The Ultimate Aussie Road Trip to Uluru! South East QLD to Outback NSW

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The Feel Good Family - Lap Around Australia Series

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Our epic road trip from South East Queensland to the incredible Red Centre - Uluru and Kata Tjuta - the beating heart of Central Australia, has begun! It's The Ultimate Aussie Road Trip
We’ll be driving approximately 7500km over a 28 day period to complete this mini lap of Australia - a road trip we believe every Aussie should experience in their lifetime!
This episode we travel from our hometown of the Gold Coast, south west to Cobar, Outback New South Wales. We free camp behind a pub, stay at a country golf club, and camp in the rich red dirt at Meralda Station. What an awesome start!
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00:00 Introduction
01:31 The Ultimate Road Trip! (Mini Lap Of OZ)
04:16 Day 1: Gold Coast to Deepwater
08:14 Bangalow NSW
09:14 History Lesson About The Tenterfield Saddler
12:55 The Deepwater Hotel
14:50 The Best Dad Joke Of The Episode
16:30 Day 2: Deepwater To Coonabarabran
17:03 Stan The Man?!
19:46 Precheck The Vehicle Before Leaving
22:40 Silo Art
25:16 The Great Australian Silo Trail
26:17 Barraba
27:27 The Coonabarabran Golf Club
31:11 Day 3: Coonabarabran to Cobar
35:00 Fill It Up When You Can
37:13 Nevertire
37:45 The Great Cobar Museum
40:54 Paul's Famous BBQ Outback Salmon
43:52 A Cheeky Sauv
44:16 Next Week: Heading To Broken Hill!
45:01 Visit Our Website: thefeelgoodfamily.com

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@TinaWarn Жыл бұрын

Wow! You'll have soooooo much fun!

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

It’s an epic whirlwind that’s for sure 💙🇦🇺😅

@markfrombriz Жыл бұрын

Red dirt = priceless memories

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

We love it!!

@markfrombriz Жыл бұрын

@@TheFeelGoodFamily just as well as you will never get rid of it. Were heading to dinosaur trail with jawa hybrid and Hilux soon.. kinda following in your footsteps/wheel tracks

@matthalpin1981 Жыл бұрын

I am so glad to be able to (virtually) join you on this epic trip. I am especially loving the drone shots and getting a good view of all the stunning locations.

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Brilliant and thank you for joining us and the drone shots are getting better each ep - the scenery on this road trip is incredible 💙🇦🇺🍻🙏

@cbeuck5024 Жыл бұрын

Enjoying the arm chair travels lost our our sump plug Cobar many years ago! BUT made into town! And time lost - its so easy (when on holidays) to get distracted or find a task not done - have to go with the flow! Safe travels- have fun ..looking forward to the next vlog Jan Adelaide

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Travel memories are the best 🇦🇺🍻💙

@leannechurches5227 Жыл бұрын

Good content, very enjoyable 😊

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Thank you Leanne 💙

@elainemcintyre4407 Жыл бұрын

Dear Paul,Kate & Jasper, I really love your catchy intro. music. Am loving the trip, tried to follow on an old refadex , but I will have to get out the maps instead. Jasper keep having fun in that red dirt, it only comes along one in a life time ,bye for now travel safe Elaine from Brisbane.😊

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Hello Elaine, thank you and so great to be on this adventure and we love that you are following along 💙🙏🇦🇺

@thats60slife60 25 күн бұрын

Just a little chip... think you should of touched a little more on Coonabarabran. It truly a beutiful town

@TheFeelGoodFamily 24 күн бұрын

Yes you are right!! Unfortunately we had 28days to get from the Gold Coast to Uluṟu return so not possible this time round…. But, we’ll be back 💙🙌🏕️

@petercross8620 Жыл бұрын

Great to see the wheels turning again. I love the area around Glen Innes, Inverell and down thru Bingara, Barraba and Manilla then over to Gunnedah. I drove a truck thru that area for many years on many of the dirt roads in the region. Enjoyed every minute of it. Looking forward to watching your adventure for the next few weeks, travel safe.

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Hey Peter, the country through this region is just beautiful!! Looking forward to the adventures ahead thank you for the support 🇦🇺🍻

@dougclarke91 Жыл бұрын

Hey Paul and Katie. Dont know if your itinerary includes going through Peterborough in SA. Your map line looks like it might. Really a great place to explore the train history. Awesome night light show about the trains. Jasper will love it. Awesome old Elvis history in the old picture theatre as well. Enjoy the trip.

