Road Train Across Australia - Newcastle to Port Hedland - Part 2 

As a retired Interstater, its hard sitting here watching, it makes me want to get back out on the road but those days are well and truly gone, So I just have to keep watching and remember my time on the road especially the roadhouses you visit and I see the change from years ago, Keep up the great work and more importantly keep safe, cheers mate.

I don't know where to start. I loved it all. You make it look so easy. The music and photography were excellent. This 2 part trip was some of your best work. I loved it all. Keep safe and carry out showing us places in this great country

Western Australia is huge ..its crazy that it takes days driving and you're still in the same state 😳

Love your content! Here in Kenya, we don't have flies everywhere. Only around dead animals and trash heaps. Come to think of it, I can't remember the last time I had to swat away a fly.

Another great one Johnno, keep up the great work! and hope to see you somewhere along the way....Be Safe!

BTW I meant to mention on the salads not being filling there are a few things that make a difference. First we get Cheese in oil (obviously leave the oil in the jar!)which means it does not need to be refrigerated till opened, Balsamico Creme which is a vinegar based sauce but it acts like it is oily but has none, the other thing is olives in a jar, and a bread roll. This is how we make a simple salad an evening meal. If you have a fridge on board you could pre-do the mix to add to a more simple salad. Just thought I would share. The only flies we get are because of the cattle farm over the road. I remember up in Qsld we stopped at the roadside and I went in the bushes and found a skeleton of a dead cow. I can only assume that there is enough of this, including dead goats on the road ;) , for them to survive. It must be hard driving into the setting sun like that...@19:15... On the food thing why don't you have a fridge as we do in the camper and load it with stuff from home? Too much hassle? Love the trip info, history and the realities of being on the road. Great mix. I know it takes a lot to film, edit and compile... Can't wait for the next; stay safe! Alex.,

Great job all round

I live in Western Canada, foothills of the Rocky Mountains…I think I saw three flies this month, might be mistaken though. One might have been a bee 🤨. Your road trains in Australia are fascinating. Really interesting road trips, thanks.

Brilliant as always and so good to see Australia and what you do, thanks again!

Jono, you need to slot an Australian iconic truck drivers ballad into your musical score, look up Slim Dusty's "The light on the hill".

That was a really good and enjoyable 2 videos.

Jono, as you were driving through Nevertire I was reminded of the highway Patrols who would park over the railway line in the dip near the grain silo, if you didn't bring your rig to a dead stop at the railwayline, Bamm ....a couple of hundred dollar fine, they cleaned up in wheat season mno driver wants to pull 2 trailers with loaded 'hungry boards' to a complete stop on the rise up to the line, my pay suffered a couple of times although you usually got a heads up on the UHF unless you were 1st cab off the rank. Anyway mate great viewing, my left hand and thumb is making involuntary gentle shift movements at times in the cab shots as you swap cogs on the R/R. All the best, take care, as you know it mostly the other guy that places a rig driver at risk, maybe a water buffallo or camel in the NT, ........they're murder on the driving lights!

Hi Johnno, I appreciate very much your travels and taking us along with your road trip. Thanks Stephen

Thanks for taking us along on the journey Johnno 👍

Thanks for a very good show < hi from the UK , well DONE🔥

Travelling across the Nullarbor last year by myself I had the exact same conversation with myself about the flys (almost word for word 😂😂). After about an hour of talking to myself about it I decided I should leave it as a mystery and go back to listening to music. Great video 👍

Well that's one cool looking trip Johnno, or holiday lol. Some beautiful drone shots too. Loved it from the start to the finish. Maybe while your out there might need to get a metal detector, never know what you might find at those rest areas

Lived in Moranbah west of Mackey , retired in 14 at 66 and went to the Philippines ,, I absolutely loved it , it was green after the brown of Aussie , rained most days and was a typical 3 rd world country but very few green maggot arsed flies , I was surprised..

Enjoying your videos and seeing so much of your great country.

Thanks again for a terrific video. Really enjoyed the scenery in WA, so different to the eastern states. Enjoyed the drone shots also. Must take you quite a while to edit. Thanks!

Great ep, thanks!

Awesome video mate! Regarding the flies, I know in Sweden that you wont have a fly problem but there will be an equal amount of mosquitoes in summer eating you alive up there! I guess spraying oneself full of repellent should be advised either way ;)

V nice 👌

This is amazing. That country is so wide open and free. Thanks for it all again, and the story's you tell abouth everything in between. Take care.

Awesome video Johnno👍👍👍

Another brilliant video. Thanks heaps! "Had my shower. Looking lovely" = Harharhar. love it!

