The Plenty Hwy Northern Territory. #3 Boulia to Alice Springs. A taste of the Outback
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- Опубліковано 27 кві 2021
- This week we battled the heat and steering issues and Make our way across the Plenty Hwy into the Northern Territory.
It's over 800km most of which is dirt, but with the lack of traffic it's a fantastic way across the outback.
Real people having real adventures and great family, keep it up guys great content so natural 👍
Thanks Jay for the support. Just a little hobby and a good way for our family to see what we are doing.
Real people ?? Whatever that means, hmmm 🤔🙄😐
@@jimmyohara2601 I see that as ordinary people driving a 20 year old car, not like some who have major sponsors and every year or two get a new $100k plus caravan and highly modified for touring Landcruiser, Amazon, or Ford Everest.
@@Wdeane1957 ok okay 😐
Great video. Thanks for taking the time to film ur adventures.
Hey awesome family adventure, Subscribed !!
my fav place on earth right there..thanks for the tour of the plenty guys..happy travels to wherever you head next
Thanks for the support. It is a fantastic place. We will never get enough of the outback. Hopefully see you on the roads somewhere
Awesome vid guys. Lovely adventures and keeping it real. Lifetime of memories. Glad stumbled upon your channel. The drone shots are outta this world. Thanks for sharing
Cheers for the support Dan. Its been a fantastic adventure and so much more to come. What a country
Well done guys another great trip lots of memories to keep forever.
Thanks for the support Andrew. It's been amazing so far and we are only getting started
Thanks for the channel guys we love it, we have been having family games nights then settle in for our weekly fix of goingoverland.. keep them coming 😁
Cheers mate. Hope you get some inspiration for your trips. It's been amazing so far but also a lot of work. Can't wait to head south
Another great video! Enjoy your travels
Thanks Daniel. We are having a great time. Hopefully we can inspire more to travel
Love what you are doing. We are about to commence our travels around this great country and the Plenty Highway is on our list.
It's in really good condition. Had no problem and we enjoyed the outback at a slower pace
The drone shots as you’re driving along are definitely the best!
It really gives a great perspective of what the country is like.
Great stuff guys!
It's also the hardest! In sports mode, the signal is blocked by the car and I can not see what the drone is doing the whole time. But your right, the look pretty good
@@GoingOverland you're right. As in,- you're in your car. Get the gist ? Hmmm 🤔🙄
Inspiring stuff! Will be following your vids
Thanks for the support John. It's been a fantastic adventure with the family
Enjoyed this cheers 🤙🏾
Lucky a power steering leak isn't catastrophic 👍 enjoying your videos of your lap
The Plenty Hwy has been upgraded somewhat since I travelled it in 1976! Looks like the kids are enjoying it. We travelled from Mt Isa. No fuel anywhere for the section from Urandangi to Alice Springs, no sealed sections till reaching the Stuart Hwy, nothing and no-one along the way. Lots of deep bulldust and no sections of the road were raised above the surrounding land, like it is now. Looks like a piece of cake now! We also camped at Henley Craters but we drove the cars into the bottom of the largest crater and spend the night there. It's a bit different these days!
Upgraded since 1976 ?? Dude, about 10 times since. Hmmm 🤔
great vid again cobber
Awesome video guys loving it . Can you do a rig rundown especially your patrol what engine,12volt .. etc and camping tips what to bring for the long drives... I’m planning to do it first long drive out there ..cheers 🍻
Have a look at our channel, we have a video on the patrol, camper and our electrical system and the prep work we had to do.
Another great vlog guys - we just did that run in reverse a few weeks ago, looks like things have dried out a little. Tobermory Stn is also a great camping option if you are passing that way again, I just posted our vid of the trip too haha
In reverse ?? How slow did you travel ? Hmmm 🤔🙄😐
Haha - yeah you got me... in opposite direction perhaps :-)
@@travelling_two hey, I know. Just but only a tad sarcasm. English is such a pliable maliable language afteral, ain't it. Hmmm 😅😁
...least you'll never go hungry, plenty of flies to eat for everyone!
😆 definitely
love the content guys , we too have a gq patrol 93 but did i hear right you are getting 14 Lt /100 thats incredible we just did a 11000 km trip and cost us a penny or too < 27Lt/100 it turns out .Yeah patrolapart are garbish no luck here with them either you'll love uluru that and the olgas are incredible if you can check out the field of lights
Is that a petrol gq? My TD does 16-17 with trailer in tow. But I do push it. Never had a problem with patrolapart getting genuine parts. Maybe they sell crap aftermarket stuff?
Another great vid guys 👍🏻 having not plugged into power for a while, how’s the new lithium battery going.
I did a lot of outback stuff and the flies drove me mad. They dont care when you wave your hand to shoo them away. They fly about 400mm away then come straight back sometimes into your mouth.
My solution that worked great was my portable cows/horses tail. Works magic, 2 or 3 swipes and they leave you alone for a couple of minutes. Once you own one you will cherish it.
Thanks Neill for the tip. I'll have to check them out, sounds like a fantastic solution 👌
Great 👍
Loving the footage & journey! Are things smoothing out a bit for y'all?
Yes finally. The outback is a pretty harsh environment and it's been kicking our butts but the place is amazing
@@GoingOverland glad to hear things are easing up. One of these years I'd love to take an expedition of the outback...one day🤙
Great footage and great to see what a young family can do. But for a first time watcher it’s a bit of a turnoff to hear you bag out a company with such a great reputation. Most have a very high respect for the team at Patrolapart. I have no doubt they’ll do the right thing by you and your family. Anyways hope the positive criticism helps 😂👍, keep up the great work. I will watch more, love the old td patrol 👌
1 leaking new water pump, 2 power steering hoses and then the pump. I've had enough of them just replaced the parts. No reimbursement for labor, fluids or cleaning products. Not to mention time waiting, stress, I've had a gut full of it.
