Solo Camping in Moondyne Country - The Tale of Moondyne Joe

[@westozwandering]

Great story mate, could sit for hours listening to stories like that!

[@westralianoffroad]

Thanks mate appreciate it!

[@haylz06]

Great video Matt, no tech involved in cooking, just the good old fashioned bbq over the fire and the billy over the coles, how camping has been for decades before all the fancy 12v tech nonsense of today

[@Sh4dow682]

Here we go! Bit late to the party but here i am :)

[@martygg1216]

Absolutely loved this one 👍🏻🍻

[@westralianoffroad]

Thanks mate!!

[@danielthomson9542]

Absolutely love your shows mate and I maintain that you do the best camp breaky goin around 😂👍🏽🍻

[@westralianoffroad]

Thanks mate that means a lot! I try I try 😂 gotta eat well!

[@issy7465]

Pork steaks for dinner! Pork is an underrated meat in my opinion, so juicy and tasty when cooked right. I’m very food motivated, love me tucker! Beautiful spot by the way. Moondyne Joe is a fascinating character. Back in high school I did a project on him.

[@westralianoffroad]

Thanks mate I agree. Haha absolute character wasn’t he!

[@donfinch862]

Nice area that. Good to hear about ol' Joe - more than I knew. The freight trains are a max of 1.8 km long, restricted by the sidings further out where it's single track so they can pass. Still bloody long trains. Cheers

[@westralianoffroad]

Thanks for the info mate. Bloody long train then!

[@grahamhall5987]

Hi Matt show us your sleeping quarters as well as how you attach your maxtrax. What stops your maxtrax from being stolen. Great video. Graeme

[@westralianoffroad]

I will likely do a bit of a rundown on the Maxtrax Mount mate. There isn’t any lock on it currently. Thanks for watching 🤠

[@Sh4dow682]

Jeez the train hit warp speed haha

[@danielhunter398]

Another great episode - loved the background music to but bit early for Christmas music😊

[@westralianoffroad]

Yes I’ve since realised it has something to do with Christmas that song, I had no idea 🙃

[@AndrewCastlemaine]

You know how to make excellent camp breakfasts. 👍

[@westralianoffroad]

Many years of practice 😂

[@offcampnandy7727]

Cheers for sharing Matt 🍻🍻🍻awesome ground out there to camp up 👍👍👍 Lov'd the narration, olde Moondine was a cheeky fella getting his own the only way he knew how to, doesn't make it right but doesn't make it wrong in my books 🤔🤔🤔 Cheers Andy 🍺🍺🍺

[@westralianoffroad]

Thanks Andy mate, hope you’re well!

[@andrewrobson3559]

Great story and location, gees I got hungry watching you cook breakfast. 👍

[@westralianoffroad]

I make myself hungry editing it up too 🤣

[@wontstandstill1756]

Ahhhh, "sipping a cup of tea, watching a fire "....kinda your thing brother 😊

[@westralianoffroad]

Is a bit 😂

[@lyallwithers2516]

A couple of years ago I sent a night at Elatchbutting Rock. From there I went through to Westonia. A little north west of Westonia on Stoneman Rd there is a large cleared area with an old well. There is a sign at the well which mentions Moondyne Joe frequenting the area.

[@westralianoffroad]

Yeah mate he was everywhere ol Moondyne!

[@lorrainehazeldean1389]

Thoroughly enjoyed your Avon Valley trip and your story telling ! You certainly do eat well , the fresh air giving you a good appetite!

[@westralianoffroad]

Thanks Lorraine, thanks for watching. Haha yes I treat myself a bit out camping. I don’t eat like this everyday at home 🤣

[@alanjohnston243]

Cracking vid mate and a great yarn …..safe travels 🍺🍺

[@westralianoffroad]

Thanks mate, appreciate you watching 🤠

[@AussieColonel]

Another great upload and a wonderful tale from history !

[@westralianoffroad]

Thanks for watching mate! Great story isn’t it!

[@mickemery4486]

Great video Matt, love your yarns, you do a great job, I'm with you mate love camping near train lines, when there's no trains you can enjoy the nature sounds, keep up the great work 😊

[@westralianoffroad]

Thank you mate. I tell ya what I don’t mind it at all. Something comforting about it almost haha.

