BEING TOO OVER CONFIDENT 4WDING THE VICTORIAN HIGH COUNTRY
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- I got caught out in the VIC high country not once but twice
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This is so much better than anything youve put out lately. Awesome new location. Next level film quality. Stripped back , raw and natural. Great work. Cant wait for episode 2!!
Yeah I definitely feel his episode are missing the sense of exploration and grity raw touring
His older videos were like this if I remember correctly and I really enjoyed them. Cinematic and good story telling
It really was, I went of Ronny's content for a long while, but very glad I watched this. Great vid.
Hooray you have finally gone to REAL 4wdriving country.!!
Very interesting. We did that entire area solo over 6 weeks in 2016 in a 2014 Hilux. Lovells GVM upgrade, ARB diff lockers front & rear, Cooper S/T Maxx LT on factory 16” rims. Mum, dad, two boys, all the camping gear. No problems.
What we found in the Vic High Country was over weekends, groups of drivers in guided convoys were cruising around and it could actually get quite busy. Some were getting themselves into big difficulties on those very steep climbs... Really looking forward to the Billy Goat Bluff episode because on that track we watched three Ford drivers come to grief by driving far too close to one another.
When we arrived at the start of the track there was a large group getting ready to head up. The guide (who I will never forget) made a big show of loudly telling us in front of his group we were irresponsible for taking on these tracks in the Hilux solo… especially with kids… that the Hilux was not up to it and blah blah blah blah blah. There were some snotty comments from some of his customers as well.
Truth is there’s a lot of townies out there that haven’t got a freakin’ clue how to approach those gradients with coarse loose shingle and bare hard rock ledges. The last three vehicles in the group were utes with huge tyres. The first guy hit the middle steep section with far too much speed and start bouncing around with crazy axle tramp before losing traction altogether and sliding backwards into the vehicle behind, which was far too close. The one behind them couldn’t stop where he was so he ended up crawling up really close to them and trying to pull over on the side of the track. It was pretty bloody scary to be honest.
The three vehicles ended up snarled up right on the edge of the track with one at about 30° sideways and looking perilously close to a rollover. The rest of the group were out of sight by this time and none of the guys in trouble had UHF so the guide was completely unaware of what had happened.
There was enough room for us to pass safely so we went up the track and told the guys in difficulties that we would relay a message when we got to the top. I had been calling the guide on the radio but because they had decided to use their own group channel rather than the standard channels, and his radio was not on scan, he couldn’t hear me.
When we cruised slowly past the guide at the top of that track in low range first with both axles locked, tyres at 20psi, the wife leaned out the window and told him he might need to walk back down to help his customers. We carried on past the group until we found a safe place to stop and then went back for a chat.
Regarding the radio comms protocols. A couple of times in the Victorian high country we had near misses with people coming towards us on blind sections of track that were completely unaware of us coming the other way. This despite us calling ahead constantly as we went. Not having UHF is dumb, not having one on scan is dumber.
I’ve been around Australia twice and the Victorian high country and the blue mountains are simply the best .
You obviously haven’t been to Rockingham.
They have the best fish & chip shop there. Oh….i think it’s closed now.
Ditto, same amount of traveling, same thoughts 👍some adventure spots.
Awesome episode Ronny! Overconfidence is a real danger when travelling solo, especially for those with lots of experience and very capable cars. Been there myself more than once. Over the years I came up with some personal “rules” when being remote by myself like “never do a single line pull”, “always have a coffee before leaving camp”, “never drive in the dark”, etc. All things that aren’t an issue when in a convoy, but can make all the difference when solo.
Ronnie, I love you big guy but @ 09:00 🤦♂️🤦♂️ please don’t hang your head over a stressed winch cable 😬. I did a job once where a winch cable took a man’s head clear off, his cranium ended up on the ground between his ankles. In difficult situations where access is tight, you can use something to shield yourself……it may end up you just loose a finger instead of your head 👍
Nice recovery btw……I did almost half a million km in my 3rd Troopy solo, it adds another dimension to things…… that second set of eyes when ur driving and having a spotter really lightens the load.
The lizards you saw were Eastern water dragons, or sometimes colloquially referred to as Gippsland water dragons.
Greetings from Melbourne, Victoria.
