Aussie bushman going on adventures in the Australian wilderness while capturing the spirit of the old fellas who roamed this land and teaching you about Australian bushcraft and traditional camping.
Got here from watching the silly swagman, now I'm watching your videos and I'm glad I found another great channel! Just subscribed. Oh and I'm the one that called you tom bombadil! Lol
Yer mate. I lived in a humpy like that for years but my neighbours sub divided and put up 2 big very two story houses and I couldn't stand it so I moved.
Great video mate! Definitely something primal about sleeping next to a fire on the ground. I think that's why swags/bed rolls are so popular, what part of Victoria are you from?
Cheers mate. Yeah swags on the ground is a great feeling, especially with a fly or mesh that you can look out from. I'm near the Dandy ranges in Vicco.
A great build and history lesson mate. Looks like it woulda been a tough night. A night by the fire is a reminder of how lucky, (and soft lol), we are. Cheers mate
Thanks for watching mate. It's always great spending a night by the fire. Just had a look at your channel and I'm looking forward to watching more of your vids .. I really need to touch up on my knot tying so looks like you got some useful information there.
The land I bought in Wallangra NSW (Bigambul Country, Kamilaroi Nation) has remnants of scarred trees that at first confused me, till I realised the larger scarrings that are not shaped like coolamon or shield (tools, etc) were for shelters. Cheers for sharing.
As an American, I can't imagine roughing it out in the open, what we call cowboy camping, with all those creepy crawlies you have walking around. I picture waking up to find a bunch of six- and eight-legged friends inside my sleeping bag.
I’m not sure but i have heard that the clan /mob would carry a branch or the like from place to place so the task of starting a new fire could be averted most times. ?🦘
I watched the silly swagman and now yours. Mate full credit to you both for that adventure guys especially yourself carrying swagman gear. Brilliant stuff.
Cheers mate thanks heaps for watching. Yeah I love the swagman gear and I feel I've got it down to a point it's not too uncomfortable. Mattsys vid was great .. camping comedy at its finest
@@DiabloOutdoors Thanks heaps for subbing and following along. Cool to see some international audiences here. You really have so much to choose from with outdoor content from Canada though!
@@TheBeardedBushranger Yeah, but your content is original and you seem a very nice guy. So it's a fresh wind on a sometimes boring community. Keep going sailor!
Great vid mate. Its so easy for people to forget about the resources around them, especially when they are out bush and in need of sustance/ shelter. Our land may look barren, but its actually very rich. Im lucky enough to have an indigenous partner, and although she isnt that cultural, ive definitely learned a lot from her mob. Nice to see a bit of history/ indig knowledge being presented in a relevent way.
Hey mate, that is great to hear!! I tend to stick to the swagman stuff cause it's a history I know better! But I am facinated with indigenous history and do try to learn where I can. What has been eye opening for me though is living in Africa for 10 years, and marrying my wife who is Ugandan. Living over there for that long and becoming family, I have learnt so many similar things (but from the African contintent experience) on how resources were used, foods were grown and gathered, the culture etc. Thanks for watching.
Absolute legends! Amazing rugged country. Beautifully photographed too. What a team. Did Scotty wimp out for this one? 😉(luv ya Scotty.) Thanks for the experiential feels.
Gday mate, yeah my mate Tim was well aware of this but there was something about his Hilux that didn't allow chains on the front. I'll have to ak him what the issue was again.
Love the indigenous history even here in Tassie......great video mate....she's colder down here I was out in -3c the other night but was in a tent and sleeping bag...hats off loved that video great work 👍💪🍻
That is cold mate! I was up in the Vicco high country last week just with the sheep skin and it was getting down to the -1.c -2.c temps. I reckon Tassie would get plenty of those kind of nights.
@@TheBeardedBushranger just gets colder even when you get up into the high country and mountains....it's those roaring 40 winds that wreck us down here esp in Hobart areas where I am.....
