Great Australian Bight Expedition | Explore | 4X4 Australia

4x4 Australia’s Big Bight Expedition covered a huge hunk of Australia’s southern coast.
It was three weeks of incomparable off-road exploration from Esperance in Western Australia to Baird Bay in South Australia.
Taking in rugged cliffs, beautiful unspoilt beaches, and the unforgiving limestone plateaus, it was an adventure to remember.
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[@haanjamiis]

Nice to see Disco's in action too.

[@julesmarwell8023]

WHAT A BRAVE MAN. taking a Landy in the Aust bush. wow... gutsy.

[@fredbrackely]

Nice to get the history of this beautiful area. You just can't beat a long handled shovel.

[@SAMblessed]

Amazing how those Landrover Discoveries are working their way through very well. NOTED: I have noticed the tyres at 26:08; Goodyear Wrangler offroad tyres. I love the trip and is now on my list. The beach is very beautiful. The white sand and dunes are a sight. Thanks alot for sharing this trip. The teamwork is incredibly awesome.

[@TabVentures]

Great footage and well done for promoting this wonderful region!

[@troopydoopydoo7649]

This is the longest MaxTrax ad I've ever seen.

[@R00RAL]

Bloody hell, this is a bucket list trip..

[@jamesdoust6975]

Great video. I've just bought an HDJ79 Landcruiser. The first adventure will be to travel from Perth to Israelite Bay then along the coast to the Eyre Bird Observatory and Cocklebiddy. Time constraints prevent us going further east. We'll travel on the Trans Line from Rawlinna to Kalgoorlie and back to Perth. Just to correct some information in the video, over 1600 kilometres of the Eyre Highway was unsealed in the early 60s. I travelled from Southern Cross to Melbourne as a 7 year old with my father in 1963. It was dirt from just outside Norseman all the way to Port Augusta. From my memory the "road" was little more than a single vehicle track at that time. Early in 1976 I rode a motorcycle from Perth to Adelaide, there was still about 300 klms of dirt road on the SA side at that time.

[@stilley78]

This trip visits a truly unique and magnificent part of our country. I haven't done that trip all in one go, but I've visited the majority of those awesome places over several different trips. I have travelled over much of Australia but I have to say that the beaches and cliff tops over that stretch of coast are easily the most spectacular that I've seen. All I can say is gees you guys had a fair few dramas with your tyres on that trip. I've got had a set of 33" Federal muddies on my 60 series Landcruiser and never had a single problem with them on any of the trips over there..

[@mikerowley5677]

What a fabulous trip. What a fabulous country. It's on my list...

[@Wonderinggreek]

Magnificent scenery. Well articulated and presented.

[@TomasJJ0104]

14:20 cant help but laugh "its incredible to think this telegraph pole is still standing..." Considering how close those tyre tracks are I also think its incredible haha!

[@jeffries1232]

Best documentary i've ever seen for snatch straps Ajax and Tyre plugs lol The trip was great too

[@dmytryb5858]

Thank you for this great adventure 😊, its great opportunity to get driving skills on offroad and explore Australia in the wild nature.

[@larryscarr7611]

Well I’m hooked! One of the best trips I’ve seen and wonderfully narrated with all the history, Thank you. This has to be bucket list now!

[@umikefitz]

Great photography and great commentaries Guys! Well done - inspiring!!

[@beigesedan]

Interesting history and beautiful country. Thanks for sharing the story.

[@4xExploringAustralia]

Done this trip in my Nissan Xtrail completely solo, was fantastic I came out onto Eyre Highway near Balladonia Road House.

[@441greenleaf]

Solo ??? you got balls mate :)

[@huanhuanxixiable]

And with an Xtrail??!! Seriously? wow

[@sir_forsaken1857]

Nice work bro!!

[@andrewwilliams5337]

Jonathan Manton how long did that take you? Looking at doing the same thing.

[@Hazardbone]

I've heard the xtrails are actually great off road

[@yanzodadon]

didn't know paradise like this existed in Australia. wow...

