Australian Things That Are ON ANOTHER LEVEL

[@fingolfyn]

I've been to very remote areas in Down Under, at that time ( 2002) I had no Mobile Phone, always carried enough water and fuel to be save. One of them was the Old Ghan Railway Track, 180° Milky Way full of stars with the knowledge that nobody lives in a radius of 300 km and only Dingos are howling at nighttime. Freaky but awesome.

[@bernieozzie7480]

Worked in the Kimberley region on the coast and in the center. Best people. The desert lines are the flood plain, yes when it rains it is covered. It is surprisingly rich in wild life, Lizards, snakes, and birds. When the rains come the flowers come, fish and shrimp appear in the temporary pools, ground burrowing frogs come out to breed. The skies have wedge tail Eagles (huge) and flocks of budgerigars (green and yellow). The outback is both terrifying and absolutely stunning, respect it and you will never forget 8t.

[@optimusmaximus9646]

Great comment - thanks for sharing. I have also been to the Kimberleys and absolutely love it. There is literally no other place like it in the world...well, this statement applies pretty much to all of Australia doesn't it.

[@tomscorpion6288]

Just curious, how do the fish get there?

[@optimusmaximus9646]

@@tomscorpion6288 Water birds play a role in trasporting fish eggs to inland lakes and floodplains, but it was assumed that they transferred fish eggs on their feet. New research suggests that a small percentage of fish eggs survive digestion by ducks. And ducks eat a large number of fish eggs, which are tiny.

[@nickislade5533]

@@tomscorpion6288rivers, streams, the ocean, how do your fish get where they are. Some places have water all year round sheesh

[@AshlyWalsh]

It's so beautiful and terrifying all at the same time it's amazing. Just don't get lost....

[@kevo6190]

I lived on a farm in nsw and we would leave our phones in a bag on top of the windmill and every hour or so, one of us would climb the bloody thing to check messages. Or a mate found that if you stand on this little rocky hill and throw your fhone in the air 3 or 4 times(and catch it 3 or 4 times) you would hear it beep and check your messages.😂

[@alurker3985]

Sounds like a cattle property near where we live. There is a place there that the landowner calls Telstra Hill due to it being the only place you can get a mobile phone signal.

[@karizma8175]

We had a WiFi tree. On top of a hill. We would climb it just to check for messages. The joy was, you didn't have to, and every friend knew we were remote for a while. It was a property we camped on, once or twice a year. 10 minutes to a surf beach, on a fresh water river that you could drink from, and it was only two hours drive from Sydney CBD. I'd consider retiring there.

[@walkthepath777]

www.youtube.com/@locustsandhoney486

[@rogerreed905]

Theres nothing like sleeping under the stars in the out back . . . The stars are so clear and seem so close you feel you could touch them

[@101stub]

Just get out of the big cities and large regional centres, and the stars are awesomely clear. One of the best things about where I live...

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

Yes but have you lived out in the middle

[@duanehirini2078]

@@IfyouarehurtnointentwasappliedNullabor and East Pilbara, but never the center. But it looked amazing. Can understand the intelligence of shadow constellations when there is so many visible stars.

[@duanehirini2078]

Dark constellations. The Emu being one.

[@101stub]

@@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied What a weird bar to try and set for no apparent reason... No one needs to live out in the absolute middle of nowhere to live in a dark region (at least in the southern hemisphere). With that said, I have stayed at many places out west.

[@Alunticstalkedme4072]

Western Tasmania is national parks. It's pretty much untouched out west.

[@kevinpaine7893]

I've ridden a bicycle across Australia many times and have the wrong mobile provider. 1,200km with zero phone coverage. That's 7-10 days of peaceful bliss being totally disconnected from the rest of the world. Camping out along the Nullarbor. I carry a personal locator beacon for emergencies and which can also show exactly where I am on a map for friends / family to follow. Friends who were cycling through the Kimberley a couple of months ago had 45C during the day and had water bottles frozen overnight.

[@mikldude9376]

I`d love to do the bike thing across OZ , but i`m told and decrepit now , that must have been really cool ( half your luck mate ) . I`ve camped the Nullarbor a couple of times living out of my 4wd for a few months , absolutely loved it , lived in melbourne city most of my life and victoria country for a few years , did a stretch working in WA for a short while , the city has it good points , but the outback is something else , waking up in the morning next to the highway and not hearing a single car or human for 10 or 15 minutes or even longer in the early hours .... is just bliss :). Peace and quiet in the big smoke is a rare commodity sadly .

