Shearing has not halted and the wool industry is very much alive. The sheds I visited during this series are no longer working as they are now all part of National Parks. I visited a new shed near Bourke with a raised board and 15 stands, they shear over 3000 sheep per day and sheering goes for 3 weeks. Thanks for watching.

The diesel cleaned up OK when I got home, yea a bit of dust was stuck to it. I think it was the vibration as a second filter broke in the same place a couple of weeks later. No filter on ATM.

Yes Wayne it is a fascinating area to visit. I love the ruins and restored buildings not to mention the history. Would have indeed been a hard way to live.

Thanks for the comment. I notice your "Cars that ate Paris" comment didn't make it (I saw it in email). Not sure why as there are no blocked comments and the chanel is set up to accept all comments.

@@paulwashere.2121 Cheers. They don't like certain words.

On the bridge, was that from Mad Max 1? I think most of MM2 was filmed around broken Hill and the final scene of the tanker chase and crash was filmed on the broken Hill to Menindee road. Love to see the stills you have, always been a Max fan. A bit of a story about the Mack truck. It was a split box transmission and had 3 gear levers. If you watch some of the footage of Mel Gibson driving you will see in one shot someone else in the cab on the floor, that was the truck driver helping Mel to drive it as they didn't have time to teach him. In another shot you can plainly see the driver is not Mel and is the Truck driver in a bad wig. Burra next week.

Yes @@paulwashere.2121, on location in Sunbury... complete with the old Austin from one of the local CFA's in the background.. I'll message them to you.. the scene, if it made it off the cutting room floor, was probably only a few seconds in the flic

We visited Innamincka in 1989 on our way back from the Cape. It's on the list for a revisit.

Me too, I love old shearing sheds.

I love the paddle steamers as well. When looking at the Darling during my trip which is very low due to water theft to feed the cotton farms (but that's another story) I tried to imagine the steamers traversing the river delivering and picking up goods. What a time it would have been.

Hi, Thanks for the supportive comments. We have been to Hill End many times over the years (we live in Bathurst) and always find something new to see. I'm sure you will enjoy your visit(s). Max is a pretty chilled fellow but can be naughty when you least expect it. My next videos will be the Darling River Run and the Flinders Ranges, I hope you will enjoy them. Thanks for watching.

Thanks for the comment and I'm glad you enjoyed it. I now have a gimbal so that should be the end of my shaky videos.

Yep, definitely an experience I am not wanting to replicate any time soon. I kept looking at the edge thinking "If the van goes over, that's it!" Thanks for sharing your experience.

Looking forward to using it. At the trial and practice stage ATM, takes a bit of getting used to. Thanks for watching.

Yep really was a bit scary, as for the handbrake it was off but looks like it is on as it does sit high on the ratchet, caught me and others out a few times. Thanks for the comment.😊

The van tried to overtake the car a few times. It was hard to film that with my heart in my throat. Van drifting- I got the idea from Top Gear.😆

It is like another Bathurst Suburb these days with the sealed road. You're certainly not watching it for my pretty face, but Max is cool.🙂 Have a good one.

Sure is, every lookout did not disappoint.

Yes I agree, A gimbal is on my shopping list.

The Welcome Stranger Nugget was found in Dunolly, Victoria not Hill End. You are thinking of the Holtermann nugget which weighed in at 285kg.

@paulwashere.2121 I am talking about the life sized photo of the nugget,that was almost as tall as its discoverer. The photo was signed by all of the witnesses. I stood next to the original photo that was enlarged by the Herald for posterity. It is probably in a private NPAW collection now. I was 10 years old then, I am 70 now.

I think there is a fair bit of the town that has been preserved, more some than some others.

I don't know why it is difficult to subscribe especially since you have a registered account with KZbin.Technology can be painful at times.

Yes weights are an issue. Some people new to towing think just because their car can tow 3,500kg they can get a van/trailer weighing 3,500kg, but they forget when the add fuel, passengers, gear etc to the car that towing capacity is reduced, then they add water and their gear in the van and that adds up very quickly to go over the ATM of the van. Our van was 90kg overweight with just some gear and water hence the upgrade. How many large vans do you see being towed by a twin cab ute? Many are overweight. New vans are a lot heavier than the older ones hence why we wanted an older Aluminium frame Coromal. Didn't see any memorials but also wasn't looking, just a quick lunch break. Enjoy.

SRK Engineering- O'connell.