ULTIMATE LITHGOW 4WD TRIP 2020 

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A POST ON HERE THAT I SHARED ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA YESTERDAY, SEVERAL OF THESE COMPLAINTS AND COMMENTS WERE IN REGARDS TO LAST WEEKS VIDEO AND SOME MESSAGES AND COMMENTS I HAVE RECEIVED DURING THE WEEK IN RELATION TO RECENT VIDEOS. THE ROOFTOP TENT VIDEO HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED ON RU-vid YET BUT I DID SHARE IT ON MY FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM. I just wanted to make a post about some of the feedback and comments I've been receiving from several people lately. I love what I do and am grateful for the interaction and support I get from you all and from the community that has grown with me. I get that not everyone is going to like everything I do and will have different ideas and opinions to me. I just wanted to take this opportunity to share some things from my perspective - I figured I would rather take this chance to hopefully help people understand and then I can then refer anyone in the future to this post. Some of the not so positive feedback I’ve received lately is along the lines of 'you've changed', 'you're old videos were better', 'you just do sponsored stuff for money now', 'where’s the videos of you camping and 4wding, I don’t want all this other sh*t’ In relation to the rooftop tent video: - I did this video because I got absolutely bombarded with people asking me to do it, that is by the far the most requested video I've ever had. Luke/Drifta didn't ask me to do it, it wasn't a paid/sponsored advertisement. - I said a couple of times in the video it wasn't a review, just an initial look/thoughts. More like an unboxing video, I tried to keep it as mutual as possible. Everything I said in the video was just my honest first impression. - I understand I can’t keep everyone happy, and to be honest it seems the bigger the channel grows, the more complaints I get, and the complaints never seem to be on the same page. It seems everyone loves you when you're a small RU-vidr, then as you start to grow people feel the need to tell you what a bad job you're doing - Some people complain if I don't put out a trip video every week. Then others complain if I do only trip videos every week. Some people tell me not to put out a video every week, others complain if I don't. Some complain if a video is too long, others complain it’s too short. I get requests to do a walkthrough of the new rooftop tent, then complaints when I do one. People ask me to do a walkthrough of someone’s 4wd, others complain when I do 4wd walkthroughs. People want to know about certain gear I use, others complain when I make a video on that gear. You get the gist! Some days I throw my hands up as it feels like I cant just win. - It would be amazing to go 4wding and camping every single week and put out a new trip video every single week but unfortunately unrealistic. I am 100% a one man show - I am the film crew, editing crew and social media crew. I invest 40+ hours of my time per week at this stage. - From my experience and what I've learnt doing RU-vid for a couple of years now, variety is incredibly important. You need to do review videos, car walkthrough videos, trip videos. If you do the same thing week after week people get bored quickly and you get less and less views. At this point my 4wd walkthrough videos have been my most successful videos by far, not the trip videos. - I like to do other little 4wding related videos in between the trip videos, they are less work and I enjoy doing them. I understand they are not for everyone, and if they are not for you no need to watch them. Thankfully RU-vid works in a way where you don't have to watch every video someone makes. For me personally, I watch many different RU-vidrs, but I don't watch every single video they do as some I’m simply not interested in, I wait until the next one comes out that I might be interested in 🤷‍♂️ -COVID 19 happened which I unfortunately had no control over and we couldn't go away for 3 months (multiple trips away were cancelled). I couldn't go 4wding and camping and make trip videos, so there has been less in recent months and more of other general 4wd videos. I am proud that I have still been able to put out a new video every single Sunday this year for people to enjoy if they want to watch it. As has been the case for so many people, this last 6 months has been one of the toughest times I've been through. All at once I lost my job, navigated my way through a breakup, and was at home every day home schooling my son and not allowed to go anywhere due to COVID. - I have rearranged my work/life a little to cater for how much time I put into RU-vid now; I thankfully make some money off it now. BUT, if I don't put a video every week I don't get that money. So while I do this because I love it, there is also an aspect of it that is work/job for me and I do need to keep it going if I want to succeed and keep my income coming. I lost a lot of my school work due to COVID and it will take time before it gets back to what it was, so I've had to put my focus onto RU-vid to keep paying the bills. At the end of the day I'm quickly realising that no matter what I do, I'm going to get more people hitting me up with their 2 cents and I'm never going to be able to keep everyone happy, so I just need to do what I think is right and do what I love doing

Mate they put negative comments cause their life sucks and they want you to feel as miserable as they do. Love ya work👍

No problem, Tyler. As you said, you cannot please everyone. Just keep doing what you are doing. The majority agree with you...