[@karizma8175]

Sometimes - OPTUS and Vodafone - are the right mobile providers, when you want solitude. Even in the city.

[@SimoWill75]

KP Pizzarider! Fancy seeing you here. Respect mate.

[@richardschafer1911]

In WA when it's wildflower season is beautiful

[@-sandman4605]

When you go to the Pilbara and the Kimberley these days you will see more people from the east coast than ever before, the weather, the fishing & the landscape is like know other, its to die for.

[@MudMarsh]

Derby West Kimberley is where I was born and live great fishing and big crocodile's and the most beautiful sunsets. Amazing part of the world.

[@paultanker5606]

G'day to you! Being a Sandgroper "What West Aussies are called" I can say that the North of our Amazing State is pure Magic, looking up at the Sky at night with no Light Pollution is mind blowing! Armadale West Aust.

[@nolaj114]

Oi..Ian! ... check out the Mundi Mundi Bash (festival). Out in the red dirt in the middle of nowhere, they set the world record for number of people doing "The Nutbush" at once - an Aussie-invented line dance performed to Tina Turner's song. Each year, they try to break the previous record.

[@michelleh9685]

Nola I'm part of a all female 4wd group & just started making our arrangements for mund 2025

[@grandmothergoose]

I live near there. The Mundi Undi Run is probably the funniest thing they do. This year they made a new world record for making a country map out of largest number of people. I think 2024 they had around 14,000 people attend.

[@kenko88]

Mundi Mundi is bitumen all the way. Mundi Mundi was done for those not able or capable or wanting to do the Big Red Bash.

[@bradhewetson]

Have to say bloke-I admire the way you take interest in our country absolutely fantastic!. Have watched a lot of different people do different things about Australia-there is no one like you-you are simply the best. You are simply the best good job bloke.

[@IWrocker]

That’s nice, I appreciate that 😎🎉

[@Crikeyitsmeagain]

I agree with you Brad definitely a Top bloke and has a wonderful family as well they’ll be a heaps of Aussies lining up to meet the whole family 100% the day they make it down under 🍻

[@victoriafelix5932]

Yep: hands down, simultaneously, one helluva top-notch & top shelf legend!

[@wendydawson2053]

@@IWrocker We just lose our shit when someone notices us.

[@BrutalL3G4CY]

The Big Red Bash is awesome. Not just the fact you get some big acts there but the 4x4 Journey you can have on the way.

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

The day is hot but the night temperatures can drop below freezing in Winter.

[@Lost_on_stage_again]

I did some work on a mine right up in the north of South Australia. Common to have 40 plus degree days and nights down to -7. But then, some nights would be 30 plus degrees as well. Place is nuts.

[@Patrik6920]

@@Lost_on_stage_again ya as a Swede i find 25c to be hot, 40c damn its time to emigrate to Antartica, on the other hand up here we have -40c winter time up north, its a bit chilly actually... dont think i would survive 40c for long...

[@Patrik6920]

how ever would be wounderull visit some time, the landscapes seems so different from here... defintly during winterr time there lol... im guessing hiking over the continent is a bad idea?...

[@optimusmaximus9646]

If anyone doesn't think climate change and global warning is real, in the north west of WA this week the temperature soared to 107°F (42°C). This is just insane! Australia is technically still in winter but spring has arrived several weeks early, sending temperatures skyrocketing in the northern half of the country. Even in the nornally colder southern states the temperatures are well above the average for this time of the year.

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

@@optimusmaximus9646 This is exactly what was predicted by scientists in the 1960s except the change has occurred faster than predicted. Thanks to conservative governments and media denying the facts and supporting the fossil fuel businesses we now have to pay a far higher price for not acting sooner. Scientists also predicted that Australia would be more affected than any other region on earth. But we have morons like Barnaby Joyce and the Liberals still promoting coal, gas and oil. Nuclear is not an option as it can't be built soon enough to have an impact. But I bet the uranium miners will be running a campaign at the next election and getting support from the Liberals.

[@xenonista]

A friend's band played there a couple of years ago.... they loved it. Had a ball, and got a great reception.

[@MelodyMan69]

8:00 Thats the view I saw going to Asia many years ago. Melbourne depart and 6 hours later you are still in Australia and about to go over Broome. 👀

[@paulnnate]

Regarding the cyclone parties...as an Aussie, the main aim is to go to the most sturdy home...then get wasted and feast.

[@walkthepath777]

www.youtube.com/@locustsandhoney486

[@simbob26]

Birdsville, QLD is very close to the South Australian border (less than 20km away) so it is not far from where you thought it was taken.

