HOW does everyone feel about THE GIBB!? Would they do it again? - Home Valley Station -

[@fivedownunder]

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[@captainfrank01]

Excellent series of videos, enjoying them all! Did the Gibb about 6 years ago in July/August and side tracked to Mitchell Falls and Kalumburu (with a Kimberley camper trailer not caravan). If you thought sections of the Gibb were rough, the road to MF and then on to Kalumburu was next level bad! Many cap rock sections and corrugations that could have swallowed 4WD's! Remarkably, my 2011 Hilux and the camper trailer suffered no problems at all for the whole trip, including going to Alice Springs on the Tamami on the way home to Adelaide. To be fair, the whole trip is a year by year/day by day proposition and if you are lucky enough to travel sections behind a grader, you would probably not think it was that bad at all!

[@fivedownunder]

Yea its all about where you're travelling behind the grader isn't it! That sounds like an amazing trip along the Gibb! We really wanted to see Mitchell Falls but we will have to plan that for next time.

[@rtarrant1]

We towed a full off road van across the GRR, no issues. However that was due party to our driving style, and a fair bit of Lady Luck. Everywhere is packed…. thanks to Covid. We would do it again, but realise it’s a damage lottery. Great videos, well done.

[@fivedownunder]

Thankyou for watching guys 😍 Glad your van came out unscathed! You're right, the Gibb is a damage lottery haha 😅

[@zoezoe610]

Sunset when remote is amazing, thanks and safe travels.

[@fivedownunder]

Doesn't get much better 😍😍

[@leecousins5440]

Oh oh Leah, you sweet lady, Thank you for the love, rawness and strength you have shown. Thank you for the decent footage of can do anything if it presents. It has been lovely to watch you grow into such a strong beautiful woman, your children are learning from you and watching you shine ✨ bright. It’s not a glamorous life but the community is loving to those all around ❤ Interview your beautiful kids, they will love it ❤

[@fivedownunder]

Awww this is lovely! Thankyou so much for the kind words, we will ask the kids on our last episode when we do a sit down chat about The Gibb 😍😍

[@fayharwood6986]

Loved the Gibb series, well done guys, pitty about your fridge, but your all safe and ready for the next adventure.

[@fivedownunder]

That's it! The most important thing is that we are safe and made the best memories ❤️❤️ Thankyou for coming along with our family 😍

[@andrewbrown596]

Guys great stuff love watching your VLOGS. Me and the misses are planning our lap which we hope to start within the next year. Currently we are over landing the Middl East. One of the reasons why you might be getting dust in your vans. Check all your pipes and electrical cables which go from inside caravan to outside, like pipes and cables. Normally these ares are fitted with silicone around the pipe or cable. While you experience vibration on the graded roads this silicone seal breaks and flexes with caravan vibration which allows the dust in. Plus also check your seals on doors and compression lock seals. But I am convinced the dust comes in via these pipe and cable areas. In some cases they may be fitted with rubber grommet seals🎉. Clean and Add more silicone. And pressurise you caravans, put more in air on the inside which stops the dust too.

[@fivedownunder]

Thankyou guys 😄 Yea we recently did all the pipes and cables under the van and put more silicone around them while I had a torch inside the van so Tj could see the holes... so must be getting in else where... maybe the above vents... who knows... way too many holes and vents 🤣 Bloody dust is not fun 🤣😅

[@christinecoursey519]

Love that Japanese Golden Curry! I actually had it for dinner tonight just before I watched this episode- been in the slow cooker all day and served with rice - easy meal 😊

[@fivedownunder]

Oh wow! I could imagine that smell in your house all day! The best! 🙌❤️

[@diannehavelberg5875]

Thanks leah for all your hard work you did an amazing job on your travels on the gibb

[@fivedownunder]

Thankyou Dianne 😍😍

[@dplant8961]

Hi, Folks. Dometic 'dust extraction system' - $650.00 to $750.00. If you have an ordinary openable roof vent in the caravan, open it, wedge a thong in there and close it down on the thong - does pretty much the same job - without the "computer-designed filtration system" - for about five bucks. And this idea was around 30+ years ago. I first travelled parts of the Gibb River road back in 1971 - from Mitchell Plateau mining exploration camp to Doongan Station and back - twice. Thanks for the refresher course. I would like to do it again before I kark it. Just my 0.02. You all have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.

