Transiting Thru The Heart of Central Australia 

The Man, The Legend

Love it when I get a RU-vid notification that Mongrel Dog P. has posted another vid! Thanks Steve, a pleasure to watch as usual - you Aussies have a beautiful country. Cheers from the land of the Springboks :-)

Australia's so weird, and I mean that as a compliment. It's so different, and instantly recognisable. Great video, thank you. I hope I can drive across or around Australia someday.

Thank you for sharing this great adventure. Love your setup and the way you travel. Very informative and inspiring.

Amazing the distances you can travel there between towns. Nice video as always!

Just loved it. Thanks again for sharing this epic road trip.

Loved this one as well...... that countryside out there.... what beauty!! I am sorry that the next one is the last....... I hope you are still out and about organising another of these epic trips!!

Time to sit back and watch another great upload . Thanks again

awesome stuff, been there 30yrs ago since I've travel that road, still looks the same 🤫🤣 New Subscriber and we hit the bell, cool content, cheers🍺🍻🍺🍻 KC Cradle Mountain Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺🤝🇦🇺😎👍

Very familiar country, I had about a year out at Giles, so passed through a lot of those communuities. Docker river, Warrakuna, Warburton, ect. I know what these roads are like after rain, as you say treacherous. Very enjoyable though.

A sheet and camping mattress is all I need. Tent only when it rains.

Nice videos, fun to watch, would like to see more Social interaction (local Color) to make it more interesting. Maybe also some local history also for us here in the States. Thanks.

YT brought me here, don’t know why, maybe it’s cos I watch ‘Itchy boots’ but you got my interest. Being a 57 year old Scot, an ex biker, having lived in a similar continent and a passion to visit Australia, I’ve decided to join your club and follow your exploits. Ride safe fellas.

Thanks for another great video. I really appreciate your work.

First time on this channel - great edit on this video, tells a great story. Cheers from NZ

Loved watching your vid mate....

You could have done the west Mereenie loop through Hermansberg for more red dirt to King's Canyon..👍👍

Another good one Steve. Thanks for sharing. Was up at Uluru via the Oonadatta Track last month on the same bike you have, long dirt roads are magic up that way.

I’ve watched all your videos. Appreciate the effort and enjoy them tremendously. Keep on trucking. Regards from NZ.

Great video. Really appreciate your commentary and doing a freeze frame of the road signs, etc so we can get our bearings. My family tried to drive to Alice when I was small, but the heat killed the car on the far side of Coober Pedy, forcing us to turn back, and we limped back 100's of Km home to SA (driving slowly, regularly re-filling what was left of radiator with super precious water). One day I'd love to travel all the way around and across Australia ... One day ...

Top notch fellas :)

Many city folk should take trips like these more often to de-stress and chill.

I was in Alice 10 days ago and it was a culture shock for someone who has lived his whole life in Melbourne and first trip to the NT. Went to that Liquorland and could not get over that there was 2 coppers standing at every bottle shop checking ID and asking multiple questions. Just my luck on the way up on the Stuart Hwy at the roadhouse to the turn off to Ularu I lost my wallet so I could not buy any alcohol and my partner had to use her ID

Mate, loved watching every second of it. Your commentary are amazing, and thanks for pausing where all the road signs are, etc.. Loved it, thank you and keep'em coming!

awesome

Usual professional high standard. Always a pleasure to watch.

Alice Springs looks amazing. Thanks for showing so much of your beautiful home.

Great content, living in big cities of Australia, it seemed very different in the middle of it... Have a safe journey guys !

Yeah, cant name someone who has died.... how many times you heard the name "Mabo" - Eddie Mabo. If they didnt have double standards, they wouldnt have any standards at all....

An otherwise good video, but I bailed half-way through because of the utterly intrusive and unrequired "music".

Just found your channel. Great stuff to watch! I love that huge outback sky and endless horizon. Hoping to get up that way next year...if the health holds out. All the best. 👍

Great view of the outback from my armchair at home, fantastic,love it, from Geelong Victoria,❤️🦘🦘🦘

I love your banter....I find your voice very relaxing. We are very lucky to live in such a spacious and beautiful country. I can't get enough of that gorgeous red earth, it's in my veins now that I relocated to the outback. Really enjoyed your vid and I felt like I was sharing in your adventure ❤

Reminds me of riding in Northern Canada through the Yukon and NWT on the Dempster highway, but desert! Longest stretch up there was 410 kms. Just looked up BMW tattoo on an image search, and noticed someone screenshotted your tattoo from this vid and put it on their site! I guess that's a compliment.