[@markdowse3572]

AUSTRALIA is as big as the USA with way less than one-tenth (26M to 340M) the population of the USA. We Aussies have had to be very creative and inventive to build what we have built. We love our nation. But we also love to travel... Great video. 👍 I have SUBSCRIBED. 😄 M 🦘🏏😎

[@erlofcambridge7006]

As a Tassy bloke, I got a bit of a chuckle at the state of "Puertomania".

[@alurker3985]

Flying to the UK for the first time - an hour after departing Sydney I look out the window...Outback Australia; a couple more hours go by, I look out the window...Outback Australia; a couple more hours go by, I look out the window...Outback Australia. Outback Australia is ochre red, flat, and seemingly goes on forever.

[@LumiNotte]

😅😅

[@fionamcwilliam8703]

Yep! That's us! Until you've been you haven't really seen Australia.

[@Jaydaydesign]

The blank/zero coverage spots are either mountains or deserts. Satellite phone is a must if rural I live 2 hours north central from Melbourne, there are a couple of spots along the highway where there is no coverage.

[@johncunningham4820]

The Blank spot on the Map is most likely a Military Area . We have a few scattered around . Australia is one of the " Five Eyes " Countries .

[@daveg2104]

Maybe. It looks more like a glitch to me. There is a suggestion it is Woomera, but that is much further west.

[@stevepetty3458]

I live in Melbourne and have driven from Melbourne to Perth and back 6 times , 3400 km one way . If you don’t time your refuelling or your car breaks down , mate you are in the poopers . I was a bit bored one trip and counted 105 dead kangaroos in 90 kilometres . That said , awesome trips , love it .

[@docbob3030]

I've travelled the Kimberly and Pilbara regions since I was a kid in the mid 70's to the current day, with the massive difference being that there were NO mobile phones, satellite navigation systems etc back then..... only some paper maps and a compass 😮 Have also flown over these regions many times, and that snapshot of the Simpson is just a fleeting glimpse of the many days of completely isolated desert that it spans over to actually cross it!

[@AJHyland63]

To give you an idea of how big Queensland is, I lived in Mt Isa, a city of 20,000 known for its lead, zinc and copper mines and smelting facilities. It is 2 hours drive west to Camooweal on the Northern Territory border, 6 hour drive north to the nearest beach at Burketown on the Gulf of Carpentaria,8 hours to Birdsville at the South Australia border, 10 hour drive to the Pacific Ocean at Townsville, and 20 hours drive to the state capital of Brisbane with another 2 hour drive to the New South Wales border at Tweed Heads. I have been lucky enough to work around 2/3 over all Australia to the eastern edge of WA to the south and east coasts of the continent. I’ll eventually go and see the rest of WA and one day get to Tasmania.

[@ahdoodeclair]

I've been to Birdsville a few times, once for the races which are in September. We camped in the bed of the Diamantina River, across the road from the pub (the river was dry at the time). While temperatures in the afternoon were above 30°C and it was shorts and t-shirts (or less) everywhere, it was cool in the mornings, around 10°. In July, midwinter, daytime temperatures would be around 25° or so but in the early mornings you can get frosts.

[@annabanana7071]

We just got back from 2 weeks travelling in central Queensland and silly me wasn't on telstra, so for a majority of the trip, we had no service. We blew a tyre on the caravan and were so lucky that some wonderful people stopped to help a couple of oldies 😂 Thanks Trevor from Newcastle

[@mikldude9376]

Yes , people are very helpful , i also blew a sidewall out my tyre out in the bush about a week ago , every 5 minutes someone would stop and ask if i needed a hand which was unexpected , but really nice .

[@gordowg1wg145]

You really need two spares per vehicle, because tyre failure can kill you if you're not prepared - something to consider for the next trip 👍

[@annabanana7071]

@gordowg1wg145 you're definitely correct on that one, just need to trim the fat to keep the weight down. Thanks mate

[@gordowg1wg145]

@@annabanana7071 I don't know if it's an option in your case, and it's an added expense that could be partially recovered selling the old assemblies, but one trick is to convert the trailer to use the same wheels as the towing vehicle. It cuts down on the spares required and, worst comes to the worst, the trailer can be temporarily left and the wheels used on the tow vehicle, effectively giving two (or four, depending on the caravan) more spares to get to safety, before returning later to pick it up again. At a minimum, see if there are "off road' tyres in the trailer's size. Either way, happy camping - I'm too old for it, but I have some aquantences who like to head out-back with a group of friends.

