Emu Atomic Bomb Test Site EP 4 - HEMA Top 5 Most Remote Tracks in Australia

[@aussiedrifter]

G'day Gavin, excellent video as always, I can never express enough just how good your cinematography & blend of music is. You have a natural talent for this sort of adventure/expedition documentary work & it is a credit to you mate. Safe Travels mate, Steve.

[@GavinGillett]

Thank you so much Steve. I really appreciate you taking the time to let me know. Honestly, every episode I publish I wonder if people will like as I try new things all the time. So stoked you like what I do :)

[@reatonable]

I like the way you do it, no bullshit just down to earth and having a good time, great job.

[@wilsonglanville6961]

Great vid Gav. Thoroughly enjoyed watching. Look forward to the next !!

[@greatsouthernoverland]

Brilliant production Gav, the music is perfect. Thanks for putting all the work in mate!!

[@jefft79]

Another great production Gavin. Keep up the good work! Happy days....

[@markmakinson1423]

Great clip Gavin. Your work will s getting better with every clip. The new type of footage like the drone material. Keep up the great work 👍👍

[@ninosturgeon]

Another great vid Gav, looking forward to the next one 👍

[@MOOSEDOWNUNDER]

Great shots and editing Gav, really enjoyed that mate. ATB Moose.

[@4wdadventureoz]

Another great episode Gavin, the time lapse images were awesome, some of those colours!

[@GavinGillett]

Thanks Glenn :)

[@steve_ohhhhhhh]

Fantastic mate. Soon doesn't come soon enough for me to get out and explore these great places.

[@GavinGillett]

I'm so glad that watching this kind of thing can make you feel drawn to the bush . Such great places to explore along the Anne Beadell Highway

[@lukelahnstein]

Excellent as usual

[@GavinGillett]

Why thank you sir :D

[@MiniLuv-1984]

Great Victoria Desert in South Australia, our early explorers were a very confused lot! "Yeah, Bruce, we are still in Victoria, lets call it the "Great Victoria Desert", I dunno Johno, I reckon we may have crossed the border into WA by now. Those Camels are faster than you think. Oh, forgot to say, Great Video Gavin...was hoping we would've seen more of that storm...that would be wonderful!

[@GavinGillett]

Hahah glad you liked it Benny :)

[@gerdacoonan7250]

In 1875 Ernest Giles named it the Great Victoria Desert after Queen Victoria, it had absolutely nothing to do with the speed of the camels !!!, . . . . . . and I'm sure they weren't a confused lot !!.

[@MiniLuv-1984]

Nah - all in jest BigKev. Thanks for putting the record straight too. I didn't know the origins. How'd the state get its name - that would have been from QV too I imagine...not strong on history though! Cheers.

[@gerdacoonan7250]

Good onya Benny. I've just returned from out there, it's an awesome and amazing spot, incredibly remote and very beautiful. Emu is a fascinating piece of Australian history, and well worth the trip out there for the very well prepared. It also reminds you as to how good the early explorers were to tackle this environment, . . . . and survive. If you have a read of a book about R.T. Maurice, an early South Australian explorer who spent a lot of time through there, and a book by Len Beadell called 'Blast the Bush', it will give you a wonderful insight into an amazing area, both books are well worth the time to read. Hope you get a chance one day to visit this amazing area and reflect on what you read, . . . . . inspect and respect, cheers.

[@jessesands4099]

These Atomic Test Sites At Emu And Maralinga Used To Be Off Limits To The General Public When I Enquired At The Ceduna Museum In 1994!🤠💣💥🏜🇦🇺🇬🇧

[@the.magnus]

Have u made a video of a full walk around of all the mods u done on your landy mate? Would love to see your full setup and interior.

[@GavinGillett]

Hi C'est, I've done a couple but I should really update it :)

[@keithbuxton3118]

As always mate you obviously take a lot of trouble making your videos and it shows, thanks.

[@GavinGillett]

Thanks Keith, its been a little hard getting my editing dont recently but all for great reasons. Thanks for watching. Looking forward to having more content for you soon.

[@asd67lkj]

Love the videos....As a beginner to camp oven cooking, could we have the recipe for the chicken. One I am going to try...

[@GavinGillett]

Yeah, I think we can manage that. I will get Little Gav to reply with his recipe.

[@electricimagesaustralia6899]

get in touch with me on fb and il let you know the recipe, look for gavin lee canning.

[@landcruisertroopytouringan2166]

Search ‘Mustangs at Emu’ for an interesting movie about recovering a plane from here.

[@GavinGillett]

That sounds awesome, I'm going to do that. Thanks for sharing :D

[@gerdacoonan7250]

Hi Gavin. You would have driven past the concrete tie down blocks for the Mustangs on the left hand side on your way up to Totem 1. The mound of yellow dirt that you passed a little further on wasn't road rubble, it was a shock wave deflector to test it's effectiveness in protecting the aircraft from an airfield attack situation. All experiments out there had a purpose. It must have been successful, as all planes are currently still flying I believe. The Centurion tank that was out there was also recovered and saw service in Vietnam. Where you were walking around at Totem 1, the temperature at the moment of ignition was seven times the surface temperature of the sun, and instantly vaporized the 100 foot tower and bomb assembly building, of which only the concrete base partially remains as you saw. The sand was turned into glass in probably less than a nano second, and you were walking on pieces of it. Someone has 'souvenired' a crankshaft from the site, which was part of the engine that drove the winch to lift the bomb up the tower, I hope they're feeling very proud of themselves and don't get too surprised down the track of time if they develop some nasty symptoms. Cheers.

[@GavinGillett]

@@gerdacoonan7250 such good information, thank you for sharing. Sure would have loved to have seen a P51 out there.

[@operationcontingency]

Galvin, I tried going to your FB and IG pages linked in you bio as I wanted to ask you a question about you video editing. What’s the best way to send you a message? BTW, love your videos.

[@Morgs148]

half life of plutonium is 24,000 years

[@nedkelly8633]

Plutonium every where on the ground around there. 100,000. years the radiation is around

[@NeonsStyleHD]

How to screw up your genes for a video!

[@GavinGillett]

Radioactivity is around us 24/7 no matter where we live. Its the time and dose that matters and those are published for this area. We didnt exceed the time in that area and therefore didnt exceed the safe dosage. FYI - dosage was equivalent to a single x-ray taken of a broken bone.

[@alNange]

You clowns know what radiation is !?

[@GavinGillett]

Yes, more importantly we know that everything can be dangerous but what really matters is how much or how little you have of a good thing. Drink to much water you die, to much oxygen and you die. Volume and rate are more important that a scary name and we were well under the reconnected time in the area (7 days max per year from memory) we had less than an x-ray worth.