Ord River, Bungle Bungle and the East Kimberley. Western Walkabout 10 

It is true when you get to know the bush a bit, the animals, plants and the rocks around you it becomes a greater experience. That applies anywhere in the world one finds oneself. The wilds and the things that live there are meant to be the main stars of our films. Glad you enjoyed them. Those Nissan Patrols seem to be good trucks, I confess I've never driven one though they are popular and have a good look to them.

Thanks Wally. High praise indeed.

Cheers Rick. Glad we've helped you along. I hope all goes well with you and you'll be up and about. Cheers and may good fortune be with you.

Thanks Pajman. Cheers.

Thanks GK. Haven't mastered the art of self marketing I think might account for our invisibility also our films take a long time to produce so that doesn't help to capitalize on any momentum. Glad you like the films, we've got a back log of adventures still to come.

Thanks a lot Mick, glad you enjoyed the series.

Greetings there Craig, good to hear from you. Cheers for the comments, I entrust all is well with you in the great southern land.

Thanks Rob. Cheers.

Thanks Michael. Glad you enjoy all the little details. I feel they make travelling so much more interesting. South Africa is an awesome place. We spent 6 years overlanding through Africa and greatly enjoyed SA.

Thanks Kelvin.

Cheers John. Glad you liked the series, it took us a year and a half for the post production so we're hoping Land rover will sponsor us. Fat chance on that. Our poor old defender is in need of a lot of love after all those miles we put on it. We've got some big excursions in mind for Australia if the chance comes. A nice huge loop across the Anne Beadel highway in SA and up to Cape york and back through the Simpson and the red centre. I think a lotto win is in order.

Your next planned trip sounds great. The work you have put into these productions is wonderful and you should be proud of what you have achieved. I think it only fair and reasonable that Land Rover should come to the party on the Defender, your images are much more inspiring than ads of Range Rovers driving down ski slopes. I also think based on the views and comments your videos generate that Tourism Australia owes you those Lotto numbers. I am counting down the days until I depart on my own Western Adventure and inspired by your incredible wildlife images and commentary, I am assembling my collection of WTF Critter is that reference library. However there are many glaring omissions. None of them mention the Common Dwarf Fat Arsed Wallaby (Comune Magnum Conbusit Parvis Potorodai), let alone its much lesser known relative the Yellow Footed Dwarf Fat Arsed Wallaby (Crocus Pedibus Magnum Conbusit Parvis Potorodai)! I plan on my trip to rectify these many omissions with pictorial evidence for my own WTF Critter is that collection.

Foreman and Wilms Adventures- Hi guys, I was just brainstorming on ideas to get LR to sponsor you. Have you tried posting your adventures on Facebook and linking your RU-vid videos to that post whilst "Tagging" Land Rover in them at the same time?

Thanks Glen and Jeanette, high praise indeed and glad you liked the series. It's not usual for someone in their teens to already be addicted to birdwatching, lucky fellow to be so wise so young. As for your fisherman I hope his luck and skills are better than mine, There have been a lot of long slow unproductive hours in my fishing career. Cheers.

Always a pleasure evilunclestu.

Thanks Rich.

Thanks for the comments Frank. I’m definitely a fan of slow travel, me and Wilms usually double our guesstimated time it would take to do a trip so we can fill it up with side excursions and lazy mornings.

Thanks John. I’m a bit disappointed to hear the old school bus is gone. It was a bit of an icon. Congratulations on making it through the Western walkabout series, that’s a bit of a marathon. Glad you liked them.

Thanks Daniel.

Greetings Yuri. Glad you liked the films. I can't imagine Land Rover ever sponsoring us and I wouldn't trade my old truck for a new one anyways. It does need a gearbox overhaul, maybe they could help with that. Take care Yuri.

Greetings Mark. I'll look into this artists palette and furnace creek, Wilms hasn't even heard of it. We have the Mojave road on the agenda for early April, we bought a discovery 2 but unfortunately for us it looked good but is rotten inside so I'm spending a lot of time on you-tube learning how to be a mechanic. We have taken it on 2 successful excursions so far so there is progress. I generally follow a scientific approach to life but am not without my superstitions, I am feeling that the disgruntled spirit of our new Landy and us are starting to gel and make friends. Your 10 days from LA to San Diego was definitely not a straight run. Its the kind of wonky itinerary me and Wilms would do. Cheers for now.

Thanks geo.

Thanks Pete.

Thanks Noah. Glad you like the films. The xbox was our comedic attempts to poke fun at the rough, tough image of over landing.. can’t say either Wilms or myself have actually turned in on in over a year or more. We don’t have the caravan any more so no more of that anyhow. We’ve just finished filming a new series called American West which is a bit like Western Walkabout. It’s months away yet but I think you’ll like them.

Thanks Dan, high praise indeed. I'm glad you enjoyed the series. It was a tonne more work than we first thought, it took us a year and a half to put together all 10 films. We're already back logged on some new adventures and hoping to have a new one out in 2 weeks or so.