[@donhargrave5376]

We blew a tyre about 120km outside Kings Canyon, and no-one went past us for 6 hours, in either direction.

[@chriswalker4900]

The music festival in the Simpson is called "Big Red Bash". The sand dune behind the stage is Big Red. I went in 2022, there were (as far as I remember) 600 campsites and over 10,000 people. The music goes for three days, we were there for 6 days.

[@SharlzG]

Big Red Bash has a sister festival called Mundi Mundi Bash which is also in the dessert in NSW but almost at the SA border, out past Silverton (which is where Mad Max was filmed). Winter is the best time for them because it's comfortable temps in the day even though it can get cold at night. It's amazing because of the remoteness and it therefore being as much about the community with other attendees as it is about the festival.

[@freecountry3544]

I live in Broken Hill. Our town population doubles just before Mundi Mundi, and the place is overrun by Caravans. It is windy, dry, and if it rains very muddy.

[@lookupfromdownunder5218]

Hi Ian, that blacked out area in S.A. Looks like it could be Woomera Rocket Range, a top secret research centre. Our nuclear tests were carried out there in the 1950s Regards from Norm in Sydney..... Australia

[@Davo-i1s]

We stayed in Woomera 2 months ago on our way from Port Augusta to Alice Springs we had no problem with our Telstra mobile or 4G internet coverage. We did a full lap of Australia last year and a half lap again this year with Telsrta we lose coverage when travelling in remote areas but once we hit towns or are in sight of a tower no problem.. People who intend travelling off the main highways in remote areas really need to consider getting a satellite phone.

[@lookupfromdownunder5218]

@user-bi8wp6wy3l Yes, Telstra does a good job.

[@hectorpascal]

I doubt it - Woomera is a LOT further west, as far as can be judged from that map's angle.

[@lookupfromdownunder5218]

@@hectorpascal yes you are probably right! Only a suggestion, God bless you.

[@Davo-i1s]

@@hectorpascal the Woomera rocket testing range covers many thousannds of square kilometres the town of Woomera is located in only one small part of it. We stayed in Woomera a couple of months ago it is actually a really nice town which at the moment doesnt have that many permanent residents but the towns facilities are still well maintained by the RAAF so is the testing they sometimes close the road in when it is.

[@tammymcleod4504]

We had a bit of a 'bushfire party' back in 97 whilst living in Belgrave. Bloody lucky we didn't need to evacuate... even though the cars were packed up ready to go, we winded up absolutely wasted!

[@playlisttarmac]

North West Western Australia - What is there. Yes there are other things (other than mining). The Ord river irrigation system is in the area you displayed = Agriculture near Kununurra. There is also lots of tourism.

[@immaseahorse24]

Not to mention national parks, lake Argyle ..

[@tom_curtis]

I have never been to Birdsville, but grew up in Mt Isa which is well inland, and almost due north of Birdsville. In July, temperatures would drop to near freezing (and sometimes below) at night, but rise fairly quickly to 20 - 25 degrees centigrade (68 to 77 fahrenheit) once the sun was up. For Mount Isans, that was bitterly cold - but the Melburnian tourists seemed to enjoy in their t-shirts. Birdsville is likely to be much the same, but a bit colder.

[@Dallas-Nyberg]

The no phone access in SW Tasmania is because that region is a wilderness/national park. There is a couple of lines from a Slim Dusty song that pretty much sums up the dry outback : *"You could flog a flea all over this land, I'm not tellin' a lie"* *"The trees are chasing the dogs out here, the county is so damned dry!*

[@jenniferharrison8915]

The West Coast of Tasmania is wild forests, tunnels, rails! It's very mountainous and very windy, with pockets of scarred landscapes from past mining and small older towns!

[@Satya2btrue]

About 15 years ago I travelled around Tassie, we only had 2 weeks & had 2 holiday stops with friends & family. Only leaving 2 nights to travel up the west coast. Well that was a big mistake. What looked such a short distance was incredibly, sharp winding mountainous roads. We also hadn’t booked accommodation which drove us to drive further than we’d like as so many grey nomads on the road. It was spectacular but sadly way too rushed. 7-10 days would have done it far more respect & enjoyment.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

@@Satya2btrue You should definitely travel there again - the pretty old towns, rugged coasts, clean rivers, historical sites and unique wilderness are definitely worth a longer stay - just drive carefully! 👍

[@sarahhayse-gregson689]

@@Satya2btrue we only managed to stay 11 days and that’s because the ferry was booked solid going back to the mainland. We had our VW Transporter which we travelled down from Sydney.