Gippsland and Eastern Water dragons are not the Same Gippsland Water Dragons are a Subspecies and are Green/Blue in Colour and Only Found in Gippsland , Eastern Water Dragons are Found from Gippsland to Queensland and Are Grey In Colour. You were correct because those ones he saw were Eastern Water Dragons.
Being in sketchy situations solo really is a unique feeling/experience. Also, as an American, I'm blown away at how diverse Australia's terrain really is! Beautiful country you guys have!
You guys in the US have awesome terrain too, so lucky to have amazing mountains like Yosemite NP
@@ssusggusI think the biggest difference is population density, since the US has roughly 10x more people. Hard to really get away from civilization in the US, especially east of the Mississippi River.
Solo vehicle but he had a other with him filming I think
@brkbtjunkie bro look at the usa,it's easy to get away.like Australia the general pop tends to stay together
@@born2fightt I have a cute camera that flies and does a lot, but yeah, the zooming and stuff, deffo a camera buddy there
Nice drive Ronny. That's one that would interest me. Here in the Yukon, we have lot's of experience with muskeg, bottomless wet goo. Now that's a challenge. I love going along your journeys, seeing Australia the way it should be. Thanks a bunch!
Welcome to a normal drive in Vic High Country!
So grateful to have the high country on my doorstep. You could explore it for a lifetime and not see everything. Cool episode.
Same. It's so vast.
I usually struggle to watch solo vehicle 4x4 content but something about this episode kept me engaged to the end.
Okay
😊😊
Love it. Like Tyler Thompson used to be. And great to see you in one of the nicest corners of Australia.
Yep i used to really enjoy Tyler Thompson but then he got really popular and it went to his head a bit.
Yeah TT used to be really good, the problem is when they get popular and start making money/sponsors they just turn into a who can build the biggest and baddest rig type of channel.
There’s a few good smaller channels out there like 🤔🤔😁
But seriously, check out Shad Donaghue, WeWentThatAway, Shaneod, Next Level Adventures … they’re all good down to earth channels that come to mind … oh yeah, and 4 Wheeling In NSW 😆👍
VHC with no chainsaw, not a good idea
Guess he used the axe only for dramatisation.
After I bought myself a chainsaw, the down side is I usually get further in, before I have to turn back.
The high country is my stomping ground. That first river crossing is obviously one that no one uses. As evident by the tree across the river and the lack of wheel tracks going through. I would have turned around there and taken an alternative route. After seeing the waterfall ,which is called Harrison’s cut, I’m thinking it’s one of the crossings on the end Stockroute spur track before the Dargo river, as it’s only a short drive from Harrison’s Cut, but it’s on the section of track that are only on some of my maps. If I’m correct you would have seen an intersection on the way down and you went straight instead of turning left.
99% of river crossings in the high country are a hard gravelly base. I’ve never seen one with so much silt build up except after a lot of rain.
You got unlucky on your first one. Welcome to the High Country.
Spot on. The turn to the right leads straight to that bog hole.
Definitely a bit of artistic licence in this episode. I'm pretty sure he chose a disused crossing not far from the real one. However, it doesn't alter the fact that the VHC is awesome. It's the other Australian Outback.
@@colinboyd7779Agree
I used to live in Warburton ... heading out past Reefton and getting into fresh snow was always a good day, as were some of higher tracks heading out towards the Thompson, i used to take family for a simple drive along the Acheron, it was always a peaceful way of spending an afternoon ... I was always in awe of some of the bigger snow fed springs, the amount of water they produce every second ... there was one big spring that if you crept up to in the morning you generally saw platypus. Its a pity that those mountain towns don't have a workable economy, that's the reason why i left.
I was thinking the same, don't recall seeing any river crossing with that kind of mud in the high country.
Welcome to real 4wding country - enjoy it!
The lizards you saw basking are Gipplsand Water Dragons. Not uncommon on that side of the Divide. Almost identical to the Eastern Water Dragons you find right up the east coast into QLD.
I'm out in the High Country a lot solo. Low 4 1st gear and diff lock is always first choice for something like that. Better o be safe than stuck.
I appreciate your promoting caution to curtail over confidence while working/traveling backcountry solo. Self imposed time and destination restrictions kills people everywhere. That being said, it doesn’t appear that you were actually guilty of cutting any corners or being reckless at all. Well done. Cheers!