[@Maloy7800]

You also didn't know there are thousands of venomous snakes, scorpions, spiders, and crocodiles who also enjoy this paradise. That's the beauty of Australia! Wanna see something pretty - risk your life, mate!

[@joeking22]

That's rubbish malloy7800 - I was a field assistant living and working outback in the Pilbara, Kimberley and Goldfields of Western Australia for 5 years and never had an issue with any of these animals. Worst I got was one harmless spider bite and that's because I was annoying it.

[@Luk3Buck0]

mate you gotta be Joking*

[@LapisOverlord]

Don’t forget the box jellyfish

[@jamesbushy9031]

Tuffn the fuk up

[@MindofMatter]

Very well done! More videos like this, please!

[@youtubecarspottersguide1]

what trip I've watched this over and over,,,,,, some day .

[@stevegoodwin5841]

Wow. Hey Doc Lodi. What an epic trip.

[@jamieroberts6345]

what a great movie/travel doco. Thanks

[@noelgreig1358]

Done the exact same trip a few times now.. never disappoints.. misso & I doing it shortly now borders are open

[@0088tjw]

Just stubled acrross ur cannel mate. Absolutely love it. The commentary is amazing. You done such a good job with keeping the viewer in depth with info on the area your covering and the history.

[@christoffer1973]

wow. that's on my dream travel list now. great video and explaining... WOW.

[@leowanker5104]

i like this fella, nice work Buggeer

[@1bizkit88]

Looked like an amazing trip

[@LUIShtRUIZht]

it's the real australian experience!

[@jimbojones2457]

Good to see Anthony McDonald (Macca) on here! He was my driver at Arkaroola for the Ridge Top Tour. Cheers mate!

[@jamesfohare]

Enjoyed the video thanks been back and forth across the Nullarbor many times but you have shown me quite a few places I have never seen or knew I could get to. thanks again.

[@stevenp3176]

Beautiful country and rigs.

[@OFFICIAL_VIDEO_AWARDS]

What a video. Absolutely brilliant. Reminds me of another large magazine/ dvd before they got focused on counting $$ but this is a hundred tie

[@paulyemary8522]

FANTASTIC VID!!!! Plenty of inspiration 😎 Thank you 👍🏻👍🏻

[@checa160]

Awesome places. Awesome trip. Awesome quality video and audio. Thanks. Suscribed

[@thataintlivin2]

Awesome vid guys, would love to set up a group of mates and do this trip problem is it would probably take me 3 times as long just so I could fish every 1 of those beautiful beaches lol. Would love to see some gps tracks of the trip aswell.

[@phattdaddy2974]

I'm sure those MaxxTraxx are worth every penny when you need them but I just can't wrap my mind around $600 for two sets, so frickin expensive for over engineered plastic.

[@arturoespinal7743]

Beautiful trip...!!! Im from central america.. I want to do that trip... Awesome!

[@mattanderson6336]

Great tutorial on getting out of the sand and plugging blown tyres. Have you ever lost an entire vehicle like from a broken axle or burned up transmission.

[@MaZEEZaM]

Great trip, and a fantastic ad for Maxtrax's, Toyota and LandRover :D Only thing missing is DOGS.....Travesty lol. Can you get Off road caravans with powered wheels these days? BTW, really enjoyable show to watch :-) Those sand dunes were pretty spectacular, I hope to see them myself one day. .......A great way to SEAL the deal at the end. Love the long video, has made for a relaxing night.

[@DannyBlack]

I have a great shot of the night from the drone but I think yours is much cooler

[@ViDiaz]

Only for the first minute you deserve another subscriber! Thanks for taking time doing this vids! Cheers!

[@jakewilcox2333]

Great video, keep them coming!

[@Tastewithnewdrinks]

Great video, absolutely I like it.

[@finnsvensson4674]

I have a disco 4 and I find the standard tyres 255/55/19 no good in sand. I intend to fit 265/70/18 or whatever I can get. 15 psi in my disco 3 was good but disco 4 needs only 10 psi to do the same. U talked about the pressures but no psi mentioned. I like to know as I learn that way. This is second time I watch this clip and really enjoy it.

