Thanks Mike! Even though it's not my main focus, I continue to thoroughly enjoy the content creation process. Until recently I did not know what "TAB" meant either, given I have never gambled, nor do I have any interest in doing so. Loved the swim 🥶

@@YotopianWanderer Although I have no vices, I can understand the motivation behind most of them. Not gambling, though. The mathematics are so stacked against the player that it's never a good idea. It's nothing but donating one's money.

Yeah that interaction was totally unexpected and caught me off guard. Good fun and a first for the channel!

Haha I also get thrown off seeing other parts of the world where the steering wheel is on the left (wrong) side😂

@@YotopianWanderer 😂😂good point

Yep, having visitors from the other side of the world is always funny, they constantly try to get in on the drivers side😂

Thanks! Often the simplest solutions can be the most effective

Thank you for taking the time to follow along!

GPS is definitely a valuable tool, although it can be fun and interesting to try and navigate without relying on it. Lucky I realized my wrong turn early enough and it only ended up adding another 45 mins to an hour to the drive. Not expecting many if anyone to get the shower head reference 😂 Its an inside joke from one of my favourite channels on KZbin. Will have to leave it a mystery for another day

@@YotopianWanderer When you said that you'd gone the wrong way, I paused the video and looked at Google Maps. I knew that you'd just been in Dubbo, so the geographer in me tried to figure out which way you'd gone wrong and which route you'd take to get back on course. When you later showed the map, I was precisely correct. All right about the shower head.

Awesome to hear! Big up Windman 🚀

Where’d you find the non copyrighted music??

The most recent ones are absolute classics already, you have to catch up, 24/7!

Forgot to do it earlier but music used is linked in description

Thanks Ian! Some of your earlier car camping videos are what inspired me to give it a go myself

@@YotopianWanderer love to see it!

Thanks brother!

Loved it!

Sounds like the best combination for winter. I'd love to do that!

Thank you! The trip is already finished now so these videos are week or so behind. Will get the rest out as soon as I can. Was a great experience

Thank you! It's definitely hard to get used to at first. I've found myself going back and forth several times but always find myself being drawn to the calm distraction free life that being smartphone-free can offer. It's an individual choice of course and each of us should not be afraid to experiment with this. Best of luck!

Thanks, it was a great experience and not having GPS was definitely the hardest although not impossible to be without. Right now I'm on a different phone (Aspera R40) which does have GPS capability

We've been pretty lucky with steady consistent rain this year. Winter is usually the dry season. Last year at this time the waterfalls almost dried up

I have similar thoughts. Would be great to be able to go back in time and see what the land would have looked like in its pristine natural state

I'm as they will! Not sure if I will reciprocate, maybe a few of the names ones

@@YotopianWanderer It'll be interesting to see how they react if/when you go back occasionally to fill in. Cattle are not stupid, just slow to think; so it might take a minute for it to register with them that it's you. They're also forgetful, so they might not remember you if it's been too long. Let them hear your voice. They seem to have a better memory for sounds.

You know what's up. I'll be sure to catch those moments on camera if/when it happens

Will mainly be south and a little bit west of here, plus then the long drive back at the end.

Cheers Ian! Great to have you over here

Would definitely love to do that in the near future!

Thank you! Definitely plan to keep making videos

Love to hear it! Definitely some profound philosophical realization to be had which I find often only happens when I'm out in nature, able to detach from day to day life even if for a short while. Regarding summit hikes I haven't done all too many. A good recommendation is Mt Mitchell at Cunningham's Gap which I did a video on a while back (although I think it might be closed right now due to the roadworks at the gap). Bald Rock Summit hike near Tenterfield, NSW as well as the Pyramid at Girraween National Park are climbs I enjoyed more recently. For the future would like to have a crack at Wilson's Peak and Mt Superbus, plus lots more in the Scenic Rim which I've barely touched. Always so much more to explore!

@@YotopianWanderer Yeah I find the older I am getting, the more I am starting to really appreciate these opportunities to detach from the '''world''' and simply just exist and be present and to explore all of these amazing places. (Although I'm only mid 20's, hardly old yet!). I camped south of Tenterfield a few weeks ago actually, and drove past Bald Rock on the way down! I thought it looked like it would be a pretty fun walk. Wilson's Peak looks very appealing to me! That'll be my next hike now, thanks for mentioning it :) If like me you enjoy a good rock scramble, I recently climbled Mount Maroon (~20minutes west from Rathdowney), and that was a fantastic walk.

That makes two of us! I'm only 23 haha. I imagine as time goes on the call of the wild to continue exploring places away from the hustle and chaos of modern society will only intensify. I grew up on the Gold Coast so did many hikes in and around the Hinterland, plus around the Southerns Downs/Granite Belt where I live now. Mostly overlooked the Scenic Rim, lots of hidden gems there it seems. Mount Maroon and Mount Barney are definitely also on my list also!

Yes that's a good ideas to save screenshots. I also downloaded offline maps which should make it easier to navigate. Next time will definitely drive up Acacia Plateau Road as far as I can and hike the rest of the way to find Trough Creek Road

Interesting, you're the first person to ask this. I've been considering sharing more about my beliefs and spiritual journey since a while now, although I've kept it mostly private. If and when I do so it will be on my other channel @PathOfTheYotopian which is geared towards nofap, self-improvement and more raw behind the scenes vlogs. Thanks for your support brother 🙏

Well said!

Absolutely! That's wonderful to hear. I'm immensely grateful to have grown up with access to nature like this. There's something about forests in particular that feels very peaceful and tranquil. This region originally had a large timber industry. There's actually one mill still operating just a few hundred metres from where I started the video, so much of the woodland in these green spaces was reforested after European settlement, hence the smaller trees compared to other parts of the Gold Coast hinterland that were left untouched

Haha thanks Windman. That's a strange but kind thing to say 🫡