Fascinating video, the gear was heavier but so much tougher than modern gear !! For reference old glass bottles, round meant drinkable, angled or square was normally medicine or poison ! I think this was so people didn't mistake them in the dark...
Hi Luke. I saw a video of Malcolm Douglas. He digs a hole, body length. Lights fire and waits. The when it right covers it with soil. Sleeps on top for a cold night. Tip, he said, make shore the enough soil.
It won’t last for more than a few hours with no oxygen. Hot rocks last a little longer and your camp fire can keep coals all night then you can simple switch the rocks out when it gets cold. Doing winter camping in northern Michigan the nights are long and cold I learned this tip quickly when I was a child living there
Beautiful. Reminds me that I sat on a rattlesnake once. Didn't bite. Guess he couldn't get his mouth around my sitter. This video sure reminds me of the part of my life around the Appalachian Mountains. The good parts.
Absolutely love the content and because of you, you’ve inspired me to do this type of hiking myself and I’m starting to make all the gear and the first one on the block is the swag. Keep up the great work!
Cheers mate ... yeah this was a year old video so I can't quite remember. But gathering it was windy, but blue skys, and wasn't bringing any rain in ..makes sense it was coming from the north and not the south
Luke, The bottle probably contained linament for sore muscles and sprains. My maternal grandfather would be proud of you. He came from Greta South in Vic, was a great horseman and bushman. The Kelly’s were neighbours.
Well if there was any residue in there, it might help my bung muscles in my shoulder from carrying that swag 😆 Great bit of history about your grandfater! I love hearing all the little stories from people and their ansectors .. imagine having the kellys as your nieghbours! My history to Australia only dates back to my grandfather (who migrated here in his early youth) but he did a bit of sheep droving down by warrnambool back in the day.
Cheers mate. This was filmed a year ago, and was my first video that did really well in the swagman series. I thought it was more appropriate to upload it on this new channel since I might have a lot of new viewers now.
@@TheBeardedBushranger I definitely will. Thanks for the kick in the ass! I’ll keep you posted when I publish my new channel. Hope we can collab som day!
Great video guys. Looked like a very enjoyable time out in the bush. Love the use of traditional/historical items and the weaving in of a little historical background. Great collaboration 👌
Hey Luke , good episode mate , cracked some decent weather too . Buddy a word of advice, modern day cans come with a plastic coating on the inside , be warned heat them up n well... Anyway cheers hope alls good, catch ya on the next one. 👍
Thanks mate. Yeah I've heard all about it now haha This is actually an old video I filmed a year ago (as you can see in the caption) since then I've heard all about the plastic coatings ... can't get away from the bloody stuff hey
@@magdalenastclaire8861 gday mate, so I don't personally sell them. You can get vintage ones of ebay, or a new canvas water bag from trailblazers australia.
Thanks Luke and Scotty. I am heartened to see you had troubles with the bow drill fire. I tried that on my last adventure and could not get it all happening either. Plus is is very hard work! I’ll be showing my vain attempts in my next video. Flint and steel is definitely a better option, but I will have another crack at the bow drill sometime. I did manage to get a fire started at home, just need to replicate that in the bush. Really like your videos and your keeping the old skills alive.
Cheers mate. Yeah it's quite hard .. since this video was made (1 year ago) I've managed to get the bow drill quite a number of times .. but always with cyprus pine which is obviously not a native! In wet conditions it can really throw you off, but a good piece of dried wood will go off in no time. Just had a sqiz at some of your videos. Laraptina trail looks awesome. I love that red center country
@@TheBeardedBushranger I used Xanthria and basically anything that could go wrong with the process did. Should give viewers a bit of a chuckle anyway! What sort of string to you use? i find that modern cordage does not work.
Love this video. Thanks to both Scotty and yourself for taking the time to prepare, create and share it with us all. Would be great to see you both team up again in the near future too. Chai from Tilba Tilba... just up the track from where I live. ;)
@@TheBeardedBushranger definitely. Our young fella works at the cheese factory and we’re coffee roasters and have our coffee on the shelf in the shop. Next time you’re in town, give it a try. Keep up the fine work mate. Love it. 👍
Good morning mate..I can see why you got a passion for this, it's incredible I love that people like you and scotty and others are keeping these old ways alive. That way of fire starting I've never done but it looks so so rewarding when it's achieved. Lol don't have to worry about stealthy snakes in New Zealand. How to tell I was the kiwi in the Auzzy shearing camp..Me sees a brown snake gets excited and wants to pick it up, the Auzzy tells me it's extremely deadly and it'll kill me so I'm like can we eat it,. My boss knocks it on the head and we cook it but both forget, The the next morning there's a baby huntsman spider that looks as big as my hand chilling on my door I see it and stumble backwards in panick to escape 😂, Yup I'm definitely a kiwi lol have an amazing day ahead.
