LOYALTY BEACH / MUTEE HEADS / ELLIOT & TWIN FALLS / EXPLORING CAPE YORK TIP - 035

This is one action packed hour! We have so much to share this week that we had to make it a little longer.
In this episode we stay at Loyalty Beach & Mutee Heads (FREE CAMP). We take the time to explore our surrounds finding 4x4 tracks, WWII monuments, bush fires, drone fishing and the famous Elliot and Twin Falls!
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[@marnibarratt8805]

SHARNS YOUR MUSIC CHOICES ARE INSANE!!!!!! seriously, you should try some of Alex CHUMPY Pullins music it would sooooo suit your vids! LOVE YOU GUYS HEAPS! XOXOX

[@BigOzExplorers]

Thanks Marni!! I will look him up and investigate for sure. Will just depend on licensing as KZbin is really hard to just put any music you like on! 😭

[@sandrewadventures]

Another sensational episode, thanks guys!

[@BigOzExplorers]

Thanks guys, glad you enjoyed it! 😁

[@deirdrefisher2773]

Great footage once again showcasing our beautiful country 🇦🇺👍

[@BigOzExplorers]

Thanks Deirdre 🥰🥰

[@QldFan67]

That Jack sleeps to Guns n Roses cracked me up. 😂😂😂

[@BigOzExplorers]

He loves his music! Needs to be something ‘loud’, too soft and it doesn’t work 😂😂 our caravan is a party every night between 6-6:30 🎉 🕺🏼

[@Mandikinz1]

The contrast between the red dirt, the white sand and the blue ocean blows my mind. I can’t wait to go there myself! 4 months until we leave! It can’t come quick enough!

[@BigOzExplorers]

Bet your counting the days, your going to love it 🙌🏻🥰

[@Denis-zb5pf]

Nice soundtrack (25.00) Many Thanks for showcasing you're awesome trip, agree water colour tops. Cold burns can become tricky quickly. Injoying your vids

[@BigOzExplorers]

I know hey, I loved this song!! I’ve been hanging onto it for a while and thought this was a bloody good place 🔥😍 Thanks for watching mate 😁

[@Dennis-zr3fb]

Hahaha we got bogged just back from where you did, winch saved our bums, then I spent over an hour winching out a family towing a camper trailer, loved it 👍

[@BigOzExplorers]

Sounds like a bloody good day out! We love days like that, makes it all the more memorable 🙌🏻

[@wendyhicks3473]

Excellent video, you guys do such a good job. 😊😊😊😊😊

[@BigOzExplorers]

Thank you so much 😁

[@allthingsaustralia4861]

Loving the videos. Keep up the great work. Much appreciated. Enjoy.

[@BigOzExplorers]

Thanks guys! Much appreciated. See you again this weekend 🥰

[@brianhayes8986]

We have gone back to the start to watch and support you guys we have just ordered our first merch and loving your vlogs 👌

[@BigOzExplorers]

Hey Brian, oh that’s so cool! You’ll love it and see just how much we’ve grown over the two years we’ve been on the road. How tiny and chunky was Jack lol 😂

[@andrewpicha6238]

Great episode guys. Looked like an awesome adventure 🔥

[@BigOzExplorers]

Thanks Andrew! It really was 😍

[@MrJimbo1078]

Wow that looks like so much fun, and it keeps getting better every week keep up the good work guys Love it

[@BigOzExplorers]

Thanks James!! ☺️☺️

[@PeterN911]

Great Drone footage - One of your best vlogs!

[@BigOzExplorers]

Thanks Peter! 😁

[@jsb3123]

Awesome video, never knew Australia was this beautiful. Only seen Sydney few years back which is an urban jungle. Safe travels. !!!👍👍👍

[@BigOzExplorers]

I’m so glad we are showing you more of what Australia has to offer, it’s such a beautiful country. Thanks for tuning in! 🥰🤙🏻

[@ianm3172]

Recovery tracks 👍.Some of This was tough to watch 🔥, A Long handled shoveis 🛒is a must, helps to clear contact with underneath. alternately an additional airbag to raise enough to put in recovery tracks whilst enjoying the A/C. Re tyres. Maybe you did so ? Hopefully, I’m not selling snow to Eskimos so reminding everyone else, dropping air pressure to at least 18 psi works a treat, I’m assuming you did this off camera and forgot to tell everyone. Well as for the fire 😬 been there with a far more melted result glad you were out quickly. Re winches. Guess it’s always good to go (travel) with a winch from another party 😂. Seriously you had good fellow off roaders with the winch or snatch gear.