[@indiathylane2158]

There's a town near Tassie's west coast where you can sit in a pub and watch a waterfall! I prefer separating nature from drinking, but if it's raining (fairly often), you can sit in a typical tassie pub, sandstone with a fire going, and look at a waterfall.

[@lindaswenser-so4ox]

Ian if you are so obsessed with my home country how come you have never visited Australia 🇦🇺🦘love from down under 🇦🇺🦘

[@heathergarnham9555]

Luckily we have the RFDS. Wonderful people who do an incredible job every day

[@vinsgraphics]

I’m in SoCal, from Australia… in the mid 80s before cell phones, I would talk to my brother who was using a satellite phone, including off shore in a boat. The connection was so clear it was like having him standing right next to me. Better than a cell phone call to the next room.

[@debkendall]

Mobile coverage just outside of Alice springs is great - may have something to do with pine gap

[@peterpointon3774]

Thanks

[@heidithesausage]

We love a sunburnt country.

[@adda58]

Big red bash was nearly washed out this year. It is held in a depression between sand dunes , one of which is famous and called ‘Big Red’ hence the name. If you drive the Birdsville track you have to drive over Big Red.

[@xaj1543]

The western side of Tasmania is just about all wilderness, you get in their either by boat, light plane or walk.

[@CaptainRedBeardarrr]

3:00 I rode a Honda CT110 through there. Then took the Duncan road back towards home. Living in Kununurra is actually pretty cool, work hard play hard.

[@mitch.0973]

Been to the big red bash 4 times, one of the best music festivals. Even during winter it reaches around 25-30ish degrees Celsius but, at night and in the early mornings it’s easily been down to -15 degrees Celsius or more. Crazy cold.

[@royferntorp]

Our house up in the Pilbara was tide down with steel cables. When the cyclone came in we got on our bikes, opened our jackets and got miles away. Wait for the eye to come over and you got a ride back home.

[@miniveedub]

The Big Red Sand Dune is in Queensland but it is only just north of the SA border and slightly east of the NT border so you were pretty close with your location guess.

[@optimusmaximus9646]

Pretty much the only people who venture into remote regions like the inland northern half of Western Australia are scientists, very brave (and sometimes stupid travellers) and of course people from mineral exploration companies. I worked for one and I did indeed get lost up there once. I was extremely lucky to survive. It is a incredibly beautiful but dangerous place to be so you need to be fully prepared for the conditions, stay mentally focused and have the utmost respect for nature.

[@lindathomson3270]

North Western Australia-Cyclone season -Lot of people leave - or get pissed ( drunk )😂

[@kaylz6418]

We used to go to the Bindoon Music Festival in the 80’s. it was muddy dirty and awesome rock festival.

[@andrewbraithwaite1365]

I used to work on and off the Simpson Desert, it gets bloody cold at night in winter. I have experienced -15 at 5am.

[@rodneymcgiveron]

Australia's range of climate is incredibly diverse ...there is more snow in Australia than all of the Swiss Alps and such and is also of course one of the hottest countries in the world..

[@davidsutherland4280]

You need to check out some of the books by Len Beadel who surveyed and cut basic roads through the desert armed only with a sextant and an old Land Rover. He built the Gunbarrel highway and also the Emu flats and Maradona nuclear test sites. Amazing.

[@thehousedetective]

His books are amazing aren’t they! What a life! He sure tells a good yarn!

[@ahdoodeclair]

Tropical revolving storms are called Hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean and along the west coast of the Americas in the Pacific; Typhoons in the northwest Pacific, particularly the South China Sea; and Tropical Cyclones in the Indian Ocean and the southwest Pacific around Australia. I was in Darwin in 2008 when a TC crossed the coast south of the city and moved eastwards. The winds brought down lots of trees which made driving to work at 5am rather difficult - but I got there. In one of the apartments in my block a raucous cyclone party was taking place but the power went off at about 10pm so things quietened down. The office rang me at 4am as, with no power, my alarm clock didn't work and I got ready for work in the dark. At 4.30, just as I was about to leave, the power came back on, and with it the sound system for the cyclone party. Within 30 seconds it was back to its raucous best so I left them to it.

