We tried Australian outback pubs (crazy stories) - EP 120

[@ursinidaho]

I slways smile when I watch your videos. It's a real treat to get to explore Australia with you! You will be watching these videos for years to come after it is over. Your children will be inspired and I imagine you will take little Mathilde and little Nick on your travels. Mini versions of yourselves.❤❤❤

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Hopefully one day it would be amazing 🔥🔥🔥

[@stuartrollings602]

Howdy Albies! Love the dive bars! Never stop anywhere that does not have trucks with tires taller than u! 🫶Saddle up.!🤠🇺🇸🇨🇱🐎🐊

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

hahahaha I will remember this life lesson

[@Smennyboy]

As someone who believed all of the jokes about defenders breaking down, I think it's amazing how little problems Albo has after all of those offroad kilometers! Not many cars would have survived that! Australia looks amazing. Safe travels

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

hahaha yes it had ups and downs but we do a lot of km with it so it is still good to us

[@MrDonJBerg]

Watching you two always brings me a smile..

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Reading you always bring me smile !!!

[@stevestott1514]

Oh yea finally was able to watch this video was going threw with drawls being so late to watch it 🥺😕☹️😟😣😖😫😔 . What a great history Australia has every were you go .thanks again for sharing your wonderful journey with us all your over landing friends . You just can’t help loving Australia and it’s wild life , and the great people you meet there . Cheers from Steve Stott in Sutherlin Oregon U.S.A. :) :) 🌏🍻👍🏼😁

[@grahameroberts8109]

2700 kms in 20 minutes. Hard wheeling hey. Good pub crawl though. At the end you went to a Rugby LEAGUE match. Rugby is RUGBY UNION. I’m looking forward to the next adventure now. Safe travels. 👍🏻🙏🦘

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

It was awesome really!

[@AKAlhaj-rc2rq]

So super vlog❤❤❤

[@stog9821]

I drove up to the Cape York Peninsula from Sydney in 1972. The images of Townsville are a lot different than I remembered, though the landscape is probably much the same. I do remember having to be careful about the little trains hauling sugar suddenly crossing the road. A town I particularly liked on the Queensland coast was Mackay, though I haven’t seen it in decades. Queensland was my favorite part of Australia. Though I’m American, my grandmother was born and raised in Tasmania, so I have some family roots there.

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Hoooo the sugar cane train are sooooo fascinating it is insane! Wow interesting background I think I remember you mentioning it! I bet Townsville changed a lot. Must have been awesome to do the drive then! Did you do the tracks then?

[@stog9821]

@@NextMeridianExpedition 50 years ago it was all tracks. Even some of the side streets in Cairns were dirt. It’s a first class international resort destination now.

[@csofmaine]

Loved the taste of Aussie "culture". A change of scenery, people and activities. Thanks

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@terrahmama]

So much diversity in the landscapes of Australia. You could spend years just traveling around Australia. I love the history lessons. Sad Paddy was never found...he looked like a sweet man. Love the trip east!

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Thank you!!!

[@danmoore1811]

I always love y'all's videos. Happy travels from,KY .

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Glad you like them! thank you very much for your support

[@fgansell]

Really enjoy your travels and the interviews with people you come across. Thanks for sharing.

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Thanks for watching !

[@RichardVac]

It's so interesting to see a little part of their culture, as always, I had fun watching your videos ❤❤

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@grahames9228]

From a Queensland local, welcome. Enjoy the best State in Australia.

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

hahahahah objectively :) from the little we ve seen so far!!! Stunning!

[@mariannewinkelman7255]

Such a cool episode, glad you took the pub route. 😊 cheers from the land of the Springboks 🇿🇦😉

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Glad you enjoyed it! oooh cant wait to come to your country

[@nancyortiz541]

Always fun to follow your adventures ❤ And this is what we have started to do. Hope we can cross paths 😊🤗🤗😘😘🫶🏻

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

I hope so too! Have fun!!!

[@ronfinch5532]

That museum looked awesome! Old cars and bikes. You swam with “freshises” but you don’t want to try cowboying? LOL! Nice to have extra help working on your ride as long as they know what they’re doing.

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Hahaha no way we do rodeo ….

[@Love_rainy_days]

Thanks for sharing guy's, Australia is Texas only bigger! Change your name of the channel to "Fixing your Land rower daily🤠" Is Toyota a sponsor?🤠 Even Eva zu Beck switched to Toyota 🤠 Driving across Australia shows you how big a country it really is. Love the channel💗. Stay safe and happy adventures in Australia. Cheers 🍰🍰🍷🍷🐂 We love your Land Rover Defender 110 💗💗🚙🚙

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Hahahaa it s not that bad! The bearings were in fact all good we re just not afraid to say it when we do repairs! And with all the kilometers we do it s fair !! Thank you !!!

