Back in the day, when Starke was still a cattle station, two ringers wanted to take an old Land Rover to the Tip. Apparently it was at the end of a big wet season and the Jardine was over 600 metres across. They found an old punt, took the motor and winch that connected to the front PTO mount and went across the river with them in the punt. Set up the motor on the other side and winched the Land Rover across, refilled the tanks with fuel, put everything back together and continued on their way.

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

That’s bloody wild!! 😳

Hey guys, that fish is a "Long Tom" NOT an Alligator Gar. The two are not even in the same family.

@bungiebenno536

Ай бұрын

Was just looking through the comments to see if anybody that knows Australian fish picked up on that! At least Mark didn't call it an alligator!? 😅😅 Definitely not swimming around in our waterways.... or are they? 😮 hahaha

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Yeh spot on mate! Marc just got it wrong on the day 🤷‍♂️

@adzoutnabout8666

Ай бұрын

They grow to over a mtr long in Lake Macquarie NSW. Don’t want them in your boat, they are not our friends.

Unlucky!!! At least you guys can tick it off the bucket list now. Good ep, keep em coming boys 🤙🏼

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Cheers mate! Yeh that’s it. Has always been something we wanted to do. Dont think we’ll be doing it again now… 😂😂

Great episode. I’ve watched footage from 70s-80s-90s of how it used to be to cross. You guys nailed it. Looking forward to next weeks adventure. 👍

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Cheers mate!!

Great episode guys. My wife and I stood on both sides at the same points you crossed and wondered what it would have been like to cross. It was like I was back up there again you never know we could Cross it next time.

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Cheers mate! We’ve been in exactly the same boat as you a few times and saw the water nice and low so went for it! Definitely would not do it again though 😂😂

Nice one 👍🏻 Speaking of iconic pics I remember as a kid seeing pics of our local Suzuki club floating zuk’s across the Jardine with tractor inner tubes under each wheel in the 80’s

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Yeh that’s awesome!! The cape would have been an amazing adventure back in the day!

Another great vid guys. Keep em comming 🍻🍻

@TrueNorthAdventures

2 ай бұрын

Thanks mate!!

Loved when Steve just opens the door as the water level was the same in the cruiser as outside. 🤦🏽 Should have dropped them pressures to 10 or lower. But well done for keeping it real. Oh yeah, Mark on croc watch. 🤦🏽🤣🤣

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Haha yeh there was a point he gave up on keeping water out. Yeh hindsight we should’ve gone lower… I’d like to say we’ll try that next time but I don’t think we’ll be doing that again 😂

@aguyandhistroopy

Ай бұрын

@@TrueNorthAdventures I know how it is… all about the content 🤦🏽🤣 MaxTraks coming on board ??

like how you kept safety first and applied the handbrake every time you stopped when you were bogged........😁😁👌

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Haha and the landcruiser handbrake doesn’t even work anyway 😂

One hell of a long cast to catch a alligator gar here! Pretty sure he's a long Tom

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Haha yeh spot on. Marc just got it wrong 🤦‍♂️

Another cracking ep guys!!

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Thanks mate!! Cheers for watching 🙌

well done guys you crossed the Jardine🤙

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Cheers mate!! 🍻

@grahameroberts8109

Ай бұрын

I’ve crossed 3 times! (On the ferry) 🤣

Haha, 10 years ago, had the same conversation about the crossing and watched my mate get bogged in the same spot.

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Yeh it has claimed a few cars over the year we think 😳😂

Just crack me up laughing at you three standing there looking at the Old Crossing. Marc's face just shows fear and what the hell are we doing type of look !!! 😂😂😂 Marc, your dry Humour is impeccable, love it , keep doing what you do legend.

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Cheers mate, it seems like you’ve been true north binge watching the last couple of days!!! Thanks for the support

@stevepierce3509

Ай бұрын

@@TrueNorthAdventures Farrrrk yeah always mate when im not out on adventures on the water in the NT Legends.

Cool Ep and fish and crossing guys you made it looks easy in the end.

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Thanks mate!! Was a lot easier the second time with a car ready to go. Video didn’t really show how long the first crossing took. It was a bloody mission!! Worth it for the memories though 👍

@craigtomkinson2837

Ай бұрын

Nice work @@TrueNorthAdventures

Crazy trying to cross at that depth. It's a good thing the sponsors are probably picking up the can.