[@Mattyteze]

I keep suggesting you watch Last Stop Larrimah. But for some reason, my comments get deleted about 30 seconds after i post it. Hopefully, this one stays up 😅

[@Mattyteze]

It's a document about a town in the middle of nowhere. kzbin.info/www/bejne/boHNgKKNgJ14p9ksi=hKfpJD0Bi4241K35

[@Mattyteze]

It's a documentary about a town in the middle of nowhere. Check out the trailer for it.

[@Mattyteze]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/boHNgKKNgJ14p9ksi=hKfpJD0Bi4241K35

[@veronicaferris6633]

11:30 winter is a thing! It gets bloody cold out there and the wind cuts straight through you!!!

[@kyleebeeton8109]

The Bash is epic. A friend and I went In 2019. Drove all the way from Tasmania, which is almost 4000 km. It's 30° during the day and 0-3° overnight, sometimes colder. It's a fund-raising gig to raise money for careflight and kids diabetes ❤

[@lylaoldham5918]

the western side of Tasmania is just bush uninhabitable

[@AshlyWalsh]

Love the outdoors and here in Australia qe have the best outdoors and just outback Some of it is untouched by civilization. The land so large that you feel like you are alone, and the only one on earth.its ao wonderful.

[@GanGoz]

Big Red Bash music festyival, we have been there twice 2016 and 2023. Its an awesome event, getting there is part of the adventure. Both times I have been it has rained!

[@mickellis8747]

We have been to the Big Red Bash at Birdsville 4 times and it is freaken awesome. Just to make the trek out there is a major achievement. Aussie bands only, no overseas acts, all the bands I grew up listening to many years ago. We have made heaps of new friends over the years through our travels out there. During covid they closed the state boarder after we crossed into Queensland and Sydney, our home town, and the whole of NSW was locked down for 3 months and a lot of the acts didn't make it to the Bash. We stayed in Queensland after the Bash for 12 weeks and did 13,000 kms just travelling around and seeing the sights, it's a great place to travel but there is a lot of nothing between the good bits.

[@leeannebeggs7771]

From Broken Hill in New South Wales to Clare in South Australia on our way to Adelaide we stayed at a little one pup place & caravan park near the Boarder of the 2 states. Probably 40ks from Broken Hill the name we had to laugh called Cockburn, yes Cockburn .The publican was friendly and helpful .Appreciate the wide open views, peacefulness & the beautiful colours of the land. We travelled from Bundaberg QLD.Over 7 thousand kilometres on that trip,which is nothing when you travel in Australia. Every year we take off to some wonderful destinations. Love ❤ my country. Bundaberg is home. The famous Bundaberg & Bundaberg Ginger Beer factory is a worldwide supplier. So don't know if that's the place they have blocked showing on the map. Cheers 😅

[@GiveMeSpaceTravel-bg8td]

Looks like the desert with the sand ridges is the Great Sandy Desert. There is a 4wd track through it. 1000 miles with one fuel stop called the Canning Stock Route. Re the mobile phone coverage there are huges areas in WA, Queensland, SA, NT with no coverage because there are very few people and almost no roads. When we travel out there we take a satellite beacon and satellite phone. Years ago we had nothing to take.

[@robyngrieve5495]

When you live on the coast, you think you've got a grasp on the universe. When you travel in the deep space and deep time that is the outback, that's when you really learn.

[@Daniel.Liddicoat]

In WA we have the Blazing Swan festival. It's near Kulin. It's called a regional Burning Man event. I've been to Blazing Swan and it's an experience.

[@louisaklimentos7583]

I love how you have learned a lot about Australia .

[@kimshorten1950]

I used to live in Birdsville, sunsets are beautiful, but it's so bloody hot out there. My aunty is also one of the main reasons that the big red bash is even a thing.

[@jackvos8047]

Some of those no coverage areas will never receive coverage. There is a no electronic device rule around the Area that the SKA Radio telescope is being constructed in WA. The Square Kilometre Array will be the largest radio telescope in the world when it's completed. The electronics ban is to eliminate any false signals caused by said equipment.

[@michaelfink64]

Regarding the lack of mobile phone coverage across inland Australia and the need to buy a satellite phone, it may soon be possible to make free emergency phone calls from a normal mobile phone using the Starlink satellite network launched by SpaceX. They are in talks with governments to try to achieve this. Say what you like about Elon Musk, but he recognises the importance of giving people the ability to contact emergency services and has said that it is morally right to do this for free.

[@braduhlmann2884]

Telstra is already selling starlink

[@michaelfink64]

@@braduhlmann2884 I think that is using the Starlink dish rather than a handset.

[@jimmyTimtam]

The Australian outback is like what you see in a game before the environment loads in.