[@antoniollorente65]

Texas giant, hahaha

[@ratnadipmajumdar8230]

Lovely 😊 very nice 👍

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Thank you 😍😍

[@anamsohail8904]

It's an awesome adventure 😎 it reminded me of your US travel 😄

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@radioactivebanana6774]

The story of Paddy and that he may have been put in a pie is like the Opera The Barber of Seville. He lived across the street from the pie shop? Interesting story. Loved all your stops! I love a good rodeo! In the US the rodeo announcers are so funny. I love your adventures!

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

If you find the story intriguing there is a documentary on Netflix called : Last stop Larrimah about it! Yes rodeo was fun! Our first !

[@pennygrubbauthor]

Wow, plenty of variety in this one. Loved the Prairies Hotel, definitely going to stay there sometime. Did you do that long journey in one day or were you being very quiet and secretive about where you were sleeping in case of being stalked by someone wanting to put Next Meridian Pies on their menu?

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Hahahahaha can you imagine … being transformed in pie … 🥧 it took us maybe 5 days taking our time it d say. Our campgrounds were really just rest areas in the fields and uninteresting places

[@junefirst500]

Daily Waters Pubs! People who lives 1/2 - 100 century ago lived a life of full & Challenge, Love & Caring!!!

[@simonbarclay9507]

Daily Waters is famous but the most famous pub is the Birdsville Hotel a bit further south.

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Oooh i ll add it for our way through the center !

[@johnkeenan3988]

Just started watching your channel and enjoy seeing very familiar routes being travelled by international travellers and getting their perspective on them. Just wondering if you plan to visit Wolf Creek crater or Belangalo state forest while your here? Just joking!

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Hahahaha nooooope … welcome on the Channel!!!!

[@lsilva8431]

Hi guys. I'm learning about Australia with you. Just a piece of information: the biggest rodeo on the southern Hemisphere is is Barretos, SP, Brazil. It last one week and attracts 1 million spectators, every year.

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

hoooo so mount Isa did a very good marketing hahahah thank you for the info

[@lsilva8431]

It is similar to real state. Marketing, marketing....marketing! 😊

[@Abraracourix]

You mentioned you are going to Cape York next episode. Are you taking the Old Telegraph Road or the regular route? The Old Telegraph Road could be quite the adventure if you can convoy up with some hardcore Aussie 4x4 off-roaders.

[@stuartrollings602]

Take the Tele Rd! 😂

[@user-bi8wp6wy3l]

Sure you can drive for hours on end and see nothing but endless roads or you can actually stop and have a look around. We did a full lap with our caravan last year and another half lap this year. Instead of going across central Queensland you could have turned north at Cloncurry and headed up to Normanton in the Gulf country and then across the Savanah Way visting the Undara lava tubes and the Volcanic NP before coming out on the Atherton Tablelands above Cairns.If you wanted to experience some history you could have headed south east from Cloncurry to Winton, Long Reach, Barcaldine then over to the coast at Rockhampton. Did you go the mineral springs in Katherine, do a cruise or bush walk at Nitmilik (Katherine Gorge), Did you visit the stunning Litchfield NP, Ubir Rocks or any of the ancient aboriginal sites of the Kakadu NP , while there take a sunset cruise on The Yellow Waters Billabong ? Did you call into Adelaide River or Berry Springs, ? When you went down the Stuart Hwy to the Daly Waters and Larimah pubs did you know Australias1st international airport was in Daly Waters which you can have a look around. Did you swim in the mineral springs or drift down the creek on a pool noodle at Bitter Springs when you went through Mataranka ? Did you drive 10 km off the road into any of the waterfalls/swimming holes or limestone caves along the way ? The impression people will get from watching this video is that there is nothing to see between Darwin and Mt Isa other than pubs or a couple of roadhouses and thats far from the truth. By the way the best roadhouse to stop for the night is the Barkely Tablehands which is half way between the 3 ways turn off and Mt Isa.

[@andrefischer5025]

Road trip = pub crawl 😂

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Yep …

[@stephencox4224]

Hi in case you are wondering why the crows are flying around the fire that is because they know the fire will flush out their dinner easy pickings for our feathered friends. Hope you get to see some of Queenslands magnificant Dams many more across the state than most people realise, The Lake that is also Mount Isa's Water supply is simply stunning and you can fish swim and water ski there as well.

[@EvaAliceD]

😍😍😍

[@oh8610]

건강하고 안전한 여행 되시길 바람니다

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Thank you !

[@RichardGreener-ci5tv]

Hope you’re going to take the Old Telegraph Track to Cape York!

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Sooooo we might be on it right now 😅 but with one priority: preserving the car

[@RichardGreener-ci5tv]

@@NextMeridianExpedition just seen on Facebook, clearly I’m not keeping up to date! Preserving Albo must be the most important thing, plenty of B / C lines im sure!

