664 5 жыл бұрын

Always good viewing and thanks for the psi info and on screen conversion.

@chrishockley5014 6 жыл бұрын

The good thing about the fly net is one can drink through them! A fly deterrent that works really well is a cream of Rosemary and Cedarwood oils. My one is from Desert Dwellers. Light coloured and earthy coloured clothing tends to attract less flies also. And fly spray in the car. Other than the flies making you trip displeasing, another great video. Thank you, I look forward to the next episode.

@LongStraightLines 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome work mate and living the dream that's for sure. Great photography as well.

@ABetterLifeInc 6 жыл бұрын

I love flies. The more. The better. Said no one ever. Hate flies! Great episode too. You two are fun to watch. Love the commentary.

@goodo4x4 6 жыл бұрын

Love the outback....but not the flies :). My best memories are sharing trips like this with my daughter. Keep up the great work! Thank you for sharing.

@jefft79 6 жыл бұрын

Great video again Andrew. Thanks for sharing.

@MayaRamses 6 жыл бұрын

thanks for your effort to bring up such a lovely and informative vdo,s for us...

@aeromech8563 6 жыл бұрын

Great stuff Andrew, I camped in exactly the same spot as you by that small creek so quiet and peaceful.

@jackofjr 6 жыл бұрын

We were in Birdsville about the same time as you and yes the bloody Flies were incredible never seen them as bad , like your videos always look forward to them

@BikerBytes 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome trip, this is a he sort of thing I’d do with my daughter also, she loves adventure. Go the 70 series 💪

@palwinder9 4 жыл бұрын

i like how u describe about every single bit,,,m in a Melbourne,never been they where u been ,,thanks to show me Australia

@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen 6 жыл бұрын

When the flies are like that, a broad brimmed hat and those fly nets are really the only way to survive. We have had to endure conditions like that a few times so you have my heartfelt sympathy. Great the RFDS got you going after the eye infection. Great idea for your Aussie viewers to make a small donation to the RFDS, they operate mostly via donations and they are still a real life-line in the outback.

@mattyolo 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to see you doing some family trips 🙌 those flies look like a nightmare come true

@frozenragu 6 жыл бұрын

This is fantastic. Great viewing. You are getting better with every video. The fly hammer and your commentary 😂 I just finished an 8 night nsw snow 4wd and hiking trip. Hopefully I'll see you on the tracks one day

@davidilott1319 4 жыл бұрын

You came so close to the real dunes , couple of ks further north . Dunny budgies part of life out there .i enjoy your perspective of 4wheeling oz , obviously havnt sold your soul to corporate sponsors "yet" keep up the good work mate

@yohanfu2807 6 жыл бұрын

Great job guys,fun videos👍👍🤗🤗🤗

@MrSupergee 6 жыл бұрын

Those flies are unreal. Nasty. A tip for you Andrew, I've noticed that when wearing my sunglasses in my Jeep with the windows down or the top off, I always get a few things in my eye, flies, road grit, debris etc. My theory is that the sunglasses cause a pressure difference and it attracts things in from the side. When I wear the skii type goggles with the side protection, this no longer is an issue. Love your videos. Safe travels! From Vancouver Canada.

@Sparrowfart2 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Andrew, good vid, the fly nets go over the hat. Then you adjust your attutude so it's not bothering you. After a few min's you hardly notice them!! Keep up the good work .

@ledgno1 6 жыл бұрын

Like someone else said, you drove up the easy side and went down the easiest run too! It is by no means hard with many beaches in WA and NSW (when the Stockton big dunes used to be open) being more harder, but the other tracks on the side you went down get progressively harder especially when it is hot and the sand is soft. Seeing the flies, I'm glad we did our crossing last year at exactly this time of year - it was glorious and fly free :)

@steveannett8994 6 жыл бұрын

Love the video. Great to see Kate too.

@greatsouthernoverland 6 жыл бұрын

Great content Andrew....... we have known about the bush raisins for years in Aus:D

@christianritz-andersen1217 6 жыл бұрын

Great video - love your work!

@craigdouglasmartens7037 Жыл бұрын

So love your shows!

@AscendingBliss 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic :-)

@Blastfence1 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@timludwig8219 6 жыл бұрын

Good morning you two! Guess the flies would also be healthier than the muesli. 😊

@Freedomone153 5 жыл бұрын

Love to see a trip around the coast of Australia

@russellayton6408 6 жыл бұрын

Your daughter is cool Andrew. Lucky you and her both for his time.