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Yeh not the smartest idea in hindsight. But you never know if you don’t give it a crack. Sponsors definitely don’t pay for the vehicles though…. All comes out of our own back pocket if we make a mistake

@iandibley8032

Ай бұрын

@TrueNorthAdventures Cheers mate safe travels .

Thats a bit ballys guys, nicely done in the end. Any luck finding the maxtrax?

@TrueNorthAdventures

2 ай бұрын

We got there eventually..🫣😂 We used a metal detector (the maxtrax pros have metal studs) and found one of the 3 that were missing. So ended up losing two.. 🤦‍♂️💸

Action adventure s thanks for your great work boys 😅

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Cheers mate!! 🙌

Well done guys good job.

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Cheers mate!

What tyre pressures did you guys go? I would have gone around 6psi for something like that. Nice straight corssing, no chance of the tyre coming off the bead.

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Yeh not that low. Probably around 14 in the cruiser. In hindsight we should have gone a lot lower 🤦‍♂️

Ripper episode guys.🐟🐟🐟

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Thanks mate!! 🍻

i crossed it in 1985 fj45 with 10 psi in the tyres . crossed it easyley . but when pumping up the tyres on the other side the menzil pump died . i had to drive to bamaga with 10 psi , it took a while. a menzil pump is one where you replace one spark plug with , the engine compression pumps up the tyre. the worst part was waiting for it to cool down.

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

That’s an awesome story! Yeh we should have gone lower... We went to about 15psi on the cruiser and a bit lower on the ranger. Yeh I remember those! Used to be popular for people heading to Stockton sand dunes.

I heard from a reliable source that the TO's hammer in star pickets through the crossing to destroy the tyres of people attempting to cross. They prefer everyone to use the ferry.

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

We haven’t heard that before but we know they have dug out the northern bank previously to prevent people crossing.

Rumour had it at the time sept 1995 that the fella’s who own the ferry were blowing big holes in the river bed, there used to be a plastic phone with number (rescue crew) hanging in the tree on the north side 😂😂

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Haha that’s wild!!

When I lived in Weipa in1975 we used to go to the tip and use the old crossing bought back some memories Always found to cross early morning was easier And yes I’ve been stuck in the middle

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

That’s awesome mate!! And yeh good point would imagine the sand would be a little firmer earlier on. Haha it’s not a great feeling that’s for sure 🤦‍♂️

Great show!!….but a serious question…why do aussies not use landing nets?

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Cheers mate! For us it’s just space in the tinny. Getting 4 blokes in there is tight so we have to sacrifice something. Big boat always has a landing net onboard 👍

Wow, great effort. 👍

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Thanks mate

27seconds in..... is that ducted aircon to the swags?????

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Yes 😂 Bit more of a detailed rundown in our last 2 episodes 👍

@tubbytub2990

Ай бұрын

​@@TrueNorthAdventures at least it's a cool night sleep.🤣

Awesome boys loved it 👍🇦🇺

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Cheers mate! Thank for watching!!

Nice one fellas. Would love to see those max tracks air tagged and end up on the shore of Bangalore or somewhere further True Nor'

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Cheers mate! Haha that would be very interesting.

In hindsight you probably needed a 150 outboard bolted on the back of the ute. Atleast you can both say you did it 🍺😎

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Haha yeh not wrong! the tinny did it pretty easy... Maybe just use boats next time 😂😂

Now it’s even more impressive that an au falcon has crossed it the last 2 years for league of lemons. I think even lower tyre pressures would’ve been the go.

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Yeh not bloody wrong!! Makes the cruiser look a bit silly 😂 Lower tyre pressures would have helped for sure 👍

You guys are so cool. Steve 🇦🇺

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Haha cheers mate!

Try the swag aircon in a loop with a tee off to each swag.

