Solo overnight camp on an Australian mountain creek
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Join me for a solo camping trip as I explore an awesome creek, high in the Australian mountains. I find a spot to camp under my tarp, bushcraft a pot hanger and stoke up the campfire to cook up some amazing food. Another great trip in the awesome Aussie bush!
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Hi all, thanks for watching! I'm struggling a bit with getting the most from my new camera, especially with the autofocus for my style of filming. Hope you will excuse any focus hunting while I dial things in. P.s how good is the Aussie Bush!
Nice vid mate and thanks heaps for the shout out. Really appreciate it. Ps, that mulled wine and beef stew sounded amazing!
Thanks Scotty - yeah the stew and mulled wine were definitely winners. Cheers mate!
That was beautiful. I really enjoyed this video. I could almost taste the stew and mulled wine. Just got back from 2 nights camping on the Far South Coast. Had a beautiful 9km hike. I can’t do it with a pack though. I look forward to my next camping trip and I will try the mulled wine. Made a delicious sausage and been stew. Yummy.
Awesome video mate, that stew looks awesome, i am so hungry now after watching this. 😂. Thanks for sharing your adventures and keep up the great work.
Haha, yeah the stew went allright. Thanks for the encouragement and for watching! Cheers
I can’t believe I’m just finding your channel. You are a great presenter. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks very much for the great feedback and glad you are enjoying the vids.
Thanks Erik. Absolutely inspiring. We are so lucky in this country and thanks for bringing it to us. You capture the experience so well.
nice to see someone not crying about spiders and crawly things. good job
Thanks for watching. I care about some of the bugs - but I didn't see any to worry about on this trip. Cheers
Omg my mouth was watering throughout your amazing dinner feast... followed by my eyes watering thinking of the weight carrying that in ;)
Hey Erik, enjoying your videos since I found your channel.. Mulled wine in the bush, I have to give it a try. Keep it up awesome stuff.
Fantastic as usual Erik! I'm really enjoying the various cooking methods you do in your videos. You should try a beer-damper.
Thanks very much! I have actually made a couple of stout dampers in my vids, the last one in particular (a few videos ago) was delicious. Cheers!
@@ERIKOFFTRACK oh right! Haha how did I miss that!
Great video Erik, just started watching your stuff, keep up the good work 👍
Love your channel mate,I'm a subscriber of Scotty's but yours came up on my UA-cam feed a few months ago so I started watching em,superb,keep it up 🇬🇧
Thanks Phil that's great to hear! Glad you are enjoying them. Cheers mate.
Thanks for another great video. I like your explanations along the way too. It's perfect for us newbies to bushwalking and camping.
Thanks very much, really glad you find it useful. Cheers
Thanks for this wonderful video and showing the beauty of your forest. It's really awesome to be in the nature. Really love the creek , trees around totally peaceful. See you on your next vid.
Thanks, yeah it's a great spot! glad you enjoyed it.
Another great video. It's a beautiful country. Thanks for showing us around. Loved it mate. Looking forward to the next one. Cheers from Jeff.
Yeah it was a great spot, I'm keen to spend some more time there. Thanks for watching Jeff. Cheers Erik
That was great. Thanks mate . Really awesome country and thanks for sharing it with everyone.
Thanks for watching, yeah it's top country! Cheers
Yet another great video mate. You always manage to find some amazing spots and definitely always eat like a king. I did a hike last weekend and took a few craft beers, including a Bent Spoke with me. You've inspired me to try a few different craft beers on my hikes from now on. I really need to lift my game in the cooking area though, your stew looked amazing!
I was confused today when I had a bunch of notifications about new subscribers to my channel. The mystery was solved when I watched your video and saw that you mentioned my channel. Thanks heaps for the shout out. I've really enjoy your videos. You have a really laid back and authentic style.
Haha - yeah once you get over the initial addition of weight in the pack, the reward of a nice beer at the end of a tough day is hard to go past. Good to hear the Bentspokes getting a run up your way too and great to hear you have some new subscribers! Cheers mate.
great to see you're back with another one. Love your style!
