Tour De Vic - An 8 Day offroad Adventure bike trip around Victoria, Australia

This is an 8-day trip around Victoria predominantly on dirt.
GPX files are available here:
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[@chinagregsmotorcycleadvent7555]

I am a 75 year old American who just returned from the Flinders, included in my bucket list trip because of you, Brent and it was wonderful. I'm so glad I went. Your videos are exceptional, what I'm aiming for. Thank you!

[@brentbat]

Hey there... I don't even have to ask how you enjoyed the Flinders.... I don't think anybody could go there and not enjoy that magical place. Did you have a great time? How long were you there? What were you riding? Did you do some of the epic trails?

[@chinagregsmotorcycleadvent7555]

I almost didn’t go! I made it to Adelaide and was ready to head back to Sydney. I rented a Honda CB300R, a little naked bike, not at all set up for dirt, but then I remembered your comments and thought what the heck, why not, so glad I did. I went up through Hawker, I camped at the G’day campgrounds I think at Merna Mora Station. I rode that Moralana scenic track and several gorge tracks, but I saw the place where you made a video on the track you have to make reservations, Flying Something, I actually went into the office to say hello, I told them they were famous and they brought up your name. They were great! The Flinders was truly one of the great highlights of my trip. I am making KZbin videos of my trip, 6 weeks, 6800kms. I just got back to China yesterday. Your videos are just fantastic! Thank you!

[@CaravaningaroundAustralia]

Filming 10/10 narration 10/10 story line 10/10 background music 10/10. Well put together 👍

[@snox7320]

Right up there for me regards channels on ytube

[@robjones2852]

Thanks Brent. Such a thoughtfully narrated, well shot, well edited, story. The structure of the journey was punctuated by so many step changes in the landscape...it seemed like we were being swept around one lap of a giant cycle of nature--the Murray watershed. Interesting that it is those uncooperative Northern sand dunes that cause the Wimera River to terminate in the Wiperfeld Lakes; rather that drain into the Murray...as they once did.

[@harleyjetdriver1957]

Your videos are absolutely the best! Your IDBDR video is what inspired me to buy an adventure bike. Keep up the great work!!

[@JohannesDalenMC]

Inspiring to buy a motorcycle - the ultimate compliment!

[@rd2957]

Thanks Brent. Anther amazing trip. I like some others really appreciate all the work and that you are kind enough to share the GPX link with us all. Happy riding.

[@FOTOMOTOTURISMO]

Really nice video, as all of your videos are. Well captured and edited images and captivating storytelling. I don't have the "fear of sand", but I never encountered myself riding in such deep sand. Instead, I have "fear of mud", I don't know if there is a specific name for that hahaha. Cheers from Brazil.

[@kostasrestas]

Finally man !! i was pretty sure that you prepare something awesome , after all those days that you have to upload ... A fan of Greece and T7 lover !! Cheers !!

[@jetranger3]

Amazing Brent. Love your work. Just got back myself riding station roads in Nymagee, Cobar etc, my group got 5 punctures. 3 from fencing nails and 2 from a spoke poking past the rim protection rubber. The Skydio is amazing. I use DJI and hit lots of trees and bushes. Thanks!

[@eugenenel2486]

Nice and heart warming to see the older you get that the love for adventure on bikes never stop,it gives me hope that when i reach your age i would still be able to enjoy the feeling of freadom and wind on your face while doing what you lived for while we were young.Well done Gentleman you give us hope

[@AdvExOz]

So good to see your video after a long time. Keep it coming. Glad Coco is ok. I recently got into an injury off road as well and fractured my spine. Lucky that all is well. Really good video and story telling as always. 😊

[@Zerotys_ADV]

Great content as usual. Sorry for the injury to your mate and the bike breakdowns. Although I doubt I will ever get an opportunity to ride in Aus, I appreciate your willingness to share your tracks. I wish more people would do that. Cheers from the US.

[@garybisme2]

Love the adventure. Thanks for sharing. I have the Husqvarna 701 Enduro. Love the bike, hate the sand.