Love it thanks Jonno. Just the Burger didin't look yumy

Seeing you brushing off the flies took me back to my days in the UK army when I spent a couple of years in Libya (before Col Gadafi ) flies were a real pest there. My younger brother went to Auz in the 1950's and worked for some years in Findley then settled in Sydney, but I don't remember him complaining about the flies, and I never managed to visit him there.

Bloody brilliant johnno.I see what you're saying about the flies,especially at the end.You were nearly eating them.I love the the spotlights on your bullbar, they light up the highway really well at night. I love the feeling of freedom I get watching you and your truck out on the highway in this huge country visiting the small townships and looking at the wonderful sceneries. It's awesome to watch. Keep up the great work,mate!👍🏽🇦🇺

Thank you for your videos. I now have another channel to obsess over 🤣

Another quality video. Love your style Thank you

Love been able to come along with you and seeing the sights 👌🇦🇺 cheers 🍻

Hello from the USA

My hat is off to these road train drivers what a tough job without them the assies would be staving

Thanks for another “awesome”, which it truly is, video. The narrative is interesting and photography is amazing, in particular, the drone flight over such incredible scenery.

Thanks again Johnno for the excursion through Australia. Great to see. Take care, Ton.

Good trip. Some lovely country and remote outback locations. Haven't been North in Western Australia. One day. And some of the oldest rocks on earth. Some 4.4 billion years old. Rocks containing life forms 3.5 billion years old. A geologist's playground. And lots of things to mine. Pretty amazing place. Then back to Perth. Which has a bit of an English feel. Then Sydney. Which reminds me of London. And why I left. What a diverse and varied life you lead. All in the name of trucking.

Part 2 was great mate. I’m surprised Cappy was so quiet, usually it’s flat out. There’s a good little café at Menzies opposite the pub next time you’re up that way with plenty of parking in the big truck parking bay. Also Kumarina is my favourite old style roadhouse, there’s a little diner out the back which you might have missed. Love the drone work.

The trip your on is like a Slim Dusty song , Gonna take my dog for a run , about a Truckie in his Bulldog Mack from Sydney to Perth , another great vid ! 😊

Hi Johnno, Love your video's and your candid humor, you make trucking fun and interesting. I've not long just started a trucking 'career' in my late 50's carting (mainly) cattle around the SW of Western Australia in a Bobtail & Trailer. Hope to see/pass you on the road one day. Keep up the awesome vids :)

We are heading that way with our van, in a couple of weeks, up the Northern Hwy. Great to see beforehand. Thanks for the great videos.

I love the trucks there, but the flies would do my head in. Takes some courage to overtake a quad! Great video, really enjoyed it

Fantastic, thanks for sharing.

Thanks Johnno really enjoy the videos. Great history telling and scenery captured. 😊

Always a good watch, keep the adventures coming mate

Great videos,makes my run seem boring. Same run every week,Mulberry, Arkansas to the Los Angeles, California area and back. I've been driving thru this United States 54 years, I'm 71 years old and still trucking 🚚. Be safe 🙏

Another fantastic video of Australia seen by an enquiring truck driver extraordinaire 👌. The distances amaze me from the UK, though i have worked in the USA quute a lot. Thanks for sharing Jonno, stay safe all.

Great video. Gave it a thumbs up. Enjoying these parted videos keep them up.

Great video. Enjoyed it very much. Cheers!!

Really enjoyed this Johnno. I’m so envious of the job, lifestyle and sense of freedom you get to enjoy. I work on oil rigs in bass strait so we are polars apart in what we do. Thanks for the effort you go to in putting these videos up. 👌🇦🇺

Another fantastic video. The Drone footage around Bunda Cliffs, then around the Auski Roadhouse shows some of the spectacular scenery to be seen around Aus. Makes me want to hitch up the caravan and go west again. Soon hopefully.

Another excellent video😊

Hi Johno, love going on a drive with you. You always seem so calm. I wish I had the courage to have a go.

Mate must be passing you somewhere getting into Hedland tomorrow, but i am on my way to Broome

Awesome video, thanks Johno 👏👏

Thanks for showing us around Johno, enjoy the trip back to Sydney from Perth.😊

Love all your videos. I'm from a place called Middlewich in England and love the vibes you give out about Australia on the other side of the world. You are a treat and an inspiration to tarmac lovers. Would love to do a tour of your fabulous country and would love a ride in a road train one day. Keep it lit buddy 😎

Another great road trip video. Thanks as always for taking the time to film edit and post them 👍

Those drone shots are excellent! Cheers

Love part 2 Johnno, mate cannot wait to hit the road in a couple weeks and will keep a eye out for you. Keep safe.

