GIBB RIVER ROAD PART 5 | ELLENBRAE STATION TO THE PENTECOST RIVER

In this episode Christian, Katie and the girls find their own private waterhole oasis (and the best scones on the Gibb) at Ellenbrae Station. Christian explains the unique water manifold system on the Vision RV and how they manage their water while off-grid. Then they tackle the roughest part of the Gibb and arrive at Pentecost River and soak up one of the best views in Australia...

[@SaltEarthandSun]

Thanks for watching guys! I hope you enjoyed. We were in the live chat today but there was only Grab Life by the Gourlays in there, maybe because people were watching on TV or because they were shy? 🙈 Either way, we might give it a crack again next week if you’re keen - let us know what you think. 👍 Beers and chat for the last episode? 😜😊

[@michaelzarb6480]

Ive watched all 5 episodes ,fantastic, loved every one of them amazing scenery thank you .

[@visionrvs]

Hey, thanks for watching 👍🏼 We're so glad you've enjoyed the episodes... One more to go! Have you travelled the Gibb or planning to?

[@michaelzarb6480]

@@visionrvs We leave in August this year leave Melbourne up through the centre to Katherine turn left and go ,we tried 2 years ago but due to cover couldn't get into W.A. Im not sure whether we can do the Gibb due to our Avan Aspire being only a tourer but we will do what we can.Looking forward to next episode THANKS AGAIN.

[@SaltEarthandSun]

@@michaelzarb6480 Thanks Michael. Appreciate it and thank you for taking the time to comment. 🙏 Maybe it's time to swap out the AVan for a Vision RV and go full send down the Gibb. 😂 Anything is possible! 😜

[@visionrvs]

@@michaelzarb6480 sounds awesome... safe travels, and enjoy!

[@lencleave7470]

Awesome scenery in the Kimberleys never get sick of watching episodes like this and I reckon Vision RV you have nailed it with this van ❤

[@SaltEarthandSun]

It's pretty special hey! 👍 Reminds me a lot of the granduer of some of the best national parks in the US. Amazing to have it here in our own backyard. 👍 Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the taking the time to comment. 🙏 And they've certainly done a great job on the van. 👍

[@visionrvs]

Thanks for watching Len. We love making these awesome vans so they can be taken to these amazing places 👍🏼

[@LandTourier]

Sensational scenery . Absolutely a bucket list trip. Love the van. Thanks for another great ep team. 🥃🥂 All the best👍

[@visionrvs]

Thanks for watching... We're glad you enjoyed the episode. Definitely a bucket list trip 👍🏼When do you think you'll get there?

[@SaltEarthandSun]

Yeah, it's sick up there isn't it? The colours and the mountain ranges, it's all just epic stuff. Awesome to know you're enjoying the series! Sure Does make us want to get back out on the road again. 😊

[@Artwongoz]

Your best episode yet! You have some of the best drone footage, beautifully shot, graded and edited...well done. Your pieces to cameras also have less movement and my wife doesn't get motion sick watching it anymore 🤣 looking forward to future episodes and would also love to see the interior layout of the van.

[@SaltEarthandSun]

Thanks heaps mate. Really kind of you to say and it's much appreciated. So stoked you are enjoying it all. I'm also glad to hear we aren't giving the missus the wobbles anymore! 👍 Sounds like everybodies kicked a goal! We'll be doing the van tour soon, just need a couple of shots to finish it off (and so it will be clean. 😂), so I will be shooting a fresh one to fill out the nice interiors. 👍 Coming soon. 👍

[@simonseppelt2730]

Hoping there is a few more episodes to come. Throughly enjoyed the first 5 episodes, we binge watched them all. Will have a crack at the Gibb ourselves soon. Love your work...

[@SaltEarthandSun]

Hey Simon, nice to see you back again. 👍 So pleased to hear you're enjoying the episodes. One more episode to go mate. 👍 There is more footage of the trip, but it was just the Gibb that we produced for the team at Vision RV -Very torn about whether to dedicate the time to finishing this series off of finishing off our lap series. I feel like I need to back in time a bit and finish our lap series, there is so much awesome footage and experiences in there, I really want to see that completed. Man, you'll love the Gibb! It's such a cool experience - when do you think you'll hit it?

[@simonseppelt2730]

Hoping to be there in about 18 months time .. Winter 24. We cant wait. Looks awesome

[@SaltEarthandSun]

@@simonseppelt2730 Yeah, perfecttttt! That will be good timing for sure, having inclement weather in October when we did this made it interesting, but the heat at that time was really intense. Winter would be perfect and more water around too! 👍 Have you got a bit of a plan yet? Or still sussing it out? Home Valley should be open again this year!

[@bohdanilich9528]

Brilliant footage Christian. Loving the eps..

[@SaltEarthandSun]

Thanks legend! Hope you guys are doing good! One more ep left! 👍

[@trevorbennion1979]

Great episode . Thank you 🙏🏼

[@visionrvs]

Hey, thanks for watching!

[@dillinger-yo4vc]

Great video, excellent clips and absolutely the best colour grading I've seen, my compliments to the editor. I do a bit of editing and I wish I had your talent.