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Thank you Doug! We love Peterborough (especially Jasper) and will definitely include our experience there - safe travels and thanks for your support 😊🇦🇺👍

@cherylrayes8015 Жыл бұрын

The story of the little dog there is lovely too 🙂

@marnibarratt8805 Жыл бұрын

FUNNY you just mentioned BROKEN HILL that's where I am from, my family still live there.

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

So good in BH!! 💙

@anthonymcneil8778 Жыл бұрын

Weirdly I just drove much the same route recently. Beautiful out there. Btw, in NSW you’re allowed to turn off a road and cross a solid white line, we’re sensible like that

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

What a trip hey!! Yes, we have now learnt that road sensibility is more common in NSW 😅🚗👌

@nograndplan Жыл бұрын

Rv time is so real. I love how your filming is blended. Have you done an episode on your editing program and filming gear?

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Hello and thank you 🙏 we have covered off the gear and software in a q&a ep - but in a nutshell; Final Cut Pro editing on a MacBook Pro, Canon R6 for locked of shots and stills, GoPro x 3 for 90% of footage, DJI drones and the iPhone14pro 😅 we also use rode mics and DJI wireless mics 👍🏕️

@CrunchdGC Жыл бұрын

Wow Paul can sing too! We need to hear more of this. We have this trip planned for 2024. So good to see your trip first.

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

🙏🤩 carpool karaoke segment coming up 🇦🇺🍻

@terry9119 3 ай бұрын

ayers rock

@TheFeelGoodFamily 3 ай бұрын

The best!

@TheFeelGoodFamily 3 ай бұрын

The Best!

@robertbrown856 Жыл бұрын

Just luv your work Katie,Paul,Jasper 😀Safe traveling

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Robert 🙏💙🇦🇺

@suewiles292 Жыл бұрын

So glad to see you moving again.

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

We are buzzing 😊

@carmengrima1539 Жыл бұрын

Can’t wait to see the awesome places you go too as hubby and I are hoping to do the same trip with our new van. Thank you for sharing your travels with us. Travel safe. Look forward to next week. 🥰❤️🥰

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Thank you - very exciting times ahead for you guys - safe travels 🙏🇦🇺😊

@karavanningdownunder Жыл бұрын

Awesome team!! Love seeing the zone in the red dirt.

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏 We love the red too 💙🇦🇺🍻

@whitedog7897 Жыл бұрын

Great to see you travelling far and wide again. That country looks sensational. 👍 Safe travelling. 😀

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏 we are at our best when the wheels are turning 🏕️🇦🇺💙

@richardhunt920 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Love the vid 😎

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Thank you mate 😊🇦🇺🍻

@kiaorable Жыл бұрын

Awesome, I’m planning to do something like that next winter, looks like a good route you’re on so it’s great watching, many thanks.

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

That’s exciting and yes a really great itinerary that has it all! Enjoy and thanks for the support 💙🇦🇺👍

@peterjames8714 Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to following your trip. In 1979 my wife & I did a 3 week 7,500 km trip from Sydney to the Alice & Uluru via Wilpena Pound & Oodnadatta Track. We were camping in a tent. Only 5 days of the trip was on bitumen road!! Cheers to Adventure. 😃

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Wow!! Times have changed - what an adventure of a lifetime you got to experience - you should write a book!! Thanks for sharing 😊💙🇦🇺

@alexandramary3118 Жыл бұрын

Hi, I recognised some of those place names because we drove through them when I was a child about 55 years ago. The scenery you shot was beautiful. I am looking forward to seeing more of your travels. Alex

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Some great memories Alex 💙🇦🇺😊

@yusufsayed1583 Жыл бұрын

Awesome drive 🚗 love the history 😊 best dad joke 😅 Stan old boy ready for retirement 🐕 awesome camp 🏕 sites 👏 awesome content once again 💯 thanks for sharing 👍 Greetings and cheers 🍻 from south africa 🇿🇦

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Hi Yusuf! We are so buzzed to be back on the road trip!! Thank you again 🇦🇺💙🙏