@@GoingOverland still, all the negative complaining leaves a bad taste
Great stuff guys, been following you for a while. Are the episodes out of whack or am I confused??? Loving it all though!👍👍
Yeah sorry something went wrong with the scheduling and didn't catch it because we are having so little phone service. We reschedule uluru back to next week, sorry again
Hi guys. I did the Plenty in 1982 in a FJ40, 20l per 100,. there was a storm coming in from the east. I left Boulia at 1pm, drove all night, had a kip for 3 hours in the swag. arrived in Alice at 8am the storm arrived around 11am and closed Alice for over a week
What a adventure that would have been. Something like that you never forget
Great video! We are driving the Plenty highway in a few months. What time of year did you do this trip?
That would have been end of April, had a heat wave at the time, following week temps dropped 10 degrees 😳
Hi guys , great video. We are going from Boulia-Alice in about 5 weeks. How much of the road is dirt and what was your total driving time.
Thanks Mike
From memory the black top stops 80km from boulia and dirt the rest of the way. Road is in really good condition. We spent 2 1/2 days averaging 75km/h, and not rushing off in the mornings.
Looking good guys. Hope you get the car sorted. How does your Breakaway go for dust? We have the dust suppression system in ours. Works well.
We are having a issue with the small door behind the toilet on drivers side. Its not the seal. Either the locks or coming through the frame/sheet metal
@@GoingOverlandnot sure of issue but maybe do what I have done on a few of the door locks. Extra M6 nuts and maybe longer M6 bolts and flat washers on the end of the bolt.
Can’t post photos here but if you give me email I can sent photos.
Found you on Lifestyle group. If you accept friend request I can send pics via messenger.
Hey Guys, love the channel! We are heading out to Birdsville/Uluru etc, out of curiosity, how much do you think filming the drone footage added onto your time? We are planning on using our drone too, but are cautious about time in certain areas.
Not to much time. Definitely fun doing it. But not allowed to fly in the uluru national park or kings canyon
@@GoingOverland Yeah I read that, is what it is I suppose! Do you know how many hours it takes to cross from Boulia to Alice Springs... Google says 8.5hrs... but Im weary! Thanks for the videos and reply btw :D
if you stay in boulia again there is a free campground out the back of the camel races. its an awesome campground minus the turkeys
Thanks Jack for the tip.
Hey guys is it a good dirt road or is there corrigation looking to see if I’d get my Rosa bus across there ??
I have seen video. Natural horse fly rub. It get rid of flies. I have two thermacell, got a friend with 3d printer. Check out wild touring on tips.
It's a GQ, just disconnect the power steering belt and drive it. There are next to no turns and your driving it on mostly dirt so steering will not be too difficult. Its all part of the adventure.
Did that and it leaked even more! Must be a gasket in the pump. We have a new one coming. Just worried because I know auto fluid burns
Yep enjoying the ride everyone. One question.
How do you pay for these camp sites if you just roll in of a night.
Is there a money drop point or must you book online?
Along the Plenty hwy it was all free camping, same with most of outback Queensland. Northern Territory had drop box for remote national parks, then other places like Uluru you have to pre book and pay online or over the phone
@@GoingOverland thanks heaps. Yeah I've heard you need to carry some cash with you👍
Did it in a $100 Xf falcon wagon last year🤣
Blackfella style nice
Try a Landcruiser, love from Sri lanka!
Done search of plenty highway and yous’s come up pick up few tips too many thanks on video
Thanks mate, it's a fantastic drive, nothing hard, great camping and I'd definitely do it again 👍
@@GoingOverland I got a west print outback map & travel guide of the plenty & sandover highways and now making plans to make trip to Fossicking grounds Near Gemtree & Alice Springs /Ayres rock next year doing it in the cooler months via the above
wonder if you also visited the Gosses Bluff Crater of the Namatjira dr??
Unfortunately not this time, we did it a couple of years ago and it's incredibly beautiful
@@GoingOverland looking at doing it soon
Noticed a very dangerous thing he did. Removed the radiator cap with his face very close to it. I once did that and copped a facefull of boiling fluid. Luckily I didn't get hit in the eyes as I was severely burnt. Could have been blinded.
It was the power steering cap.
Dont Think i Would be Worried about the Kids and The Toilet with all that Land out There
Best shower I ever had was at Curtain Springs.
It was out of hot water when we went 🥶
@@GoingOverland Out of water ?
It's got a massive hot water tank next to the dongers. It's unlimited water.
Bizarre.
so a sedan car would die??
You were correct the first time, Ayers Rock is the correct name used in the NT including by the local Aboriginals. Uluru is a name Tourists tend to use.
I do believ its other way around actually
@@nataliiinal5294 as far as I'm concerned, to quote a popular phrase of today, "it is and always will be Ayers Rock". Thankful I'm of one of the generations that was able to climb on the rock...
lost your power lucky you still got your steering
Why did you have to eat all you're fruit ?
Crossing the state borders there is quarantine restrictions on fruit and vegetables
The restriction is to stop introducing fruitfly which can be carried in fruit from areas where it is widespread to areas which are free of fruitfly.
Not quite like an American Hwy .
F@$king good.
Australia is full of highways like this, some even worse, it's strange why they call them highways
Not watching you pissed me off at the start
Subscribed , annoying kids, ... Unsubscribed.
Don't be nasty. hmmm 🤔😐
Hey Guys....great channel, really appreciate your work....we use the ExplorOz mapping app. It is much better than HEMA.....enjoy.....
Yeah the hema is really hard to use. I think we might change soon. Thanks for the tip