[@MotoVibes]

Wow. What an adventure. Beautifully filmed, edited and narrated with useful maps and infographics - it was a pleasure to watch your film. Thank you for sharing this- greetings from Germany, Oliver

[@paul.vanhout57]

I have mentioned this before but your narration and cinematography is incredible. I need to find a way to ride Australia before they take my keys away. But a pass on 66k of deep sand😬. Hope your mate fully recovered from his off.

[@THENKDRCR]

Quality! Thanks for sharing the trip, I got excited to see an update on Mcdonalds Gap track, looks like you will need to go back after the seasonal closures reopen, and have another crack at stage 4😁

[@andrewjeffers7057]

Thanks for sharing GPX files. I had mapped out a route along the Murray not along ago for an upcoming tide, your as ridden GPX is really helpful. Loved the vid

[@SteveBraid-zk9zq]

Fabulous story and beautifully captured on film. Your an exceptionally talented guy Brent…thanks for sharing this adventure…

[@jaimininorath5760]

this is so well produced, great watch

[@volkerrath8409]

Another epic film and trip. A leaking radiator is very common on the 701 and can be easily fixed with JB Weld. Happens typically under the brackets on the top. We fixed one on the last VIC trip and I guess we were near you at the same time with the same problem 😂

[@greglipschitz]

Always brilliant footage Brent. Sorry to hear that you weren't able to finish it. Wishing Coco a speedy recovery.

[@WeckforsDiscovery]

Thanks for sharing yet another adventure from "down under"! Greetings from Sweden.👍

[@stevekerekes9852]

Thanks Brent. Incredibly good of you to go to the trouble of filming and editing these videos. Then to top it all off, you make the GPX files available - that is next level generosity. I hope Coco is on the mend.

[@johannessiebrand6387]

Great video Brent. I did the Murray Sunset / Milmed Rock track sections over the Anzac Day weekend on the GSA. Tough riding!! Your video was great way to show the Mrs what I was riding through as pictures do not do it justice.

[@brentbat]

You did the Milmed Rock track on a GSA? Holy crap! Respect!!!!

[@johannessiebrand6387]

@@brentbatcost the bike a mirror when I had a small off…

[@oliviermagere]

Amazing, relatable adventure riding, with the downs and ups. Good recovery Coco and thank you Brett and friends for sharing

[@davidricketts6985]

Thank you Brent and the guys.. This is high quality viewing. Great content and beautifully filmed. I wish Coco a full and speedy recovery.. and can't help but wonder if the 690 has been traded in. Keep up the great work mate.

[@nickdelaine1]

The 690 lives again to ride another day.

[@JEMMTB1]

Wow, I didn't know all that much about the Murry River. I would love to do a trip like that. Thanks for the video, inspiring :)

[@JarodThurley]

Thank you Brent. As always, you do an exceptional job showcasing your adventures

[@bigwill2711]

Adventure masterpiece as always Brett.

[@harrysquatter747]

Absolutely beautiful cinematography, clicked just cause I was curious and stayed for the whole thing amazing video 🙌🙌👏

[@adriancullinane7626]

Absolutely beautiful and inspiring!

[@RidingWithTom]

Awesome loop of Vic, lots of great spots! Just replace those hotels with camping and you have a perfect Vic trip!

[@brentbat]

Hey Tom, Yes, this was a hot topic amongst the group. Personally I love camping, but it seems that a bunch in the group prefer a hot shower. I am going to do more moto camping this year, even if I have to ride solo.

[@MotoPassport]

I noticed in the credits Nick had a Brazilian Butt Lift by Contour Clinics and was wondering if you can provide an affiliate link for those of us who want to make enquiries?. Great vid as always, thanks.

[@nickdelaine1]

😂 yep

[@peternaur]

Some channels you watch for the crazy riding and this one for the amazing photography! It is just SO good! Great trip, great narration, looks amazing. I just traded my 701 for at T7 on accounts of reliability - and this video has not changed my mind. But then again, Scandinavian riding is much easier, so you don't really need a kitted out 501. Thanks again!