A year and a half! Wow 😳 that's dedication to keep going and finishing it all up. May be worth the effort for you knowing that there are some very eager and appreciative fans who can't wait to see your new adventures! 😊❤️

Thanks Ryan, glad you like the series.

Thanks Mike, you're most welcome.

Greetings Rob. Glad you liked the series. We've got a backlog of films from the US as we've been here a year and a half which is how long it took for the Western Walkabout post production. I now see why big film companies have so many staff working on the project. I'm looking forward to another Aussie expedition, I'd like to tackle the Anne Beadell highway through SA and cut up to Cape York but I'll have to come back a little richer than I am now as the Defender is in need of a lot of work after the beating it took on that trip.

Enjoy the Kimberley and don't get eaten by anything big and nasty.

I agree 100% with TootyFruity and subscribed myself now. BTW Whats the hat brand/style that you're sporting?

Cheers Bayl's. The hats are an Aussie brand called an Akubra. Wilms has the Coolibah model and I've got the Coober Pedy with small opal attached. There's a web site called hats by the hundred that ship them outside Australia. They are a bit pricey but awesome. Highly advisable to get the next size up for what fits you as they shrink a bit with use.

Thanks Jeff. Have fun up in the Kimberley..

Thanks Michael.

Greetings Shane. Our costume crew felt I needed to undergo an extreme makeover but as the budget was a little low a new shirt had to suffice. The safari outfit is certainly not out of the question. As for the cooking segments they will re-appear, I actually have no less than seven recipes from my days as a bachelor giving me a different meal every day of the week until the cycle repeated itself. This system also helped me keep track of what day it was. We didn't want to deliver all of our material in one hit so they have to be spaced out over future films. How to heat up baked beans might be next on the list. An important backup meal for any fisherman going through a slump.

Gavin, Baked beans is the go for bachelors, for sure. I have spent many a long minute expertly coaxing a can of succulent baked beans (only Heinz will do of course) to perfection, before ladelling it tenderly onto buttered wholemeal toast. How a Master Chef could improve on this humble culinary delight is beyond me. I wanted to also make a suggestion about future humour for your sessions, especially your Oz adventures. If you watch some old episodes of Jack Absalom's adventures in the outback (which are really good), you will find a lot of quirky advice and tricks about surviving in these isolated stretches. You may be able to do some tongue in cheek versions of these, or something similar? same for The Leyland Brothers shows. Another suggestion comes from watching your attempt at fixing a flat tyre on one show. I had always imagined, guessing from your appearance and accent, that you pretty handy with all things mechanical........ until I watched you repeatedly pinching the tube! You could either do some more of this type of thing offer some twisted or off-beat mechanical advice from time to time, just for kicks. Just some thoughts anyway. Shane

Neither of us have any training or professional experience. Everything is self taught through books, RU-vid how to videos, talking to people and tonnes of practice. Story telling and photography have been honed from years working as a tour guide and wandering adventures. You did well sitting through the whole series. Thank you for the praise, it is high indeed. Glad you enjoyed them.

This makes your achievements even more impressive! Enjoy your stay in the states, I’m sure Summer will be an excellent resource.

Cheers Sergio.

Greetings Brizzle and Suzie. Best of luck on the imminent excursion into the wilds. When we bought the Interceptor from a father of one of my good friends the trailer came with it. It's more of a trolley really so not road legal but handy for rolling the boat around and can be dismantled. That said I don't know who makes them or anything at all about it. Wilms reckons type in a google search for collapsible boat trailer and sees what comes up. Cheers.

The Allagash is a great trip! I'm surprised you found us, our channel isn't an easy one to get to.

Greetings Jimmy. I use Maya for most of the 3D work and for titles I have a plug in for after effect called element 3D. After effect has a camera tracker installed that works great for getting CG elements into live footage such as the title fly through. The 3D stuff is great fun but slows down production considerably, I spent nearly a week modelling a rickety cottage for episode 6 that was only in the film for 3 seconds.

Greetings Tasman. The bush tucker idea is a good one. We didn't focus on that aspect much as a far more skilled practitioner Les Hiddens had already covered that subject and we already had so much stuff to cut through. Kellys knob sounds familiar but I can't place it in my mind so I'm sure we didn't go there. As for the film camera I invested in a good quality canon Slr only just before the digital ones came out. Slides were wonderful but so hard to do anything with and expensive to produce. There was a lot more skill needed in those days and a lot more money.

Kellys Knob is a small monolith on the very edge of suburban Kununurra. Can be seen from parts of Hidden Valley as this to is located within the town boundary. It's easy to be alone up there & that is the attraction for me. There's also the stunning natural wilderness too. Look closely in Hidden Valley & you'll see faces carved in the rock.

I know the hill you speak of, we spent time at the caravan park near it. I never went up there as I was clambering about in hidden valley. I never saw any carvings there but I did find some old paintings. It's a special place for that doesn't get much attention. I've got a real preference for off season travel myself. Now we're in the states the crowds are now magnified beyond belief. I try to work weekends nowadays.