[@visionrvs]

Thanks for watching, we're glad you enjoyed it! Salt Earth and Sun do an amazing job 👍🏼

[@SaltEarthandSun]

Hey there, thanks so much - glad to know you are picking up on the extra time spent to get the colours where we want them for you guys. ☺ It's a time-intensive task, but the only one where I get to work with music playing, so it's definitely nice to have the tunes going as I grade. I have been grading for a long time, but it's one of those things, the more I think I know, the more I understand how little I actually know! Hahaha. Literally just the other night while doing some testing I was experimenting with some different ways to process my footage and think I will actually throw out the old way entirely. . .It's just a constant learning. . . Resolve is a good program to learn if you like playing with colour. 👍

[@stuartkcalvin]

13:25 tyre pressure was too high for the specific conditions. The tyre stood up a piece of shrapnel that the pierced the sidewall - we call them deadly pyramids. That tyre looked like a General AT3 Grabber, but, no sidewall, no idea. Station hands often run at 50-60 psi on LTTs, no BS, and run hard and fast in the centre of the road (fun fact from Ellenbrae and El Questro). Most sidewall punctures occur on the passenger side where detritus build-up is greater than the driver's side.

[@SaltEarthandSun]

Wow, I did wonder hey. It looked so new, I just couldn't understand what had happened to it. Thanks for the explanation. ☺ So glad we had an uneventful trip where it comes to trye issues up there. 🙏Yeah, the craziest car I've seen up there is actually the school bus! 😂 Crazy, that thing! Fast, looked like full pressure, didn't slow down - literal bat out of hell! 😂 Not sure how it's tryes or the occupants for that matter, have survived. 😜

[@scottygreen4713]

So awesome

[@visionrvs]

Hey, thanks for watching! Did you catch the other episodes in the series?

[@SaltEarthandSun]

🙏🙏🙏 Thanks Scotty! ❤

[@glennbrown3624]

I'm intrigued with Katie's live herb basket as I love cooking also. What size is it, where do you put it whilst in transit, can you post a picture of it please

[@SaltEarthandSun]

Yeah, I really should have shown that, but honestly didn't even think it would be of much interest. 😂 Basically we just have a small plastic tub, probably about 50cmW x 30CmL x 25cmH ISH. . . We would buy live herbs in small pots from woolies or something and just keep them in the tub. We generally left them on the inside step when we shut the door. The container fit there perfectly. Also, for long remote trips like the Gibb, take whatever you can. Lettuce plants are perfect, because it's the first thing to perish and freezes terribly - so when you basically can harvest enough fresh lettuce for salad when you are in the middle of nowhere, it certainly feels like winning! And seriously, who can go without some fresh cut chives on your scrambled eggs or coriander on your Mexican. It's all time! 👍

[@glennbrown3624]

@@SaltEarthandSun thanks, I know the Woolies ones you are referring to, I have a basil pot that has lasted 3 months. The lettuce plants are a brilliant idea also as No lettuce does not freeze 🤗 Really enjoying your videos great camera/drone work

[@SaltEarthandSun]

@@glennbrown3624 Yeah, they are perfect because they are cheap, and usually quite well developed already. Thanks heaps for your feedback Glenn, always great to hear that people are enjoying the content. 🙏

[@uhaggar]

great video guys, I like to make a few vids as well and are heading up there in a few months, I must say you have your videography nailed, can I ask what camera and lens you are using ? I have a drone of course and will use a gopro 11, but I also have a Sony mirrorless camera and after seeing your footage might look at that to get some nice bokeh in some footage

[@ianneill1400]

So what is the "Right Pressure"??😬

[@SaltEarthandSun]

Well of course it depends on a lot of things - weights, tyre type, sidewall strength, surface you're driving on, tyre size, single or dual axle etc. There's actually quite a bit to go into your decision making process around this, but in the car, we ran 20PSI in the front, 24PSI in the back. The van was at 30 PSI. It handled well and rode very nicely at those pressures. But our old rig was quite a bit heavier, so we didn't quite go so low with that. Just depends on your gear. A heavier vehicle doesn't need as low a pressure to bag out the sidewall as much and that's usually what I look at, as well as how it feels whilst under travel.

[@ianneill1400]

@@SaltEarthandSun It's like asking how long is a piece of string!! I have never dropped my tyre pressures & have done plenty of dirt roads with not one problem in 45 years of professional & recreational driving!

[@SaltEarthandSun]

@@ianneill1400 That's awesome! Probably helps to have a decent rig too, I'd bet. What are you driving? See, I get to a point. I'll feel it out and see how we go to start with, but as soon as she starts shaking, I'm straight out to drop the pressures. I just hate the feeling of the rattling. Not only that, if you've seen what I've seen in slow motion when watching cars "Floating" over the corrugations at max speed with full pressure, what it feels like in the cab is very different to what's happening at the wheels - there's is literally max spring travel and incredible forces going on down there with zero give in the tyres. It just looks like it needs a helping hand down there so it doesn't stress everything so much. I am a bit of a nanna though, I'd much rather go a bit slower and arrive without issues, than get there fast and in a couple of different pieces. 😂

[@rohanagorman7906]

Bit off topic but how do I find the American Dreams song?

[@SaltEarthandSun]

Heya, I'm sorry - but I actually don't think you can find it. We use music that is made for productions and even though it sounds awesome, I don't think they are commercial releases that you can get on streaming platforms. But sometimes they may be, you could use Shazam or some such to see if you can find it. 👍

[@rohanagorman7906]

@@SaltEarthandSun bummer. Thanks for getting back to me. Your filming, editing and music choice is amazing!

[@SaltEarthandSun]

@@rohanagorman7906 Thanks so much Rohana. So pleased you enjoyed it. 🙏