Damper. Check out the camp oven king. Raise billy can up. Coals around billy, coals on top. Turn lid over. Flour in the bottom of can. It tells you the temp is right by the colour of the dry flour in bottom of the can
If I am correct, Australia did not get it's first match factory until 1909. Perhaps they had matches they had imported, but I reckon it would be few and far between .. especially as you got more and more remote.
That is a wonderful explanation. I'm here in the United States so we've had them for a long time. But thank you so much for the explanation. That's fantastic. Carry on@@TheBeardedBushranger
What a coincidence ... I actually sat down and watched that last night. Mind you I was getting a bit pissed off throughout it ... they have display all the Aussies as dirty rotten scoundrels, and the Americans as the benelovent heros 😆
Don't really use it that often to be honest, in the cold winter months the sun aint that bad down here. A good hat and long sleeve shirts and pants does the trick.
Hey mate, my home made one I have right now (didn't use it in this vid as this is 1 year old) is I think 2 x 2 metres .. and I use that and wrap myself up in it like a buritto.
@@TheBeardedBushranger I recently made my own cordage and attempted to make a bow drill in SE Victoria. I was looking for Black Wattle because the Grass Tree wasn’t in season. I failed to make fire and to think of all the times I had camped under Banksia Trees on the beaches with my dog. I will have to try a Banksia Fire Drill soon. Thanks for the knowledge.
Probably wouldn't unless you were setting up a perminent camp like at a gold field or something. I need to make a pocket hobo lantern, which is something the swaggies would more likely carry then the big lantern.
Aim of mine in the next few years to learn to ride and do a horse riding / camping vid. Many places don't allow horses, but some national parks do. Would be a great camping adventure.
@@TheBeardedBushranger that'd be great to see Luke, some old school horseback camp vids. I've had that in mind to do with the kids for a while, be an awesome experience 👍👍
Half the reason behind the bushcrafting and 'old school gear camper' existence is that the purveyors of this style of camping just desperately want to be stumbled-upon by normal campers who will be jealous of their skills and retro setup. The whole four days I was walking 70km across the Wadi Rum desert with my 55L Tasmanian Tiger Modular Trooper pack full of 1/2 modern and 1/2 bushcrafty gear, I wanted to be stumbled-upon by normies and/or bedouins who would raise an eyebrow at my kit, especially given the fact I took a portable shisha pipe kit and managed to fit a duduk into my bag, an instrument I began learning a bit over two years ago... But alas, I didn't run into a single other person until I made it back to Rum Village. I'm not going to say that the coals and flavoured tobacco, and the duduk were a waste of time (and pack weight), but damn, I would have loved the opportunity to tell a passerby about it.
haha that's an interesting take. To be honest, I'd rather not run into anyone when out bush. How good is Wadi Rum!! I rode a camel through there many years ago!
@@TheBeardedBushranger When out bush in Australia, running into anyone when you're off the beaten track means you've either run into a vagrant trespasser, or a property owner because you read your property boundary maps wrong..lol - Running into a local in the desert or the forests of the Arctic Circle is pretty cool - running into a random geezer in boondocks of the Aussie outback is, well, often awkward, so I understand your ethos...haha
@@TheBeardedBushranger too right cobber. I still do, a slab of rum is mates rates for love jobs. Slab of beer for a few hours, rum for a big day. I’ve seen thousands of dollars of work for a slab on a big site. Massive over priced tenders, slab to project manager and the list goes on😂😂
This gave ma good hearty chuckle ... because it means my damper skills have gotten worse! Why do I say that? This is actually an old video I made a year ago (last winter) It was up on my old channel, but due to the content, was much more suited to the bearded bushranger (my old channel is about campign with kids) So my damper cooking skills have gone backwards since this hahaha My email is ooeeluke@gmail.com
@TheBeardedBushranger Ha ha ha 😂 I make knives and want to make you something more " bushy," than what you currently use , but getting it to Aus made prove challenging ? I will contact you by email soon. Regards Mike greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦.