[@anthonya7066]

Simply superb! Pure adventure riding, varying terrain and scenery. I look forward to your videos Brent, the overall production is incredible.

[@petertoms518]

Love this content Brent . Keep them coming… great job

[@powertrip1050]

Good onya, Brent. Another great job, of course. I see you are getting a bit "Hollywood" on different aspects of the production..😃 I hope the World Premiere went off without a hitch! And sorry to see you guys had some hurdles...but you handled it all well...Thanks a million for the viewing! This victorian living in Cro really enjoyed it! 😃👍

[@OzMOTO]

Congratulations on producing another great video! I wish I was a few decades younger to try a similar ride. 😀

[@briangschaefer7048]

Another absolutely magnificent video Brent! It is hard not to be extremely jealous of you guys. Speedy recovery Coco.

[@DaveyCrocket70]

Bloody awesome Brent! You must spend weeks mapping out all those little trails over such a huge distance. Thanks for sharing the ride with us.

[@brentbat]

Hey Davey Yes, I did spend weeks planning it, but got a lot of help from locals too. I enjoy the route planning and research, so it's just more fun for me :-)

[@MarcoFrantz]

Another awesome ride and cinematic production, Brent. Thanks for sharing. Cheers from Brazil.

[@darrabase1]

loved it, better riding then I saw some older blokes doing tonight in OZ, thinking they were younger( very dangerous, no wonder older blokes get killed). After 45 years riding, I still don't do sand, and avoid it at all times. You did the right thing not doing it, riding sand is a very hard thing to learn, and either you have the ability or you don't and I don't.

[@stevearmitstead7904]

Another fantastic trip and production. Thank you, very much enjoyed.

[@stewartmckenzie7230]

New to off road touring - that was fantastic! Thank you for such inspiration

[@DansADV]

Your videos are NEXT LEVEL. appreciate all the work that went into this.

[@williammacdonald9955]

Fantastic video Brent, as a Mansfield local this is a bucket list ride! Best bit is you have shared the files, makes it easy for me! Unfortunately I have an illness preventing me from riding at the moment but this has inspired me to get well and get out there. Disappointed I didn’t meet you at the pub, maybe next time 😊 cheers

[@elliot7179]

A very well put together video , thanks for sharing the gpx files it makes planning these things so much easier

[@radadventure2606]

Great film Brent. I almost wished you had split it into four separate videos so that they would be longer! I wanted more of every section of your great trip. I have done part of the Murray myself (Echuca to Barmah) and it is very pretty country!

[@Andre-T7]

Thank you Brent for the GPX looks amazing. Hope to meet up with you someday, and shout you a drink.

[@gili7333]

As always bloody brilliant Brent, thank you for sharing and how handy was it that KTM living up to its reputation and creating a support vehicle, commiserations to Nick but so good he took on that job instead of just packing up and heading home.

[@brentbat]

We also shared bikes, so Nick got at least 6 rides in.

[@kiwiadventurer]

That was awesome Brent. Funnily enough I was thinking about you a day ago thinking I hadn't had an upload notification for a while and blow me down, what a way to finish a sunday evening. Your drone work is so distinctives and the icing on the videos you produce.

[@brentbat]

Getting ready now for another trip to Iceland in June... this time the West Fjords, so that should be epic.

[@kiwiadventurer]

@@brentbat Look forward to that.......

[@jimwood1068]

Fantastic video mate. Great adventure with mates. Very inspiring. Thanks. Jim Uk. 👍🏼

[@peterlee543]

Brilliant production. The quality is so good. As good as anything mainstream. Love your work. It must take you days of editing to make these. Thanks for doing it.

[@brentbat]

Yes, it does take me days to edit these videos, but I really love the editing process, so it is a labor of love.

[@philgoogle1535]

Another excellent video, Brent. It's a sad ending to an otherwise wonderful adventure. Get well soon👍

[@indorealist]

Wow Brent, that would be an absolute bucket list, especially for someone living in Vic.

[@小泉和彦-j5n]

Mr. Brett Thanks for the great video. I wish Coco a speedy recovery.