Great video Johnno, always great to see trucking in another country

Well done johnno interesting videos cool drone and theme music flies here in nz in the summer but nothing like you guys have

Always a pleasure to watch you on these travels really worth the membership ✌️🇬🇧

Love ya work mate ,,safe trucking

Great video and drone shots, certainly putting the the pressure on Ken. Ray.

Great content. Gives me feet itching to go places and I can hear the bush beckoning me.

G'day johno them 2 part videos were great mate makes me want to pack up for a few weeks and come with ya lol 👍👍

Hello and Namaste from Pokhara, Nepal

Here in the US, we're getting a swarm of cicadas. The 17 year and 13 year cycle lined up this year and they're estimating that there be 1 trillion bugs. What a racket!

I enjoyed that trip done it before. Great drone flying . Bravo from Victoria Australia.

Good luck👍👍

I love your videos mate im an interstate truckie im keeping my eyes peeled for yah ha ha happy trucking.

Well done Johnno. I really enjoy it when you do these long trip style videos. Not to much drone footage which I also appreciate. Maybe when you do these type of videos you could reference the total trip length. Congrats

That was a great video, and love the country music too. Yes good old flys. I am in Brisbane outer north. Unit is not fully insect screened. I put something on to cook, in 2 minuits there are dozens buzzing around. Must cost a fortune in food on a trip like that. Keep great videos comming and stay safe out there.

I love youre videos mate keep up the good work i love trucks mainly Kenworth

It was 1974 that I met a bloke in Bulahdela that had a little motorbike on the front of his trailer that he used when parking was a problem if he had to go shopping.

Awesome!

Love the new intro

G’day Johnno another great vid mate Love the comment ….”another 1700 kms to go “. man your country is vast !! As for flies normally get them through the summer months here in UK , not so much in winter time , but nothing like OZ Great 2 parter mate Stay safe Johnno Nick (uk)

THANKS JOHNNO ,AWESOME PHOTOGRAPHY .TRAVELLING EAST TTO WEST PORT HEADLAND .👍

Hi Johnno, great vid keep it up, by the way the flies dont bother us in the UK !!

You have done great work loving it johno

Yep your right , bloody flies !!!!!!!

I don't know how ya all put up with all those flies WOW 😵

I’m a borne kiwi, also Australian. Flies in NZ can be annoying but not anything like here in Australia. I have lived in the Pilbara for about 35 years and the flies are insane !!! lol. They are a bush fly, not the type assosiated with rotting meat. They are atracted to the moisture on your body.

Great couple of videos John. You’ve inspired me to plan a trip across the Nullabour The Great Australian Bight looks amazing Steve Graham has got me interested in travelling the Great Central Rd to Alice . What an amazing country we live in. Safe travels mate Still looking forward to meeting you one day. We live near Seymour so maybe we can meet up on the road somewhere. Cheers Gerry

Hi bud. We have clegs and they are biting little buggers and of course we have the dreaded Scottish midge 🤬🥴 get flies but mostly round sheep and cattle etc. Love your videos bud. Keep it up 🤙🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍺🍺🤙🏻

Great video jonno, never Ben to WA, would love to get there one day, distance is a killer from Vic tho.

Hiya John, Soo many flies? maybe they are on the summer holidays LOL. Don't you carry a head net??

Ha ha if I get a toastie on the road now it gets the squeeze test, if I can’t make the crust move I hand it back and ask for a fresh one. Nothing worse than a toasted sandwich what’s harder than the bull bar on ya truck. Another great one man a lot of country travelled.

You have to watch it taipans out there Johno

In that area where I think he said some thing about it where at one time it was gold something about 1903

Gday Johnno, awesome vids and channel. I think I spotted you…this morning (7/5/24)on Monash heading west with a single?? Maybe someone else…

Australia is a Great Country mate i agree with you there

Hi Johno excellent video as usual how much weight did you have with that steel on ? Stay safe regards bob

Top vid Johnno can,t believe the price of food in some places just a rip off .

Johnny widgie was a stop and sometimes a sleep bout 32 years ago just before it burned down

Menzies is a happening looking place! 😅

I worked at the mine at Widgeemooltha back in 1981

Hey Johnno as a young fella getting into the trucking scene what would be some good pointers you might be able to lend out just seeing how it all runs from other peoples perspective is such an eye opening learning experience so just wondering if you might have some tips you could possiblely share??