The poor old bush is looking a bit sad after all the fires. Some good technical tracks and variety. Looking forward to the rest of the series 👍👍

Nothing a good father and son relationship can’t conquer! Luv your work mate keep it up! Melbourne Victoria

I really enjoy this channel and the work that you do. If it any time there is a subject I’m not interested in I’m free to stop the video. You are never going to keep everybody happy and quite frankly, I wouldn’t even try if I were you.It’s your channel and I think you should do what you want to do with it. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen anything on this channel that is worthy of complaint. I say, keep up the good work and do what suits you, most importantly enjoy what you’re doing. Thanks for another great video.

4WD-247 , Graham, Shauno, Ronny, All 4 Adv, 4Xo and the rest of you awesome content creators. Meet Tyler Thompson ! Enough said.

Great drive up pipeline track, a few amazing spots for camp too. Thanks Tyler 👌

Another awesome trip. Your comments will be our reference material when we try these tracks. Thanks.

Mate, if you could get a bit of sponsorship for what you do, good on you! Your a pretty straight forward bloke. I watch your channel for ideas and unlike one big one in particular, you keep it real. We don’t all have the money to “ pay to play “ when we go out for a weekend. Thanks for your content!

Another great video mate, good too see you back up in my neck of the woods again, ignore the idiots you can’t please everyone mate, most people have no idea the time and effort that goes into a RU-vid clip plus having a job and a son too look after as well, keep it up buddy!

Trust the mighty Trust the mighty Navara to take the hardest lines !! Given the great Navaro a huge work out...looking forward to Part 2...thanks mate and well done as always !!

Your old man gets that Isuzu through some tough terrain, looks like it goes well. Great vid.

As always ,another awesome adventure with spectacular views and tracks! Lithgow is in a world of its own when it comes to the diversity of places and tracks to explore. You go through lots of effort to get these videos out to us viewers so thanx again for sharing mate and keep up the great work, very much appreciated!

Woah that opening winch down the rock step 😱

Keep killing it mate, awesome content as always!

I think it would be cool if you named your videos in sequence so we could follow them that way. And you get that Nissan around some tough tracks....surprising how well it goes.....well done

Thanks Tyler for this excellently made video. I was due to come back to Australia in June to continue my 4x4 travels which I interrupted in March. Looking your films helps me to overcome this period of await till the borders reopen👍👍

Just discovered your channel. Love every episode, good variety. Keep it up!

Great memories you are making with your young fella and dad 💙💛💚

This is ultimate.. never seen such family trip before .. love these hardcore offroading 👌

Another awesome video Tyler. Its great seeing your dad and son on the trips with you. My dad is 87 and still also joins me and my mates on our 4wd/hunting trips in the vic highcountry. Love watching your videos on a Sunday morning, great way to start the day. Appreciate all your content and hard work. Keep doing what you love doing!

3 minutes into the video and already loving it! Thanks mate.

So many memories of our old playground when we lived in Western Sydney.

I havnt seen a pipeline run in years, really got amongst it, you got bigger balls than king Kong bud great stuff

Just found the channel. Great to see you out there with your dad and your son. 3 generations enjoying adventure together. The trails look awesome! Excellent driving! Cheers from new subscriber from Washington US. ❤️🐞

good video mate ,thinking of camping at the newnes camp ground and then take the family for a walk to see the glow worms, industrial ruins etc..thanks for sharing ,all the best of luck.

Hey Tayler, I'll watch your channel from the start. For me this is an inspiration what is possible with a Navara even if you don't have that much money. I like your new car and I'll treat you to it, even if I'm a little bit jealous at times. Unfortunately, we don't have that many opportunities to go off-road here in Germany, but next week I'll drive my Navara to an off-road park and see what works with it. keep it up and stay healthy.