[@duncanm6589]

Great trip and video Brent. Love your map overviews. Your renamed track made me laugh. Shame about the accident and your radiator. Thanks

[@cjeremie]

Looks like a lot of fun! You've give me some ideas for my 12,000km ride back through SA with a drop in to Melb before home to Newcastle. Hope your mate gets better quick.

[@zhangrui7395]

Thank you，Brent ! it's a really amazing and gorgeous video. And hope Coco can get well soon ! Best wishes!

[@pulkitkadam2302]

Yours videos are best to watch. Love from India.

[@marthinusvorster]

Could not have chosen a better time for the trip when it came to the weather. Ripper vid, well put together.

[@PavoTreks]

Epic trip and amazing cinematography, Lake Kenyon looks amazing 🔥

[@TheSilmarallion]

Jokes aside to Nick, Hope you guys will buy him beer for the rest of his life for doing back up vehicle for you guys.

[@Nerb1]

I was looking forward to your commentary on the milmed rock itself.... haha.

[@brentbat]

I assume you have been to Milmed Rock..... What is it like? I don't think I'll ever get to see it if the track is always that shitful.

[@alanmillar2148]

Well done , really enjoyed this video , pity about the injury . A fair blessing for having a support vehicle . I was thinking most of the way through it was good to see a video where everyone was riding fairly sensibly and enjoying themselves , unlike a lot of content where guys are riding like they're in a Dakar race . But I understand anything can happen on the dirt .

[@brentbat]

Yeah, when we ride, we are typically just enjoying ourselves and not racing. Geoff's crash happened because he was a bit close to the bike in front and when that rider had a bit of a slip, geoff grabbed too much brake in response.

[@damiank2568]

Nice work. FYI you were at the easier end of Milmed Track. The south end is narrower, with two deep sandy wheel ruts. The KTM breakdown was a blessing as you had the support vehicle when needed.

[@itsallabouttheridekeepingi4449]

Yes mate I did around 45km of that track around 4 years ago on. SWM 650 Superdual “ it was my baptism into DEEP SAND “ I got the hang of it after about 10km , but unfortunately by them I was completely staged 😂😂😂. But that’s funny 😂the “ shitfull track “ you left from Albury i live their and got to that Pub I spend my winters now in NQ - Atherton Tablelands at my holiday house 🏠, “ so get ride 12 months of the year 👍. Great vid and loved your Flinders and Iceland vids . If your doing anymore overseas or other rides would love to come on a ride with you , been riding since I was about 10 now 56 .about 4 months ago I rode to SA on my Moto Guzzi V85tt, I also did the main road through the big desert to Horsham, and like you next day did the Grampians, I basically stuck to light off road ( because of the bike mainly ) I also have a 300 Rally for the snotty riding . It’s great riding Vic. I also did Wombat and Dargo done loads ( as I live their )I broke my wrist on a ride as well “ YES you know , I ride home with a snapped wrist , couldn’t change gear using clutch , had to use engine revs for down shifting - about 2 years ago on a Husky TE 630 / RS 650 .

[@douglaskilborn151]

That was fantastic! Too bad for the injury and bike issues, but I reckon that’s part of it.

[@willreed6231]

Good to see Sheryl from country city motor inn is still doing her thing! Lovely lady

[@FirstLightAdv]

Might be the best Vic tourism video ever made. Hope he gets well soon.

[@retiredwaterdoctor]

I actually like the sand...grew up riding in it.....drop the pressure and sit back, keep the front light and let the bike move under you. Hope the wrist injury works out. Garth

[@meeow3rides]

Great video great trip Brent done well , just in case you don't know sand isn't that hard with the right technique drop tyre pressures to half of what you run on the road stand on the pegs transfer as much of your weight to the rear ( big arse or belly helps here ) lean back and steady constant power half throttle is usually good in any gear and a light touch on the handle bars let it do what it wants don't try to keep it perfectly millimeter straight only correct it to stay on the track and yes you will weave all over the place in a flowing manner but it is manageable only gets a bit tougher over two metre whoop de doos 50 years ago my mates and I had this sort of stuff to play in on bikes no where near as good as you and your mates have ( read pieces of junk modded road bikes as trail bikes and they were heavy - cb350 twin honda - ) or maybe it was the weight pushing the sand away so we had solid ground again ? who knows but once we figured the best way to ride it then it was great fun yes we still had some offs but much less than any other way of riding the sand that we tried before . Try it see how you go you will be surprised with the difference and maybe enjoy riding sand . cheers

[@snowrider4363]

Awesome camerawork and narration!