Worked with volly CFA in Rockchester when myself and some other army vetrans flew from wa help in floods in 2022 good bunch guys and ladys in cfa put on mean spread for lunch
They didn’t move, stay…..half a day, a day. If they moved it was based on knowledge, where they were going, did they have the ability to move in physical terms, was it seasonally viable, was it safe, was there suitable resources where they were headed. They did not move into an area and set up “two and three man tents”. They practiced survival in numbers
I wish we had more references to the traditional ways of The Elders. The few we have are stark and fascinating, but I'm not sure how much we can rely on them. Do you know William Buckley's life and adventure? Written up by a newspaper man, full of action and drama, from an illiterate man who was always very reluctant to tell his stories. I hope that's a faithful account of his experiences, because what an interesting insight it carries.
Mate, I luvya show but your comment “their shelter “ was small for two or more people. You’re wrong, the tribes slept together in as many numbers as they could, for warmth and protection!
Cheers mate. No doubt they did. In my research I was reading about lots of little shelters gathered around each over. I have no doubt it must of varied from place to place .. it seems there is no one history for our indigenous as there were many tribes living in different locations with different customs. Definitely couldn't capture all that in this vid, which is why I put some links to local indigenous organisations from my area. Thanks for watching
We need to get you a bigger sheepskin cover. That one is really just a bedroll from two skins. 6 skins will wrap you like a burrito. Possum though, that would be much better. Lighter, warmer.. expensive. Skins have to come in from NZ as they're protected here. Are you willing to include wool blankets? You can make a wool jacket and pants from about 3 queen size blankets. I think you'd sleep better if you ditched those lowrise jeans too. They stopped making highrise jeans in the 70s because the fashion offered then a small production saving. I can't believe how hard to is to find any high-rise pants these days! Unlike low-rise, they actually give the room you need for simple comfort! High rise and pleats will give you that. And i recommend bowangs with them too, not for sleeping, but for everything else. All belts off for sleeping. Likewise with shirts. Give yourself lots of room. Linen, hemp or cotton, but not polyester, it's bad for your skin, comfort and warmth. Personally, i wear hemp/cotton knit tshirt and pants as underwear, a possum silk knit sweater over that, no woven shirt, highrise heavy wool weave trousers up over that, heavy wool weave anorak over everything. A basic sheepskin vest if it's freezing. The old blanket wool is great to use for the pants and anorak. Maybe eco dye then for beauty. I can send you a pattern, or show you how to sew them, or trade you ready made. Then, i reckon a wool blanket or two for sleeping, waxed canvas poncho if it's windy or wet, that ridng coat is good, but a poncho is more versatile. All on your sheepskin bedroll or quilt. You'd be fine in a good shelter. For the fire, 60L oil drum with flu pipe sections in it, could make a portable rocket stove... Bring that heat into your larger shelter, store some hear in the ground... I like what you're doing. I want to innovate up from the base you're returning to.
There is so much room to go into more depth with all this stuff isn't it. I think clothing will need to be the next thing. I have not even started venturing into old clothing yet! This is an area I really need to look into. The idea of a waxed canvas poncho does sound great! Double as a potential tarp and ground sheet. I've used my oil skin jacket as a ground sheet plenty of times. I use my wool blankets quite a bit, and on my survival trip I paird it with the sheep skin and it did great. I will be sending my current sheep skin to you when I get back from indonesia, and buy a bigger one (add onto it) as I want to do a snow challenge with the sheep skin!
@@TheBeardedBushranger I'm really looking forward to you're historical research abilities informing better clothing design for today. No worries with the sheepskin, I'll get you sorted for the snow. Have a lovely time in Indo. What a place that is! See you when you get back
The thing about using linseed on canvas to make waterproof tarps is that even though it’s completely dried, the linseed will still continue to slowly eat away at the fabric. So they only last a few years before you need to make a new one.
It's certainly been cleared out by fire. Doesn't surprise me, the bush up there was getting so thick, so much fuel it was bound to go up big time. I remember a lot of locals talking about how there was going to be a huge burn coming in the next five years or so, and the bush was now to thick and full of fuel to 'safely' do controlled burns.
I'm amazed that hut is still there. I remember putting some of those bits of tin back on about 15yr ago. Not many people wanting to take care of that hut even back then. Most would keep going to the next one. But most wouldn't be there in nasty weather. There's a good reason why it's in the spot it is.