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Good idea mate!! Will have to test that out 👍

Well ya got there in the end! Geez you looked slightly panicked Steve, but easy to see why, at least that Hand Brake worked each time hey mate! 😂 big kudos to the far lighter Anal Ranger! 😂 Resurrection with the Togas! Classic stuff guys! One for Highlight of All Time Pucker moments! 🔥🍻🙌🏽

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Yeh it was bloody stressful!! Light ranger and lower tyre pressures helped the Ranger. Not going to say it was Marc’s driving 😂👍

@_South_Seventeen

Ай бұрын

Hahaha The ol Croc watcher made it look like he’d done it a 100 times….at night in an ol XD Falcon! 👌

At the end of crossing mouth open then a smile (ranger).

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

😂😂

Bring back the old turbo 6diesel 😊

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Both Marc and Stevie owned 1hz cruisers many years ago! Slow as anything but bloody great cars!! 👍

Theres a ferry for that isnt there?

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Yep. We used that on the way up 👍

200k is a bit of an over exaggeration for a pre dpf cruiser 😂 but solid crack fellas keep it up

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Pre DPF adds value right? 😜😂 Nah definitely not worth 200k second hand but replacement cost new now days would get there easily.

and the gar tastes good too

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Keen to try it one day 👍

Really wat a g up

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

🤷‍♂️

@Bigsoot7393

Ай бұрын

He's a man to please old Greg

You blokes must have big ‘kahunas’ giving that crossing a go…..something you won’t forget in a hurry and tell the grandkids! This CY trip has been an awesome series Cheers

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Cheers mate!! Glad you’re enjoying it!! 🙌

Gets stuck second time Rips the hand brake on Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

@TrueNorthAdventures

26 күн бұрын

Gotta make sure that car doesn’t move while we are out getting it in bogged… 😂🍻

I can't believe you boys got permission to cross the Jardine! That's wild as! I imagine you still have to pay camping fees etc for the NPA? Props to doing it like the old timers. My grandfather has some unreal stories of crossing the river in the 70s and 80s. Wet and dry vac from woolies always helps clean and dry out the carpet I found haha

@TrueNorthAdventures

2 ай бұрын

Yeh we paid for the return ferry and camping and asked if we could drive back across. Basically got told if we were studio enough to do it we could go for it… 😂😂 Stripped the whole inside and dried it with a fan for a week. Bloody mission to dry out 🤦‍♂️

@2and2Adventures

2 ай бұрын

@TrueNorthAdventures you guys are mad. I couldn't imagine that mission with my GXL. Good time to sound deaden it while it's out I guess 😂

$200k cruiser cant afford the ferry 😂

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

We paid for a return ferry ticket. Just didn’t use it on the way back down 👍

@Hunting14u2

Ай бұрын

@@TrueNorthAdventures just geeing ya up mate , don't worry I did the river crossing and got allot of water as well....

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

At least the waters nice and clean 👍

Should of bought a Mahindra lol😂😂😂

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

That would make it too easy… we like a challenge! 😂

Why would you sink a $160.000 4wd in water just to prove a point now if it was a $10.000 one ok if it sinks it’s not the end of the earth

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Nothing to prove just ticking off a bucket list item for us 👍 Would be good to do it in a sacrificial 10k car but we only have what we have

Why get the bi t ranger

@TrueNorthAdventures

29 күн бұрын

Couple of reasons. Some of which I now regret and some I still agree with… haha I was more confident having known the bi-turbo had been in the high end rangers for a few years already so figured the faults would be sorted. I didn’t need the power for towing heavy loads… however I now probably do 😂. And I wanted to buy a base model cost car to build up with wheels, bullbar, tray, suspension etc of my choice.

Hahaha when you buy a 4x4 it is not a boat

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Apparently not… 😪😂

The reason anybody would buy a V8 cruiser to tour in blows my mind 😂😂😂 hands the most useless 4x4 on earth

@TrueNorthAdventures

Ай бұрын

Great 4wd for touring we think. Not so great for driving across the Jardine though 🤷‍♂️😂

@MR-hu1bx

Ай бұрын

@@TrueNorthAdventures Agreed, I love the look and sound of them but my god….

@bassman4623

Ай бұрын

For wank factor. So they can come up with titles to include the price.

@craigeberhardt8692

Ай бұрын

What would you choose instead?

@troymarshall3621

Ай бұрын

They are the best platform to tour in oz iv got one never let me down people that rag on them are peasants that drive dual cab tin cans that were designed to break after 200 thousands ks