They all carried firearms back in the early days. One of the best things you can have for survival in the outback. Should of eaten the snake for dinner 😁
That's it mate. Go check out Scottys channel, he is a keen hunter and gets into traditional bow hunting as well. I'm in the process of getting my gun licsence and have been learning how to process venison (since I live on a farm with heaps of them around) It really is a great way of live for survival.
Yeah for sure. Many settlers / explorers & bushrangers would not of survived without the help of indigenous folk showing them where water was, or what was edible!
Fascinating video, the gear was heavier but so much tougher than modern gear !!
For reference old glass bottles, round meant drinkable, angled or square was normally medicine or poison ! I think this was so people didn't mistake them in the dark...
Yeah it certainly puts a few knots in your shoulder 😆
@@TheBeardedBushrangerThe army green Casio watch ruins the 1800's bushman illusion 😜
Char cloth is such an important resource for fire 🔥👍
@@edwardfletcher7790 what about my denim jeans 😆
@@TheBeardedBushrangerLevi's date back to the mid 1800's 👍
I'm ignoring your 1980's Aussie Disposals Billy can 😜
@@edwardfletcher7790 which billy can? The one I have is a ridgy didge antique
Another great video, and nice to introduce Scotty - you make a good collaboration with this shared passion. The damper looked pretty good too!
Yeah was great to do a trip with him. This was filmed 1 year ago, so i'd love to do another one with him again.
Love what your doing boys , I used to like doing the same , camping in the spirit of the 1880s , true swaggie style ..
Good on ya! It's good fun.
Hi Luke. I saw a video of Malcolm Douglas. He digs a hole, body length. Lights fire and waits. The when it right covers it with soil. Sleeps on top for a cold night. Tip, he said, make shore the enough soil.
Not a bad idea. I should try that one time. Malcolm Douglas was a legend
It won’t last for more than a few hours with no oxygen. Hot rocks last a little longer and your camp fire can keep coals all night then you can simple switch the rocks out when it gets cold. Doing winter camping in northern Michigan the nights are long and cold I learned this tip quickly when I was a child living there
I remember Robert Redford doing that in Jeremiah Johnson. Better use the right amount of dirt ... 😀
Burn wood. Get coal from the fire. Not to hot. Laya bed of coals thin blanket u stay warm all night ❤❤❤❤❤
Just sleep next to the fire haha
Beautiful. Reminds me that I sat on a rattlesnake once. Didn't bite. Guess he couldn't get his mouth around my sitter. This video sure reminds me of the part of my life around the Appalachian Mountains. The good parts.
That's quite a story you have there! I'm actually really interested in some of the mountain man history of that area!
An outstanding video. "Ah well, I suppose it has come to this... Such is life." - Ned Kelly
Thanks mate!
Absolutely love the content and because of you, you’ve inspired me to do this type of hiking myself and I’m starting to make all the gear and the first one on the block is the swag. Keep up the great work!
Mate that is great to hear. Let me know how it goes.
very nice mate - looks like you had a decent north-westerly coming in, hopefully kept the depths of the chill off overnight my friend
Cheers mate ... yeah this was a year old video so I can't quite remember. But gathering it was windy, but blue skys, and wasn't bringing any rain in ..makes sense it was coming from the north and not the south
Awsome video I love watching videos like this and seeing how they had to live back in the day 👍🏾
Cheers mate.
Awesome video guys. Hope you can both catch up together again to share more amazing content.
Yeah I'd love to do another trip with Scotty
Luke, The bottle probably contained linament for sore muscles and sprains. My maternal grandfather would be proud of you. He came from Greta South in Vic, was a great horseman and bushman. The Kelly’s were neighbours.
Well if there was any residue in there, it might help my bung muscles in my shoulder from carrying that swag 😆
Great bit of history about your grandfater! I love hearing all the little stories from people and their ansectors .. imagine having the kellys as your nieghbours!
My history to Australia only dates back to my grandfather (who migrated here in his early youth) but he did a bit of sheep droving down by warrnambool back in the day.