[@fivedownunder]

Wow that's pretty cool, hadn't ever heard of that! I reckon that's worth a try 🤣 Thankyou for that tip 🤙

[@dplant8961]

Hi, @@fivedownunder. Yer welkum, Sir. There's no point in me having this sorta knowledge and taking it to the grave with me. It does work better though if you're travelling onyer own or the lead vehicle in a convoy than it does further back in the field. Just my 0.02. You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.

[@laurendonald596]

Love your daily vids on the Gibb, safe travels, huge storm front coming. Just ended 12 months on the road, starting again next Feb. 2 Wandering Ducks ❤

[@fivedownunder]

Awww amazing! Bet you have itchy feet! I know I would 🤭 Thankyou for watching 😍😍

[@suekeane]

Thank you Leah for all your hard work you are doing an amazing job and edited so is TJ

[@fivedownunder]

Thankyou Sue 😍🤗

[@helencooper7297]

Leah, you are doing an amazing job with the videos. Thank you ❤

[@fivedownunder]

Thankyou Helen 😍🤗

[@ClissaT]

It must be a large band of rain because even down at the Big Red Bash they are thinking of closing roads. And then it is supposed to come all the way across Australia to us here in SE Qld. I haven't even looked at a map this time. I am so used to no rain in my neck of the woods I have not looked. I live in a little rain shadow and miss most of the rain. But you either need to get going to El Questro or wait it out where you are. Depends which is cheaper I guess. Good luck deciding. 😊

[@fivedownunder]

Thankyou 😄 yea the weather isn't making this part particularly fun 😅

[@johniesjournies9949]

Just saw the Gibb River Road to Close - Tuesday 27 June. Notification from Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA. Hope you guys will find a great place to ride out any impending weather. May make for more great content!!! well done to everyone and especially Leah for doing a great job. All us watchers appreciate it.......

[@fivedownunder]

Thanks so much guys for watching 😁😍 We are hearing new updates everyday so atm it looks ok, but we never know, it may change again tomorrow 🥲 Hopefully we can finish our Gibb trip 🤞

[@NoFixedDestinationAu]

Thanks for the update comment on the rain, we have been watching you every day and loving it. We were hoping (still are I guess) that the rain will not affect you but if it does, what an episode that will make lol.

[@fivedownunder]

Hahaha yes! We will have to see... never know with weather 😅😅

[@ianbailey4114]

Very interesting loved the interviews. Question asked was what did the tourers do before travels.

[@fivedownunder]

Thankyou 😁 Among us, we have a doctor, nurse, chippy, painter, rigger, and a few other professions 😁

[@hazadventures]

We have loooooooooved these vids guys thank you so much for sharing them ❤❤❤ it looks so rough up there but not scaring us away by any means can not wait. Take care and enjoy 👍👍👍

[@fivedownunder]

Good on ya! Thankyou so much for watching 😍😁

[@denisespencer4292]

I hardly ever comment but me and my husband have thoroughly enjoyed this daily Gibb River series, you have done such a good job in showing us real people with real vehicles and vans. Fed up with the 200k vans and 200k cars.. Boring 💤 Have appreciated seeing both the good and the bad things in real time for all of you. Terrific job, good on you all! ❤

[@fivedownunder]

Awww, I love this! Thank you so much! Yea, I find there's a lot of channels that are unrelatable, and we can't even watch them anymore, which is a shame 😔 Thankyou so much for watching ❤️❤️

[@McKeown1924]

Totally agree. Unrelatable

[@Emme-Loo]

Love your content guys, and I think it’s brilliant that your taking your family on such an adventure, but in a nutshell….. caravans should be no where near the Gibb! The day it gets black top is a sad sad day for Australia. It’s one of the few last frontiers left but in recent years it’s been getting slowly trashed by mass tourism. It was so shocking to see how many caravans were being dragged across it when I was there last year. One of your fellas was right, ditch the vans and take your swags!