Love your work mate, good on ya for getin out there, hope to see you on the trails

Some good driving there mate, just watch the drive shaft on those step ups 👍

Brilliant mate looking forward to next week keep up the good work 👍 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Hey mate, given your preamble I just wanted to throw some support your way. I stumbled on your videos recently, and have been working my way through the lot of them. Firstly, I’m a single dad with 3 kids, and I’m picking up my first 4wd in the next week or so. Your videos are my reference point for what I will do with them as my experience (and hopefully, capability) builds. 40m videos are fantastic when they’re well produced and authentic. And I love your music style! Secondly, negativity can go two ways - it can help you grow, or bring you down. The challenge is working out how you can harness the negativity, particularly the destructive/non-constructive type to help your channel grow - if it’s not possible, them water off a ducks back. Third point - I see nothing wrong with a shameless plug if that’s what it takes to literally keep the show going. Many channels do it, and if you lose one or two along the way, so be it. If you keep that thing that keeps me (and I’m sure others) engaged though, your authenticity, I reckon you’ll go ok. A friendly request - would love to see some stuff on the Brindies, apparently there’s some cracking ground to cover up there! (Sorry if you’ve already done some, still working thru the back-catalogue...)

Murphys law; if the winch is gunna break it's at the bottom of a rock step

Awesome video mate, you are keeping me going while I can't camping and 4wding....Can't wait for the next one, great work.

Awesome content, 45min to get here and then the end thanks for the laugh.

Beautiful part of australia mate , I remember those fires , great vid , take care stay safe :)

Great stuff again mate. Keep them coming. 👍🏻

That awkward silence at the end was the best ahaha

Keep doing what you love doing mate, with ya boy and ya Dad. Awesome work and don’t worry about the wingers

WOW that 4B of yours is bit of a go anywhere machine .. (Amazing Stuff)

Really impressed with how well the Nav goes there mate. Shame to see the bush so burnt out, that area is so lush generally. Looking forward to seeing some more videos mate.

Enjoyed that one boys thanks for sharing

Well said Tyler. Just keep on doing what you do and enjoy mate. Life is just too short to concern yourself with others complaints and hang ups. I enjoy all of your videos and l can see you enjoy getting out in the bush with your son, family and friends and that’s all that really matters. Enjoy life to the fullest. Good onya mate, take care and be safe.😊👍👍

Awesome videos mate. I'm really enjoying them.

Great start buddy, really good driving those tough tracks, impressive lines, when in trouble winch, what there there for, looking forward to next video, 👍👍👍👍👍👍

good video, you really push it hard, your dad seems cool and your son, i enjoyed watching it

The next time you get your truck on a lift please film the underside of it and chuck it into the end of a video or somewhere. I want to see the patina and battle scars from everything you have done so far. :)

The Nav looks totally different now.

Another great clip mate, keep doing what you do the way you want to. As you say they don't have to watch it do they. Love your work mate. Cheers Steve

Another spot on ep.. 👌👌 as always, very enjoyable content and great music.. IMO still one of the best, if not the best channel for any 4wd and adventure enthusiast. :) thanks for sharing.

Looking like a good trip fella🤘jealousy coming from us in lockdown VIC. Keep it up 👍🍻🇦🇺🔥🤘

Hahahaha great father n son chats Tyler 🤣🤣

Digging these vids champ, don’t give sh*t stirrers the time of day.

Three cheers for you Tyler. I have watched your vids from way back and filled my GPS with campspots and tracks that you have done. I have only commented on one of your vids once before. Infact I rarely read the comments. You shouldn't either. BTW do you get paid if there are more comments? I didn't think so. If the success of your efforts is measured by views and subscribers, then why even read them? (except this one of course...) More power to you mate. Every time I pass a white Nav on the trails I hope it's you so I can thank you in person. Stay strong. And do what you love.

Great vid Tyler, I think Nissan should supply you with a vehicle, watching your vids I think my next 4x4 will be a Nissan.

Ripper video mate such good quality and content 👍

good driving mate , smart winching and good lines makes most 4wd's capable.

Awesome vid mate! Love the content.. keep makeing videos that you would want to watch not what other people want to watch! I’ll be keeping my eye out for the rest of the Lithgow series 😍

With some of the tracks you do I don’t think your vehicle is necessarily that capable. You need something like a 80 series or patrol with big lift & tyres. I know you got through but geez it was a bit hairy at times. Good video 👍

awesome, keep them coming!

You know my comment will be positive anyways... I have had more fun in that area then even in Coffs. Great video more.

great footage bud

Haha how funny was the "CAVE review" haha kids

Just keep doing what you've been doing so well mate. Ignore the haters, they are the types that would not by likely put in the efforts that your types of achievement take. I'm sure that bulk of your viewers love your vids for the regular virtual adventure they deliver.

