TASMANIA'S TOUGHEST TRIP? Roothy

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Our old producer Tim Sergeant, who lost his last job in the Siberian slave camps because he was too tough on the inmates, kept pushing the bar higher, making us go further and harder on tougher tracks than we’ve ever done in the past. He didn't raise a smile unless we had a couple of trucks broken in half and a roof top or two sticking out of Troopy deep mud holes. To get a laugh out of Tim you’ve got to be perched on one wheel, about to roll a few hundred metres straight down a rock strewn cliff, preferably when it’s about to snow and there’s a couple of metres of Taipan hanging off your leg with it’s fangs poised.
So this trip up the West Coast of Tassie in October after a prolonged winter of heavy storms was typical of the torture he loved putting us through. But funny thing 4wd'ing, the tougher it is, the better the memories. I remember thinking 'Oh goodie, I wonder where my waders are?' They don’t make gear warm enough for the sort of conditions we’d facing. Come to think of it they don’t make shovels long enough either.
The West Coast of Tasmania is home to some of the wildest country on earth. Despite the best efforts of the fanatical green faction, you can still access a whole lot of it although track closures and gates have become a part of off-roading in Tassie as much as the mainland these days. I supposed what gets me about the whole gating thing is that big headed belief that somehow any effort of man could change or even destroy the planet. That’s got to be the most ridiculous suggestion ever.
We might destroy mankind, but the planet isn’t ruled by man, it’s ruled by Mother Nature. The dinosaurs lasted 160 million years, the man ape’s only made it to four so far. Nature took out the dinosaurs and cleaned up after them, man’s turn will come when She decides, not because some twit locked a gate.
And on the West Coast, Mother Nature in all her glory is right in your face! The geology is insane, with the only traces of the last ice age - scars from glaciers flattening the planet - in the southern hemisphere and the terrain changes as quickly as the weather and almost to the same extremes. To travel this coastline and the mountains behind is to bare witness to the ancient nature of our world and the fact that climate, sea levels and the environment are just as alive as the tiny little people who think somehow a gate can protect the earth. I guess the fanatic greeny attitude is born from sitting in offices too long, gazing out the window at the concrete jungle and wishing people didn’t exist. Except for them, of course! And maybe their best friend Cyril Bottomtugger, and his wife Daphne…
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[@davidlovejoy3602]

Always enjoyed this earlier 4WD Action stuff. Real world

[@gpc153]

Ahh the nostalgia of old 4wd action and cooking with roothy These were the best 👌🏽

[@N_ickoutwest]

I can't put a finger on exactly why, but for some reason the camera work, personalities and editing all recreate the actual tone and feeling of being out in the bush compared to some of the newer content around these days. Great video. Cheers mate.

[@richardwalsh5570]

Thanks for posting this John, Mick was my dad, died at 97. Bought back many fond memories, I had been going there with him since 1970.

[@nilz6432]

Your dad was a Legend!

[@JOHNROOTHROOTHY]

On ya Richard - thanks for letting me know. Mick was a legend!

[@Paul.Reid123]

Friday afternoon, beer and Roothy in Tassie. Sounds perfect to me

[@lyleneumann2245]

So much better than the scripted channels. Good on you Roothy.

[@janethall148]

Mate, what a legend you and Paul both are. Tru blue i say.. thank you both.

[@jacobfrench3864]

Good stuff roothy loving these old episodes

[@PaddyBoy644]

Perfect timing just got home from work!

[@MrKeenaz]

Say Roothy, they recon the human brain can only hold so many memories. I was thinking yours must be over loaded and maybe heading into freeze mode. Maybe I can come along and act as an external hard drive and soak some memories up for you so when your kicking back in your leaf sprung rocking recliner I can recall all those beautiful places you have taken your fans along on ay? Regards, Mario.

[@JOHNROOTHROOTHY]

Yep, if the brain's a cupboard, mine's lost it's doors... thanks for the offer, make sure you grab some memories yourself!

[@saberracer026]

I've been looking for this one for ages. Up there on my favourites list, along with the 4wd Monthly Tassie Trip and the 4wd Action Old Lockhart River Mission trip.

[@paulhinds7438]

This is one of the best ones. You should do this trip again

[@chrispeters3337]

got this DVD years ago from a garage sale and lost it. its may hands down favorite one from 4wd action they just don't make blokes like this anymore.

[@tazyt3388]

Ahh another classic mate bloody ripper cheers

[@dextermorgan5751]

Need more Paul's

[@-Awareness]

Good on ya Paul... true Aussie legend...

[@stevec2543]

Thanks Roothy & the team, what great adventures again and How cool to see Paul "the hero" helping you out like that. Awesome.😀

[@Bugoutvehiclesuk]

Awesome vid to start the day.