[@oursunkisseddays]

Agree about the vans on the Gibb. We did the Gibb 5 years ago and it was really rough. It's such an incredible adventure and we hope they don't seal it. It will be a sad sad day for sure.

[@michaelnewell1]

I purchased a caravan to travel roads like the Gibb. Why wouldn’t I use it.

[@fivedownunder]

Yea, look each to their own opinion. We knew what we were getting into when we did The Gibb. Unfortunately, we came away with damage, and that would be due to us not having a full off-road van. We drove to the conditions. Swags with 3 children, and one being a young baby doesn't really appeal to us lol

[@doddy03gu79]

Well done, you made it out alive 😂. We've done it, and loved watching you guys do it as well. And yep, I'm the same, it's so disappointing when a shower isn't hard and hot with a good shower head 😅👍

[@fivedownunder]

Hahaha bloody shower heads 🤣🤣 we all still have the stretch of road to El Questro yet 😶🤣

[@doddy03gu79]

Arrr yes. Hopefully El Questro still has there own grader, and used it. 🤞

[@stuobrien3132]

Awsome videos. Loving them at the moment.

[@fivedownunder]

Thankyou so much 😄🤙

[@Heath7691]

Hi how did all you guys meet?

[@fivedownunder]

We all met on the road 😍😍😍 The travelling community is ridiculous, and people on the road quickly become life long friends and family! 😁 It's a really lovely feeling!

[@craigtomkinson2837]

Awesome Ep guys well done,

[@fivedownunder]

Thanks Craig 😁🤙

[@SollysOnTheRoad]

Cheers for another vid guys, thanks for the effort put into daily uploads its a lot of work behind the scenes .Hope you all miss the weather bomb thats forecast .There is some amazing country up there. Enjoy 👍

[@fivedownunder]

Thanks guys! Glad you are loving the episodes 😄 hopefully we miss the weather 🤞

[@anthonymcneil8778]

Don’t race through Kununarra when you get there, there is plenty to see and do from there if you make it your base. So many people just use it to restock and repair but it has some wonderful places nearby (Wyndham port not being one of them even though every tourist wants to go there)

[@fivedownunder]

Thankyou! We will check what is around 😍😍

[@NiznerolA]

I’ve just come across your channel, and enjoying your content. Well done. Have a question. Or the semi off-road van with roller rocker suspension capability enough to do Gibb River, and cape York? I have a semi off-road van with a two inch riser on &7” the chassis, standard roller rocker suspension. Is that enough ground clearance, and capable enough? I’m still considering a full off road set with independent suspension, and extra battery/solar/inverter. Just need plenty of $$$… Cheers.

[@fivedownunder]

Yea we did both those locations with our semi off road with leaf spring, sounds like you might have enough clearance, the only advice we have is maybe look at getting an axel flip to give yourself more clearance? That's what we got done and it made it alot less stressful knowing we had alot more clearance. And obviously we just really drove to the conditions on the Gibb and the Cape to lessen the damage we had 😁 Yea the dream set up is a full off road with all the extras, but don't let that stop you from exploring with the set up you have 😁 🤙

[@Vinceventuring]

Well done! What a journey!

[@fivedownunder]

Thanks guys 😍😍

[@VykingBoy]

No dump points is no problem for us. Composting toilet ftw doesn’t need dump point or water, no smell and lasts 2-3weeks

[@fivedownunder]

That's great 👍

[@Kicknback-BeaLaurie]

Leah, you're a "Super Star"❤ staying up so late for all of us to experience your travels. Thanks so much!😉 Gee whizz TJ, good job spraying that stuff all over him.🤔 Was that just to get another good shower in...😂😂😂 Hope you enjoyed El Questro & that this terrible weather coming through doesn't impact your travels too much!🍻❤

[@fivedownunder]

Hahahaha yea I didn't think about the extra shower he got out of putting the pancake mix on himself 🤣 you nailed it! Lol! ❤️❤️❤️

[@karavanningdownunder]

