The Great Ocean Walk - Part 1/3 - Solo Hiking in Victoria, Australia

[@moe_1886]

Mr. Drop Bear was hilarious, plus all his mates from the night before! 🤣 I was waiting for you to keel over as you were getting your backpack on at the start of Day 2 😂 it looked bigger and heavier than you were! Thankfully, with all the water collecting, and filtering, and drinking, then collecting, and filtering and all the food cooking and eating 🤭 the weight would slowly become lighter as you traversed the trail. Another beautifully edited video as usual Hayley 🙌 and that time lapse of the starry night sky and the clouds floating by, was just magical, great footage! I would've stayed up all night just watching that alone. Can't wait for Part 2 😉

[@settohike]

Haha I was so happy when the got the Koala on camera considering I talked about them that morning 🤣 I definitely made a decision after that trip that 6 days of food is the max I’ll ever take not 8!! I think I could almost fit into my own pack, but yes always a nice thought knowing that you are eating away at the weight! 🥪 Always have a soft spot for the stars! I would of liked to of recorded more of the stars if battery wasn’t an issue! Thank you so much for your comments 🙏😊

[@Neil-clare]

What an amazing experience and a very informative video 🙌🏻 safe trekking 🤗

[@settohike]

Thanks for watching! 😀😀

[@carolynharbottle-jj4rb]

Looks fabulous

[@settohike]

Thank you! It sure was! 😁

[@robcuz2255]

Lol danger noodle! Really cool vid! Excellent quality too.❤️

[@settohike]

haha my other options were wriggle stick or nope rope but danger noodle is my favourite 😛Thanks so much! 💚

[@louisaklimentos7583]

Beautiful video

[@Labeasy20]

Wow, I love the flair you put in your shots and editing! It makes your video really stand out.

[@escursionisuburbane6107]

Just wow!

[@OurWeekendAdventures]

This would be SO awesome! Thank you for sharing!

[@settohike]

Haha it was! Add it to your list :)

[@OurWeekendAdventures]

@@settohike done!

[@Tara.c871]

Fantastic video! 👍

[@settohike]

Thank you very much! 😊

[@Mark-ds6ff]

Nice one Hayley :)

[@settohike]

Thanks Mark 😄

[@thiskingswingsthings]

Easily the best Australian-centric hiking channel. Great information, great filming and editing, very informative! Great humour. Thanks for your efforts.

[@settohike]

Aww thank you! I really appreciate you saying that! Thanks so much for watching!!! 😊😊

[@solohiker9917]

That was fun to watch - looking forward to the next instalments. Koalas are so weird sounding.

[@settohike]

Thank you! 🙂haha you definitely dont picture that sound coming from something that looks like a teddy bear. 😛

[@rebeccaowen25]

This is fantastic. Just discovered your channel - love the editing!!! Well done 👌😊

[@settohike]

Welcome to the channel! haha thanks so much! 😊😊

[@jono-molly]

awe-inspiring , love your video and commentary. Thank you

[@shaynecross7860]

We doing it...we going for a splash! Ripper vid, very entertaining looking forward to the rest of the series + I saw a little alien face in your lunch at 3.19😆👍

[@settohike]

Thanks so much! Haha in all the time editing I never noticed the alien face, now I cant unsee it! 😂👽

[@iamtheinserter]

What a great video! Thanks for making it! I'm aiming to solo hike the GOW sometime in 2023.

[@benmanohan5943]

Your channel gonna be my favorite channel, love the way you said, you edited and you have done. The khoala is soooo cute.

[@settohike]

Haha yay im happy to have you here! thank you for watching. The koala was very cute indeed! I dont think I have been so close to one before. :)

[@mythreestars61]

Great film keep going...

[@settohike]

Thanks so much 🙂🙂

[@mythreestars61]

@@settohike I'm 60 and have just started filming where I live your films are so well produced I'm inspired..

[@CrisTrackElite]

Awesome !

[@settohike]

Cheers! 😃

[@emmatrevena3408]

Absolutely loved this!! Such pretty views! Can't wait for the next 2 😊

[@settohike]

Thanks Emma!! 💚💚

[@HikeandSeeker]

I did this hike a few years ago. It brought a lot of memories back to me. Your editing and pace through the video is top notch.

[@settohike]

Glad I could bring back some memories! Thanks so much, always lovely to receive comments about the editing 🙂

[@dmatcha]

love your storytelling, thanks for the share. Can i ask whether we really need hiking poles for this walk ? Are there many steep inclines and declines along the way? We’ll be doing 3D2N Blanket Bay to Johanna Beach.

[@galaxyontrail]

Great edit!

[@settohike]

Thank you muchly! 😄

[@adventureawaits5003]

Awesome video so many great areas and scenery. Thanks for sharing.

[@settohike]

Cheers!! Thanks for watching 🙂🙂

[@helenwallis5914]

Can’t wait, very excited 😆

[@settohike]

woohoo! 😀

[@youradventure0710]

Great video great story telling and great editing, not to mention some interesting transitions, you have a wonderful way of story telling, thank you

[@settohike]

Aww thanks so much! A lot of hours and hours definitely went into it! 😄

[@AmyOutdoors]

Woohoo! It's started! Gorgeous editing, as always 💙. Never heard a Joe Blake called a Danger Noodle before, lol. I've been keen to see what this walk is like... looks popular at any rate!