Thanks Brad!
Great video Erik...enjoyed your cooking, like your cookware & setup...thanks
Only just found your channel, love it, awesome video!!!
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome looking spot! Wish I was there right now...
Hey Erik you do a great job an the cooking looks good with the beer
Just found your channel. Great stuff! 👍
That looked like a really delicious strew. Great hike also. I loved the spot you chose to camp at. Good choice i reckon. Thanks for sharing once more.
Thanks. Yeah it was super tasty, especially after the hike in! The camping spot certainly turned out ok. Thanks for watching.
ERIK OFF-TRACK ERIK OFF-TRACK I would imagine such a long hike would definitely bring on a big appetite. I really admire your ability to go off tracks the way you do. I am learning a lot by watching your channel Thank you.
Great stuff mate so good to see another vid from you. That stew looked superb. I reckon this might be your best cook-up yet. I'd like to try making that myself and then to top it off with that wine, awesome. Thanks for another great video 👍
Thanks mate - yeah I'm definitely going to be making that stew and mulled wine again, thanks for watching!
Nice one Erik. Looking forward to watching this tonight. 👍
Hope you enjoy!
Great video mate! That Stew looked mint👌 thanks for sharing bud 👍🍺 cheers
Thanks mate - yeah the stew worked out allright! Cheers 🍻
Just stumbled int your channel enjoying it, and looking forward to the rest of you vids.
Really enjoyed this one. Loved the stew and the fruit in the wine
Thanks Karl - really glad you enjoyed it! Cheers Erik
Top video mate, awesome little hideaway on the small creek. Love the bush area you're in mate, bloody awesome. Great camp set-up, simple easy functional. Looking forward to watching the rest of your videos. You've got my subscription mate. Cheers from Kalgoorlie Boulder western Australia.
Thanks Rick - hope you enjoy the channel. Cheers Erik
Hi Erik! Nice video, thanks for sharing. Such an amazing location I will have to check it out for myself someday. A nice little trick I use sometimes is put my GoPro under water (tied to a rock or something to keep it on the bottom) and leave it recording for a few minutes. It's a good way of getting those fish shots.🐟🐟🐟
Thanks for watching and for the good tip. Unfortunately I was against the clock on this one. Hopefully I'll be able to film some fish and have a bit of luck with the rod in the near future. Cheers
Another great vid mate, very pretty spot you had there. The stew in the Billy looked fantastic, I've been going to try one in a 2.8 litre aluminum billy myself but might have to really keep an eye on the temperature lol
Keep up the good work👍
Cheers Daryl
Thanks Daryl, appreciate that. The stew should work ok in the aluminium billy too, as you say, keep an eye on the temp. Good luck, cheers!
Just found your channel and enjoying your content 👍
You are a bit like me....awkward in front of the camera.. but your productions are 11 out of 10. Awesome
Erik I subscribe due to Scotty’s vids glad I did I enjoy your adventures as well the things I like about yours and Scotty’s vids is the rough real hiking camping we’re it hasn’t been professionally edited and glorified for tv well done to you and will b watching
Thanks Rowen appreciate that, that's what it's all about! glad you enjoyed it!
Nice camp, thanks and take care.
Thank you!
Hey mate new subscriber. Awesome video. U given me idears once this covid racks off. Cheers also that stew looked good.
Another awesome vid, thanks
Thanks Andrea - glad you enjoyed it!
Nice !
Gday mate, just found your video/channel.
I'll be your 970th subscriber.
Nice video mate. Can't wait to be back out in the bush.
Thanks for watching and the sub! Hope you can get out in the bush soon. Cheers
Scotch Thistle seeds, like most seedpods are 'flash' tinders. Unless your other tinder is prepped and ready to go, then it'll just go out very quickly.