[@BigOzExplorers]

Hey Ian, we don’t really do the full 4WD 24/7 ep showing everything we did but the basics and more the personality etc is our focus... we did lift the bags and dig it all out as much as we could. Tyres were at 15psi as one of the cars was there a few days before and said it was super soft (and seriously it was so soft we learnt!) the car in front of us slowed on the track when we were driving through and we couldn’t dodge and therefore got stuck ourselves 😞 The fire was unfortunately unavoidable and the boys started filming quite late but it’s always interesting for people to see what can happen when remote like that with nowhere to go between multiple fires. Hopefully it’s scary enough watching us that they plan before it ever happens to them. 🔥 Hope you all came out unscathed in the fire you experienced mate 🤞🏻 Our front bar and winch are finally being installed in 8 days!!! We are so excited to be self sufficient finally! Covid really put a spanner in the works backing up the Y62 stock manufacturing earlier in the year. Thanks for watching again Ian 😁

[@ianm3172]

Hey I don’t have a winch on the Triton, recovery points yes. Had one on Various 4WDs SWB Pajero, Land cruiser etc for at least hmm 20 ish years sadly never had to use it to recover myself, lots of others including Frazer newbies & a few sedan drivers who lost it on ice in snowy mountains , so far I’m tempting fate with front and back recovery points a couple of (4/6) recovery tracks + various snatch straps etc , I guess my only objection to winches was the weight intervention, heavy bar to support, spring suspension mods, brake upgrades etc ,oh did I mention the fuel consumption 😳 yes 16L per100kms, without towing camp trailer or runabout. So far after 60,000 kms in the last 12 months I haven’t needed winching but recovered a few lone travellers thanks to having invested in the odd beach driving pass. So eventually I’ll use the $79 recovery airbag but not so far , tested it only to find it’s not an exhaust one 😂. Hopefully Santa will bring us both an (www.outbackequipment.com.au/exhaust-jack?gclid=CjwKCAiAn7L-BRBbEiwAl9UtkC0lSkQUla8jeS-Cn7MkVXQJEC_LVk_wKupv6dpBuGNAvRBduavNLBoCRAgQAvD_BwE) Hint to Jane , still getting under 10L per 100 towing the runabout 😁 apparently there is a engineering mob in Brisbane that can fit a winch to most larger 4WDs without the need fot the heavy bar, can get you the info again you wish. Bye for now Ian. Edit , Almost forgot, as usual great drone footage gives all of us a sense of the area you’re at like going there. Great footage, editing, most don’t know how long it takes for a good edit. 👍

[@darshana573]

I lives in Srilanaka but l love ausi ❤❤❤

[@BigOzExplorers]

Yewww 👌🏻🤘🏻 🇦🇺

[@km4fsi827]

As always love the videos mate!!!!!! oohh, my 2019 Toyota Tacoma will also limit the throttle wile in 4wd(in regular traction control drive mode). What i found out is you have to push and hold the traction control button for about 5 seconds not just one time to cut it off ,and it will then disable the mode and let you send it!! Not sure how the Nissan works but i bet its close to the same. But the Tacoma has so many off road modes its crazy,even one for getting you out of sand (crawl control) But hey!! yall be safe and keep the uploads going! im always waiting on the next video here...lol 😁👍

[@BigOzExplorers]

We haven’t had ourselves in a similar situation for some time now but when we do we’ve had a read of the manual and need to try it out! We will share once we have it 100% sussed 😁👌🏻Thanks for tuning in again mate ☺️

[@darthvader8433]

Wouldn't be keen to swag it right up against the beach. You'd be a sausage roll to a croc in the wee hours.. We stayed at Punsand Bay caravan park last year (October). The park was fantastic, the wood fired pizza in the bar was just perfect!