[@settohike]

Thanks so much Amy! hahah I could of chosen Wriggle Stick or Nope Rope but Danger Noodle is my favourite :P This walk was perfect for me, great distances, not going to get lost, nice facilites and nice people along the way! :)

[@kelliebriggs2262]

We’ll done. I’m returning with hiking friends end March to walk 3 stages from AB and your vlogs have been helpful. Last year we hiked Cape Otway to 12 Apostles. This year we will hike AB to Shelly beach, Blanket Bay to Cape Otway, then cape Otway to castle cove and hope to enjoy a few swims

[@settohike]

Sounds like you've got a good plan in action! Thanks for watching! I hope you get to enjoy a few swims too. Swimming at Blanket Bay was a highlight for me, the sun on the water was so nice! :)

[@rickychopsbarbershop4980]

Your videos are so good! This channel is about to blow up!

[@settohike]

That would be nice! haha thank you! 😄

[@AlainStewart]

Wow, this is really well put together. I like how you have presented the hiking info for each day. I think your video would be a great guide for anyone looking to do GOW. I can see you put a lot of work into this. Well done.

[@settohike]

Aww thank you for your comment. Yeah the hiking info is something I would want to see when watching a video so I’m going to do it for all my videos now. :)

[@InspectAzmi]

Good videography & vlog Love your shots & editing Love australia from Qatar👍👍👍

[@settohike]

Thank you! I appreciate your comments!! 😄😄

[@KirstieM9]

Yay! Been looking forward to this series so much. Thank you for sharing.

[@settohike]

Aww thank you! The next ep will be tomorrow! 😄

[@marvelontrack776]

awesome.. been waiting for this 👌

[@settohike]

I hope you enjoyed the first ep! :)

[@greenandblueescapades2980]

Nice work! Now I am curious to check out this part of the world! A "danger noodle"??? Yikes!

[@settohike]

Thank you! It's a great part of the world! 😀Haha other names include a 'nope rope' or a 'wriggle stick' 😛

[@carolestephens2929]

Love your videos. How much did your pack weigh when you started? Trying to work out what to aim for. Thx :)

[@moracowan8840]

hey, really inspiring video. Thanks for sharing. We did the walk with the boys 8 and 10 years old, and they loving it, so me, hubby, bro, and sis inlaw. May i ask where did u get the noodle soup the one u had on ure first dinner at the camp site? 3:22

[@settohike]

Thanks for watching, sounds like you had a lovely squad for the trip! 😊 That noodle soup is one of my dehydrated recipes. Here is a link for the recipe. www.settohike.com/recipes/blog-post-title-four-rr2xw Please excuse the old video 😂

[@richoslandscapephotography164]

Absolutely fantastic video as always. Can’t wait till the next part.

[@settohike]

Thanks for being here! 🙂 I almost went for one 1 long video haha but settled on 3 😛

[@richoslandscapephotography164]

@@settohike honestly I probably would have watched an hour long hiking video if you posted it. Absolutely LOVE the content

[@settohike]

@@richoslandscapephotography164 I’ll note that down for the future haha thank you 😊

[@julianfisher9755]

Great vid,wish there were places in uk like that.

[@settohike]

Thank you! Yeah we are pretty lucky here in Victoria, we have a few tracks set out like this!

[@sourabhbansal2734]

Great stuff. Love it 😊

[@settohike]

Thanks Sam! This is what I’ve been working on all lockdown haha 😊

[@BensBackpackingAdventures]

Nice work H! Looks fantastic

[@settohike]

Thanks so much!! 🙂🙂

[@KateGrarock]

What a brilliant guide to the walk. Love the vid and congratulations on your first solo hike. Hope you have the bug

[@settohike]

Thanks so much Kate! Haha when I finished the walk I said to myself I wasn’t that interested in hiking solo then 5 months later I did the cape to cape solo 😂

[@richbanister]

Great hike and beautiful views! Glad you took is along for the ride. What did you cook?

[@settohike]

Thanks for watching! 😄 In this particular video you see a dehydrated Pho type thing and some dehydrated beef mince with spinach, mushrooms, kidney beans and mashed potato. For the rest of the trip I made a dehydrated chickpea curry, dehydrated vegetable quinoa, then I also had 2 of those Backcountry meals and one of the Alfredo pasta packets :)

[@richbanister]

@@settohike that sounds tasty!