Great looking trip man, and wow yeah that snake is a rare one
Cheers mate. This was filmed a year ago, and was my first video that did really well in the swagman series. I thought it was more appropriate to upload it on this new channel since I might have a lot of new viewers now.
So glad to see this can’t wait to start making my own vintage camping videos. Thank y’all from the U.S.
Awesome mate, get into it
@@TheBeardedBushranger I definitely will. Thanks for the kick in the ass! I’ll keep you posted when I publish my new channel. Hope we can collab som day!
Great video guys. Looked like a very enjoyable time out in the bush. Love the use of traditional/historical items and the weaving in of a little historical background. Great collaboration 👌
Cheers mate. Thanks for watching.
Hey Luke , good episode mate , cracked some decent weather too . Buddy a word of advice, modern day cans come with a plastic coating on the inside , be warned heat them up n well...
Anyway cheers hope alls good, catch ya on the next one. 👍
Thanks mate. Yeah I've heard all about it now haha This is actually an old video I filmed a year ago (as you can see in the caption) since then I've heard all about the plastic coatings ... can't get away from the bloody stuff hey
This is how I imagine my great great grandfather lived when he came to Victoria in the mid-late 1800s.
What a time that would of been!
I need a canvas waterbottle how much and do u sell theem
@@magdalenastclaire8861 gday mate, so I don't personally sell them. You can get vintage ones of ebay, or a new canvas water bag from trailblazers australia.
Thanks Luke and Scotty. I am heartened to see you had troubles with the bow drill fire. I tried that on my last adventure and could not get it all happening either. Plus is is very hard work! I’ll be showing my vain attempts in my next video. Flint and steel is definitely a better option, but I will have another crack at the bow drill sometime. I did manage to get a fire started at home, just need to replicate that in the bush. Really like your videos and your keeping the old skills alive.
Cheers mate. Yeah it's quite hard .. since this video was made (1 year ago) I've managed to get the bow drill quite a number of times .. but always with cyprus pine which is obviously not a native! In wet conditions it can really throw you off, but a good piece of dried wood will go off in no time.
Just had a sqiz at some of your videos. Laraptina trail looks awesome. I love that red center country
@@TheBeardedBushranger I used Xanthria and basically anything that could go wrong with the process did. Should give viewers a bit of a chuckle anyway! What sort of string to you use? i find that modern cordage does not work.
Love this video.
Thanks to both Scotty and yourself for taking the time to prepare, create and share it with us all.
Would be great to see you both team up again in the near future too.
Chai from Tilba Tilba... just up the track from where I live. ;)
Thanks for watching. Yeah I'd love to do another camp with Scotty at some point. I've been to tilba tilba a few times ... great cheese factory!
@@TheBeardedBushranger definitely. Our young fella works at the cheese factory and we’re coffee roasters and have our coffee on the shelf in the shop.
Next time you’re in town, give it a try.
Keep up the fine work mate. Love it. 👍
Australia is a beautiful country without a doubt.
Surely is!
Sure is mate , glad I made the move here
Thank tyou thank you
Thank you for sharing .
Love this time of history. Congratulations great show❤😊
Cheers! Thanks for your comment.
Nice work fellas - really enjoyed watching this vid. How amazing is our Australian bush !! Thankyou
@@alanroberts7863 cheers mate
Pretty good stuff there fellas. Don’t cook your beans straight in the can though as they are lined inside with nasty plastic these days.
Yeah cheers mate, I've heard this one a few times since and will avoid doing that
Great to see you and Scotty teaming up to explore simpler gear and times…👍
Cheers mate, yeah Scotty is a legend.
Great video guys, we need more videos of this calibre, showcasing how to survive n thrive in the Aussie bush. Thanks for sharing
Cheers mate thanks for watching.
My arm hurt watching the 2 of you on the bow drill 😁.... good effort! Cool video 👍
haha yeah it was a mission. Very wet in the bush at that time.
@@TheBeardedBushranger
That's what she said !
@@frankmorris2603 I've shot myself in the foot by saying it like that haven't I haha
Love it, gotta learn our land
Yeah it's helpful
2 X bushies. Really enjoyed this one, and both collaborating. Not sure if the old boys would come at the chai tea though.
haha get into the chai tea mate
I do, don't worry about that.
Really doing some great stuff Luke. Keep it up mate.
Ian
Thanks for watching!