[@jesusoverlanding7187]

amazing thank you guys

[@jasonpen777]

I see in a few places guys driving on grassy dunes, pretty sure that's frowned upon on most beaches. Surely there was beach access or places to cross where driving on native flora could be avoided.

[@mark2073]

Great trip but what is with the low profile tires on the Land Rovers???? No wonder they were always getting bogged down.

[@sergeimukhai940]

Awsome!!! How I envy you guys.

[@johndoe-wh6td]

Very entertaining, love it.

[@rollyb5061]

top vid and trip Ron, well worth watching

[@billnicholson559]

The strong, partisan debate about the relative merits of the vehicles ("my vehicle is better than yours") is a bit disappointing. All of those vehicles are very competent however some are clearly better prepped for beach driving than others. If you look closely I think you will find that every vehicle got bogged sometime. The important thing is that with good teamwork everyone made it without serious mishap.I found the commentary v. informative and the guy seems to know his stuff. If it irritates some people they can always turn the sound off.Awesome trip!

[@andrewvanstaden8922]

awesome adventure

[@solohoh]

Thanks, excellent.

[@paulcallcott9386]

Enjoyed the footage and will endeavour to do that trip

[@roocrew86]

this is a wicked video, well done

[@CorrectiveAction]

Fantastic account of an epic drive. Subbed 👍

[@petergrant9667]

You should make more videos of these guys!

[@Volta24]

Amazing. 👍

[@haveless]

Great channel my friend!

[@dogahog]

Awesome!!!!

[@muzk23]

Amazing !

[@SteveBurns80]

Awesome video! Beautifully put together! But OMG those LR Discoveries with the stupid low profile tyres! Seriously what were LR thinking? They were completely out of their depth! This video points out why these Discos are hopeless for Australian 4wding conditions. I can only imagine that this video did more to damage LR sales then it did to promote sales. 😂

[@MrTonaluv]

Yep 35's are the go. So you need a Ford Ranger Raptor

[@abodoodeify]

So nice

[@Adam-wl3vt]

I've never seen so many flat tires on the same trip. Do you think the Disco's lower profile tires were partially to blame?

[@donleamon8653]

+Adam Aceino Those GY Duratracs are known to have weak sidewalls, at least here in the States. The BFG KO's are better but still not stellar, supposedly the KO2's are a bit stronger. I'd suspect that General Grabber Red Letters would do real well down there, IF you can get them. Designed to run the Baja, so they have great sand floatation and very beefy sidewalls. Heavy thou... I run them on my 80 series here in the desert southwest with no failures. So far! ;-) Awesome video!

[@Adam-wl3vt]

+Don Leamon that's true. I didn't think about that. We see some tire-slicing trails out here in the west. But no one I've run with has had a flat. But everyone runs bfg at ko2s, MT tires or Toyos

[@dadventuretv2538]

Just found this vid and your channel and sub’d. Awesome adventure. Peace and happy wanderings from the States.

[@SekadarHiburan]

Great video!

[@gkozak430]

How much fuel do you guys carry? And is there any fuel stops?

[@australianpunjabinetwork]

Garion Kozak fuel + water

[@sailingcitrinesunset4065]

7:32 Land Rover Discovery gets bogged on the beach because of big rims and low profile tyres! Where's the 35s on 15 inch rims?

[@fordrac1ng81]

If you'te running low profile tires on rocks, use 80 PSI tires. It's like magic, no more punctures and 2-4mpg less

[@Odins-Dad]

But you wont get through sand with that set up. for sand and mud you want a lot of sidewall.

[@im_gizmo]

Sweet Cars

[@troopydoopydoo7649]

Low profile tyres keep getting popped? What?? How unexpected???

[@MrTonaluv]

😂🤣😂🤣 yes how can anyone have predicted that? 🤣😂🤣😂

[@ferno_1881]

How do you rate Discovery after this trip compared to others? Just a Discovery enthusiastic. Thanks

[@mountainconstructions]

I was going to comment how good this video was, the production, effort, etc etc Then at 47:30 ol mate said "Suck me dry with a Yabbie Pump" Now i am wondering where we got separated at birth?? Gold brother, pure Gold!