[@dannnnul]

Excellent content as usual,always look forward to your videos. What happened to HDs mighty GSA 1200?!

[@brentbat]

He's still got the GSA1200, but felt the Husky 501 would be better suited to the sand.

[@kvm1980]

Great video, Victoria has it all!

[@ElMacTV]

Just had this pop up in my feed, very well put together video. Sand does take some skill to learn, and it is far different from hard pack, throttle and keeping your weight back are your best friends, along with stiffer suspension and lower tyre pressure - for if you ever end up back in that nice soft shit

[@onlinegames4019]

Nice film, Get well soon coco!

[@pjfraser82]

Excellent content! Well done.

[@ridingdirty2412]

Spectacular.

[@rastusbaker]

Speedy recovery indeedy, Coco.

[@davidkumeroa2997]

Awsome Trails Guys. A lot of everything. Bit of a sad ending. Better luck next time eh? Kiaora. Stay upright.

[@ralph1252]

Another great vid mate, stunning drone work (except for HD's crash), and edited like a pro, as you are. The one thing missing was some commentary from HD....lol. And I wish your mate a speedy recovery, that was $hithouse.

[@camstarx]

Another great video Brent !

[@steve2me414]

It looks good, and so far, you're not trying to harm the bikes.

[@johnrock748]

Thanks for the video Brent! What software are you using to visualise the route at the start of the video?

[@scrismale]

Another thoroughly enjoyable video 😊 Have you ever considered an entry into the adventure film festival? Not only to show your skill, but show off our great diverse country 👍

[@brentbat]

Never heard of it. Is it a thing?

[@scrismale]

@@brentbat maybe it was a one off - but worth checking out

[@joebromberg]

fantastic, thank you

[@garyharbison5162]

Once again another great video. I am planning a trip along the Murray river and am wondering how many of the areas and tracks are closed. I have downloaded all your gpx files of the trip and studied them. I am wanting to ride all the tracks I can with as little main roads as possible. Parks Victoria don’t give much detail on what’s open or closed. Any advice would be appreciated.

[@brentbat]

I don’t see any reason the tracks should be closed if there is no fires or flooding.

[@ladytradiej8027]

Your videos are the best on KZbin. I had a laugh at the credits, who decides on the order of ugliness? 🤣

[@AridersLifeYT]

eyyy creswick, thats where i live.

[@officerklapd]

Finally your video.❤

[@BillFarrell-i6m]

Fantastic!

[@AfricaTwin-Stuff]

Loved the ride. How did you get permission to use the drone in the Nat park ?

[@keithjob]

Brent, your videos are simply extraordinary. Incredible footage, wonderful story-telling, and world-class editing. Bravo 👏.

[@55Agro]

Impressive fracture! Twist grip practice will eventually restore the range. Otherwise he'll never keep up.

[@Terrier_and_Dane]

Hey Brett, thanks for all the videos! Is the Murray river section of this trip suited for big bikes? Or is it really small to mid sized suitable? Cheers

[@brentbat]

Murray tracks are definitely big bike friendly.

[@ike8236]

I must have ammophobia, soon as i hit sand i tense up. I can make small sections of shallow sand look like I'm riding through the sahara.

[@heathmoloney1248]

That was a bloody awesome watch, loved it. What was the problem with ktm?

[@brentbat]

Timing chain jumped a cog and the timing was out big time.

[@thecorporategypsy]

You’ve been quiet. Can’t wait to see this

[@lukasvandijk6796]

Hello Brent, love the videos. Are you still using the same process and settings as the go pro for motorcycles videos you made?

[@brentbat]

Check out the GoPro hack video I made. I’m using those settings with the hacks.