Great video mate loved it....keep em coming 👍🇦🇺🍻
Thanks mate!
Beautiful.
Absolutely loved this video fellas!!
Keep up the good work.
Thanks for watching.
Always wanted to try late 1800s aussie swag campin.
Give it a go mate!
Pretty sure your brown bottle is a vintage kerosene bottle, or paraffin. But I am leaning more to it being for kero.
I reckon you might be spot on.
Nice pipes. I have one myself mates. Well i have 7 pipes. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Awesome mate I have 6 pipes currently in my collection. My favourite is a big gandalf style churchwarden
@@TheBeardedBushranger I have 6 cheap an 1. Peterson. Very good piece that my house pipe. Good luck mate
I have a Missouri Mercham corn cob pipe . Love it
to settle the tea leaves in a billy, spin it at arms length like a windmill and the leaves will drop to the bottom
good trick, I'll have to remember that one
13:45 proper bushmen there.. sitting, enjoying a smoke by the open flames.
haha cheers mate.
Just looks like a great time to me❤
Gotta get out there again.
I love this channel. So interesting. Subbed!
Thanks heaps for subbing.
Thank you. Interesting video…
THanks for watching.
Love these videos
Thanks for watching.
Magnificent 💥
Moving down the Victoria soon. Look forward to camping out there. Would love to try these old methods.
Yeah good stuff mate. It gets cold in the winter, but the bushland in Victoria really is special.
@@TheBeardedBushranger indeed. Love north Queensland but the alpine has always been my favourite place. Keep the vids coming.
@@lachlanmacarthur8992 cheers mate. Certainly will
Good stuff, enjoyed watching that Luke, you and Scotty go well 👍
Cheers mate, yeah scotty is a legend.
Good morning mate..I can see why you got a passion for this, it's incredible I love that people like you and scotty and others are keeping these old ways alive.
That way of fire starting I've never done but it looks so so rewarding when it's achieved.
Lol don't have to worry about stealthy snakes in New Zealand.
How to tell I was the kiwi in the Auzzy shearing camp..Me sees a brown snake gets excited and wants to pick it up, the Auzzy tells me it's extremely deadly and it'll kill me so I'm like can we eat it,.
My boss knocks it on the head and we cook it but both forget,
The the next morning there's a baby huntsman spider that looks as big as my hand chilling on my door I see it and stumble backwards in panick to escape 😂,
Yup I'm definitely a kiwi lol have an amazing day ahead.
Great vid mate,
Cheers thanks for watching.
"Harsh winter" ...*laughs in Canadian*
Fair
Damper. Check out the camp oven king. Raise billy can up. Coals around billy, coals on top. Turn lid over. Flour in the bottom of can. It tells you the temp is right by the colour of the dry flour in bottom of the can
Sounds good, I'll check it out.
Another enjoyable video snake wanted warmthx
Yes mate very good content. Keep this niche ❤
Cheers mate! Plenty more to come
Another great informative show. Well done mate.
Cheers mate!
Does it get an better , great stuff lads
cheers mate.
That was awsome ,, just put of ontario canada here follow both of you ... thanks for the video keep up the awsome stuff
Thanks heaps mate for watching.
@@TheBeardedBushranger absolutely💯
Great stuff mate. I imagine that big rock would retain some heat? Great job on the damper 🇦🇺 🇳🇿
Yeah it was pretty warm on top after the fire!
I've always rolled out my damper into a long sausages and then wrap it around a stick then lean it over the fire rotating once in a while
I tried this one time and dropped my damper into the fire haha
@@TheBeardedBushranger love your content new to your channel but have enjoyed your content so far
@@jeremy-zs9gu Awesome mate, thanks heaps for watching.
loved you guys smoked a pipe. Great video.
Yeah love a good baccy pipe!
This is awesome guys🩵
Cheers mate!
Que maravilha de vídeo! Parabéns 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Awesome video mate
Cheers thanks.
Looks like Strathbogie range’ there’s lots of hideout there 😀
Not strathbogies, but I have been there before and yeah it's got a similar feel.
Nice!😀👍
the snake was a blue bellied black!
Thanks for that.
Very nice gentlemen😎
Thank you herb!
Fantastic camp. Can you tell me what the music was?
Cheers mate .. I think one of the songs is 'Ghosts of the rail' by Gabriel Lewis.
