Still miss that vehicle to this day, and it is a very capable rig. We have included the winch and it has saved us already 😀

The Brisbane Ranges was one of our first videos. We probably didn't do it justice, but are still new to all this and learning so hopefully go back and improve on the video

No this is a good track to start with and we are sure you will be entertained enough. Go slow, have fun and let us know how you go :)

Under the conditions that we went, you shouldn't have too much difficulty if you choose the easier paths. It can be quite rocky in places so tyres and tyre pressure may be a factor. It can snow up there and a wet track might add a degree of difficulty. Good luck, let us know how you went :)

@any4wd cheers mate, I'll drop down to 23psi and see what happens 👌

Dad? Is that you?

Thanks for the like 😊 There are a heap tracks off the main track (leading to Tallarook, north of Mt Disappointment). These are some of the tracks we saw but didn't have time to explore so we can not comment on the difficulty of them - let us know what you think of them, if you end up on any of them Wild Dog Track Sailor Jack Track Stoney Creek Rd Nylanders Spur TK Quarry RD and few tracks off it The Bump Clarkes Tk We tend to drive around and randomly choose tracks to see where they lead. Some of these tracks had a very steep descent / ascent (although they might have been closer to Tallarook). We are sure that with a bit of exploration you wont have trouble finding them

We are still finding our feet with all this, thanks for the encouragement it means a lot

Hi thanks for the sub and comment (and sorry about the delay in reply). the size is 265/70/r17, basically the largest we could go without modifications. We hope that helps

Thanks for your reply. Sorry about the sound quality, we are constantly trying to get better with the equipment we have... and hopefully one day be able to upgrade it. This was an early video so let us know if you noticed a difference on the newer ones (definitely not going to say they are 100%, but we are hoping that there is an improvement).

Went down there a month or so ago, a lot has changed since then. Due to the rain it was a lot more washed out and a little more challenging. Saying that we still made it without needing to recover. Good luck 😊

Thank you for the kind words

There are still lots of places you can go without a 4WD, but it is a lot easier to take the path less travelled with one! We have never been a fan of scheduled & structured tours, we prefer to wonder whenever we get a chance. Thank you for the kind words 😊

All our trips seem to be last minute, we have had our car packed for the last month, however needed to cancel many times due to various reasons. We will keep you in mind when planning as it is comforting knowing there is another vehicle there... just in case. The Prado is a very capable car, we looked at that before the Fortuner, but it was a little out of our price range

@@any4wd yeah my brother is the only person I know with a 4wd and we never seem to get the same free time to get together and throw some mud around, so definitely keep me in mind. Keen as to meet new people and new adventures

It's always amazing to hear how places have changed over the years. Dargo doesn't look like it would have changed a lot, just shows how much we know 🤔😀

@@any4wd l remember staying at a caravan park, there was a milk bar down the road and the old pub on the corner (l think it burnt down years ago) That was about it for Town haha I once walked to the milk bar and had to sit on a fence while a bunch of cows was herded up the road 😄

Our kids look at us like we are crazy when we tell them there used to be a milk bar on almost every corner...

Depends where you are comparing it to... For us we were looking for the next nearest town in Victoria. If you were to compare it to other places in Australia it would look like it was next door, but in Victoria, it is the town furthest away from any other

We were talking about going to Walhalla in the near future! A few people have mentioned it and it does sound like a great spot to explore. Thanks for the comment

Thank you, and thanks for taking the time to comment 😊

Some would argue that using very unique is a crime against language. However, as Professor Pinker has pointed out in his writing about rules of language, this isn't the correct way to approach the word unique and it's uses and meanings because grammar is not logical. Professor Pinker points out: "The concept "unique" is meaningful only after you specify which qualities are of interest to you. Calling something "quite unique" or "very unique" implies that the item differs from the others in an unusual number of qualities, that it differs from them to an unusual degree, or both." Source "Writing tips from the accuracymatters website" So I guess there is that. There are probably bigger issues we both could be tackling right now to be honest.

Thanks for the tip

😮 Unexpected laugh when we saw this. Thanks for the comment 😂

No... well other than the chocolates that used to once exist... but we are still hopeful that one day we will see one in the wild 😉

Sounds perfect.... we have a bad habit of missing turns, but we will see if we can find it. Thanks for the suggestion

This. When I clicked on the video, I was totally expecting Bullumwaal to be the destination.

Hopefully we didn't disappoint

Thank you so much for the sub... we will beep next time we are in Orbost

KFC, Nando's, Hungry Jack's, Macca's... none of the above. Probably for the best as it would take away the small town vibe 😊

Thank you

We have now put this on our list. Is it possible to find the caves without a guide (we will try and find someone who knows the area, but just in case we can't)? We are always up for a bit of a hike so that part doesn't scare us 😉 Thanks for the suggestion

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We were told it was hard, and we even heard some stories when we were down there of people that didn't make it. It is something that we would love to do one day, but maybe with a few other people and vehicles... just in case

There is a Walnut Retreat in Dargo that looks amazing, we didn't mention it in our video as we didn't have time to check it out. Hopefully one day we can stay there and experience more from the beautiful area

We would imagine that it would be a little scary on a bike as well

@@any4wd only if you go off the side, amazing place 👍

Had an XR 250... staying upright was not a speciality, probably would have ended up off the edge

We were lucky with the weather, it really made the place feel magical

We are always open to learning something new. A few people have pointed out towns like Woods Point, Bendoc, Walhala & Licola, however on our criteria they missed out as there was another town or towns close by (although the cluster of towns would be very remote and quite hard to get to), so you peaked our curiosity as to where the most remote town in Victoria is?