[@bladesepicadventures7165]

Woohoo!! Have been looking forward to this series coming out!! Great video as always. Love the Danger Noodle, we all felt your heart drop when it moved and you froze! Looking forward to the next one!! 👍

[@settohike]

It was definitely a long time coming! Lockdown has been good to catch up on some editing haha. I’ve learnt I probably shouldnt walk and film at the same time when snakes could be about but then again I wouldn’t have got that shot if I didn’t! 😛

[@bladesepicadventures7165]

@@settohike Ha ha - so true :P

[@amandadaisydogwanderings]

amazing footage! i want to try that as my first multi-day hike. what time of year is best to do it do you think & do you have any tips i need to know? 😊

[@settohike]

Thank you! Its a great one for a first multiday hike as the days are super varied and not too long. I did this hike during early November which was great, the tail ends either side of summer would be my pick as you could hopefully still have some warm weather for swimming but not too hot. I think the main thing to know would be looking up the tide times before you leave. :)

[@melissaneville3323]

Ahh yes, drop bears - Australia's meanest native animal 😂 Love the video (as always), very excited to see the rest of your adventure!!

[@settohike]

Haha I’ll never understand how something that looks that cute can make that sound 😂 thanks so much for watching the first part!! 😊

[@staceysinclair342]

I'm doing this walk in a couple of months and I haven't done many day-long hiking trips before - I was wondering where you get your water filters from and if the campsites all have reliable rain water?

[@scarcesense6449]

Hey... we picked the same site at Elliot Ridge. :D

[@settohike]

Great minds think great tent sites! 😜

[@robertdean1579]

Thanks! I've really been looking forward to your videos on this trip! I hope the Covid lockdowns there won't prevent you from taking more trips this coming hiking season. Was that snake the Eastern Brown Snake?

[@settohike]

Thanks so much! 🙂Yeah I love the warmer weather, so I hope I can go on a few! The footage almost makes me think it was a tiger snake but I swear in person it was an Eastern Brown. The second snake I saw was definitely a tiger snake!

[@Ckblab]

I would have never guessed that is the sound a koala makes! 😂😂😂

[@settohike]

hahah it's terrifying isn't it? 😂

[@stevenpetrou8582]

Hi Hayley, throughout the walk, how easy is it to identify the track markers to show you where to go?

[@settohike]

It was actually incredibly easy! I was a little worried at the start considering I was going to be by myself, but for the entire trip I didnt lose the track or wonder where the track markers are. (I had the offficial map, a compass, and my position on my phone in case i needed it but didnt :)

[@reynaanderson6887]

Im dying to GOW, used to camp at Blanket Bay and do day walks from there. It looks different now. Question: whats your verdict on the water filter? (apologies if this has been addressed elsewhere)

[@settohike]

It is definitely one to tick off the list! I was quite pleased with the variety of each day. Actually i'm still deciding whether I should try another brand or not. It was working great and I would back flush it after every litre I filtered. Then I took it for another longer hike and the first night it wouldn't work at all and took about 2 more nights before I could get some flow back (I thought maybe it didnt like sitting in the cupboard between hikes) I had been backflushing it with my other water bottle attached so when I got home I got out the syringe that came with it to back flush. After many goes its back to normal again. So i've kind of got mixed feelings at the moment as I thought I had been doing a great job at back flushing it constantly. haha I think ill give it one more run this year and go from there :)

[@reynaanderson6887]

@@settohike sounds frustrating! thanks for the intel

[@anthonywhite6530]

watching from Ireland

[@settohike]

Waving back from Australia! 👋😄

[@alexstreet8632]

Hey how did you treat your water on the trip?

[@settohike]

I had a cnoc bladder that I would fill with water that connects to my Sawyer Squeeze and filters into a plastic water bottle. On shorter trips though I usually just use water purification tablets like Aquatabs. :)

[@andrewfwkelly]

How heavy was your pack at the start? Also what month was this? Looks warm.

[@settohike]

These are just rough estimates but my base weight would have been around 8.2kg if you don't include camera gear. Once I put the camera gear in my base weight became about 11kg. I had about 5.2kg of food to begin with then I would normally carry 2-3L of water. So all up on day 1 would of been around 19kg :O and yeah I did this hike early november (I am a summer lover so I loved this time of year!)

[@eatsforuwithkuyaley]

keep vlogging stay safe new friend here

[@settohike]

Hello! Thanks so much! and thanks for watching 😀

[@FreedomOnFoot]

Been looking forward to this and was worth the wait! Your editing skills are brilliant. Looks like it was a great start to your first solo trek. You're right about the koalas. For the uninitiated, their sounds could rightfully have people quivering in their tents at night. How heavy was your pack when you first started? Looking forward to the next episodes!

[@settohike]

Thank you! Yeah it was the perfect hike to do solo, no scares about getting lost haha I actually think the first time I heard a koala was out in the wild and I had no idea what was happening 😂I think my pack was around 18 - 19kg to start with. Very happy to eat my weight as the days went on!!

[@jimmyrecard6021]

7:28 We never filtered our water when we were there... oh well.

[@settohike]

haha yeah its funny what different people do. I did see one group that filtered their water and then after they would put a tablet in. I grew up on tank water so im sure I would of been fine but I had my filter with me so I wanted to use it :)

[@McRain23]

Amazing view..new friend here..nice vlog.hope i meet you someday let's collab ..take care

[@settohike]

Thanks so much for watching, ill be sure to check out your adventures too! 🙂