Loved every second of it, Ronny! This will hold me over until I can get there myself.
Looking forward to more.
Ronny can you see why I argued with you a while back when you made a video telling people they don’t need a winch ? Not everyone lives in WA . You have advice to people that in this part of the world can really fuck someone over . People need a winch before any other mod on a vehicle .
reminds me of them aussie adventre film layend bros and that other one who spent most of the show showing us how to get out of a bog Malcom douglas & Russell coight taking the piss
time to hit the road one of Russells quotes: Some croc's can grow up to 20 feet But ive only seen ones with 4 feet :)
Wonder how the 2.8 gd wouldv faired tru that water crossing and mudded exit
Come on Ronny, two rules anywhere 1/ long handled shovel 2/ chain saw, enjoy the high country...
It's all a river here in Cairns mate, but if you got a cruiser nothing is impassable. Well ok maybe.
This was a great video and the Troopy looks amazing.
Epic solo+cameraman trip :)
Hey Ronny... where's the rest of the Victorian high country adventure videos?
As a newbee, good that you show even experienced people make mistakes, you are human 🤣
I am no expert but I’d guess a type of water dragon. We have similar in se qld
Great content Ronny. Excellent to see you make a couple of misjudgement and them not end up on the cutting room floor. Good honest edit.
You’re a mad man mate, you and Jonno 😂 my anxiety was up just from here on the couch! Stunning country though. Worth the 4 hours in the mud!
Certainly a BEAUTIFUL Area from this side of the screen!! With the exception of the water crossings it reminds me of both the Colorado Rockies and the Terrain in Tennessee! Now I want to head down that way to check it out!!
We gonna see the rest of your high country trips? This one ended with more to come and there hasn’t been any! 🤷♂️
Your camera man just riding along? No second vehicle?
So you damaged the indestructible max trac? :)
The troopy on that angle before the river crossing will never not give me anxiety
We tour on our own all the time so being rescued by others is far less likely. We don't even have a winch so I tend to be very conservative about what I will attempt. That river is something I would never even have thought about crossing LOL Good job getting across though. Great episode :)
Good on you for knowing to not test the limits solo. Yeah that sloppy bog at the end of the crossing was something only a few could get out of solo
Should grab a cheap winch mate. I got an old kings one and does tge job! Can get a 2nd hand one for a 100 bucks on market place. Worth their weight in gold!
It would mean changing our roo bar and to be honest I really don't want to get myself into situations where I need a winch. Getting too old for that sort of thing these days LOL @@__beer__
@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen fair enough mate, they are good for back up when solo tho. Cheers mate 🍻
$4k for my Warn 12k pound winch. It's helped me out. I travel remote solo too.
Best video I've watched in months! Epic, thanks for taking us along. 😎
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@Ronny_Dahlneed more of this type of content Ronny, it has been a bit boring lately…… and 17 mins is too short.
east gippsland water dragons 11:38
Awesome video. Keeping it basic & real.
All 4 Adventure was my go to, but they have lost the plot with their ridiculous toys.
Keep thus up & you will become one of the big boys.
Haven't watch your channel for a while now but enjoyed this. Lots of effort in getting all those shots. VHC looks amazing 👍
Ronny what's up with your chat, hahahaha
Awesome to see you put here on vhc track, mate! Loving it!
Please people, carry a full length shovel. Digging in a recovery situation is just plain stupid with a folding entrenching tool or even a D handle shovel. Buy a cheap $20 dollar unit from Bunnings and call it good. Your shovel should allow you to easily reach at LEAST the diff or just beyond while kneeling next to the truck and not having to lay on your stomach. Yeah, I know they're not "overlanding chic" strapped to the tire carrier but for $20 bucks, you can keep the poser shovel for others to admire and strap the full length shovel to the roof. No rancher, farmer, construction worker or landscaper uses the cute short D handle shovels because the quickly fatigue your back and you just can't move as much material as quickly due to less leverage.
Been there done that for me personally long handle is a pain in the rear.
Used to carry them all the time.
Longer handle for me equals more, back pain, dents in peoples cars, something long to store and the leverage on the long handle weakens over time and snaps when you really need it. Due to sitting in the sun everyday for years on the side of a roof rack.
Each to themselves.
