Check your gear every time you’re gong out, without fail so you don’t have ANY failure! Bless you Rob!!!

Glow worms enhanced! Truly remarkable!!!!😮

It's so amazing watching you walk and see things that not many other people have seen before. That's pretty special 😊

You are so BRAVE!!! And resilient and adventurous and TRUE GRIT!!!

Get a Patreon account Bro, I'd happily contribute. 9 hours scrub bashing on day 6 is commitment level of its own. Terrific series.

@mattr1097

2 жыл бұрын

I support a few content makers and I would definitely include Rob in that.

@BreakingWildGaming

2 жыл бұрын

agreed

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

I’m in the process of trying to figure out what I could offer to potential patrons. I do have multiple other ways to contribute ie Merch, PayPal, Super Thanks ect. 👍

@Mark-rc4wz

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rob.Parsons How about this - Enameled pins with scene depicting one of your Epics Footprints of the Franklins Jane 3.0 Stennard's Grave Footprints of Alexander Pearce Also have pins where they can contribute to help you find endangered species Thylacine Mushrooms - new genera found only 3 years ago - lots of opportunity here Plants - several in the recent year Trees - found new tree in Australia from the prehistoric

look forward to every episode that drop, you are an inspiration mate ❤

That mountain scenery is incredibly beautiful! That stunning glow worm forest may not be home to Thylacines but is definitely home to faeries in the there. Magical 😊

@raindog428

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't it,I would die happy living there

@terry8728

2 жыл бұрын

Tricksy forest sprites, trying to bamboozle Rob!

@raindog428

2 жыл бұрын

@@terry8728 what?the leeches up his nose👐

@dcsc1

2 жыл бұрын

@@terry8728 they're after his gold nuggets and sapphires for sure 😁

Wow! I thought that the most magical footage I’d seen from you was when you paddled the Denison … until tonight. My jaw dropped at the Glow Worm Forest. I can’t begin to imagine how breathtaking it must have been to have that enchanted space all to yourself. Been waiting for a few episodes for this one. Absolutely mesmerising. Thank you so so much for taking us with you! You continue to inspire us every time.

Thanks for this episode man! Absolute beauti of a rainforest. So desolate and so beautiful. Looking forward to the next episode. Keep up the good work

Truly the views are stunning and amazing and you have an unbelievably indomitable sense of adventure!!!

Man... A stumbling scrub bashing ovation to you! ( Seems more in line than a standing ovation) legend! To do this all and film it too. the EFFORT! 👏

Fantastic Rob!! I'm so pleased you managed to get footage of the glow-worm forest at night, that was super cool. I'm looking forward to the next instalment.

Wow! When one reads the stories and adventures of Charles Sturt, Ludwig Leichhardt, Burke and Wills John McDouall Stuart or William Buckley one can only imagine what hard ships they endured. Your video's give the viewer a real time experience of what those adventurous trailblazers and pioneers of early day Australia went through in search of what was beyond Sydney or Melbourne. Well done. I now have more appreciation of those stories of the early explorers and pioneers efforts. Thank you Rob! You're a legend mate.

Cutting grass across the neck, leeches up the nose living the dream for all of us.....Another outstanding film best watched on the biggest screen you can find.

@davida.4933

2 жыл бұрын

A dream? Spend a few hrs. fighting the scrub and the romanticism kinda' evaporates...

This series gets better by the day. The best compliment I can give Rob is that to me it is as good as watching a National Geographic film but with one advantage. Your narrative is pure simplicity without addition of a voiceover telling of the all the poisonous creatures that could maim and kill at anytime to try and make it more effective. Perfect!

@peterblair6489

7 ай бұрын

I live in western Tas. There's not much in the way of wildlife that can kill ya. Lol Snakes maybe, but they're not agressive.

Amazing 🤗, this trip gets better and better. Rob your adventures are just one journey after another, I don't know how you do it, but I'm bloody glad you do..👍🇦🇺😊🙋

A tough episode. Really does give you appreciation of how hard it would be to survive in the bush.

hehe its testing crap outa you ol mate but how good it is when its looked back at years later or even at the end of the day the rewards as epic as the exertion,got it done bring on tomorrow. good sh👍t curly cheers

Again bloody awesome Rob, through that scrub with a pack on. Legend!