[@BigOzExplorers]

A sausage roll, love it 🤣 It’s a great spot hey. Pizzas weren’t running when we were there due to covid 😞 I think we missed out!

[@daveleestevo]

Great video. Your videos are improving quite alot. We do live in a great country. Hoping to do Cape York in 2022...some great spots I need to visit.

[@BigOzExplorers]

Thanks Lee-Ann, we are learning and improving every day that’s for sure, it’s an ever changing (and exciting) challenge making videos 😁 Make sure you go, the Cape was amazing and well worth the effort to get there, you’ll love it! Hope we’ve added a few places to the list ☺️

[@seanchristie7150]

Great video, awesome drone footage, looking forward to next weeks adventure, on a side note, I paid that price 12yrs ago at Sandfire roadhouse in the Pilbara and 2yrs ago $2.20 on Fraser Island

[@BigOzExplorers]

I’m sure it’s not the first time we’ll pay a crazy price for fuel! Someone commented earlier paying $3.50 a litre! 😲 thanks for tuning in mate 😁

[@jaygus7297]

Wow so many experts in the comments 😂 you did well and had fun up the cape 👍 some don’t even get there 😉 Great video again can’t wait to the next

[@BigOzExplorers]

Always... 🤷🏼‍♀️ We’re not worried though, there is always one... or three, or even more 😂😂 we’re not experts though and definitely make mistakes at times just we’re prepared to share them 😁👌🏻 thanks for tuning in again this week Jay 😁

[@stevecurtis5321]

Girl after my own heart....love that peanut butter and cheese🙂

[@BigOzExplorers]

So she’s not the only one! I don’t understand it 😂😂

[@colinross6259]

Thanks, loved the drone shots, not only the campsites but surrounds. Lol, are you ever going to catch a fish Chris? More I watch your vids the more I want to go up there.

[@BigOzExplorers]

Thanks Colin! If you get up there it’s so worth the trip! I’m hoping Chris catches a fish one day... all he’s wanted to do from the beginning is a catch and cook 🤣🤣 thanks for watching 🤙🏻

[@rhysdowsett4995]

A bogged 200 series with visible smoke in the background.. Lucky the fire didnt come through then. Turn your traction control off when in High range. Go do a 4wd course when you get back.. Please.

[@BigOzExplorers]

The fire had visibly been through there already, we were fine when the 200 was stuck. Drones show you everything! As for a 4x4 course... I, Sian, used to run our families 4x4 park and actually take visitors on 4x4 tours in their cars and night runs on my own, fun facts! We are happy to admit when things just go wrong and show you our mistakes, no one is a perfect 4x4 driver no matter how many years you’ve done it. ☺️ TC was off, this cars electricals are actually quite different to our old car plus we were with a group so why not dig it a bit further 😂if you get stuck, that’s the fun but, getting out 🎉 4x4 is boring without a bog every now and then 😂😁 cheers for watching and hope to see you next week 🤙🏻

[@leighroy8981]

Use need some max trax for the pram 🤣🤣🤣

[@BigOzExplorers]

Hahaha that’s a great idea!!! I’ll pack them underneath for our next beach experience 🤪🤣

[@markkarslake554]

Hi guys if you get caught in a fire like that and it gets dangerous stay in the burnt ground it can't burn twice and your safe there

[@BigOzExplorers]

Thanks a good thought! Like anything you learn once you try things once. We should have recorded the discussions after the event and our future ‘plans’. Cheers mate ☺️

[@garys9390]

Sorry gang, we have lots of catching up to do. Just FYI - that dc3 hit some trees coming in to land to change crews prior to going on to png. I suspect it was early morning or late at night so vis might have been low?? (I have a pilots licence so anything aviation interests me…). Now you know the rest of the story……

[@BigOzExplorers]

Don’t be sorry at all! All the episodes will always be there so you can catch up on our adventures and follow the whole story 🥰 that’s interesting about the plane, we only know what we can see on the sign and don’t have much inside Intel but that would make a lot of sense!