[@MrResiman]

Going to do it, but stay off the soft beaches !

[@user-ws3rz6vb9c]

Would you take a caravan on this trip, or part of.

[@BladeOlson]

fantastic video! I was wondering... how do you manage fuel? DId you bring extra with you?

[@baronvonaux8294]

it's interesting how much the Discoverys struggled in the sand. Just goes to show that fancy traction control and engine mapping etc is no substitute for tyre surface area and clearance...

[@iguanabartola]

Drew Nugent very heavy car and smaller tires mate. All others were running bigger rubber. All vehicles really struggle on the soft sand IMO.

[@Russh1]

Yes, the 285 60 R18 or 275 65 R18s 99% of people who actually go off road fit would be much more suitable for this track.

[@Dan-hn1lx]

What tires performed best i was worried watching the rovers with rims and minimal sidewalls

[@MrVMatas]

Awesome :)

[@lilromance95]

Wow

[@FastKiwiBoss]

Who do i contact about doing this, in a group would be best?

[@d3lux06]

Great video! At any point were the GY Duratracs on the LR4's aired down a bit? I have them mounted on my LR and with the questionable sidewall strength I have been unsure if airing down is at all suggested with these. Thanks!

[@stevenp3176]

Airing down always helps but in somewhat low profile tires it's not advised.

[@bluebellybrown2361]

very entertaining i like to do the trip

[@Joel-bt8mv]

the question is why all the suppotive verhicles are toyota? this was supported by L.Rover.

[@GHOSTWHOWALKERS]

Great doco, loved every minute. What is the backing music from..good choice

[@consaka1]

what kind of radios were you guys using to communicate with each other?

[@raulf100]

how did you get fuel? and is this safe to do by yourself or should you go as a group? thanks

[@MrTonaluv]

If you watched the video he says go with mates. If you're all alone you get lonely.........no seriously you need another vehicle to snatch you out of trouble.

[@automachinehead]

@@MrTonaluv what if both vehicles get stuck?

[@JohnSmith-pd1fz]

Bound to be someone, sooner or later, in an armchair saying how much better Toyotas are.

[@JackFN_VR64]

Are you crazy? Mahindra is the best.

[@JohnSmith-pd1fz]

Jack dN Never heard of her!

[@JackFN_VR64]

haha, no I was just joking. It's hideous, extremely low tech, extremely outdated and extremely low quality vehicles from India.

[@johnmichaelumali8059]

no land rovers will be better than the Toyota.

[@JohnSmith-pd1fz]

JKillerZs G Even a fifty years old Landie would be better than a Toyota, ohhh yes!

[@441greenleaf]

@7:41 wtf? did that land rover really stuck in there?? or this was some kind of advertisement?

[@Hazardbone]

Why would they make 4wdrives with big rims and low profile tyres 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@PhatNakaz84]

What dunes are bigger i thought they were the biggest in the southern hemisphere

[@kusanagi72]

Great video! Couldn't find any tag-along tours for this trip. Does anyone know of any?

[@paulbrenton4689]

Why does everyone go through the bog when there is a dry track to the left or right xxxx.

[@sanjayanil2010]

Where is the fun in that?

[@daypass69]

Slobbing the max trx knob. What where those called again?

[@BennyMacca84]

Are there any permits required for this Trek??

[@MrTonaluv]

Yes.

[@paulwieland6975]

Good video. Definitely not a walk in the park.

[@roytherhodesian4029]

Does that disco have 4WD ??

[@MrTonaluv]

🤣😂🤣😂

[@montefurze3811]

Why do you get the Land Rover stuck

[@willmarvellous3767]

Is it possible to do this trip in a normal sedan?

[@mikehzz9848]

Will Marvellous Yes, but go alone and don't tell anyone.

[@MrTonaluv]

😂 a normal sedan? 🤣 Did you see how many times those 4wds were bogged? 😂 You'll be lucky to go 50 metres along the beach.

[@danmcpherson1420]

WHAT TYRE PRESSURES ARE YOU RUNNING ON THOSE SOFT HILLS AROUND THE 10 MINUTE MARK?

[@zeMasterRuseman]

45psi