@treeman3663 Жыл бұрын

Coona is a lovely town 😊

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

So friendly too

@bevandrews6911 Жыл бұрын

Hey! Paul, Barkly Hwy mmmmmm! Still not good currently, lots of potholes. There are warnings in place but we learned to watch for skid marks from the trucks when approaching the worst of them. Still a lot of work to be done. Hubby said in the Alice best fuel stop is BP in Whittaker Street, a prepaid truckie stop. Tenant Creek BP was also good. We stayed at Barkly Roadhouse, their facilities are coming along nicely after the fire last year. Curtin Springs was lovely but fuel $325.9 🙄Enjoy your travels.🥰

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Whoa! Great information thank you 🙏 we are so excited to be heading that way and will keep our whits about us 💙

@cherylrayes8015 Жыл бұрын

Great show, been a while since Ive done the run youre doing. Youre wise to have heating at Uluru my granddaughter and I were there at the end of June the year the Field of Light first started and we car camped and woke to a thick layer of frost all over the car lol. Didnt stop us doing the sunrise trip we just took a blanket each to wrap round us lol we were in the overflow carpark and let me tell you, its a long walk from there to the toilets 🤣🤣 have a lovely trip.

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Oh wow!! We got down to zero at Curtain Springs last trip and froze out little butts off 🥶😅 always such great memories when you relive the stories - awesome 💙🇦🇺😊

@craignelson-swiftyenzed7578 Жыл бұрын

I'm with Jasper - early morning starts are poopy.

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Hahaha, we will him into a morning person yet 😅

@Shinrin_Yoku_Delica_Adventures Жыл бұрын

Tenterfield has an old cork tree as well

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

We missed that this time.. on the list 💙

@stevencrosby8313 Жыл бұрын

Guys did that Cobar dump water point have obstructions to avoid you turning in/out or just double lines? In NSW can can cross double lines to enter or leave the road via the shortest route.

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Wow!! We did not know that thank you 🙏 😅

@markfrombriz Жыл бұрын

Drones have changed how we record memories, these incredible scenes were only possible with people with big budgets aka david Attenborough style.. btw those salmon are burnt af

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Amazing shots these days - and we like a bit of char 😂🍻👍🇦🇺💙

@markfrombriz Жыл бұрын

@@TheFeelGoodFamily salmon is supposed to be served medium lol

@wilsonwhanau5618 Жыл бұрын

Great Episode guys. If you wouldn’t mind ensuring that any roads (including to Hip Camps) if they are ok for non off road vehicles. We travel in a Van so we would like to be sure that your itinerary is ok for us as well… Paul, I would love to hear (even quickly) what your daily schedule is for file dumps from your gear. As a photographer/videographer, it intrigues me how you plan your shoots for the day or do you simply wing it? Do you dump footage daily? I’m sure there are many that would also like to know how to photography/video more effectively - a tour can’t be enjoyed if your always looking through a lens. We have a 2 week return trip to Townsville from the Gold Coast coming up and I’d like to know how others capture and document their special moments, even if it’s not for a You Tube Channel. 😊

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Hello and yes will do 👍 all roads we plan to go on and have so far are all good for on road vehicles 🚗- we may go off track in Kings Canyon but will definitely explain that it is a off road road 😅 I film drive and dump footage and scrub footage every single day so cameras can be charged and footage backed up, then at 5am next day I edit what I can to get a jump on the Final Cut. It is a lot to do if you are working and travelling every day on the 28 days but if you only have 4 weeks school hols/annual leave it would be amazing as you’d not be thinking about work - we really want to work our butts off over the 28 days to make sure we can give viewers the whole experience we are having - hope that helps and the footage will make up an 8 part series even though we cover in 28 days 💙🇦🇺😊👍 we are buzzing with this trip it is so incredible 🙌😎🏕️ thanks again PG

@wilsonwhanau5618 Жыл бұрын

@@TheFeelGoodFamily thanks Paul for the comprehensive reply. I’ll certainly spend more time on the planning for our filming. It’s nice to know you rough edit along the way. Something I wasn’t sure if I should do or just wait to the end of the whole thing but that could be a nightmare and produce a massive headache. Take it easy on those wines matey else you’ll become the next t-shirt showcasing the real “Feel Good” Family…hiccup!

@katherineporter2654 Жыл бұрын

Loving this road trip. What table and chairs are they Katie?

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Hi Katherine, yes so are we! Our new table and chairs are awesome - from Stratus Outdoors. They’ve given us a 10% FEELGOOD discount code to share, so check them out on our website gear page 🙌

@marnibarratt8805 Жыл бұрын

morning to you guys always love your vids. just a question regarding your dash organizer, where is this from please!