Hey Tyler. You're a top bloke doing a great job. Just ignore the whingers and keep up the good work you're doing, you have many supporters who like your channel. Sorry to hear about you're personal life mate. Two and a half men is good viewing.

Hi Tyler, mate i stumbled across your video on YT by accident and I must say I was absolutely gobsmacked at the quality of the editing, filming, commentary, your skills at 4wd'ing etc etc. You make those pro TV shows look like rookies. Keep it up mate..you've won over another fan. Cheers mate.

Top video Tyler. I think you have your format just right, keep up the great work.

Great vid as always. 👍👍

Je suis bluffé par le franchissement du Nissan Navara sur ces pistes caillouteux bravo a ce Mr et a ce petit garçon je suppose que c'est son fils car ne comprends pas l anglais mais si un jour j acheté un pick-up il y a des grandes chances que ça sera un Navara

Nice adventure

Brilliant mate. Keen as for the rest of this trip

Outro is perfect.

Love ya work champ, all your vids are great keep it going 👍👍👍

Another Awesome video man. Can’t wait for the next one 👌🏽

Smashed it again champ cant wait till next part 👍🥶😂🍻

Just a suggestion: a bit more detail about where exactly you are in these areas, would be appreciated. That isn't a complaint :). While I think you have locking diffs or LSD (or maybe I'm mistaken...), it none the less goes to show that a sensibly driven IRS/ rear leaf 4wd can go anywhere a sensible person would want to. There are more commercially orientated YT channels who really talk it all up quite a bit, and wow on about big lifts, oversized tyres and all the rest.

Mate good video I'm from Shitgow lol. Good wheeling.

Tyler , does your old man usually turn off the traction control once in 4L? Notice my dmax jerks/bounce alot in 4L.

Kulkyne kampers do a double stretcher for a queen swag (1.5m wise) that they’ve just released. I have my eye on it but can’t tell you if it’s any good. Has no pole in the middle.

Hey mate, l enjoy seeing you get away with your little man. I also like seeing your dad's Mux out on the tracks as i too have a Mux. Can i suggest you put in the bloopers at the end of your vids, they can be quite funny. Take care

Your channel is a great success because it’s you doing what you do. Just keep doing it mate because it’s awesome. Ignore the negative because it’s irrelevant. Luv ya work Bro. 👍🍺

what a awesome video so down to earth not full of shit so raw so real this is true 4x4ing keep your content real love it

Put some black wheels on the nav mate will looks heaps better

Great vid man! We chickened out of the nine mile steps last time we were there 😂 lot worse in reality compared to on camera. Will be back with a winch though

Another cool clip Tyler 😎 Was funny seeing you a Blue Creek Dam the other day ( I was on the motorbike 😉). As for the haters- meh....

Great video

awesome ol boyie

Awesome bro, I hope to do the same with my kid too. What fuel consumption you average with the mods you’ve done. Both on and off road ? Keep up the good work mate cheers

You know I was thinking mate, your only human film what you can and want to film. Fuck the comments at some stage tyler you should just stop reading them and if your channel keeps growing, you are doing the right things mate. Love all your videos. I hope you get heaps of sponsors mate.

Good job mate 🤙 keep up the good work 🇦🇺

Great video mate 🤙

What a great place to wheel

How fun is that area. Looks so good. The fires certainly ravaged that area well and truly. Great video. Your dads mux, does he have a diff drop? Has he broken a cv since putting the manual hubs on, to help to disconnect the front end to drive home, with out a trackside cv change?

I Just got one of those crashpads on a stretcher! Dude that looks awesome, keen for it to arrive now. Does kaito join you on this trip? I was out there at Newnes a few weeks ago. Cool place for sure.

Why drive in the holes 😄😉

Was there much wildlife around mate?

Hi Tyler, I've seen your vids with what upgrades your running, I have a question, what breaks are you running. When I get mine a little muddy on the np300, my breaks are almost non existent.. it's dangerous!

wow it's more what is called in USA Jeep Rubicon trail, and you did on Navaro or Frontier in USA. We have version with rear locker called Pro4X. Do you have front locker too?

Your been doing this for a while now, by now you will know what works and what does not.You can't please everybody all the time , always remember opinions are like A..holes everybody has one. Just do what works ,last thing, you must have brass n*ts to go there now. Thanks

F'k the haters, keep up the vids. Too many cotton woolin' Karens want their spotlight.