@@Ronny_Dahl The end of that shovel of yours looks like what they call a Pelican Pick. Worked for a few years in the mines in Norseman during the 1980's and we used them a lot. I've never seen them for sale anywhere though. They're more useful than a shovel in a lot of situations.
I always thought Tassy and Vic high country were some of Oz's toughest 4wd'ing .... well that's what my own research proved. I do know this Victorian bushfire brigade recently bought multiple Unimog 4023's for their hardware upgrades , which is indicative of the terrain. Maaaaaaaaate nothing will ever beat key research prior to a trip, that's what SAS and special forces will teach you. :-) Oh yeah and live satellite imagery lol, not that most folks can access that. Anyways.. glad your safe mate.
This was great Ronny! Really enjoyed this one
Good to see you out and about again
That Army issued shovel works a treat. I’m never going away without one after my last solo drive gone bogged😅
Nearly at half a million subs! insane!
Thanks Ronny for all your content over the years :)
Agreed!
Loved this river crossing adventure- courageous traveller. YES travelling SOLO you must think differently from all other travel - protect self and vehicle- use dif and low gears they are there for a reason.
Would have liked you to knock on the dear hunter cottage for a chat. Did 6 months Solo in a defender loved every minute- did QLD.top end and NT and Deserts - loved it, changed my world thinking.
Great video- well done you. 👍👍😅
Theres a big difference between travelling solo and travelling as a solo vehicle.
@@damo.77 yep I did Solo in a solo vehicle. 👍
Wasnt directed at you but alot of people say they are 'travelling solo' but really are just a solo vehicle.
VHC…absolutely stunning. Driven around this area multiple times. Never gets boring.
Driving at night though? Don’t understand why…there are spots to camp everywhere…
Those are Australian Water Dragons or Intellagama lesueurii
hi Ronny, can you compar Mark hydo brake boster and duar dyframe boster for landruiser 70 series? Thanks you
There's a lot of lessons to be learned in the Vic high country. It takes a while to learn them all.
Really enjoyed this episode! Watching the great photography of the troopy, the recovery and beautiful scenery was really enjoyable. Nice work Ronny. 👌
I wheel in the Brindabellas - same steep shaley tracks with great views and steep drop offs. Great fun!
Australian eastern water dragon
Nice video. I think a lot of us have been in similar situations getting stuck, but it’s definitely no fun on your own.
Vic High Country is a magic place.
Really nice seeing you do some mountain and river 4wding again mate. Nice change from the desert n beaches.
Time you moved to the east side for new content 👍
Isn't that why all the influencers moved to QLD during the Big C lockdowns?
That's a Gippsland Water Dragon
Awsom episode. Love the Vic high country.
Four wheel driving at night is not a great idea. Your chances of things going pear shaped increases exponentially. Great video.👍
Good on ya, Ronny! Way to make a few mistakes and learn along the way for all of our benefits. Yewww! 🤙
The lizards are water dragons.
14:03 In case you are looking for the cameraman
😮 got me 😂
that was one good solo vehicle adventure
@@kinjr5342 cheers was a fun one to film
this was probably a lot of work being a slo vehicle but this was amazing, the shots the driving the drama, hope to see more of it.
This solo pared back production/adventure. Love it 👌
These are the best videos Ronny!!! ❤
Your best video for months. Your troopy seems to lift a front wheel too easily, maybe need to revisit the set up if you're driving more of the east coast tracks.
Its a Troopy, thats what they do!
Awesome video. Seriously. Looking forward to your Darien Gap crossing video. Do it.
Ronny welcome to the High Country, glad you made it, yes a chainsaw is a necessity as often there are trees or branches across tracks. My previous 4x4 was written off after being T-boned and I haven't had the cash to rebuild another one. So I miss being in the high country.
you talked about building up the exit to make it easier, then completely forgot you had a river of rocks behind you and skulldragged out. also... no chainsaw is a deathwish. vic high country is unforgiving.
OH RONNY 😮😂❤😂😮👍🙈👍 In the Mitty thongs thongs flip-flops you’re in the thongs … LoL 🎉
Mate it is so awesome to see you in my neck of the woods. The spot where you took photos of the waterfall, the cutting ,I actually camped at 1 year ago today on new years.
Please tell me you stopped in at blue pool just up the track, such a location.
Can't wait to see your reaction to Billy goats. Crooked River is decent too.