More great memories and waiting with baited breath to see if the rain ruined the CSR crossing like it did for me! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️😂🙏 Loving the landscape & it’s colours! Thanks for sharing Steve…carry on! 😜👍🏁🏍🏍🏍💨

that must have been a shite trip......... i got pissed off with the moozak after 8mins

haha youtuber turn drug runner LOL

Hey Steve, great video as usual. Just wondering what your thoughts were on the TKC70 Rocks after your travels?

I am little confused as to why you should be tiptoeing around the local communities? Is it because of Covid restrictions? Is there any specific rule before entering any community ground? Lastly I don't see any Jumping Jacks.... hope you guys haven't chopped off all their tails :D I have imagined that Australia if full and infested with Kangaroos... surprised to see none...

This has brought back fond memories for me . I did pretty much this ride starting from Kalgoorlie meandering me way all over and eventually up to Darwin and of course back again visiting other areas and back roads on the way back to Kalgoorlie. This was done on my Harley and towing a trailer way back in 1990 when the Gulf war was going on and petrol prices went through the roof. I remember paying $2.30 a liter at the Alice and nearly choked on it . Some of the roads were that bad I had to remove the trailer and skull drag it and the bike through bull dust and loose sand in some cases a couple of hundred meters at a time. The corrugations had to be seen and experienced to believe how truly destructive they can be. And by contrast sometimes ride and tow at over 100 km/h But this was the best adventure I have ever had by far and would love to do it again but now too old to try repeat it. My only regret was doing this ride by myself and not with other like minded mates. About three years ago I did the central road from Kalgoorlie to Darwin in less than 48 hours pretty much non stop apart from filling the fuel from a 44 gallon drum in the van just to pick up a motorcycle and trailer I had bought on eBay. That was a fantastic experience and great drive too but most of the road at least when I went on it was pretty darn good and certainly better than some of our highways.

Did I see WA plates. We're the best : )

Why didn't you go via Hermans Berg and drop into palm valley Heading toward the Rock ...much better ride

All the lefts transgenderism surely wouldn't be a "mans business" in outback Australia. I do remember growing up in Victoria hearing my male elders in the family speak of mens business. Though obviously in somewhat different context. How times have changed, makes me long for days of yesteryear.

Yeah look the major has retired, keep ya water handy, need a signal mirror and high powered laser and small Fresnel lens, I miss the major anyhow and brolga the kangaroo man

really interesting and great quality, those petrol pumps are the most secured I've ever seen... as Aussie in Estonia

Really enjoying your channel here. Thanks for creating the great content.

Hi Steve, great stuff I can almost smell you guys. I don’t mind the ink, was that planned? I’d do that but skinny arms, skinny legs with a fat gut and big arse does not make for a great canvas. The wrecked cars, what’s the go there? Joy rides or just drive them till they drop. Did not appear to be too many flies about, are they seasonal or localised?

Another good narrative. Clever balance of video clips. A believable journey. Thanks MDP.

Will be in Alice for the Finke Desert Race in a week's time. woo hoo... your video brought back lots of memories of 2021 race and travelling all threw NT .Met Rozz at Macca's another great motorcycle blogger and a member of WA Adventure Rider's. 👍 love your work Steve.🏍

Nothing more essential than a eggs hollandaise and voltarin breakfast on trips like this. Another great trip and video thankyou.

I climbed Ayers Rock in 1978 before all the development in that area; just a campground and a couple of pubs out there then. Took a flight over the rock and out to the Olga's as well. Very impressive scenery. I was out there to meet a group from the WA BMW club who had ridden the Gunbarrel Hwy. on two R90S' w/- sidecars and a solo R100/7. We then all travelled into the Alice for the Centre Rally.

Hi Steve. Greetings ! Quite and adventure. Magic scenery and great adventure riding. It really is magnificent country when you stop to admire it. Thanks for taking us along.

Great series Steve! Hoping the weather doesn’t (didn’t) bugger up plans heading back west! Looking forward to the next episode… GCR?

Nice work mate . Could have done the Finke gorge track while you were there ,done it in a 4wd and it was amazing. 👍👍

Amazing clear footage & neat interesting places 👍👍

Just come across your channel and really like it. Just curiosity why do you say, white fella? Is that how Australians refer to different people there, white fella, black fella etc?

Hello Steve, when you get off the road to bush camp, how far are you away from the road? Is this to avoid nuisance visitors? Thanks.

That looked like an awesome front tyre you had fitted, what was it pls ? I hope all was left well secured in the van park, got burgled twice in one night in an Alice van park, once whilst asleep in the van and once when the car got done over.