Thank you for the encouragement 😀

Got one for you to consider, haven't been there myself - apparently the most isolated roadhouse in Oz. On the Anne Beadel hwy - Ilkurlka in Western Australia, It is on a road, more like a bush track, i have always wanted to travel. From Coober Pedy to Laverton WA. @@any4wd

We love a roadhouse... they all seem to be disappearing making way for fast food chains and the like, it's now on the list, we will let if we make it there, hopefully you get to travel from Coober Pedy to Laverton as that would be an amazing road trip

That sounds like it was an amazing adventure, and what all this is about. Glad that this video brought back some fond memories for you

We are saving up pennies to hopefully one day go see places like Kalgoorlie and Laverton WA(and who knows, maybe even find a little gold for ourselves). A sealed road is nice, but there is something adventurous about an unsealed road (We can already hear people living in areas, with crappy dirt roads yelling at us through the computer) We love a ghost town as they always have a story to be told, and a bit of a glimpse into yesteryear when things seemed simpler, but would have been much tougher without all of todays comforts. We also now need to look up the Poseidon nickel mine fraud as we are also a fan of true crime and it is one that we haven't heard of yet. Thank you for the amazing comment.

I am from Victoria and lived near Laverton for 14 months ten years ago, loved the life style. lived on a cattle station out of town and worked on a local mine. If you visit, the mayor Patrick Hill is very approachable and amiable. Lots of prospectors go to an area close to Laverton called Hawks Nest on the Old Laverton Road which kinda follows the old abandoned rail line (closed 70 years ago). Lots of other places to prospect. Menzies, Leonora, in fact all around Kalgoorlie for hundreds of kilometres. A chap I know, Sam, operates the motel in the town. He was a very active prospector. There are other remains of towns with one south east of Laverton with a still active gold mine - Fish...... is the name of it (though this might be the name of the local gold mine). You can see the old street layouts and the cemetery but the only building left is the collapsed stone walled pub. Some of the graves out there are poignant with young men coming from overseas such as NZ and England only to never to return home and never see their families again, some dying young. Hawks Nest has a well known grave to a young bloke killed by lightning in the 1890s (if memory serves) and he mentions the lightning in the last entry in his diary. If you have a semi licence, you will easily get work. Not much work for MR or HR truckin. Speak to the owner of Desert Sands in Laverton or Breakaway in Leonora (both specialise in road maintenance and construction). Kalgoorlie seems to always have work for semi drivers. Usually paid well cos if they don't, drivers go work on the mines who do pay well - cos FIFO is a crap life style (FIFO - Fly in Fly out. aka 'Fit in or F**k off'😉) I am planning to go back, driving across the Nullarbor next year. From Port Agusta to Norseman is a great drive (1700km) . So little traffic. Cocklebiddy roadhouse does the best steak sandwiches, I always stop there to have one! fuel up at Nundroo SA, the last of the reasonably priced petrol til Norseman. Next roadhouse heading west, the price jumps 30c a litre! (at least last time I went just before Covid). In the Great Victoria Desert, (which includes the WA Goldfields) the local black fella mob are the Wongi who have a joke - If you're a white guy, you're not a Wongi! We call em blackfella and they call us whitefella or whybella and nobody thinks anything of it, not considered racist or a put down. It is a very different lifestyle out there which people either love or loath. I loved it and could have stayed. But family and friends are in Vic. Good Luck if you go, I am sure you will enjoy the journey and the stay. Endless places to pull into the bush and camp all over WA and SA Outback. @@any4wd

It must be a small town if people are on the first name basis with the mayor. We would love to check out the abandoned rail line and old town, it would be a snap shot into Australia's past. The graves sound sad, do you know if it was due to mining that people were dying young, or just a harsh place to live? We do have a semi licence, but due to young(ish) kids, it has sorted of grounded us a little, but we do talk about doing something like that a little later in life. The furthest west one of us has been is Whyalla, but the Nullarbor is a bucket list item for both of us, plus who doesn't love a steak sandwich from a roadhouse. We are looking forward to getting out there one day and experiencing different cultures, and environments. There is still so much of Australia that we haven't seen. Thanks for some amazing suggestions and we took note.

We did have a look at these as well, but due to being close to a few other towns they missed out on our criteria. But all worth a visit all the same

Thank you for the Sub!! It helps us out a lot and means a lot to us!

Ha Ha, we love nature but hate the hay fever that comes with it... outer space might be for us... On the next episode of Any 4WD we are going to outer space 🛸🛰🚀 (please note: not in the budget to go to outer space)

Thank you for the Sub! and the kind words. We are glad to see that what we are trying to achieve is not being lost on everyone 😊

Thank you for the confidence boost 😀 Good to see we are doing something right!

1k! Told you so.@@any4wd

You made our day with the first comment, and made Nez cry (tears of joy) with the second!

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Yes 100% This should go without saying. We have pointed this out in the past, and not all people realise that we will lose access to these wonderful places if they are not treated with the respect they deserve!

We are yet to do the tree top walk, however we did have a go at the zip line. Unfortunately the weather has not been ideal at the moment, but on the bright side the waterfalls will be flowing with force. Thanks for the comment 😊

We are forever learning, however we always try and have the correct permits and permissions in place. We will not always get it right, but we will always try, and always treat areas with respect. Thanks for the comment.

We are guessing that a lot has changed since then, and yet it would still be very familiar. A/C is such a luxury that we take for granted. We still remember the good old 2/90 air conditioner, 2 windows down and 90 km/h. We hope to make it to the north of SA one day (plus the rest of Australia). Thanks for the comment

Thank you for the kind words, it's good to know we are doing something right 😊

Yeah, all the places we would love to live, that were once very affordable, now seem out of reach. Maybe one day