Yeah that was the first time I have used it and thought I would give it a go and see what happens. Next time I would try it in a more thought out tinder bundle, but was happy to get the fire going. Cheers!
Nice winter trip. I’m just this very minute unpacking my klymit v2 static mat to test
Thanks Wade - my Klymit pad has never let me down, a great bit of kit for the price!
When I did Bimberi last year at Easter my self inflating mat (as a side sleeper) had me on the ground during the night. So the klymit was recommended. Felt pretty good.
Bumbling stream for a lullaby ✅
Was going to ask if that was the Alton goods grill, up until the branded mug showed up. Just cooked up a 900g Rib eye on the campfire during the week, such great products!
900g! You did well! Yeah that grill is awesome!
Hey Erik great video mate there was nothing I did not like, so envious lol. Erik do you use maps for location do you use local knowledge and one more question water capture was in the collapsible bucket but do you use water filtration. Oh and I DO LOVE YOUR GATORS. Watched till the end and realised you do use maps but also have you got any mapping apps that you could use.
Thanks Wayne! I have topographic maps and satellite imagery loaded into my phone via an app called Backcountry Navigator. This allows me to easily navigate in real time. I also carry a back GPS with more basic maps as a back up incase my phone fails. I do a lot of research before a trip so I generally have a fairly good mental map and can read the features on the landscape (it all helps). I go into a bit more detail on this in video before this one. Given the temps and risk of filters freezing, I treated drinking water with Katadyn Micropur tablets. I always wear gaiters (Sea to Summit Quagmire) a great bit of kit. Thanks for watching!
Great stuff Eric!!! 😀But... why didn't you take your fishing rod? Catch and Cook bruz🤔. Trout in a wrap? Haha🤣 Sorry mate but this video is Awesome!! 😀👍👍👍👍
Thanks mate! Yeah will have to head back with the rod one day, hopefully when they grow a bit bigger (although on recent form - I'll still be packing some lunch)
@@ERIKOFFTRACK 😀🤣👍😀
Did you drink all that mulled wine? I think you did, you looked pretty happy 😉😉 I make it when we go kayak/camping. I add my chopped fruit to the wine before hand, fruits end up really infused and yummy, then at camp add the spices and slow heat. Last camp out I forgot to wash the pot, yep drunk possum I think hahahahaha. Thanks for doing the trip video it does take up a lot of time but worth it to showcase our Aussie bush. 👍👍
Haha I actually knocked over a cup of mulled wine mucking about with the camera - so no, I didn't drink it all. I'll definitely be making it again though! I'm sure you made that possum very happy. Thanks for watching!
u loled 1st love ur breakfist bacon would of been nice im ganna try u said hash browns onion and flour then an egg pancake
Nice video.. I like it.. wish u the best
Glad you liked it, thanks for watching!
Great video, where are you? I love the idea of the mulled wine, my mate makes one very similar but adds some Southern Comfort or Jack Daniels!
Thanks a lot, the mulled wine went down a treat! Most of my trips are in NSW.
Another one worth watching. Great work Erik. Give mine a watch if you get a chance mate.
Nice one Erik, I know it would be difficult to lug in on a trek but stews in a cast iron pot with dumplings (not the Asian kind) ......MMM
Thank Russ - might save the cast iron for a car camping trip, but the dumplings sound like an excellent addition.
@@ERIKOFFTRACK you can pre make them like the hash browns, then small balls for the Billy. Parmasean, roasted pine nuts and chives.... winning
Love the stew talk Erik 👍 maybe we could do a collab on my property soon? Keep it up mate!
Yeah the stew worked out an absolute treat. Thanks for the offer mate, I'm always keen to check out new country, time is my major constraint. I've got a bunch of adventures in the pipeline, but maybe we can chat about something in the future. Cheers
Mate love your vid ,but get yourself a cheap dome tent to keep out snakes and other nasties, all very rustic to camp on ground but snakes will crawl under your bag at night for warmth and you won't know what hit ya. God bless.