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏 MSA 4x4 Accessories 💙🇦🇺

@tracieandstevetraveloz Жыл бұрын

Great video, may I please ask what time of year you are travelling?

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

This is last week so we are in real-time currently driving and filming day editing night 😅

@tracieandstevetraveloz Жыл бұрын

Well that makes it busy. We are heading that way in June, via Flinders Rangers and Oodnadatta Track. We have been exploring SA for the last 5 months. Love you videos.

@davidmilledge221 Жыл бұрын

Wow realy u need a tune to suit the new clutch id be buggered is that realy true , think they pulling ya leg 😂hmm 🤔is it a computer thing

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Oh ok, I think that’s correct but I’ll double check as I may have that wrong 😅

@live_work_play Жыл бұрын

Hi Guys, what mirrors are you running on the 79, please?

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Hi Tracy, we have MSA mirrors - the best!!

@craigdewit2502 6 ай бұрын

I know this episode was done many months ago. I just would like to ask if I may, was there a particular reason you chose to go clockwise on this trip? We are thinking to do much the same journey from Brisbane however my thoughts were to go counter clockwise. 🤔

@TheFeelGoodFamily 6 ай бұрын

Hi Craig, great question 👍 the reason was because when we set off parts of the Barkley Highway were closed due to flooding…. So we knew the longer we left that part of the journey the more chance we had of it reopening and as it turned out it reopened a few days before we arrived to that section 😅 albeit in a patched up but accessible state 🙏🇦🇺🕺💙🍻🏕️. Ideally (and humorously) you’d travel counter clockwise as you can safe a small amount on fuel as you are travelling on the inside/left lane making it a shorter distance to travel therefore saving a few dollars in fuel 😅🤩👏 safe travels and enjoy every moment Cheers Paul

@TheFeelGoodFamily 6 ай бұрын

Ps if you have the time watch the whole Uluṟu series to get the whole picture and you will see the Barkley sections on the footage - it is amazing country through there 🇦🇺

@craigdewit2502 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Paul for getting back to me, it’s really appreciated. Who would have thought I’d be saving money on fuel too going anti-clockwise! 😂

@gregrobinson2394 Жыл бұрын

Is travelling around these central Australia areas suitable for a 2wd vehicle or should you have a 4WD? I have a new 2wd Outlander. Thinking of buying a small on road caravan too. Are the roads (particularly dirt ones) too rough for it?

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Hi Greg, you can definitely travel with 2WD and access central Aus as most roads we travel on this trip are bitchumen. There are plenty of roads off the track that are only 4WD access. You can travel from Adelaide to Uluṟu to Alice Springs to Darwin to Kakadu and Litchfield all on bitchumen in a 2WD 👍 stick to the tar and you’ll be fine

@ChrisR2517 Жыл бұрын

Hello Folks, Will you be stopping in Broken Hill ? I'd like to say G'day & I know my way around !

@Stephen0001 Жыл бұрын

Highlt recommend having Chris show you around BH. 👌

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Hi Chris, unfortunately we are already on the move - such a short visit this time as we are doing the loop in 28 days - we are planning a return next year for a week 🇦🇺😅

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the offer 🙏

@ChrisR2517 Жыл бұрын

@@TheFeelGoodFamily I thought that may be the plan. Safe travels and look after that young genius back there.

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Cheers Chris 😎🍻

@Stephen0001 Жыл бұрын

So the road from Casino to Tenterfield was OK towing a van? It looks really twisty on the map (I’m a Flatlander from WA).😶

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

It was a bumpy and windy route but no trucks or traffic so easy going and it was beautiful scenery 🇦🇺💙😊

@KimberleyJaskolski Жыл бұрын

We are getting a 24.8 foot caravan. We know we need to get a new/secondhand car to tow it what would u recommend? I am having trouble finding one. It also has to be automatic as I can only drive it. Hubby can drive both. There are 6 of us, 2 dogs and a cat.

@TheFeelGoodFamily Жыл бұрын

Wow!! That is a big rig 😊 I think you will need to really look at the van weights fully loaded (as you have the van already in play… ) once you know those numbers you can look for a vehicle that has the weight capability to safely and legally tow it. It would be good to ask this question in a caravanning group that may have someone towing the same van model and see what they have chosen as their vehicle - you can then connect and ask them their experience etc. all the best guys 🙏😊