I'm now retired. Looking for something to do. Arm m m m m I wonder what I can do.🤔💕🤔🎻🤔🌷🤔🐔🤔💗💕..I think I found it 😱 I'll have another grand kid number 10. 😇Naaaaaa I think I'll buy a bike. It's been 38 years since last ride on my Last Kawasaki 1000. Love your video.

Steve what model Garmin do you use and is there additional maps loaded on it? Cheers Dave Mc

Hey Steve, I bet it was good to have a bit of luxury when you stayed in the cabin, I know it doesn't take long for me to look forward to the basic amenities after a few days in the saddle and sleeping rough in the bush. Your videos always leave me looking forward to the next one! Stay safe mate.

Thanks for doing this trip, so that I don't have to.

130 speed limit here in Straya? what goes on? I thought we had a blanket sleep inducing 110.

your driving on the wrong side of the road...

Wife and I had Just watched this video as it came out last Year, and we had conveniently just hit the road on the way to Uluru and Alice springs. Steve you have been a massive inspiration to us. Picked up some Adventure bikes and are keen to see the outback of Aus in person :)

Great series mate thx for sharing 👍

Having shared some time in the rain at Yulara campground with you guys, I kind of want to see some more of your offsiders JP and Chris in your videos. You all make a great team. Love your work and can't wait to see why you came back into Yulara....... ?

As always, top notch, but the worst part about watching your vids is it makes me think that getting another bike would be a good idea.

Baseball field middle of nowhere who would have thought?

Those small outback communities are really interesting without your footage few people would see eg sorry time!

Another crackin episode. Did you really get a bmw with flowers tattoo?! haha Cheers 4 sharing sir.

Thankyou so much love it

A smuch as i loved this....the Whoite fella in the store comment msde me groan.

I had to laugh at your picture of not the right foot ware for walking. Very interesting video of places I will never personally travel to but enjoyed seeing through your journey.

17:22 Is it an NT thing to have police guarding bottle shop entrances?

Place looks identical to Arizona and New Mexico in some places.

Did that run in 95 in my vw kombi. goodonyalads!

Sorry business is a funeral

Drove from SE Queensland to Darwin down to Adelaide sweet nothing out there

would've thought the cop would've stopped for a minute to say g'day and check how youre going!

Breakfast in Alice, Nice and the tube of Voltaren says it all!

Good stuff Steve. It's obviously rained a bit out there with all the shrubs and grasses growing. That'd be why there are hardly any hoppers or emus near the tracks as they come to the drains for the last of the greenery when it's dry. I reckon it's a bit of luck to have some rain where it hardly gets a drop of H2o. Yes, it can make going a bit tricky but that just makes it more of a challenge you and better viewing for us stuck at home......

Ahhh , more red sands, spinifex, burnt out vehicles, corrugations and expensive fuel. Thanks for showing ya journey or more importantly countryside... 👍👍👍

Why did you say that you may not have been allowed to buy a coffee?

LEST WE FORGET.

when you said lest forget could not help but speak along with you,much respect mate and safe travels where ever you go.

Guys just stumbled on this video, how good is this , just love the center of of Australia

God bless Australia,,🇬🇧😊😊😊😁😁😁👍✌️👌

Another great video! Keep up thee good work, and keep on traveling.

Both monotone and fascinating landscape. What temperature was it during your trip (considering the bikewear ;-) )

I heard BMW is changing it's name to BW...

Steve, you just so lucky living there. Wish I had taken the plunge 40 yrs ago and emigrated, would've loved to drive those triples across the land and done the adventure bit on a bike, Think I ciould've made a good whinging Pom, as I turning out to be a grumpy old git here. Saying that we have a lot to be grumpy at over here. Ramblers getting tracks closed, MP's partying during lockdown, VOSA being buggers. fuel £8.50 a gallon, beer £4.50 a pint.

I really appreciate the way you pause the video for road signs. I've never seen that filming technique before. Thanks.

Slam’s the man LOL. That’s the most tasteful tat I’ve ever seen 😂😂👌

The best most honest video of this part of the country I have ever seen.

Great episode !!

"busy road"

I'm a West Australian and I've always wondered if the aboriginal people won't speak the names of the dead and won't show images ie. Photos and video footage of the dead either how do they remember their ancestors and pass their stories on? Just genuinely curious would love to know if someone understands it better than me 🤠

What's your fuel capacity and range? Tks

Nice ride m8! Good goin. Hope JP's ankles better [June 19] and you can keep doing more of these rides. Stay safe out there!