@trentnnat 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Andrew, we did the simpson just b4 you I think, in mid April, the flys where so bad and it did kind of wreck it for us also but we will defiantly do it again, it was so much fun traveling the French line. Also just a side note I believe from the video even though you followed the sign that said "big red" that's the basic track that any 2 wheel drive vehicle could cross known as little red, about 2 k's further north is the real big red, if you turned around and looked east once over it's quite obvious where the serious track is that gives an amazing outlook over both sides of the dunes, also it's best viewed at dusk or dawn, we arrived from the west at sunset and it's absolutely breath taking, you will have to visit again when there are no flys and spend a whole day or 2 in the area to full appreciate it I think

@Smiling_mike 6 жыл бұрын

Love the Troopy as much as your videos!

@AAS7771 6 жыл бұрын

Great video once again

@philipberkhout6693 6 жыл бұрын

Andrew, you forgot to mention 2 far more significant places in Birdsville, and they are: the Birdsville Hotel, and the Bakery. And, I can't believe that you failed to research Big Red. The challenging climbs were on the other side. Looking forward to the next stage - the Simpson Desert.

@martinpavek1 4 жыл бұрын

exactly

@KarlEller 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, the bakeries are the best part of these outback towns, and I'm pretty sure it's against the law to not visit them. Fresh baked bread from a small country town hits different.

@jrh928 6 жыл бұрын

glad to see Andrew has learnt the Australian wave. =)

@AlexGossett 6 жыл бұрын

Keep 'em coming please!

@tharqnimble9800 6 жыл бұрын

Andrew, you have got to keep that tent for your guests. It adds that special element of surprise at every appearance!

@jjsadv 6 жыл бұрын

Fly net is your best friend in the remote regions at some times of the year.

@AccFinEco 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid!!

@miataleica 6 жыл бұрын

very entertaining. thanks

@grey3977 6 жыл бұрын

Andrews practice of lowering tire pressure to sight and terrain absolutely makes the most sense to me... I just don't have the experience.

@cbr1100xxPL 6 жыл бұрын

Love your shows, although i have a unique reason for owning a landrover discovery 300tdi and that is i have a back condition and both the suspension and seat are comfortable for me. Also a well sorted 300tdi will do 9 litres/100km fully laden. Also you might want to mention the "madman" engine monitor, it is NOT cheap but it will monitor the whole engine and send an alarm if something is beyond a pre-set limit. Also so far done approximately 50,000km in the discovery (it has 540,000km already) and only thing broken is a shock absorber when i was on Fraser island, but the fantastic guys over there at land rover rentals got me new shockers by ferry the very next day :)

@alextot4484 6 жыл бұрын

Very enjoyable.

@anthonyjohnston6829 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Andrew i'm a massive fan, Yep Fly nets are a must in the outback. Also Horseflies are a major prob in Kosciusko national park in summer the bastards bite through clothes!

@MadRS 6 жыл бұрын

The year we went to Cape York they had a horrible plague of flies. It was that bad I packed up after 2 days and headed south again and never even went to the tip. I can't stand flies and this video just brings back the nightmares.

@MrProject350 5 жыл бұрын

Trucks slow down as much as possible. That is, they do not brake up like for a camels or cows. It will simply be too expensive in emergency brakeing and too dangerous in relation to safety. But no truck driver wants to hurt their trucks. Kinguros can easily damage parts of the trucks, including the brakes. Nor do I think that most truck drivers like to hit animals. Just my view as Danske who lives in Sweden but loves Australia. I have been to Australia twice and will hopefully come back with my own home-designed VolToy (VolVo TGB 20 - Toyota 80 serise) Thank you for lovely pictures. Sincerely Henrik

@albertvanputten 6 жыл бұрын

Graet video,.....👍

@youmuchconfuse 6 жыл бұрын

I laughed out loud when you smiled at the camera and said "It's almost time for a coke" Hahaha

@jerryjiang8108 6 жыл бұрын

Good Morning , Andrew !

@SteveBurns80 6 жыл бұрын

Actually, Big Red is no where near the tallest sand dune in Australia! It's the tallest in the Simpson desert area but it's nothing compared to some of other dunes in Australia. Try "Callcup Hill" this sand dune is in south WA and is far taller and far more challenging to drive than than "Big Red". Big Red is not difficult to drive if you have half a clue... If you're coming from the west it has a few more challenging lines but these aren't too difficult if you select the correct tyre pressure and gear ratio... A lot of people stuff this up, I think this is why it has the reputation of being so large and difficult to get up. Love your work, Andrew, keep it up.

