There is always one mishap. Amazing scenery on your drive, so vast out to the horizon.

@onlyleavingfootprints

5 ай бұрын

Hahaha yep, it had to happen at some stage grrrr. Oh the outback is amazing you just dont realise just how much land there is in Australia until your out here. Thanks for watching

Hi guys. I am enjoying your videos which you do very well. I have a connection to some of the places where you go and thought I would comment on a couple of things. My name is Trevor Dodds and I live in Toowoomba. In 1981 to 83, I was the Senior Constable of Police stationed at Windorah. Sigmund Remenko was the Polish guy that owned and ran the Betoota pub. My boundary with the Birdsville policeman was just on the western side of Betoota. The Betoota pub was just in my area. He had been a grader driver for the Diamantina Shire previously. Simon, as we knew him, was the only soul at Betoota along with an old pensioner guy who slept on a steel cot outside the front of the pub. Mt Leonard station over the road was owned by Ashley Daley at the time. Simon told me that he had been in the polish army at the start of the war and they were overrun and imprisoned fairly quickly. He would tell people I was his boss as I periodically had to inspect the pub for the licensing commission. Anyway, he said when he was in the prison camp, the Germans would try and trick you to go near the wire. If they shot and killed you, they would get a few days off to seemingly "get over it.". Simon got into a dispute a few years before with the managers at Mt Leonard over mail collection and a gun was involved. He was ordered to leave the area and did so for sometime retreating back to Adelaide where he was involved with the Polish club and community there. The pub was ransacked during that time and closed but he returned later and commenced work again. I'll put some comments for you on the Gayndah page also as it is my home town. When you stood on Mt McConnell lookout, looking back along the Burnett river, I grew up on an orange orchard just below there. Incidentally, my eldest son is FIFO at Windorah. He works on the gas line that goes Northwest to the Mt Isa power station. He's there now. Cheers. Trevor.

@onlyleavingfootprints

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely loved this Trevor. We would loved to share that information with our viewers if your okay with that. We will put a link to the video and this story on our facebook page with your permission. Absolutely please comment on the videos that you have stories too. Thank you for sharing that with us

@mork1100

2 ай бұрын

@onlyleavingfootprints Yes, of course. You can use my comments if you like. I see that when you visit somewhere, you impart information to your viewers plus the banter and good nature between yourselves make the videos enjoyable. All the best. Trev.

Not only did they find the bodies of Burke and Wills but they were exhumed and returned to Melbourne for burial. You can visit the sites of their death. We didn’t see Wills’s site but we did see the tree under which Burke died off what is now the Innaminka road heading into South Australia. The only survivor of the four who made the dash to the Gulf_ King, was found living with the people who rescued him. He reportedly had a daughter whose descendants still live in the area and celebrate his rescue/ departure on 15 September each year at the famous dig tree site. I believe that the female lineage still retain some of King’s possessions. The exact detail may elude my memory but I think I have the basics correct.

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

Wow that is awesome information. Thank you for sharing that with us and for watching our video

Hey guys, we've recently watched a couple of your videos and have subscribed. Thanks for showing us these outback towns and for the 'tours' of the towns & all the info. The banter about Jon's missing phone was hilarious! 😂😂 And Jon trying to change the subject to the awesome pies 😂😂 Enjoy your travels and stay safe. Corrie & Lyn 😊

@onlyleavingfootprints

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for subscribing, we appreciate it. Glad your enjoying our content.

My husband and I are in our 70s. Bought a caravan and took off from Melbourne on a big trip. Was surprised to be told Ayers Rock wasn’t in Alice Springs!!! Would have been a shock to get to Alice and then find out!

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

I know right. I think majority of people would be thinking it was closer to Alice. Thanks for watching 👀

When it comes to fuel, discretion is always the better part of valor

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

Sure is . We try to fill up everywhere instead of letting it get to low. Thanks for watching 👀

Those pies look amazing ,Thanks John .

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

They were lol.. Thanks for watching

You guys need to break a small branch off a Gumtree and use it to swish the flies away, is your rear window on the ford broken, why all the tape. It's always the heavy draw that comes out, on a bounce the lock drops and the draw comes out. Keep up the good work guys.