[@michaelmanese2228]

Cheers to the Camera Guys‼️✌️❤️🇵🇭

[@JOHNROOTHROOTHY]

They worked real hard on this one! Wet, cold, waterlogged gear....

[@michaelmanese2228]

Stay Safe

[@mozpassion8996]

Milo is a machine!

[@kevinbyrne7400]

Roothy save me some of that mash , meat and mushers . On a cold wet night you need good heavy comfort foods to help you have good nights sleep .A perfect tucker after a hard day on the tracks....

[@JOHNROOTHROOTHY]

It was good too - the bit Glenno didn't eat anyway...

[@kevinbyrne7400]

@@JOHNROOTHROOTHY Hello Roothy your a good little cook and a wizard at 4 wheel driving. Yourself and Allen Grey are Royalty in 4 wheel driving circles..I used to listen to and your mate on my way home from work. You where on 4 B C with Ed Phillips talking all things 4 wheel driving and a historic story thrown in for good measure. You used rib Ed about his motor scooter .Actually a women on A B C radio said she and a girl friend 50 odd years ago rode motor scooters across an unsealed Nullabor to Perth. Thats one hell of trip on motor scooters . Love the videos ,they're very well done and a pleasure to watch...

[@offgrid4wd708]

Love your work Johno!!

[@jasonthomas8770]

Nothing better than Roothy in Tassie on a Friday with a 12 pack of beer

[@JOHNROOTHROOTHY]

Unless it's Roothy looking at a pallette of Boags in the back of Milo in Tassie....

[@TheHarley883r]

people like Paul makes me proud to be an Assuie , but they are few and far between now... good on ya,,, got to love tassie and the awesome people who live there ......

[@pork2288]

when i go to pieman heads i always drop in to see PAUL LEES, the guy is a living treasure. and has one of the best fan belt collections ( fan belt reference is so you know ive been there)

[@grahameroberts8109]

I hope Paul got his axle back. Lol. Oh, and you should have borrowed a driver’s side headlight too. Amazing country. Cheers. 👍🏻🙏🏽🙏🏽😷😷🦘🦘

[@JOHNROOTHROOTHY]

Used to blow a lot of headlights until we got the Ignite LED's - never blown one since and they're so bright I don;'t need drivers anymore.

[@grahameroberts8109]

@@JOHNROOTHROOTHY That’s good to know. Cheers 👍🏻

[@romulusoverland314]

These series' use to be about the trip and the adventure. Today its a bastardization only aimed at selling more equipment. It really is a pitty. Good on you ol Roothy, you are still the original adventurer

[@wheresmycheese8511]

Used to do this trip every Easter. Just the opposite way, used to park at Temma and ride to Sandy Cape

[@pattymoney5415]

LOVE THIS VID

[@Fitzy6722]

that guy is a legend❤️

[@reverse_meta9264]

Roothy, what year was this filmed? It would be great to include that in the caption. Either way great DVD, thanks for the upload

[@JOHNROOTHROOTHY]

I'm thinking 2010 - but Milo and me were in Tassie almost every second year for twenty plus years -

[@michaelmanese2228]

"I'll tell you what" Hahaha

[@aarondavis673]

This episode is missing the last 20 minutes on the Balfour track, what the go there?

[@JOHNROOTHROOTHY]

Dunno, I'll have a look.

[@clintwestwoodrp]

@@JOHNROOTHROOTHY yep its missing the best line of the episode "hello fellow sub-mariners!!"

[@aarondavis673]

@@clintwestwoodrp not even, "I'm gonna come back so I can laugh- I mean sorry, watch you guys"

[@klo3009]

I heard Shauno said they are getting rid of the GU Camera car. It's a Nissan but she'll get you through those tough tracks mate if you're struggling........

[@romulusoverland314]

When are we getting new content old man! 😜😁 Come on! You know you want to!

[@newtonmetres]

john rooth or john west who was at 10000 Bikes to Canberra Run 1980?

[@JOHNROOTHROOTHY]

Yes - both of us... also at one maybe 1989?? Beer memory...

[@gustavobro2484]

What is a roothy ?

[@JOHNROOTHROOTHY]

Hahaha - Aussie slang for John Rooth, although the wife calls me something else....

[@gustavobro2484]

@@JOHNROOTHROOTHY thanks bro! As long as your wife doesn’t call you “late for dinner!” Cheers buddy👍

[@malkus6568]

Where's ur mahindra huh

[@nilz6432]

When this was Filmed no one even tought about that new Mahindra...

[@Splagnate]

Remember practice common sense! No ones an expert! That’s what common sense dictates anyway😂