Great episode and thank you for all your editing efforts to get all these Gibb vids out. And yes, showers heads can make or break whether you have a good or bad shower haha 😅

[@fivedownunder]

Hahaha bloody shower heads 🤣🤣 Tj is obsessed lol! Thankyou for watching 😍🤙

[@andrewbrown596]

Totally agree with the shower, I want detachable head and power

[@fivedownunder]

Hahaha yea Tj is obsessed! It's all about the pressure 🤣🤣

[@robyndehavilland1609]

What a stunning part of the country, the Pentecost looks amazing. So nice that you had a chill day and good to meet the lovely people you are travelling with, your questions were great. Good luck for tomorrow and the next few days 🙏🤞

[@fivedownunder]

Thankyou Robyn! 😍😍 we have some pretty cool people that we travel with ❤️ Pentecost was really cool 😁

[@jwoods6585]

can you imagine if the gibb was tarmac those gorges would have crowds like the gold coast theme parks!!

[@fivedownunder]

Oh 100%, it would be horrible! The campgrounds are nearly at capacity now, let alone if more come to The Gibb 🥲

[@youraussienomadfriends]

Hi guys, great video! Really enjoyed everyone’s responses. Oh you are naughty making everyone enjoy life lol! Stay safe guys. 🤗😊

[@fivedownunder]

Hahahaha don't you start as well! They all seem to think that I made them do this 🤣🤣🤣

[@ozadventurelife]

Great ep! Amazing views. Have to agree with TJ we love finding a good warm high pressure shower. 😅 especially because we’ve been having issues with our gas hot water heater. Cold showers are a no go in the cold weather we’ve been having!😂

[@fivedownunder]

Oh no! We've had to do cold showers in the van before and there's nothing worse haha! 🤣

[@cbeuck5024]

💐💐💐thank you Lisa 🍺🍺🍺thank you TJ ( and kids)- I have loved my Gibb trip The vlogs have given us so info/ entertainment/ do's-dont's for possible travellers and those who like to "armchair" travel. My one complaint? or rather observation - a map would have helped us know where you were. Loved the start of this - TJ (& van) need a shower. TJ I'm with you - showers ARE important - I have made complaints many times🤬 (pressure/ heat/too many users -too little flow ect) Frustrating Thank once again - safe travels - hope you can get fridge sorted P.S. Lisa your laugh makes me smile - PPS very early said my dad had visited in early 80's - he /they must have left vans somewhere and went to Tunnel /Windjana?? Jan Adelaide❤💙

[@fivedownunder]

Hey Jan 👋 we did keep the viewers up to date with where we were starting in the morning and where we were heading at the end of the drive, it would be really hard to give an up to date exact spot of where we where while editing as I wouldn't have a clue lol these roads are 100ks long... 😄 Yes, right at the start we left our vans at Lennard river rest stop and went to Tunnel Creek 😄 Thanks for watching Jan 😄😍

[@ladysusanjane2682]

Probably if I did it before the bitumen, I think a rooftop tent etc might be the go. I don’t think I’ll get there before the road is fixed🤷🏼‍♀️so I’ll just enjoy everyone else’s videos 😊 Hope you avoid road closures with the weather coming through then 🤞🏻

[@fivedownunder]

Yea I wouldn't pull a caravan through here again 😅 not enjoyable!

[@twocoddiwompletravellers]

Do you think in hindsight it would have been better to take longer to do the Gibb so that you had more rest days in-between the terrible drive days to have more of a reprieve and it wouldn't have been so tiring?

[@fivedownunder]

That would be lovely, but then we would have to have even more food and extra water as well, there's pros and cons to it 😄😄

[@paulhardie9450]

Go the 5 and all ya Followers hahaha 🤪 or should I say Must do the Gibb-ers slash now friends lol

[@fivedownunder]

Hahaha love this! 🤣🤙

[@eprohoda]

professional . till next time, 😯

[@fivedownunder]

😄🤙

[@oldgold4u3971]

Asking about the fuel economy of the 2021 Usuzi Mux consuming 17kms per 100 litres. Did he really mean 17 litres per 100kms ?

[@fivedownunder]

Haha yes that what he meant! 😄