[@Ranger670]

Great yarn thanks Matt. Old Moodyne Joe was certainly an early WA character. Probably more of a nuisance than a dashing bushranger in the Ben Hall mould. You tell it well mate.

[@westralianoffroad]

I don’t disagree late 😂 thanks for watching!

[@Sh4dow682]

Ive heard of Moondyne Joe but never knew the story. Thankyou Matt for this.. Love the history lesson you give in your videos

[@westralianoffroad]

Thanks for watching mate!

[@diverdave641]

A good excuse to go exploring if I ever heard one! cheers mate!

[@warrencramer4516]

Lovely story and lovely track to match with the story!!

[@westralianoffroad]

It was great all round! Thanks mate.

[@VaughanMunro-js4nr]

Another wonder piece of Australian history. Moondyne Joe. Thanks, Matt. In Victoria, we have too many low bridges, preventing double stack containers on trains.

[@australien6611]

*Australian

[@westralianoffroad]

The double stacks are a sight to see mate! Thanks for watching!

[@dancotter7050]

You can still see remains of his old horse traps on the northern side of the river. Near to sappers track.

[@westralianoffroad]

Yeah mate, unfortunately I couldn’t get time to head out for a look.

[@petermiller9115]

I really enjoyed the story. Cheers

[@westralianoffroad]

It was a good one to tell mate, thanks!

[@louiskudlak2241]

Great story and spot brother

[@westralianoffroad]

Thanks mate!

[@leonwakefield7285]

Great video mate, really enjoyed the yarn.😊

[@westralianoffroad]

Thanks for watching mate 🤠

[@scottroygbiv]

Ripper lil vid again. Keep producing that content, big fan.

[@westralianoffroad]

Thanks very much mate awesome to hear that! I shall.

[@australien6611]

I lived in the Avon valley area for some years. Brutally hot in summer, freezing cold in winter. Maybe 4 weeks in a year you could go camping like this and survive 😉 Now ive moved right next to that train line and i can verify they sound like a devil's beast howling through the night.

[@westralianoffroad]

That’s a very accurate description mate 😂

[@jemty9564]

bloody ripper one mate , love the story telling and noticed a few new camera angles. great stuff to watch. cheers from 2 west aussies in saudi

[@westralianoffroad]

Thanks mate, appreciate you watching, hope you’re both well over there 🤠

[@OnCountryWithMick]

Great video as always mate. I don't know I would be too happy about the trains coming through but otherwise looked to be a very nice spot and the drone shots in the morning look blissful. Love the story of Moondyne Joe as well. It is always good to hear some history and stories like that.

[@westralianoffroad]

Pretty wild story mate!

[@TaMoose101]

Nice setup and approach

[@westralianoffroad]

Thank you mate.

[@jonnoandjez63]

Nice one Buddy

[@westralianoffroad]

Thanks mate!

[@Sh4dow682]

They need to bring back this kind of slave labour punnishment for crimes done these days instead of the slap on the wrist

[@westralianoffroad]

I agree!!

[@Sh4dow682]

Where in the Avon valley is all this? amazingly beutiful!

[@westralianoffroad]

Have a sniff around the main campsite in there mate 🤭

[@mikaylakemp3872]

tankyou man dont comment oftem but thanks once again for a great vid really apprieate it

[@westralianoffroad]

Appreciate your time and your comment mate, that means a lot!

[@diverdave641]

Awesome video and a history mate, I've been up in that country a few times now, I don't suppose you could share where that particular spot is?

[@westralianoffroad]

If you sniff around Cobbler Pool hard enough you’ll find it 🤭

[@robertallum6509]

👍

[@Tom-lf8hx]

Gotta love a good yarn mate, and thoes trains were amazing when i was in that area, 10000 times better then geese and roosters at 3am 🤣🤣 ahahahahahah

[@westralianoffroad]

You would say that Tom 😂😂😂

[@Tom-lf8hx]

@@westralianoffroad cause its true! Ahahahahaha