Jack Absalom's: In The Steps Of Charles Sturt 

I can’t believe, that jack went everywhere in that Mitsubishi Sigma wagon, that car should be in the Hall Of Fame.. Bloody legend!!!! 😀😀😀😀😀👍👍👍👍👍👍

I really love this guy ! I recently found out about his videos and I am binge watching every possible episode. I'm saddened to learn that he passed away in 2019 at 91 years old. I would have loved to have sent him a hand written letter telling him how much I love his work. And I would have loved to meet such a great man. I grew up watching television programs like Wild America, Wild Kingdom and Jacque Cousteau. Watching this makes me feel like a kid again. So much better than the same old bushcraft videos watching people build shelters with sticks. R.I.P. Mr. Absalom. You have truly touched my soul. I hope someone from your family sees this and knows what an impact you have had on me.🕊️🙏💟 From Philadelphia PA USA.

Jack was absolutely brilliant! Anyone who watched this show back in the day surely misses him.

This man is a legend , l watch his videos everyday in repeat because they truly wonderfull , l loved this man so much , when l learned his passed away , l still cry everyday, he was so amazing. RIP jack .

This man was a legend!

The late Jack Absalom - so down to earth, such a great story teller. Specially how simple his whole setup is. I could watch these shows all day.. I wish there were more and some modern ones showing how things have changed. Over many years of traveling I always thought it would be amazing to have painting skills like this. Pull up somewhere, and paint the scene. Photos just dont cut it

When I built my off grid cabin in the outback NSW town of Nymagee, the first thing I hung on the wall, was one of Jacks paintings.

They don't make blokes like Jack anymore , true bushman.

Charles Sturt is my 5 times Great Grandfather. My own Grandfather donated some of Sturt's personal documents to the Australian Embassy some years ago when he was still alive for the Australian people. Thanks for putting this up there, really enjoyed it.

People talk about Steve Irwin like he was the legend of Australia, I roll my eyes and mutter this legends name.

Bless you forever Jack an inspiration to me and will never ever forget you! Love the Stories and tips as well! Like the bulldust and the Soap and of course the Beer Fire extinguisher!😢😞🤠👍👌🏜️🚘🛢️🍺🇦🇺

How I miss the nights with my parents watching Jack years ago...best of times.

Love the way he takes a Sigma where most folks today take a tricked up 4WD. Onya Jack 😎👍

just discovered these videos this bloke is fantastic equally as good if not better than the bush tucker man i love this guy hes great

Jack's best Outback tip? When you break down etc. First thing is to boil the Billy. Have a cuppa and a think. Plan what you are going to do.

RIP Jack. A Great Australian.

I had never heard of Jack before but I have thoroughly enjoyed this film. He puts his knowledge over expertly & most skilfully. Thank you very much

RIP Jack,Australia has lost a legend

Love to listen to jack absalom !!!if you want to know about traveling in Australia he is the guy !!!

Mad, he wore stubbies instead of jocks. Bloody genius.

This man had true Grit.Like no other.

I love this adventure stories of brave men crossing dangerous territory!!!

empty fire extinguishers on the dash @ 22.50 puts a smile on my face., jack would now be irresponsible, unfit to drive, fined and labelled a criminal. Its sad, how our culture has been hijacked. onya jack

i have to admit i had one of those sigmas, and bloody hell, that thing never broke down in 300,000ks

I loved watching these series,I found them very helpful.Thank you👍🏽

Such an engaging character. Love from "locked-down" England, February 2021 to my daughter in Melbourne. Hope to visit her again soon.

Jack the legend takes a sigma in the outback balls of steel

A true gentleman Jack is......

Sigma wagon ,couple gerries on the roof, lets go bush.....last of a resilient generation. gotta love it

Another advantage of painting in the bush like Jack Absalom was famous for is that it’s also quiet and that reduces the risk of something or someone disturbing the peace.

I’ve always found having no rounds in the gun tends to prevent people being shot. Old Jack seemed to forget that one.

simply a legend .

THANK YOU OTHER SPECIAL DETAIL ON AUSTRALIA HISTORY IN YOUR VIDEO AS ENJOY TO WATCHING

The story about the Peabody children who lost their lives was tragic, if only the Land Rover had not broken down they would have been able to get to where they were going and back home without any problems.

I really enjoyed that.

Thanks. For the upload

That was really really really good

Thanks so much for sharing this vids...

Thanks for the upload.

I remember shooting goats as a kid in Arkaroola back in the 60s/70s and a family friend had an old Navy Colt black powder pistol. We were bouncing along a track in a 4wd when there was a huge BOOM and the cab filled with smoke. The colt in his holster had fired, went straight through the floor and sheared off a gearbox bolt

Thank you for this trip . As an NRA member. That was brilliant. And so true. I have signed up twice to go there to work. Blessings to you. one day I hope as a 60 year old to get there and i have friends there carpenters not gold panners. But I am a metal detect too

Another great video . loved em since i was a young buck . Thanks ole mate . i always carry my firearms either with no bolt, or uncocked And open (if loaded). Never yet seen one fire without a bolt in and closed . I call that "safety catch" the IDIOT button, because only a total idiot would trust it with their life.