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

Gum tree what a good idea. No the window is not broken, our friends window smashed while caravanning just before we left so to prevent it happening to us we taped that on for protection. The drawer, I get that about the heaviness, but I think my top drawer would be heavier because we only have plastic plates and bowls etc in middle drawer plus a few coffee cups (one did break). Thanks for watching 👀

My wife and a couple of friends stopped in to Betooa pub and there was a bit of wind but not as bad as what you have got back in April 2022

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

I am sure the wind has to die down at some stage lol. Thanks for watching

Love your video

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your support

That wind is crazy 😜 Good job at sealing up your van. We’re hoping to come thru Birdsville next year, thanks for sharing guys ❤😊

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

Hey there, you will have fun here if you tackle big red lol Thanks for watching

@turtletrackstravels

7 ай бұрын

@@onlyleavingfootprintswe will definitely give Big Red a good go 😂

Yea, guys, the wind out there can go on for weeks at a time, just the way it is out there.

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

Wow couldn't stand that lol. Thanks for watching

Great trip to Birdsville. Good time to go and missed all the crowds. those pies looked fantastic. The town looked better than I thought as usually only the pub is shown. Had to laugh at your Wolf Creek moment at the border. I would have taken off pronto lol 😂

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

Haha what is it with us and strange encounters 😃 The pies were really good. Until next week, thanks for watching

Love watching you 2 !! You’re just like hubby and myself 😅. Hubby would love the pie , he’s a pie man 😂

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, yep what you see is what you get with us. Thanks for watching

It was Burke , Wills and King that set off and King funded the trip he was the only one to survive by an aboriginal tribe that passed by saved him , he left the note for the rescue party to find the next day , hes not famous and unherd off because he didn't die , and my grandmother was a King her maden name and we looked up through the family tree and yes , stories got told down buy my grandmothers ancestors , and all is true

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

What an awesome family history to have. Its so cool when you go back in your lineage and find your are descendants are "famous". Thanks for watching

That blokes just waiting for someone to have a yarn to,,a couple of weirdos pullup and just look at him

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

Hahahaha maybe lol Thanks for watching

Hey, Jon, how does the Ranger go towing? We are looking at buying a new tow vehicle next year.....no pressure mate just give your honest opinion. We are looking at the Ranger or the Isuzu

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

Hi David, the Ranger tows beautifully. I would suggest getting the 3.2 motor as it has more power then the dmax but I have heard the dmax motor is a bit more reliable. But whatever you do don't get the motor tuned because that's when you start having problems.

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

Also I think the Ranger has a bigger GCM (don't quote me on that)

Could you show us the camera and microphone your using as it works good together..cheers lenny

@onlyleavingfootprints

5 ай бұрын

Hi Lenny, we are using a DJI Action Pro 4 and its mics. We have a video on the whole set up if you scroll a little. Thanks for watching

Hahah don't you just hate it when someone just props..... while you are trying to get that one photo. Those pies look great hope there is some left when we get there ;-)

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

OMG definitely have a pie. Jon said when you get there post him one hahahaha. Thanks for watching guys.

Not uncommon for that sort of wind most days. Usually dies at night.

@onlyleavingfootprints

6 ай бұрын

Oh boy that would drive us batty lol. Thanks for watching and commenting

Good to see your finally wearing your microphones. It's not enjoyable as a viewer when your trying to work out what your saying in the wind.

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

Yes we are sure it is much better, we do have a few hiccups along the way but eventually we get it right. Thanks for watching

Why have you got white stripes across your back windows?

@onlyleavingfootprints

5 ай бұрын

Its a white plastic board taped on with grey tape, we have it there to stop the rocks bouncing off the caravan onto the car window and potentially smashing the window. Thanks for watching

john u need to do your hair 😂

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

He does doesn't he, so bloody untidy

what device do you usually record with if not you phone

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

I was recording on my Samsung S10 phone and we were going to upgrade my phone then decided on the DJI. We have gotten better remembering to use the mics . Thanks for watching

@MegaHilly13

7 ай бұрын

so what actually is a DJI@@onlyleavingfootprints

@MegaHilly13

7 ай бұрын

sorry I meant what model camera plus is it on a selfie stick

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

@@MegaHilly13 a DJI is like a Go Pro. A mini video recording camera

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

@@MegaHilly13 we have a video on our channel all about us unboxing the DJI camera

Carcory homstead .

@onlyleavingfootprints

7 ай бұрын

Thats the one. Thanks for watching