@Hazardbone 6 жыл бұрын

Ahhhhh the good ol outback flies

@johnclayton5386 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Andrew you tackled big red from the back not on the steep side surprised you did look back and see that as you headed West

@jayz0302 6 жыл бұрын

well that is the first time ( I recall) you saying PSI first :-)

@patrickjobling8676 4 жыл бұрын

Whatta hoot ...😁pip pips and carryon

@gregorykeller1454 6 жыл бұрын

Ever since I meet you when I was young I always wanted to do what you do. I am super jealous.

@gippy6105 6 жыл бұрын

Andrew i am not from this company but Natures Botanical in good old Wagga Wagga produce a natural repellent that works the flies are still there but not in your face it also is sold in the NT by Desert Dwellers try some they all use it out near Moomba and Birdsville on the oil exploration rigs. Great video by the way really enjoying your trips. Gippy

@URBANAMERICANTAC 6 жыл бұрын

Those Kangaroo act like Deer in the US. They head right at you.

@trollslandan4062 6 жыл бұрын

Dont let the insects win ;-) ,keep on going. Thanks for the entertainment ;-)

@keithhaycraft3765 6 жыл бұрын

The drive of Big Red from the western side is the more challenging, up being more difficult than down. We did the Simpson crossing from west to east a few years ago in an HDJ79R, Utility with a piggyback camper on it, all up weight of the camper 600kg. I had to drive the dunes in high range because the gearing was tpp torquey in low range & it just dug in. 2nd high, to 3rd high, didn't get stuck once & towed a friend with a Pajero & camper trailer over lots of dunes. The turns at the top were contributing factors to his difficulties & the pock marks where others had spun wheels on their ascents.

@blackhawk140 6 жыл бұрын

You should have driven Big red in the other direction. There are three tracks going up, and the two left ones are the more difficult ones. You descended the chicken track on the right (left as you were travelling). I only drove up the chicken track with 12 PSI (yes, that low) and a 22r hilux, you need power to drive up the other tracks. I loved the video, brings back fond memories (we had less flies).

@the.magnus 6 жыл бұрын

blackhawk140 what month were u there? I am planning a trip and wanna avoid flies

@blackhawk140 6 жыл бұрын

September (Birdsville cup). The downside is that it is very busy and lots of corrugations due to the traffic. The good thing about that period is that if you break down in the desert ($ 8000-10000 tow out) somebody is around to possibly help.

@MrFastFarmer 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, he went down not up. No idea what it is now but I did it in 2000 (no chicken track) in a Prado and failed 2 times. I think from memory I had to hit the bottom at 80kph to make it.

@philipjooste9075 6 жыл бұрын

+blackhawk140 No matter which way you look at it, it's not really a big dune, so I also fail to see what all the fuss is about. Dune driving is awesome fun and you do need power - one area where automatic transmissions and gasoline (petrol) engines outshine the usual Diesel/manual setup. Can't provide the link, but it would be worthwhile to check out any "dune driving Namibia" video on KZfaq.

@MrFastFarmer 6 жыл бұрын

Phillip Jooste Truth is, it's about marketing... did you notice how excited Andrew was to get to big red?

@AAS7771 6 жыл бұрын

I sometimes am critical of some your language and other semantics but there's simply no doubting the quality.

@mikebaker8788 6 жыл бұрын

You did big red the wrong way. LOL I did the QAA and French line in June this year the flies were a shocker so much that the bushmans was lasting at most 5 minutes

@gride5153 6 жыл бұрын

I believe Alpen is in all Woolworth stores that have the "International Section". (Been available for years)

@ronin550 5 жыл бұрын

WOW the flies are crazy there!!!

@phillroo7871 6 жыл бұрын

Gi guys, It was great the RFDS was there to help and the fact they were soooo cheap is fantastic, BUT I hope this doesn't sound bad but as you maybe aware the RFDS relies also on donations to keep their service running in a good manner so I hope you also donated towards their great continuation. I'm not talking hundreds but every minimal amount from everyone going into the outback helps. Just a thought. Cheers

@nedkelly6983 6 жыл бұрын

Good morning Andrew

@robmacca67 6 жыл бұрын

And that’s why we only head out across the desert during the colder months- less flies.... Big Red use to be big many many years ago before it became popular. Now it’s just a bump in the road.... the western side is where the challenge still is.....

