Driver's Eye View - Savannahlander - Part 4 - No Commentary - Einasleigh to Mount Surprise 

Hi, it's nice to hear from Apeldoorn and I'm pleased you enjoyed the video.

Thank you, I'm glad you are enjoying this journey through the Queensland interior, Australia really is a vast country 😉.

@@Timsvideochannel1 Agreed!

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the ride.

Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed the ride.

Hi, my wife wasn't with me on this trip, our youngest daughter was due to get get married a couple of days after I returned home and she didn't want to miss all the mother daughter preparations and there was only one date available where I could get to do the things I wanted to do, so I was travelling alone. My wife enjoyed spending a lot of time with our daughter and the wedding went off without a hitch, it was a perfect day. The driver's commentary included information about the water table and springs in Part 5 where he explained that some rivers were fed by springs and ran all year round whilst others only flowed during the wet season. I think it was in Part 4 that he told us how the termites burrowed down to fetch water up to the nest and the plant life sent routes into the nests to benefit from the humidity inside the nest. The coach I caught from Cairns to Normanton was fitted with a substantial bull bar and a thick wire screen to protect the wind-shield, there was no real damage to be seen, later on the same coach picked us up to take us from Croydon to Mount Surprise and the thick wire protecting the wind-shield had a massive dent in it. I asked the driver what happened and he described a roo jumping into the air and colliding with the coach, in much the same way as you described roos jumping over the headlights. I saw a number of road trains and the Mack or Volvo tractor units were all fitted with massive chromed bull bars, sadly we did see quite a number of dead roos beside the roads. Dando Drilling is just up the road from my home in the UK and they made their mark back in the late 1800's, early 1900's making windmills designed to draw water up from the artisan wells both in the UK and in Australia, today they make portable oil drills mounted on lorry chassis. It wasn't until I got home and started to edit these videos that I fully understood just how much I learn when I'm travelling, the informative commentary from the drivers was really appreciated. It would have been nice to have learned more about Australia and New Zealand when I was at school, sadly what we see on TV here in the UK about Australia doesn't give the full story, TV makes out that the coasts are some sort of paradise and the interior is just an inhospitable desert. I now know that whilst the beaches look wonderful, it is only safe to swim in relatively small areas protected by nets to keep the salt water crocodiles and sharks out, not only that I had to wear something that looked like a giant Durex to prevent me from being stung by jellyfish when diving on the Great Barrier Reef. When I was inland I didn't see any dangerous spiders or snakes, just hundreds of of wonderful, brightly coloured, noisy birds. If I was still a young man, I'd move to Queensland in an instant, over time I've grown to love the place

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Thank you, I hope you enjoyed the ride 🍺.

There were just a few puddles under the first two bridges, although there was water flowing under the bridge at 01:15:40

@@Timsvideochannel1the train rides extremely slow over the bridges. fear of collapse?

@@siegmars.450 The reason for the train passing slowly over the bridges was to allow passengers to take photographs and for the driver to finish his commentary, the bridges themselves are well maintained because they have to survive the floods in the rainy season.

Esta é uma região de pastoreio de gado, há muita água no subsolo. A estação chuvosa dura 3 meses e a estação seca dura 9 meses. À medida que o comboio se aproxima da costa, a terra torna-se muito fértil. Frutas, arroz, cana-de-açúcar, algodão, gado leiteiro e vegetais são cultivados nas férteis áreas costeiras.

Hi, I looked on the internet to find out a little about the cattle in Queensland, milking cows are only really found on the coastal plain and most British cows with the exception of Scotland's Aberdeen Angus are bred for milking. The cows seen in the video are bred for their meat and from what I can make out, they are Brahman cattle originating from Africa and India. This article makes interesting reading - www.qhatlas.com.au/tropical-cattle-brahman

That Roo only just avoided being hit by the train and like you I wondered how it manage to run out in front of one of the only two trains a week to run past that spot.

When I caught the train out to Longreach, the road and railway run side by side in places, I couldn't believe the number of dead Roos littering the road side. I guess they are dazzled by the headlights of oncoming road vehicles 🍺🍺🍺🦘.

Cheers, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.

That's nice to know, I'm glad you enjoyed it.