Wow!!! just fricken WOW!!!!! Your effort, honesty and motivation, framed by some of THE most spectacular scenery planet earth has to offer makes this the best story on KZread currently. Thank you so much.

That brush was intense!

Absolutely loving this trip mate, you are killing it. Cant wait for the next episode.

Best episode yet. Might stop in at The ABC shop in Burnie to see if they have the full season. Well done with that bush nothing worth doing is never easy. I think even as a nurse, you hit a 10 on the gag retch o'meter with the leech bugger.

I’m addicted! Time to plan a no trails hiking adventure.

Once again, amazing, thank you.

22:50 Slow shutter worked like a champ. I could see the glow.

I really like you reading the old diary entries. We don't write or speak quite like that anymore .

Another superb video cant imagine the journey for you thank you again for the effort.

Am loving this series, you are a true modern day explorer. Thank you for the amazing insight of what the original exploration team went through.

Thanks Rob. Great stuff. Andy

Absolutely AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

Bro I love this I love your work in a time and a place where I'm not doing the best your a true inspiration

That glen looked amazing. Also, stuff breaks when you somersault down the hills!!

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

Thats very true! Thanks Kent :-)

Many thanks Rob for this fantastic video, you are showing us how beautiful and varied Tasmania is, I'm looking forward to the next one.

Incredible! The forest at night must have been a spectacular Milky Way!

As a person that has family in tassie, I felt like I've seen a lot. But watching your videos there is so much more for me to see. You are inspirational, I'm gunna do a bit of walking next trip. Any good day or two day walks you could recommend

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

Anywhere in the west or southwest is great mate thats where the real rainforest is.

That glow worm forest was absolutely stunning, it reminded the wife and I of Waitomo Caves in NZ. You clearly worked for it. I think this is the first time we've seen you puffing haha.

Amazing footage! What a trek! Reminds me of bashing into the streams around Pedder in the 90s looking for the last Pedder galaxids :)

Another epic episode! You’re a machine! Thanks for persevering with the glow worm footage, that was pure magic. Looked like a bloody hard slog going up that hillside.

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Vish, I would absolutely love to go back with my camera I use for weddings I reckon a time-lapse with that would be unreal. Maybe one day!

Just keeps getting better and better ol mate. Well done again👍

Seriously tough going pushing through scrub like that. Awesome series mate!

The land before time comes to mind

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

Certainly not much has changed, I think the glowing specimens can speak to that.

Thanks!

@Mark-rc4wz

2 жыл бұрын

First the Franklins, Now get him to make ...... "In the Footsteps of Alexander Pearce - Carnivours and Cannibals" From Sarah Island to Ouse - mighty forest between kzread.info/dash/bejne/na1pqNuAebPRd7w.html

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

So friggin jealous, wish I'd done half of what you've done at your age. 👍

That was epic. 🙏

Brilliant!!!

Those old explorers were tough buggers , imagine doing it with their equipment and absolutely no backup

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, exactly. Thats what makes me think what I am doing isn't even that gnarly. Maybe just by todays soft standards.

Mystical wonderland thanks for your efforts Rob

That was totally awesome I loved the Glow Forrest😍 so pretty thankyou 👍

This trip is gettin more awesome with every episode.......bloody love the glow worm footage....

Amazing trip !

That bloody leach mate 😱 another great video, as always look forward to the next clip, also must be time to upgrade those thermals bud 😂

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

haha I keep buying new thermals and I keep destroying them.

@damienphillips9278

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rob.Parsons could create your own for the harsh Tassie hiking, although full body armour would struggle to stand up to the test 😂

Maaaaate that was epic Rob, your phone captured the luminance quite nicely, and I think that moth was a man eater ., Great footage mate!

😱 that leach! Beautiful scenery makes it worth it.

Awesome stuff mate as always 😎👌

Wonderful again, great work Rob.

Epic journey Rob. Enjoying every minute of it

Fantastic Rob, what a journey mate.

Well done. A valley on my to-do list

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely worth it matt and if you came up from eagle creek way it could be achieved in a reasonable time.

@Irenabyss

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rob.Parsons Maybe exit via Eagle Creek (I've so far managed to avoid ever walking it LOL) - I have another route I want to try closer to the Boilover: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hays2pmdetWwg7Q.html

best episode yet! unreal

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!

