Us too Matt, we talk about it all the time and say that 10 days was the best little adventure of the entire trip! We had no idea it would be this good, and it was better because you were there! Good times, I hope we can have more adventures some day! You are always welcome here to come and play in the snow
For me, the great enjoyment I get from Dan's videos is that he's the narrator, not the star of the show. For mine, far too many other 4WD videos are the "look at me" type where it's more about the talking head than the trip. Great work Dan and very inspiring. I need to get out to see way more of our great Country than I have to date.
Such a pleasure meeting and getting to know you from oodnadatta, ormiston gorge, palm valley and finke river. Thanks for the video which ill be able to look back on years from now. Best of luck in your travels!
Awesome series Dan! Beautiful scenery, great content, professional production. Other channels go 4 wheeling or review products just to make content. You go on real trips and expeditions, and take us along. Thank you for showing us parts of that beautiful land that most of us will never get to visit. This trip around Australia will make a great book.Katie’s cooking looks delicious as well. Well done my friend ! Be safe and stay well!
Last week I said best video yet. Now I say it again! They keep getting better! That looked very "outbacky". Like Australia's version of Utah but more remote feeling. Nice to see the comparison of the Gladiator to other vehicles. A reminder of how long wheelbased, wide and heavy the Gladiator really is. But it's doing it nicely. Are there shelf roads on your trip? That would be interesting. Anyway.... I guess I'm hooked and waiting for the next video. Great job. (I'm a busy guy and only follow half a dozen You Tube channels. So you must be interesting with great content!)
Great work! I use the camp oven really often, usually cook enough for several days so we can reheat another time. Highly recommend picking one up on your travels, it’s a fantastic way to cook.
Stunning country out there. I lived in Alice Springs for 8 years, been to the Finke gorge and Boggy Hole. Make sure you visit Palm Valley and the Western and Eastern McDonald ranges too.
I have seen lots of photos and footage of Finke River gorge but not anything that has so clearly shown the evidence of the floods that had passed through and the depth and force of the water. Being the first few cars through carving the track back into the loose silt would have been interesting. Great video Dan 👍
That sugar sand can be a show stopper, eh? Two things you can try, both at the same time or one at a time, whatever works. So close to water, grab pailfuls and pour them in from of your tires, really soak that immediate tire track area down and then, using a bit less water, draw your self a two track to better ground. If you aren't totally stuck then just try sawing your steering wheel back and forth (in 4wd). At some point you will feel the front end grab and start to pull, stop steering and simply drive in that direction trying to no longer spin tires.
Fanging it; driving like Juan Manuel Fangio Amazing how a F1 driver from more than 60 years ago from Argentina entered the Australian vernacular Every couple of years there are reported attacks on adults by dingoes, usually in areas like Uluru where the dingoes have become used to people and view people with food as an easy target. Probably doesn't help that some people treat them like domesticated dogs and try the feed them because they're skinny
Hi Dan, what a beautiful area to explore. I was wondering what air pressure you were running on the soft sand you were having trouble with. I've been in all kinds of sand in a heavier vehicle and never had a problem aired down to 20 psi. I was kind of surprised the Gladiator was struggling.
A dingo has actually attacked an adult, but that happened on K'gari (Fraser Island) when a chef/cook from one of the resorts (I'd like to say Eurong Beach, but I can't be sure) left the fenced area for a cigarette break. They definitely are capable of attacking adults but would need to have a reason (Smelling of food - like the chef - or, during welping, or being provoked.)
Beautiful country as you say and thanks for showing us it! Are most of the tracks that you have been on so far GPS mapped already? Gotta ask what in the world is a 4WD Ford Maverick and what would its equivalent be in North America?
Its a rebadged GQ Nissan Patrol. One of the greatest/iconic solid axle diesel 4wd's ever made, released at the same time as the 80 series. Patrols have indestructible drivelinenes while the landcruiser had the better engine. One of the main 4wds in Aus
Vastly different, because Australia is much more developed overall. So you go on a "wild" adventure for 2-3-4 days, but then pop-out in a fully developed town. In many regions in Africa the "wild" adventure was everyday, non stop for months. So they're different, but that also means I can get further remote with better information and get to more interesting places.
@@TheRoadChoseMe im sorry I missed you when you Were in Howick south Africa 🇿🇦 I would of loved to have shown you some of the unpublished hidden gems in the Area I've moved to NSW from South African beginning of the year and hoping to Start adventuring ASAP! Any good pointers on where to find tracks routes etc?
Between this, Oodnadatta and Ormniston Gorge, i absolutely had the best experience and im so grateful for the memories Dan. Thankyou 😊
Us too Matt, we talk about it all the time and say that 10 days was the best little adventure of the entire trip!
We had no idea it would be this good, and it was better because you were there! Good times, I hope we can have more adventures some day!
You are always welcome here to come and play in the snow
For me, the great enjoyment I get from Dan's videos is that he's the narrator, not the star of the show. For mine, far too many other 4WD videos are the "look at me" type where it's more about the talking head than the trip. Great work Dan and very inspiring. I need to get out to see way more of our great Country than I have to date.
Wow, thanks!
This episode was basically one big "Aussie Food Reviews with Dan" and I'm here for it.
Such a pleasure meeting and getting to know you from oodnadatta, ormiston gorge, palm valley and finke river. Thanks for the video which ill be able to look back on years from now. Best of luck in your travels!