[@docbob3030]

Every Australian drive is measured in Beers, not kilometres, and every single Pub is planned out prior to taking off on any journey! 😂 Just be wary that the further away from Western Australia you travel, the more likely that you will not be able to find any Bush Chooks 😢

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Hahahahahah all of this is so true! You know how we got the idea for this trip? From Australians telling us they had planned their pubs along the way … we thought : wow ! Never thought of that! And yes we can confirm we can’t find chooky over here b

[@Byaltair]

Another great video guys!! 😊 Are you heading to Central Australia, like Uluru, Palm Valley, Boggy Hole, King's Canyon, West & East Macs?

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

We will do the center as we drive back to Darwin from the south at the end of our Australia trip

[@Byaltair]

@@NextMeridianExpedition Sounds good. I live around here, let me know if you want to convoy 👍🏽

[@Someones-garden]

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[@VIAJANTEDATERRA]

hello my friends Nick e Matild ,muito legal viva a vida abraço kkkk Ingles e portugues kkkk

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Gracias

[@ikonographics]

Awesome😊

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Thanks 🤗

[@basildavidson4597]

👍🏻🍻

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

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[@tileux]

Minor point: mount isa = mount eye-za. Close your vents and whack the air conditioning on when you drive through bushfires. Keeps the smoke out. If you fly over central australia at night you can see out of control fires out in the middle of nowhere from thousands of kilometres away. At first you might think its a big city’s lights but then you realise its orange-red. Theres always fires burning unattended deep in the outback.

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Thanks for the correction! Oooh we bet there are bigger ones for us it was impressive already … feeling the heat through the doors felt sooooo weird … must be scary at night

[@MarcelEling]

dangerous driving between all the toyotas?😅

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Hahahaah we re alright but yes it feels isolatingn

[@MarcelEling]

@@NextMeridianExpedition It sure is, you need to be strong🤣

[@dionspro]

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[@NextMeridianExpedition]

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[@banditsvs]

Watching now in Victoria Australia not Canada

[@TheOnlyTaps]

🙌🏿💥🙏🏿

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

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[@sagarschavan]

🙏👍👌❤️

[@nicoleziegler6112]

What a great way to break up what could have been a monotonous road trip!

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Yes it was nice to stop a bit around

[@andreloshon3344]

when r we going to meet the aborigines.....nice video.

[@kgpm1]

Nah WA pubs better and play proper football. (Aussie rules)

[@russmartin4189]

I'm glad you went through N. Australia, just so that I know what it looks like. Not a high spot on your world tour, me thinks! Anyway, I will be interested to see what the habitated part of Australia looks like. By the way, Australia bought some nuclear submarines. Why does Australia need nuclear submarines? Why does Australia even need a military? Who would attack Australia? I guess every self respecting country wants to have a military!

[@Reneesillycar74]

Yes we did indeed. I would kindly suggest researching the reasoning behind the purchase. Australia is rich in many sought after resources including land. The Oceania region is geographically isolated & security is important. Australia has a vast maritime domain & we depend heavily on maritime trade that needs protecting. Oh & as for our military, while it is small compared to some, it is well respected around the world. Without it we would be speaking Japanese. Does your country have a military?

[@stog9821]

Australia was bombed by the Japanese in WW2. There was even a relatively ineffective attack by the Japanese on Sydney by small subs.

[@andrefischer5025]

Very valid questions, do you know why Darwin was bombed more than Pearl Harbour in WW2? Not easy to comprehend but true. Northern & central Australia seem to be very strategic locations - not that I would understand why, but for some reason they are. Up here when travelling you got two options, spend several months checking out all the beauty or do the tourist highlights in a couple of weeks. There isn’t really a practical way to see it all without spending 6 months at least in the region. And even then you’d probably need a few years to do so because many areas are inaccessible for half of the year. There is only one sealed road between the NT and the east coast, and yeah it’s boring and not nice and damn long. Are there other options ? Sure if you have the time, equipment, etc….

[@stog9821]

@@andrefischer5025 Australia and Japan were at war with each other after Pearl Harbor. I’d guess the Japanese had fantasies of invading and occupying Australia, especially while much of their military was off fighting Germany. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Chinese don’t still hold such fantasies.

[@russmartin4189]

@@Reneesillycar74 The only country that might have eyes on Australia's resources is China, and that is a long reach. Besides,they have many resources too, such as rare earth. They don't have oil, but neither do you. It is doubtful China could even take over Taiwan. They don't even have an aircraft carrier. But hey, it is your money. If you have plenty of it, buy a fleet if it makes you feel more secure. God knows the United States, my country, has all it needs and more. They say the US spends 10 times more than the next ten countries combined. Just thought. You may have more whales and fish than China. Maybe they want them.

[@glenod]

Mt Isa, pronounced Mt eye-za....not eesa. :)

[@NextMeridianExpedition]

Noted !!!! Eye zaaaaaaaa hahahaha