Flint and steel, a wool blanket and linen clothing was the norm 200 years ago.
Mate I am really enjoying these, also sub to Scotties channel, another great show. Both champions
Cheers mate, thanks for watching! Plenty more vids to come.
Fantastic video. Got my sub..
Thanks mate!
Whats it like out there in the middle of the night? Did this once in the blue mountains, took me 1 night to get accustomed to the darkness and noise
I've only ever felt spooked ... way up on the plains in the high country. Otherwise I love it, feel pretty peaceful out there.
Very very educational and fun to watch! One question... Why not matches? Matches were invented in 1826
If I am correct, Australia did not get it's first match factory until 1909. Perhaps they had matches they had imported, but I reckon it would be few and far between .. especially as you got more and more remote.
That is a wonderful explanation. I'm here in the United States so we've had them for a long time. But thank you so much for the explanation. That's fantastic. Carry on@@TheBeardedBushranger
Matches can pick up damp & fail, where flint & steel doesn't. Making fire is a fine art to have.
You guys seem like Bros. Hello from New England USA.
Good to see some people from the U.S watching.
True blue Aussies , bloody awsum .
Cheers
Quigley down under sent me here
What a coincidence ... I actually sat down and watched that last night. Mind you I was getting a bit pissed off throughout it ... they have display all the Aussies as dirty rotten scoundrels, and the Americans as the benelovent heros 😆
@@TheBeardedBushranger well when you win 40 gold medals you can do that….. jk jk my man. All love coming over here from the states
@@johnpeeler4455 😂 well If we reduced the tally to swimming events only, we'd have something to say!
@@TheBeardedBushranger 😂😂😂 fair enough
Another good vid the fry pan Scotty made is cool ,is Scott a army vetran ?? He dosnt say much
Yeah mate hes ex infantry. Go check out his channel and you'll see him explain a heap of really valuable practical information! Thanks for watching.
Any Yowies.
@@grimreaper6112 only the one with the big hairy ginger beard 😆
cook the damper away from direct heat and it would f been softer and moist
I'll give it a go next time
Bloody sunday night, everybody drops good vids but out for dinner so have to wait😂
Haha cheers mate. It's an oldy but hopefully a goody
Traditional or not, what use does a watch have out in the bush?
I guess you could tell the time?
What do you use for sunscreen
Don't really use it that often to be honest, in the cold winter months the sun aint that bad down here. A good hat and long sleeve shirts and pants does the trick.
Hey mate, what size oilskin tarp do you use as a swag?
Hey mate, my home made one I have right now (didn't use it in this vid as this is 1 year old) is I think 2 x 2 metres .. and I use that and wrap myself up in it like a buritto.
Banksia fire drill . I see Banksia trees every day.
Yeah great tree
@@TheBeardedBushranger I recently made my own cordage and attempted to make a bow drill in SE Victoria. I was looking for Black Wattle because the Grass Tree wasn’t in season.
I failed to make fire and to think of all the times I had camped under Banksia Trees on the beaches with my dog.
I will have to try a Banksia Fire Drill soon. Thanks for the knowledge.
@@Rtube-b1l Haha there you go. Although Scotty still reckons that black wattle is one of the better soft woods to use for a bow drill in Vic
scotty looks like post malone as a bushranger
haha that's the first I've heard that one.
Why would you lug a heavy lantern. Serious question 😊
Probably wouldn't unless you were setting up a perminent camp like at a gold field or something. I need to make a pocket hobo lantern, which is something the swaggies would more likely carry then the big lantern.
Great vid but thinking Bushrangers might have had horses?
Aim of mine in the next few years to learn to ride and do a horse riding / camping vid. Many places don't allow horses, but some national parks do. Would be a great camping adventure.
@@TheBeardedBushranger that'd be great to see Luke, some old school horseback camp vids. I've had that in mind to do with the kids for a while, be an awesome experience 👍👍
Other ppl horses, usually
All thats missing is the two horses to carry all that heavy gear..
I'd actually be keen to get into pack horses to do a bigger outback mission.
Did u have good WiFi?
