PAINTED DESERT - Was it worth it?

Join us as we detour of the Oodnadatta Track out to the Painted Desert on what would have to be the worst road we have ever attempted to take the caravan. Thankfully the Painted Desert was our reward at the end.

[@VetinaVan]

How good is it! The colours are so vibrant, one of our highlights to date. 👍🍻

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

I remember loving your vid of this place! So cool

[@MareeForman]

Your drone footage is just amazing. 👍The painted desert is stunning. Well done to you all. The kids are so good. 😊

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

Thank you, i really enjoyed flying the drone there, exhausted all 3 batteries that day!

[@SvedosTrippin]

Great episode Mark. What a spot to fly the drone.

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

Exhausted all 3 batteries right to their limits

[@dontdyalusweretravelling4718]

What a magnificent part of Oz! Great drone pics guys, ❤ the ep as always! Take care Cheers Cam, Ang & Ruby

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

Was pretty spectacular, worth the horrid road out there!

[@jeanettebrook4631]

Gosh your kiddos and the dog are awesome travellers. I loved the drone pictures they were something out of this world. You can bet this part of your trip will be great memories. It’s a highlight for me to sit here in my room in an aged care home in Sydney following along with you and enjoying the good times. Keep on travelling safely.

[@debracameron9012]

Wow how amazing the Painted Desert is. I have heard about it but have never been there so I didn't know what to expect. It's absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. The corrugations are terrible but I guess that's all part of the adventure. Thank you so much for sharing the Oodnadatta Track. Enjoy Coober Pedy. ❤

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

The Painted Desert is truly beautiful! Was worth the hours of rattling about! Worst road weve taken the van on! Thanks for watching

[@troopy7834]

Another great video guys and awesome drone shots. We always enjoy watching your content. Keep up the great work.

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

Cheers legends, thanks for watching

[@catheydownunder]

Wow we love the drone shots Never seen the colours like that before Truly beautiful

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

Isnt it just spectacular

[@davekerr8133]

Holy macaroni. That drone footage was spectacular. When I look at that landscape, I wonder what geological events have taken place over millions of years. Stunning. Thanks team. 😊

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

Thanks buddy, was a pretty special place to fly the drone! Was an incredible landscape and yeh i have no idea what could cause it, its spectacular either way!

[@chrishoffman8619]

G'day guys! We've been following you since we saw your rig at Goolwa about 2yrs ago I reckon. We've since sold our New Age and about to get another van in November but will still watch and like your adventures as you continue to be 'real' and give great advice for family travellers regardless of van type etc. Thank you all and safe travels for as long as you do it for 😊👍

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

Ah thats awesome, yeh almost 2 years ago since we were in Goolwa, lovely part of Aus down there. Thank you for following along, hope you enjoy your new van and safe travels!

[@kayenash5481]

That was a real treat, across the Oodnadatta Track 👣 👌 ❤❤

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

So glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

[@maggiemae9188]

enjoyed seeing this amazing part of Aus, drone shots beautiful

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

Thank you! Thanks for watching

[@jebw]

The Painted Desert pictures were spectacular.

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

Isnt it incredible landscape

[@susanmccusker5931]

Wow amazing scenery

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

Truly breathtaking

[@leahaines7413]

Wow can't wait to see the Painted Desert next year. Thanks for sharing - we are planning our Birdville Track/Oodnadatta track trip next year so have appreciated your perspectives😊

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

Awesome! Your going to love it, such a cool landscape out there, glad you enjoyed the videos and thanks for watching

[@diannehavelberg5875]

Another great video guys hope you enjoy coober pedy we had a lovely time there❤

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

We did have a lot of fun in Coober Pedy this time!

[@susanmccusker5931]

Glad you made it along the Oodnadatta track

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

We loved it! Definitely were prepared this time

[@kayenash5481]

That Drone footage is amazing 😄

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

Thank you!!

[@woodrisinglass]

🤩🤩🤩

[@Accolades70]

Great vid... One Day....

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

One day!

[@filthyoffroadadventures]

Glad you made it. I see the road from Oodnadatta to Arckaringa Station is still terrible 😂 You did all the hard work and should’ve stayed a night at the station and spent some time on the walks at the lookout closest to the station (last place you were stopped) How amazing is that place.

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

We did consider it but everyone had had enough by then and just wanted to get to coober pedy. Would love to head back out when the kids are a bit older and we can do some hikes and walks

[@filthyoffroadadventures]

@@Ourwhittleadventure fair call. Yep we are taking our bikes next trip.

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

@filthyoffroadadventures now that would be cool!

[@GrabLifeByTheGourlays]

We loved the painted desert and just made it for sunset!! We ended up just pulling up on the side of the road on the way to Akaringa Station to get the sunset! 🙌🏾

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

Yeh your trip there looked beautiful!

[@GrabLifeByTheGourlays]

@@Ourwhittleadventure at that point we only had 2 out of 4 brakes working on the van! 😬

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

@GrabLifeByTheGourlays yeh you guys had a rough run of it on the Oodnadatta. Was not wnvious of you but your persevered and got it all sorted!

[@geoffb1568]

Did the same trip in May with our road owl the corrugated roads wasn’t much fun the van handled it very well

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

We are so thankful the van handled it aswell as it did, road was rough!

[@TheCampersAtlas]

Hi guys, loved the animated travel line on the Hema style map at the start, just wondering how you did it. Tried googling it but couldn't find anything as good as that. Cheers Gary

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

Hey i just downloaded an image of the map on the internet. Then i use davinci resolve editing software so i jump in fusion tab, theres a guy called Billy Rybka on Yat that does a great tutorial on how to do it. Would be hard for me to write instructions without showing it

[@TheCampersAtlas]

@@Ourwhittleadventure Awesome thanks so much for that!

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

@TheCampersAtlas your welcome

[@carlfrier2873]

Nice one what did you have the tyre pressures running at?

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

20psi on the front, 25 on rear and in the van. Had been like that since we got on the Oodnadatta. Those pressures seem to work pretty well for us

[@colleenoliver2673]

Was worth it

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

Agreed! Though we weren’t sure half way along that road

[@kayenash5481]

Oh boy those coregations are bad!

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

Seriously bad! And 20kms in 2 hours

[@jeanettebrook4631]

Gosh your kiddos and the dog are awesome travellers. I loved the drone pictures they were something out of this world. You can bet this part of your trip will be great memories. It’s a highlight for me to sit here in my room in an aged care home in Sydney following along with you and enjoying the good times. Keep on travelling safely.

[@Ourwhittleadventure]

We are very lucky the kids and pup all travel so well! The Painted Desert was truly beautiful and worth tackling that horrible road. Thank you for watching