I hope we catch up with you Matt - sounds like you're having awesome adventures now! I can't wait to see that Barra you catch!!!
Love your content!
Awesome series Dan! Beautiful scenery, great content, professional production.
Other channels go 4 wheeling or review products just to make content. You go on real trips and expeditions, and take us along. Thank you for showing us parts of that beautiful land that most of us will never get to visit.
This trip around Australia will make a great book.Katie’s cooking looks delicious as well.
Well done my friend !
Be safe and stay well!
Much appreciated!
Amazing countryside!!! Thanks for sharing all this with us!
Last week I said best video yet. Now I say it again! They keep getting better!
That looked very "outbacky". Like Australia's version of Utah but more remote feeling.
Nice to see the comparison of the Gladiator to other vehicles. A reminder of how long wheelbased, wide and heavy the Gladiator really is. But it's doing it nicely. Are there shelf roads on your trip? That would be interesting.
Anyway.... I guess I'm hooked and waiting for the next video. Great job.
(I'm a busy guy and only follow half a dozen You Tube channels. So you must be interesting with great content!)
Thanks Tom, that's great to hear! The adventures keep getting bigger and bigger that's for sure!
Great work! I use the camp oven really often, usually cook enough for several days so we can reheat another time. Highly recommend picking one up on your travels, it’s a fantastic way to cook.
Nice one. We use ox tail. 😉
Cheers. 🍺&🍷
Stunning country out there. I lived in Alice Springs for 8 years, been to the Finke gorge and Boggy Hole. Make sure you visit Palm Valley and the Western and Eastern McDonald ranges too.
Aha yeah, and a trip to Chambers Pillar. Definitely worth going to, also rainbow valley.
We went to Palm Valley and did a hike. Really cool place - Maverick Matt
I have seen lots of photos and footage of Finke River gorge but not anything that has so clearly shown the evidence of the floods that had passed through and the depth and force of the water. Being the first few cars through carving the track back into the loose silt would have been interesting. Great video Dan 👍
What a great experience.
Welcome to the NT.
Epic.
That sugar sand can be a show stopper, eh? Two things you can try, both at the same time or one at a time, whatever works. So close to water, grab pailfuls and pour them in from of your tires, really soak that immediate tire track area down and then, using a bit less water, draw your self a two track to better ground.
If you aren't totally stuck then just try sawing your steering wheel back and forth (in 4wd). At some point you will feel the front end grab and start to pull, stop steering and simply drive in that direction trying to no longer spin tires.
Fun!
Fanging it; driving like Juan Manuel Fangio
Amazing how a F1 driver from more than 60 years ago from Argentina entered the Australian vernacular
Every couple of years there are reported attacks on adults by dingoes, usually in areas like Uluru where the dingoes have become used to people and view people with food as an easy target.
Probably doesn't help that some people treat them like domesticated dogs and try the feed them because they're skinny
Hi Dan, what a beautiful area to explore. I was wondering what air pressure you were running on the soft sand you were having trouble with. I've been in all kinds of sand in a heavier vehicle and never had a problem aired down to 20 psi. I was kind of surprised the Gladiator was struggling.
I think that was about 24psi - I was just lazy not going lower which would have got me out.
A dingo has actually attacked an adult, but that happened on K'gari (Fraser Island) when a chef/cook from one of the resorts (I'd like to say Eurong Beach, but I can't be sure) left the fenced area for a cigarette break. They definitely are capable of attacking adults but would need to have a reason (Smelling of food - like the chef - or, during welping, or being provoked.)
Yep Yep Yep Mr. Dan you need to let a little more air out of them their tires so they’ll float better on the sand
I agree David, I was being lazy!
Did you do a walk-around of Matt's rig? It looks small compared to the Gladiator....
I didn't, hopefully I'll catch up to him later in Australia and then I will!
Beautiful country as you say and thanks for showing us it! Are most of the tracks that you have been on so far GPS mapped already?
Gotta ask what in the world is a 4WD Ford Maverick and what would its equivalent be in North America?
don't think ford ever had this in usa, it looks sort of like a old jeep cherokee
@@davidthomas7651 same as Nissan Patrol, just with Ford moniker.
I must be getting old because the Ford Maverick I remember was a cheap ass economy car back in the 60s and 70s. Haha.
Its a rebadged GQ Nissan Patrol. One of the greatest/iconic solid axle diesel 4wd's ever made, released at the same time as the 80 series. Patrols have indestructible drivelinenes while the landcruiser had the better engine. One of the main 4wds in Aus
Share that apricot chicken recipe?
You and Cathy seem ideal partners :)
Australia looks amazing
How would you compare it to Africa as far as adventure goes?
Love your channel
Vastly different, because Australia is much more developed overall. So you go on a "wild" adventure for 2-3-4 days, but then pop-out in a fully developed town.
In many regions in Africa the "wild" adventure was everyday, non stop for months.
So they're different, but that also means I can get further remote with better information and get to more interesting places.
@@TheRoadChoseMe im sorry I missed you when you Were in Howick south Africa 🇿🇦
I would of loved to have shown you some of the unpublished hidden gems in the Area
I've moved to NSW from South African beginning of the year and hoping to
Start adventuring ASAP!
Any good pointers on where to find tracks routes etc?
FCA Jeep Gladiator? How many times has that thing broken down?
Too tail… wow that odor of hair burning. Nevertheless I think about like ox tails? Perhaps lots of red wine.