Thanks for watching, I have a few tents mate which I use fairly regularly. I only sleep under a tarp like this in winter and on this night it dropped below -2, so I wasn't to worried about unwanted visitors. Although I did keep one eye open for Yowies.
Would love to watch your video, especially from another Aussie , but the spinning the camera around was too fast and making me sick. Best of luck with future vids.
Try this one ua-cam.com/video/OM-SfEYXTCs/v-deo.html
Hey man! I absolutely love your videos. Just great. Do you know of any channel's similar to yours that covers Western Australia?
Thanks very much, awesome to hear! Unfortunately I don't know any WA channels that do similar stuff.
Hey Erik, Have you got your self a car battery kit yet?
Just in case you get back after your adventure and
you know the rest perfect timing haha
Wise investment ;)
Haha yeah I carry a battery jump starter and small air compressor just in case.
Gently place the kindling on the fire not push it into it! you keep putting the flame out! One day you might only get one shot at it??
It might have looked that way, but I was using a flash tinder that lasted for a second or two. I wasn't putting the flame out.
Thanks Eric, love your videos. Couldn’t find the knife maker you mentioned. What’s their name pls?
Thanks very much! Gutter Rat Knives made the sheath (although I think he does knives too) you can find him on Instagram or Facebook. I'll add a link to the video description. Cheers
Watch out for the hairy man
Hi mate
What kind of lands you camp on? Crown, public or private.
I am located in Victoria and wanted to do of track camping but wondering if i get in trouble for it.
Cheers
Depends on the location, in NSW a lot of parks and reserves allow backcountry and self reliant camping. The plan of management for a particular location will tell you what you can and can't do. Not sure how it works in Victoria, but hopefully some areas are open to you. Good luck and thanks for watching
High E., how do you protect yourself against ticks ? Kindly Fiete
Hi there. I have only ever had a problem with ticks on one trip many years ago, when I was hiking through a damp rainforest creek ~100-150km to the north of this location. I did actually check myself very thoroughly this trip after I had set up camp, but found no evidence of any ticks. Luckily not a big problem for me.
Thank you and good luck further.
Erik, can I ask a MASSIVE favour...Can you do an entry into Lighterpack.com so we can get an idea of what you carry and what you have. I picked up the Granite Gear X60 (through massdrop) and it's perfect for what I want. Keen to get an idea on what your general "kit" is
Great choice with the X60! A great pack at a great price. I have the crown2 (almost identical). I love it, although wish it had 5L more volume. I did a recent gear run down in the last 15 mins or so in this video. My kit is fairly consistent year round. Hope that's useful, cheers. ua-cam.com/video/ZuLxfRwRWUc/v-deo.html
Just wondering what power bank you use.
I think the brand is called Mi. I use a 10 000 mAh for overnighters and a 20 000 mAh for longer trips. Got both of eBay.
What are your gaiters? Look awesome!
I've been using Sea To Summit Quagmire gaiters for years! This was the first trip for this pair and the first time I've used the canvas version. Great gaiters.
i dont mind too much talk if its worth hearing mate i think ur missing some crusty bread and a pat of butter in ur stew cut into ur stew off heat to stop the heart burn good vid i feel like im patranizing u or the camera shows a different point of view dont have one dont know i do know those r some tasty carrots
Some crusty bread would have gone down a treat! Thanks for watching!
Watch out for yowies ,I'm serious.
Yowies?
@@interestingoutdoors8446 Aussie bigfoot.
@@interman7715 ah I see ....
Need gun. Not as safe there as you think. Why? Big cats, feral, wild dog packs, and that which must remain unspoken, Quinkan/Bigfoot. Yes, really. Plus snakes, many, ticks, falling branches, etc.
People growing dope in the bush don't like intruders either. Bang.
What big cats? This is Australia mate, we don't have big cats here. And who the fuck shoots snakes and ticks?
Australia doesn't have bigfoots Bruce we have Yowies. lol
too much talk...