@T1M083 6 жыл бұрын

Loving the vids with Kate her quick wit and facials really makes for a fun video. keep it up guys

@drewc9029 6 жыл бұрын

Bad luck on the flies. Did the same run last year and literally counted about 10 for the entire Simpson run. Adversity comes in all shapes and sizes. Agree on the dune assessment. No.2 was way more challenging because of the rough terrain. Big red is just a straight up power burn really.

@craigdouglasmartens7037 Жыл бұрын

At least they they don't have tstses in Oz! Still great adventure and fun in Landcruisers or classic Rangies! Regards from KZN !

@MortifiedU 5 жыл бұрын

I know it is a bit late, but at Quilpie Landmark pick up some Nature's Botanical Crème.. Great for keeping the flies away. Stayed out there for 3 months and it was the only thing that I found to work.

@MortifiedU 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome but the synchronised fly net lift and drink.. best part. 13:37

@yorkchris10 6 жыл бұрын

Nice to know about Alpen. A friend put me onto it here in Canada in the 70's. I think the chances of hitting a 'roo are less during the day. I saw a doc. on it after visiting and said they are nocturnal.

@ToyBJ 5 жыл бұрын

Chris York the roo's move in early morning and late afternoon/evening....very rarely during the heat of the day .

@erikhy 6 жыл бұрын

"Fly shucking" is a camping art form: You slowly walk up behind someone with a halo of flies, lean towards them slightly to decant your cloud into theirs, then take off running, leaving your cloud behind. They might not catch on until the fourth or fifth person shucks to them, at which point retribution is common and noisy.

@SlapPa9 5 жыл бұрын

Andrew... from what I learnt touring through Tasmania is that: when safe to do so, move the carcass off the road, well off the road if possible. Foragers of road kill can feast in safety. * USE GLOVES ;p Great Video BTW.

@kurtmm9924 6 жыл бұрын

gotta go up big read from the other side, that's more of a challenge I think!

@BillSprague 6 жыл бұрын

Having Rice a la Fly? Yes, you do share the good, bad, and ugly and I for one thank you for that. An old Pennsylvania Dutch lady told me, “What cannot be cured must be endured.” She was 94 and I tended to believe her.

@DaleReubin 6 жыл бұрын

13:37 - Hahaha Just brilliant.

@takayama1638 5 жыл бұрын

Here I am thousands of miles away in America and I’m sure about 50 flies just came in via my iPhone! I can hear the devils buzzing !

@AlphGen 6 жыл бұрын

Normally you have to drive over little red and approach big red from within the desert, 3 levels of difficulty. The easy track is by far longer than the two harder tracks. Next time maybe try that way around

@ImAlive11550 6 жыл бұрын

You need a few strips of sticky fly paper hanging up in the troopy.

@mjallenuk 6 жыл бұрын

With that amount of flies you'd need a sticky headlining!

@theaustralianchef 3 жыл бұрын

Australia is a beautiful place, outback is breathtaking. But the flies. I take flyspray surface spray for the inside. And lemon juice and water in a spray bottle fir my face and body. Works great.

@tezza3519 6 жыл бұрын

big red is always tackeld from the east side it is far bigger and stepper from that side and very hard to get up late in the arvo with a full load and tyre pressures that are 4 psi higher than in morn

@_bodgie 6 жыл бұрын

The western side is the harder side to drive up (usually because people have high pressures), the eastern side is very easy. You should've turned around and it may have been a bit harder depending on the prevailing conditions.

@speed62ful 6 жыл бұрын

psi 23 on sand is nothing we put 15 front 18 rear and over 800kg on the back of the 79 CRUISER ,no issues(careful in corners wish you best,love from KSA

@A2dy 6 жыл бұрын

Is that a Smirnoff Ice I see? HAHA

@lastknownlocation8760 6 жыл бұрын

Andrew The fly net is supposed to go OVER your hat

@donewhiskey 5 жыл бұрын

Andrew's didn't have the hole at the top. His was a closed camouflaged top. He should have traded with Kate.

@fitzyholden1036 6 жыл бұрын

Mate if you are looking for a natural repellent for flies, mozzies, and ticks try "Natures Botanical". Its made in Alice Springs from rosemary and cedarwood oils and can be ordered online. I have found it to be better then a lot of other products, especially for the small pepper ticks where I camp in West Aussie.