Nice mate keep them coming bet you sleep well of a night after them big days 💪

Awesome Rob the fungus glowing in the dark is awesome I've seen it many times in the bush in Victoria where I live ,if I may give a little advice get yourself a Machete or a really good Kukri it will make your travels in the bush so much easier

Loving your videos, Tassie is a special place. Love the narrating, the stories and your great personality. I hope your channel goes huge, I'm sure it will. Take a look at how Larry Chen puts high quality photos into his vids. It'd be great to see when you pass through amazing places.

Ah still loving it bro

Great work mate

I hope you have your EPIRB stashed within easy reach, that dive you took was scary. The scrub looked so tough and so did the forest, but those mountain views are awesome! Another great episode Rob, looking forward to Wednesday!

@terry8728

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mark-rc4wz I’m the Salty Seer! If anyone can find the Thylacine it would be Rob and Levi. The question is, will they tell anyone? Hopefully not!

@Mark-rc4wz

2 жыл бұрын

@@terry8728 Just you and Dr. Andrew J. Pask from Melbourne University - he will be the one to clone them - you can take them out for their walks - make sure the males don't pee in their pouches!

Another amazing video dude...... Lucky that leech didn't get to know you real well........ lol

Amazing journey 💚. Not sure how you even decide to take on that head-high bauera!

Thanks for sharing Rob, loving the adventure, although a leach up the nose and the scrub, possible not your best day, but what a great way to end with the glowing bugs.

Bloody awesome as usual mate. I am loving this. You almost can't believe its Tassie.

Balls of steel a Heart of gold and a body made of Titanium. When I eventually pass from this world I would like you to be the one to spead my ashes across the Heemskirk Range.

Well that 25mins felt like 2mins.. Must be good 👌

You want max iso and slowest shutter speed to catch light in a camera at night, you want your shutter open as long as possible, hence why they shoot stars as long exposures

Man what a crazy place! Glad you were alright after that tumble, happens out here in the NW of Oregon too, you think you're on the forest floor but actually on a bunch of old dead logs 10+ feet up. That quartz vein though... Looking forward to the next vid Rob, super cool channel you're building.

Awesome area to explore bud it looks alot like our forests here in nz,but just missing supplejack vines everywear lol , awesome series an bloody gd effort

Thanks

@jessn462

Жыл бұрын

Loving the series mate 🙏

@Rob.Parsons

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jess!

What a great journey Rob! ---- and leeches can get into worse places than your nose! 🤣🤣

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

I've read some horror stories 😵‍💫

@bobclark4994

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rob.Parsons Usually at the end of the day you check each other out ----- it really tests a friendship!!!

Leech violation 🤣 When this is finished and you've outrun those orcs through the valley of glow and shadow.... let's chat about your fricken 360 missing Quartz. Wtf, how lucky was that! Each episode gets better and better. Pushing on through to E6 tomorrow.

Gordon Bennett what an Adventure! Crazy, man! You need Kevlar clothing. The glow worms must have been incredible. When we first came to Tassie we had the MOST enormous moth on my screen door - always regret I never got a picture of it, but it was at least the size of your hand - I think it was off course! Must have blown in from Sydney!! Very glad you're home safe now, that bush bashing is very claustrophobic, think I'd prefer caving (if there was an option!!) Thrilling stuff.

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

Im looking into some caves so stay tuned!

@SmallWonda

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rob.Parsons Oh my - you're The Man! Do you know anything about the Zeehan Track from Chudleigh? About 100-yrs ago they were going to link the two towns & it was all mapped out by some intrepid explorers - is it maintained or would that be worth an explore?!! I find it amazing how gung ho! things seemed to be in the past compared to the somewhat tentative nature of infrastructure these days! Just take care, love your adventures!

Really enjoying your vids mate.. I just shudder to think what would happen if you broke a leg out there.. stay safe bro

The amount of bush bashing you get through is seriously impressive mate

That was magic mate I hope you hit the 10k tonight!

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, looks like she turned over in my sleep.