[@karenstrong8887]

The most remote music festival where the seating is in a quarter circle and the people were sitting. Often holds classical concerts and Operas. You will find them dressed in evening gowns and suits. You cannot say we do not have a sense of humour but this is taken very seriously.

[@trueblue862]

Winter is definitely a thing in Queensland, especially in the desert regions.

[@heatherwardell2501]

Hey, I went to the Big Red Bash recently and it was a mud festival. It rained and we could hardly walk getting suctioned in the mud. We had to leave quickly before the next rain because the roads would be closed

[@EvanHart-j9n]

Here is a photo of a resort in the NT. It is close to the coast and there are no roads to it. Quite a few people live nearby to provide services to visitors.

[@wendybuchanan6418]

The south west of Tasmania is National Park and no-one lives there. The area is very, very rugged and the soil is quite infertile.

[@eclecticapoetica]

I lived in the western NSW, in one of the biggest inland towns - the mobile phone coverage cut out 5 kilometres south of the town boundary, on the major inland highway, the Newell. you know when youre on the outskirts of the next town as your messages all download at once.

[@remplante]

About the Birdsville bash. The township of Birdsville is about 10 kilometres north of the Qld - South Australian border. And it is only just east of the city of Adelaide being the capital of South Australia. Remember Birdsville is 1000 miles (1600 kilometres) west of the Pacific Ocean (Brisbane City). Also those sand dunes do not move. There are around 1140 of them and they run West/East. When events like this bash are on, there is no accommodation in the town. All the rooms at the pub are taken up by the temporary bar staff. Bring your swag and sleep under the stars. Birdsville and the surrounds were part of the Kidman empire (Nicole Kidman is a descendant) and it was the largest cattle station (ranch) in the world. Called Anna Creek station.

[@top40researcher31]

There's nothing really insane about Australia i am proud the country that i do live in we have the best of everything its late winter here and the weather is starting to warm up.

[@KylieJFirth]

I went to that music festival last year. It was amazing.

[@fionamcwilliam8703]

Those blank areas on the mobile data map were where the deserts are. I've travelled through a couple of them. There is nothing but flat land and salt bush. But after rain there's loads of flowers! The Big music festival is hel next to Big Red the last sand dune in the eastern side of the Simpson desert. That's followed by Channel Country before you get to Birdsville on the Diamantina River. These rivers only flow after heavy rains further north. Because it's so flat the water flows in many channels before entering Lake Eyre further south. There are a few towns along the WA coast but after Geraldton the only towns are set up for tourist sights. It really is desert right up to the ocean so it's pretty inhospitable. From Port Hedland to Broome there's really only a petrol station about halfway between! Or as they're called in the Outback, a roadhouse. They always have a small general store and a spot for camping or for truckies to stop. And nothing around them for miles!!

[@Davo-i1s]

We lived in the Pilbara between 1978 and 1981 yeah we had a couple of cyclone parties as there wasnt much else to do. We went back to that area last year on a lap around the country with our caravan it seems luxurious today compared to what it was 40 years ago. There was no such thing as mobile phones or internet we only got ABC TV the year that we arrived I still reckon we had a better time than what they have up there now even with all their mod cons. Call me an old flogger if you like but who cares we have probably lost more than we have gained.

[@TiaTucana]

Music Festival: it’s called the Big Red Bash and we’ve been a few times. 11,000 people in the desert. It’s amazing.

[@MaXxProsTe]

12:42 That is actually looking much more as the font glitch/problem kindof graphics error in setting the text field/box... and the rectangle looks adequately sized to fit in "Ouyen" also position seems it could fit...

[@leecheshire1740]

When you see them outback remote signs your entering Mick Taylor territory. His the one that keeps Australia clean because someone's gotta keep Australia beauuuutiful 😅

[@AUmarcus]

That area of Tasmania is the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers and the Southwest National Parks where you will find Huon Pine forests. Australia's longest living tree, some have been estimated to be over 2000 years old.