[@peterstaunton-smith586]

Did you guys turn the traction control off when hitting the sand. It will stop you dead.

[@BigOzExplorers]

4H with TC off. It wasn’t happy in 4H (but this was the go to in the Ranger funnily enough) eventually when we moved to 4L it was evident that would have been better. 4L in this car compared to the Ranger are very different. All apart of the fun learning a new car ☺️

[@peterdoyle3205]

You mentioned that you found the most expensive fuel in Australia. Wrong. A few years ago I paid $3.40 per litre for Diesel on the Canning Stock Route.

[@cleemensassmannshausen8354]

Kalamburu 3.50$ per liter Diesel as well...

[@petersmith2830]

2012 Kunawarajiti $3.30 😲🤭

[@BigOzExplorers]

My goodness guys that’s ridiculous prices!! 😲😲 let me reword my sentence... The most expensive fuel we’ve found ‘yet’ 😂 ... not looking forward to the $3.50 day! 😱

[@ladysusanjane2682]

I’m sorry you didn’t catch that ?fish on the beach but I’m sort of glad as it seemed huge and it lives to see another day!😉 That drone fishing...you could catch a whale it goes out so far!!! Hmmm🤔and I’m thinking “why did that 2nd car go through the same way???” That was 56 mins of stress😅😅😅!

[@BigOzExplorers]

If it was something absolutely massive we wouldn’t of kept it, we need to have the fridge space to be able to do that! No waste with us 🙌🏻 🐠 mainly game fishing (catch and release) unless it’s a good size for one family meal. And the second car was for the fun of it 😂 just to test the capabilities of the car as he normally gets through everything, not that day though lol Thanks for tuning in Susan 🥰

[@daz6525]

Wow I never knew the big patrol was a petrol that’s cool how many litres per 100km if you don’t mind me asking mate I own a petrol4x4 v6 and it gets about 400 -420km per tank which is 66 litres was just curious what the v8 does with the new tech and stuff cheers anyway 🍻

[@BigOzExplorers]

Well there you go, learn something new every day hey! We have anywhere from 21 to 27L/100km depending on what weight we are towing! If we have full water and bulk food on board on dirt roads we are at the higher end but on bitumen with day today towing it’s closer to the 21 end. Speed also plays a big factor, 90 to 95km/h gives us the low numbers but over 100km and we will be around 24/25L :) we’re still figuring out the sweet spot because our weights can change in the van and the road terrain changes every trip! Lol

[@bushfirej]

Nice to see you getting stuck lol, Active stability control unfortunately sinks you in the sand so it has to be turned off as it senses the wheel spin and kills the power and buries ya

[@BigOzExplorers]

It’s so annoying hey! It doesn’t seem to happen when you’re in 4L though as we could give it the berries with no issues (we tested later). It’s funny because we were 4H in the sand mode so you think it would understand that we were in sand? 🤣🤣

[@mervo1477]

Im going to find you a wife with this Ash and then next cut scene We got lot of wood now 🤣🤣. Great Vid though as always

[@BigOzExplorers]

😂😂 hadn’t seen it that way lol

[@scotttroyahn4016]

Gday again legends! Loving the vids soooo much! Would you recommend carrying a 2nd spare tyre? Also how hard was it taking the vans right up to punsand? We have a 21’ semi off-road, thoughts?

[@BigOzExplorers]

Hey Scott, we haven’t needed one yet! Would recommend carrying a puncture kit though just in case. I think you’d be right to get to the tip, the trick is to take your time and drive to conditions. If the road looks rough slow down, if the road doesn’t look rough, still drive slow LOL 😝 cheers 🍻

[@aussiequest9543]

should never have gone that far in to the fire

[@aussiequest9543]

first thumbs down ever for you guys .