@bronzewilldo1657

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rob.Parsons you would be happier then a pig in shit 👍🏼

Oh my gawd I swing from being in total awe to heart skipping a beat,as any mother would at the fall u took.Scrub cam lol!!! Vids are just getting better n better.what a trojan.Love this country

@raindog428

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mark-rc4wz😁😁

@raindog428

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mark-rc4wz that's a good little vid u did there

@raindog428

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mark-rc4wz Rob reminds me of myself when I was a kid,except I wasn't smart enough to use navigation tools lol.lost and flogged but still alive..somehow

@Mark-rc4wz

2 жыл бұрын

@@raindog428 Thanks, started with you and Terry

@raindog428

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mark-rc4wz u burning the midnight oil too r ya

Only just found your channel, wow what a find ! Amazing footage and stunning scenery. Love the music to, any chance of linking some of the songs please.

@Rob.Parsons

Жыл бұрын

Thanks John! these songs are mainly from epidemic sound

Bauera will do that to you. They breed em tough down in the sow'west. Proud to call you a jungle brother, my friend... You know what it's like

There is no freaking way I would have opened that tent mesh after that big creepy thing was buzzing around outside. lol I am in Canada and we have some big bugs (June bugs) that sound a lot like that one and ours are big but not that big! lol It would have been nite nite for me, the heck with the night time lapse! hahaha! The glow worm forest very cool. Thanks for sharing. :) :)

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah I waited about 5 minutes with the light off before I re opened the mesh. If he landed on me I would of set off the epirb

@jacqueline7118

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rob.Parsons Haha! If it would have come in the tent, I would have been out the door, it could have slept there all night by itself! lol

A grueling 9 hour for you. Your persistence pays off. Things breaking, yet you are still mastering this epic journey. I wonder what the old timers would think of a lone trekker undertaking the adventure they did. Also I am wondering how your leg is going that swelled up at this stage. Nice to see the glowing forest.

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

I think the old timers would say I am bloody crazy, hehe. I had planned to do it with others but as usual I was faced with ums and ahhs. Unfortunately time waits for no one! Thanks for the comment Carolyn.

Back flip's and a light display only you could pull that off in the Tassie wilderness.

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate they are part of my special skillset!

Hi Rob - 7:28 - the Bird calls - Crescent honeyeaters, likely your spirit bird, you will hear them when you are on the right path. Thankyou for sequencing your videos. I am proud to introduce others to your channel as it actually captures the various types of Tassie scrub. You're so fortunate to have the resources of Google earth, maps, tas veg and other resources online. Think how little Thwaites had to go on, but moreover think of the skill of Calder to be the first. The south west is epic. Enjoy it while you can, im pushing towards 50 and you've seen many inspiring things in your 20s. We all walk different paths in life and sometimes we step on ground where 'no one has been' - whatever that combination, it makes us all unique. For those that don't have the ability to step where you have, your records are an inspiration.

Twisting some wire around that hose may of helped. Not much use now but might help on a future trip 😉

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

I think ill twist a few dollars into a new one!

I don't think a machete or parang would even work in such dense and stringy scrub, you'd spend more time trying to cut the bloody stuff than making headway! (And the rangers would know who cut the new path through and hit you with a fine, lol)! Best to just keep barreling through the way you do!

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

Thats true. the vines are too springy to be cut by slashing. they need to be broken up and passed through metre after metre!

Coffee made doobie rolled next installment dropped. I'm set 😃

Nose leach. LMFAO My dog had one of them.

Awesome! That glowing forest is fascinating, I wonder if it isolated to that one valley?

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

Calder wrote that he at other times had seen the same thing so it must be spread around in the decomposed valleys of the south west I would say.

@Upsidedownorangejuice

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rob.Parsons fascinating

I think I have to give it a rest watching your last episode , it stressed me out to much ,cheers

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

haha sorry about that

You seem to have the knack of finding some of the worst hiking country in the whole of Australia.

@Alberthoward3right9up

2 жыл бұрын

There are places like this just off the edge of the road in most parts of Tassie. It's a lot more rugged than people think.. Edit. Sorry I wrote my comment early on. That does get pretty bad aye 🤦🏼‍♂️😂

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

It's totally unavoidable, but i'll tell ya Calder did a bloody good job picking this route.

may moth they only live for one day

Another epic episode Rob, one question, what is the spider situation like? I would avoid some of that scrub just at the sight of webs.🤣 keep up the good work!

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah the spiders were pretty full on in parts.

God damn shame the cameras and gloworms didnt co-operate i really wanted to see what the title suggested!

@Rob.Parsons

2 жыл бұрын

Just near the end of the video you'll see what I could see

Have ya done a leach count. Lol I live in Rosebery and bush bash. Fun aint it.