[@Sumwunwee]

Big red bash is awesome … 15,000 is absolute max people that can go the infrastructure can’t handle it. The challenge is just part of the adventure you are almost sure to break something. If you not prepared for rain and flexibility in your plans don’t go…. 8 mm of rain will close roads and flooding may occur. You may be stranded for a week or so on side road… this year saw roads closed and vehicles staged at tons 300km away as rain the week prior delayed services (fuel, food and available camping in Birdsville) due to rain. Been 4 times love it

[@braduhlmann2884]

The blackened music festival is pretty remote too at a place called Ross river 100km from Alice Springs

[@markf3229]

See if you can do a video on the Birdsville Horse Races. There's a pub and a makeshift racecourse, that's it. Hundreds fly in on Cessnas, go to the races, get hammered and fly back home

[@Rhythmattica]

Pilbara.. Phonetically... Pill - Bar -rah

[@steprob11]

And Kun-uh-nah-rah (Kununnara)

[@petemellows]

Hey there from Tasmania! The western part of the state is mostly inaccessible: dense forest and mountain ranges, not to mention unpredictable weather. Not to be taken lightly. My theory on the censored part on the flight map is Pine Gap - a US base with insane security.

[@victoriafelix5932]

WA--: The coastline of WA gets hit a lot by cyclones, which often slip & slide down from the tropics. Mobie coverage in Tassie--: The topography is a massive factor, especially the more rugged parts in the west. NW Aussie lifestyles--: Include pearling, fishing, hunting, meteorology (esp. the morning glory), & nature photography (esp. the morning glory). "US map"--: I think someone showed this map to the Fallout devs.... :) WA deserts--: The Nullabor has a fair amount of limestone caves (karst, from memory) & waterholes, if you know where to find them. The Big Red Bash--: It would be in the dry season, so hot, dry days, & bitterl cold nights.

[@LumiNotte]

I’m a Kimberley girl. I was brought up in Derby from 0-6 and then school holidays until I was 12. My Dad has been every where in WA, he’s a walking cyclopedia, his stories are wild. Especially as he started working at 14, and sadly the 50’s, 60’s Perth wasn’t where the money was. When I was 19 I fell into my career as a laboratory analyst, which was my career when in Oz and a nanny when I travelled the world on my employer’s dime. I’m 46 now, but I’ve been to nearly every city, town, blink and you miss it towns in between, desert, desert and red dust. Hire a camper van (see if they’ve any deals for one way). My bestie came for an extended visit a few years back, I was gobsmacked that she earned less than me. I had no formal degree although nearly a RPL chemist and she’s an anaesthesiologist from Germany, but we flew to Broome stayed at the kid free resort for a week, picked up our six berth camper (so we both had double beds and an eating nook without putting it all away every morning) fill your esky don’t forget to buy hydralite icypoles (my hottest workdays were 55 degrees and sampling on top of 800 degree cyanide tanks, steel cap boots long pants hi viz long sleeve shirts…..I’m used to the heat, my friend not so much, I diagnosed her with heat stroke, some rest, hydralite icypoles and she was fine). WA is mapped out for campers now (ha not so much in my younger years), so every 400km or so there’s a powered camp site. Deep dive into the poor Ningaloo (a mini Great Barrier Reef - I cried at Coral Bay, the dunes were gone it had stinker sun shelters erected in the beach grrr, sorry mini tangent, my bestie said it was the most beautiful place and I cried, anywho) deep dive into Shark bay and all the crazy crazy wonders. Then Albany and all its wild wild everything! Western Australia. The more I lived away, the more I realised how much I loved home. I lived in one of THE MOST beautiful, dangerous, crazy, diverse, divine places on earth.

[@peternolan952]

Another great upload about the country I love

[@laurar6837]

I'm in North Western Australia.... Near Gascoyne Junction in the Pilbara at Maroonah Station..... Yes... No phone signal, but we have Starlink 😂

[@MrBCorp]

Go to google maps, try to see street view in the outback. Particularly most of WA

[@patelk3648]

I live in Kalgoorlie ....surrounded by bush and mining ....we have great mobile coverage.

[@68shippy]

Hi there, another remote music gig is the Deni Ute Muster. Great music but to many bogans😅😅I must be getting to old.

[@immaseahorse24]

Kimberley is tourism, whaies, whale breeding grounds, dugongs, spinner dolphins, fishing, turtles, rare birds, rare marsupials, pearls/pearl farms, crocodiles,incredible sunsets, spectacularl country, horizontal falls, mangroves, mud crabs, 18 plus species of dinosaur footprints outside of Broome, along James Price Point still being researched, plus the whole north west is resource rich. There is a WWII war history too and you can see a couple of downed planes. It's a region of very significant dreamtimes stories amd songlines for local Aboriginal people too.😊

[@lindathomson3270]

West Coast of Tasmania- bloody cold and windy. Really bloody windy

[@andrewwalker7439]

I live in Kalbarri WA, awesome seaside town,clean,no crime just magic beaches and blue water and lawns a the way up to the beach