[@daz6525]

??? What fire

[@BigOzExplorers]

Do you know what track it was on or how many ‘exit’ routes that were available? Do you know how many times they turned around before they’d decided to start filming? We appreciate your feedback and sorry you felt the need to thumbs down but if you saw the 15 minutes prior to this, maybe you would feel differently ☺️ hope to see you next week! 🤙🏻

[@Mrbeast0099]

Gday guys great viewing as usual, would like to see more of inside your van , have forgotten what it’s like haha, couple of quick questions: How’s the generator going? Does it power your air con no problems?? Is yours an ibis 4? Will it run ok with out the inverter? What size was the generator again? 2 or 2.2 kava?? Cheers guys👍👍 oh and also what are your phone holders again? They are bloody rippers!!

[@BigOzExplorers]

Hey Steve! Ok, soooo... our genie is 2.1 and can run the aircon but it can cut out depending what other 240v appliances you put on concurrently. If you just use AC alone it’s no problem. We have an ibis 4 which is approx 1600w when running AC. What do you mean about running without the inverter? Our phone holders are by Scosche, it’s called the magic mount. Hope your keeping well in Emerald mate, how’s your temp there at the moment? We’ve been 38-42° consistently for weeks, feeling pretty accustomed now though lol

[@Mrbeast0099]

Big Oz Explorers yeah bloody hot here to around 38 fairly constantly, was even stinking hot at Yeppoon for our maiden voyage in our van 😁😁 . By inverter I meant do you guys run your inverter with your air con, we don’t have an inverter, I’m thinking of going for a 2400 watt generator just for a bit of added power in case we want to run some other things!! 👍👍 appreciate the reply, stay safe guys

[@BigOzExplorers]

@@Mrbeast0099 I don’t thinking tried the combination to be honest? 😂 I’ll get back to you on that... if you have the space and weights available, it’s worth getting the slightly bigger one I think, the just in case factor. That’s exciting! Did you love it? Hows your first can life experience?

[@Mrbeast0099]

Big Oz Explorers it was awesome!!! We were only there 2 days and didn’t want to leave!! Kids had a great time, can’t wait to get away again, hopefully just after Xmas we are going to get down Sunshine Coast and/or Gold Coast 👍👍

[@tonylombardi2298]

July 2003 rabbit flat road house 2.40 per half liter talk about expensive

[@BigOzExplorers]

Wowwww, crazy hey! I just remind myself how remote they are and what’s involved to get the fuel then I guess it’s called for 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@lucykelly6050]

I was thinking about this the other day, after you added the canopy and everything to the ranger, do you know how much the ranger was worth??

[@BigOzExplorers]

We spent about $8k for the canopy setup but we kept the fridge and battery ($2500 just there) so it didn’t affect the value much really just whether the buyer wanted a setup like that or not!

[@lucykelly6050]

Oh ok, thanks. 🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@alancollins9767]

Can you please start sharing the names of the songs you use? Some great music in your videos

[@BigOzExplorers]

I could do that Alan, maybe I could pop the names in the description of the videos? 😁😁

[@richardkomar8765]

what is the song at the 4 minute is mark for the drone footage

[@BigOzExplorers]

It’s called Feel So Lucky by Cody Francis ☺️

[@alltron66]

Liked the drone shots and senery but there was too much selfy in it instead of pix of what you were talking about. It would have been better if whole thing was condensed and cut out all the fluffy boring stuff.

[@BigOzExplorers]

Thanks for the feedback mate! This was unusually long for us agree! Trying to smash out this cape footage to get you on the road and closer to where we really are in the NT ☺️

[@annettelamers5796]

Looking for the video with tips on putting removable legs on bed. Thanks

[@BigOzExplorers]

Hey Annette, here is the one your looking for :) Cheers kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHeYcoJjisyUrsU

[@stevecurtis5321]

Turn off traction control

[@BigOzExplorers]

I asked Chris and he seems to think it was 🤷🏼‍♀️ hopefully next time it turns out better ☺️

[@roberthislop9386]

Hi guys. I've only looked / listened to 6min of this one but the background music is too "lovee dovee". Turning me off! TIAV have great music (just saying)

[@BigOzExplorers]

It’s not always that way, we mix it up each episode. TIAV have their own style and we have ours. 🤪 You could mute it until the drone shots are finished ☺️