You have to get across the range and check out deep creek 1 and 4, Burgoyne's, Lloyd's hut and Fulton Creek
Wish you best of luck.
You drive a Toyota, having owned and used Toyota’s I have very little expectations from people using these vehicles and are sure the Toyota will take them everywhere, they only miss one minor fact it will not take you back home in most cases, despite the urban myth about Toyota being reliable. They are not. I have learned it the hard way.
Looks like I am way too „yo the cat will do it“ when I pulled myself out in situations like this just in one pull?
I mean yeah the Toyota factory winch feels sometimes kinda slow but she pulls put the 200 out of everything.
On the other side you couldn’t drop as much rly useful informations in your videos if you woulf just do one pull and beeing done.
This round ring would be some fun stuff if I wouldn’t have a steel rope.
Even the very best like Ronny aren’t immune to sticky situations. I went solo wheeling and grossly unprepared on what I thought was a chill fsr, ended up In a sketchy situation that warranted a turnaround on a tight and narrow uphill track with steep drops on either side, which lead to a tire killing boulder field 2 hrs away from a cell signal. Took me over an hr and a sweaty 70 point turn but I made it.
Swore never to wheel alone ever again. Happy I made it out with lessons learned rather than being choppered out in a body bag or alive with a totalled truck.
Shout out to the videographer. Nice work.
Yeah- those soupy areas are rough! I'll line them long-ways with the thickest trees possible, including the branches, beyond where I think I need them.
I've never offroaded before. Can I take my stock Subaru on that route?
Why would you have no idea what track you are on? How do you expect to get to the iconic tracks if you have no idea where you are starting from? I don't buy it. Even the shitty Hema maps will tell you what track it is.
Upper Dargo road + Harrison's cut.
Whaaat. Ronny the 4wheeling influencer of Australia never been to vic hight country? No way.
if ya got lockers,, use them... & 15 psi, or less.. 35,s..nothing less.. .. .. why,s it keep staling ?.
The little fella looks like a Common Nobbi Dragon 😊 great footage, missed talking to you at the Adelaide show catch ya next time
Being Victorian, guess i am biased, the high country is gods own country, especially in the snow.
Maginificent bush. And water!!! You don’t get to see too much of THAT in WA.
Great country Ronny and thanks for posting the trip. You are out there doing it which is more than most of the nit-pickers can say. Did you spot the infamous and spooky Button Man?
Axe > chainsaw. Never runs out a gas. ❤ Cold... ? Lmao sure Aussie. Sure...
Loved the video, beautiful camera work and a great sense of the place. Nice recovery too, double line pulls are a game changer when your that deep in the slop.
I will pick on your title though. You're either too confident or you're overconfident, there no such thing as too overconfident. Yes, I'm a pedant 😉
"a pedant" . . . and a funny bastard. 😃
Well done, Ronny. Very well done!
- While watching it I could see myself doing the same where I live.
Love the Vic high country, awesome place in summer, heading there in January.
Wonderful video Ronny... looking forward to the next part
for a start, its too short a wheel base, tires too small, too high tire pressure.. 15 or less.. it has coils, but no travel.. your not alone, were watching........
One great thing about the vic high country is the lack of vehicle destroying salt water.
on the hill just after you got out i've been up there a fue times over the years, it's great fun in the wet but i found it easy in the dry in my 79 ripper little track many more near by that are great fun, really fun in the wet but when there is alot of snow melt the rivvers get a bit high for some people in places
Looked a it like the bottom of the Stockroute Spur Track ? Nothing like dragging a troopy through a bog hole. 🤣👍🏼
Pretty awesome spot Harrison’s Cut, plenty of them diversions around the VHC.
Welcome to my back yard Ronny you can easily get caught out there but stunning views .
i put gps trackers on my max trax,, had the missus go retrieve them,, thing is,, i mail them to china..
Beautiful mate. Makes me want to pack up and drive into the middle of nowhere!
Looked like an Eastern Water Dragon to me. only on this side of the country you wont get them in WA
Good one Ronnie, thanks for sharing. Just goes to show even solo, you can go anywhere if setup and prepared. Prepare for the worst and hope for the best 👍 and yeah those lizards are Eastern Water Dragons, got HEAPS of them here in NSW, love them, they’re bloody awesome !!!