What a fantastic Chap Jack is, I'd loved to have met him.

I reckon Jack is having a Billy tea with Malcom in some amazing place right now....

They should have given him his own painting show. Australia’s Bob Ross

Some things to take into account are that the big ant is now in Broken Hill near the tourist centre, the road to Tibooburra is now fully sealed and the old pubs at Stephens Creek and Yanco Glen are long since closed.

Depot glen hasnt changed much since this was filmed. Interesting part of the world.

27:35 lol Jack knows what the problem is! Better than nrma lol

Jack Absalom would have too be 1 of Australia's best treasures and the fact that he did all that in a sigma shows the true character of what he and Australia is all about. Or at least used too be😅......

Dash of whisky and it will improve it

What a legend.

No need for a 79 series... Sigma Baby!!

What a champ

With the lecture about the rifle, I suppose you can have it sticking up, providing that the bolt action is fully opened..

Packsaddles yep you can still get a good feed there

How good is this guy? Ill be googling Jack Absalom!

Also you should just walk into a waterhole in the bush if you want to have a swim, but watch out for things like old mesh wire, fence posts, old burst water tanks etc, if you’re not careful you might easily be severely injured or killed by such objects in the water.

What a great guy ,drill a hole in the gastank just to show us the soap trick,,he could have waited until he got to the station he could have borrowed the welder to fix it😂

I wonder how far it is from where Jack is to Innamincka, I think anywhere within 100 kilometres is my first guess, lovely scenery.

Jacks a legend, anyone know if his still alive?

I was saddened to see that Jack's grave was still only the heaped up dirt after his death some 3 yrs ago... Maybe he wouldn't care, but still

I really hope they make jack absalom a core subject for secondary school

Great videos, very interesting but I have a question. This gut in previous videos went harping on about "Tourist", "Terrorists" putting soap in the local water supply that ended up killing hundreds of sheep as the animals will no longer drink from the contaminated water. Yet here in this video he is using soap to catch shrimp! Also there is another video he shows where Aboriginies use the bark of a tree mushed up into a form of soap to paralyze fish in a creek. you can't have it both ways, tourist / terrorist soap is the same as Aboriginal and Bush Hero soap, surely this cannot be good for the water?

Good onya Jack

Dash of whiskey improve it but it’s alright

I wonder who was holding the camera.

Put a bit of Whisky in the the drinking water & it’ll be marvellous. 🤣

Rip jack

Never trust a man who drinks his lemon juice in one second 2:47

Does not get any be(tter....Add Malcolm Douglas and the Bushtucker Man ...Les Hiddens and you have some great Aussie adventures for all...wonderful stuff....

Sad story about the three children who died. What can you say?

Heat does kill,so does cold,water,fire,be ready

1:10 - Malcolm Turnbull's long lost twin from the country

Who needs a Pajero 🤔

What most wont realise is back then about 1984 there was a lot more Australian made Content on all the Tv Stations. Its all gone now to Accountants taking over as managers of Studios and copying the absolute diarrhoea from US Networks

this is my grate grate uncle

Funny he gives them safety tips, and they are all getting pissed. drink driving in the bush.

Have a go at his laptop at 39 minutes 45.

historic journey done in a sigma wagon i think they might even be front wheel drive ha? what a true blue....i grew up in a sigma and i have no memory of it ever breaking down..?

Jack forgot to count the Child in the Womb...

This is the land of Crocodile Dundee !!!

Did you see those skinny Aboriginals at the end of horison of Jack's painting? Well that's because all the setlerss pinched all the jabby's away infront of them!

jack was man vs wild while bear grylls was still swimming in the sack

How hant this guy been given a gold logie?

"always treat a firearm as loaded" he says pointing it at his ribs...

Jack says throw your yabbi net in with a bit of soap in it. Now I have heard the soap trick, but Jack says and common sense says you don't use soap in a water hole, stock depend on it, bit of a contradiction.

Sorry about his friends.

I'm not sure about this guy. He seems a bit lonely. He didn't need to go in the lake to get all the little crab's and i think he might have a drinking problem. Poor guy.

reminds me a lot of Mal Turnbull. No offence intended or implied.

Is this fella Russel Coight’s Daddy? Funny #russellcought

Aussie Legend, 91 yrs young. Dont make men like that anymore.

46:43 wtf?

Yabbies eat soap, who knew?

Why not just carry the rifle unloaded in the car? Unless you are hunting Roos or Dingo's at night.

Stay out of my corner

Another little job (at 52min): bury this human skeleton that I found here. I don't know how many laws are broken here.

Now, look, a fishing net only weighs an ounce but, now, look, you have to take fifty pounds of soap ! And that car has NOT driven through a couple of hundred miles of dusty desert - look at it!

puts soap in a dam? not a good idea

driving one of the worst cars ever, mitsubishi sigma!

shouldnt be putting soap in a watering hole JACK