We whipped up some bushcraft wifi
Half the reason behind the bushcrafting and 'old school gear camper' existence is that the purveyors of this style of camping just desperately want to be stumbled-upon by normal campers who will be jealous of their skills and retro setup. The whole four days I was walking 70km across the Wadi Rum desert with my 55L Tasmanian Tiger Modular Trooper pack full of 1/2 modern and 1/2 bushcrafty gear, I wanted to be stumbled-upon by normies and/or bedouins who would raise an eyebrow at my kit, especially given the fact I took a portable shisha pipe kit and managed to fit a duduk into my bag, an instrument I began learning a bit over two years ago... But alas, I didn't run into a single other person until I made it back to Rum Village. I'm not going to say that the coals and flavoured tobacco, and the duduk were a waste of time (and pack weight), but damn, I would have loved the opportunity to tell a passerby about it.
haha that's an interesting take. To be honest, I'd rather not run into anyone when out bush.
How good is Wadi Rum!! I rode a camel through there many years ago!
@@TheBeardedBushranger When out bush in Australia, running into anyone when you're off the beaten track means you've either run into a vagrant trespasser, or a property owner because you read your property boundary maps wrong..lol - Running into a local in the desert or the forests of the Arctic Circle is pretty cool - running into a random geezer in boondocks of the Aussie outback is, well, often awkward, so I understand your ethos...haha
There's a great American version of this. It's called Brokeback Mountain. 👍🏻
@@sonicimperium there's always one with that comment 😆
Hahaha... I heard it was a pain in the arse filming that
Yip, sonicimperium, you are right, Brokeback Mountain is the American version.
Do you ever have snakes come to sleep with you as they desire warmth and how to deal with it?
Never had one yet, hopefully it never happens.
At least bundy was around back then, you’d need to be pissed to eat bully beef by choice 😂😂
Haha yeah this country was built on rum! we traded it like currency in the early days.
@@TheBeardedBushranger too right cobber. I still do, a slab of rum is mates rates for love jobs. Slab of beer for a few hours, rum for a big day. I’ve seen thousands of dollars of work for a slab on a big site. Massive over priced tenders, slab to project manager and the list goes on😂😂
Nice Luke , congratulations your Damper cooking skills are improving 😂 . Looking forward to the next adventure. What's your email address?
This gave ma good hearty chuckle ... because it means my damper skills have gotten worse!
Why do I say that? This is actually an old video I made a year ago (last winter) It was up on my old channel, but due to the content, was much more suited to the bearded bushranger (my old channel is about campign with kids)
So my damper cooking skills have gone backwards since this hahaha
My email is ooeeluke@gmail.com
@TheBeardedBushranger Ha ha ha 😂 I make knives and want to make you something more " bushy," than what you currently use , but getting it to Aus made prove challenging ? I will contact you by email soon. Regards Mike greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦.
You call that winter?
There's always one North American / Europeon who has to point out how much colder they have it.
@@TheBeardedBushranger I’m from Maine, nobody knows about it and that’s how cold it is.
@@TheBeardedBushranger I’m from Maine, nobody knows about it and that’s how cold it is.
Its not a competition mate ffs
Bushperson, I mean bushThem
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They all carried firearms back in the early days. One of the best things you can have for survival in the outback.
Should of eaten the snake for dinner 😁
That's it mate. Go check out Scottys channel, he is a keen hunter and gets into traditional bow hunting as well. I'm in the process of getting my gun licsence and have been learning how to process venison (since I live on a farm with heaps of them around) It really is a great way of live for survival.
You blokes drinkin Bundy,,,,,,,,,,
@@macnasty2740 scottys on the brandy and I was drinking whiskey
@@TheBeardedBushranger Good on mate
Use the traditional BIC lighter mate …
@@captmulch1 😆
Turn on the radio and Do a little bushmansoost ushlasoost tha moomyaroo and get some advice from a kangaroo then play the didgeridoo
Jackeroo and a cockatoo
don't make your bed until you lay in it
Definantly a little trick I do now since I made this video last year haha
I hear you have to treat like it's your girlfriend when starting a bow drill fire. 🤔
haha I won't get you to elaborate on that one
Did white people back then learn Stuff from the aborigines? Btw i like the hat! Afro blonde?
Yeah for sure. Many settlers / explorers & bushrangers would not of survived without the help of indigenous folk showing them where water was, or what was edible!
Come on, baked beans and damper. You could be so more inventive and intelligent than that, surely.
more inventive and intelligent then this comment 😂
So lazy
Good on ya mate