‘Into the Outback’ - Motorcycle Adventure Australia | Short Movie

This is the story of two ordinary brothers undertaking an extraordinary adventure into the Australian outback. In this adventure we push our motorbikes and bodies to the limit, all to try and accomplish the goal of crossing one of the harshest tracks that Australia has to offer, Googs Track, which runs from the coast to outback and consists of over 300 sand dunes. We also journey into the Flinders Ranges, a 540 million year old mountain range, with some of the most stunning views you can find. Like any adventure, it has its ups and its downs, but this is one to remember forever. Day one has us leaving our home state of Victoria and making the 800km odd trek to Adelaide. We depart early the next morning in hopes of reaching the Australian outback. We made a quick pit stop just outside of Adelaide to adjust the chains and also purchase an SD card for the drone that we brought along on this trip. Alright guys, we've made it to Port Augusta, a long way from home now. We just called up Mount Iver station which was where we were intending to stay the night and they've got fuel, they don't have food, so we're going to stock up on supplies here, stock up on water, but we are going to have to ride in the dark off-road, so we're going to take it super easy because they did mention that the roos start coming out at night, the wildlife, so we're going to take it real easy, but we hopefully arrive safely and then tomorrow is Googs Track for the first time, so let's see how this goes. We finally made it to the proper outback. We've done it mate. We've done it. You can see the outback sign, sunset in the distance. We're going to be on dirt roads until we make it to Mount Iver station, so hopefully we don't hit any wildlife, any kangaroos, but we'll take it easy and get there safely. Let's do it. Can't believe we made it mate. Alright guys, we're in a, I think they call it a donger, it's like a little cabin thing, so you know we've got a shared double bed, Fabian's getting the food going, we've got some Continentals, there's not much out here, we've got a little toilet, but we made it, we've got somewhere to sleep, the bikes are undercover, can't really see much, but bikes are undercover, and we're going to call it, tomorrow we hit Googs Track, sorry, or Googs Track, looking forward to it. Look at this, the full outback experience, right at our doorstep. Oh bro, that's what I smelled, he's got a poo, don't you mate, smell his arse. Alright guys, we're here at Mount Iver station, so finally seeing it in the daytime, we've just filled up with petrol, so we've got a pretty long stint to the next station, or to the next stop, but yeah, we're just speaking with one of the workers here, they, it's actually a sheep station, they sell sheep and goat and a few other things as well, but they've turned it to a tourist attraction as well, so you get a lot of tourists in. Population of nine, lovely place to come by, so highly recommend it if you're in the area. Soon after leaving the blue skies of Mount Iver station, a deep fog descended on us, making it almost impossible to see. Thankfully it didn't last too long, and we were back to blue skies. This is the first time I've ever seen a salt lake, looks, looks so amazing, very vast. After leaving the salt lake, we're back on the asphalt for the first time in a while, and we're heading to the town of Sojourner, which would be our last pit stop for fuel, before taking on Goog's track. Alright guys, this is the last fuel stop before Goog's track, so we're doing a lot of re-juggling, re-shuffling, getting our fuel bladders on, desert box, pretty secure. I've got to chuck on my Giant Loop 7.6 litres, so build up some little jerry bottles, and yeah, we're going to hit the sand for the first time on this trip, so let's get it. We've made it to Goog's track, finally. 14 in the front and 12 in the rear for now, but yeah, we've made it to Goog's track, first to the sand. It's been a journey to get here, now let's hope we don't hurt ourselves. We're going to take it easy, I don't want to jinx myself by saying that, but we're going to make it and camp at Goog's lake campground, and then tomorrow hopefully make it to King Goonya hotel where we can have a shower, so airing down and hitting Goog's track. Guys, we just had a massive almost hit. As I was cresting this dune, a forward drive was giving it full power to get up from the opposite side. It was an incredibly close call and a reminder to us to be on edge for vehicles coming from the opposite direction. Oh my god, my heart, you don't understand because he was full sending it up here. You're so sweaty. Oh bro, I'm drenched. Head to toe. We have made it to Goog's lake campground. We made it from Melbourne all the way here. We done it bro. We did it man, we did it. We made it mate, we made it to the red soil. Oh man, am I exhausted. That was like what, how many kilometers? Well 80km, 90km since we left Sojourner I think, something around that and maybe 50km of that was sand after already riding all the way here. Now let's just, here's the campsite that we've chosen, the sun setting, looking beautiful, but look where we're camping. Let's have a look. With the sun setting, we set up camp and prepared ourselves for the incredibly difficult day. Good morning guys, our first night in the outback was a success. It's absolutely freezing here though. Our fire actually stayed on overnight and now we're just, no idea how, and now we're just feeding it a little bit. That glow is starting to appear with the sunrise so we're going to get the drone out for sunrise and hopefully catch some awesome footage so stay tuned. Oh this is incredible guys, this is, oh this is some of the best view I've seen in my life. Just here out on the salt lake, Fabian is out there about to send out the drone. Sun is about to come up over the horizon. Oh this is what we live for, this is just absolutely amazing. So bloody happy, this has been the best trip. Now we just have to make sure we make it out of Googs Track without injury, but my god this is incredible. Alright guys, we've packed up, left no mess and we are going to take the harder section of Googs Track now which is when the dunes begin. Can't wait to get the bladders off the bikes because they add a lot of weight in a really bad position but we'll be fine, we'll get there, let's see how this goes. As soon as we left the campground we were pretty much straight into the dunes and for the rest of the day it was dune after dune after dune. Oh man, I'm down, first off, my first off. You know what it is, it's this bladder that's shifting and it puts so much weight one way. Oh my god, get the bike up, that's a start. I'm sweating right through. Alright guys, we may have overestimated how difficult this is. Oh how hard. It's ridiculous. Adrenaline is literally at full. And it's so hot, it wasn't meant to be this warm. We don't even know what temperature it is. Zero idea what temperature, he's got no reception out here. This is tough, this is hard yakka. Zero wind. Zero wind and it's probably 23 degrees I would say but it feels way hotter because there's not a single, not a single cloud in the sky, not one. So it's warm but we're gonna keep cracking, have a little break here and then yeah, let's see how this goes. Oh my god, we just had a bad off. I was too close to Fabian. All right, that's all right, it's not that much. Mate, can you do it or nah? I don't know. Let me get on the back, you got the front. Oh my god, my knee. We have to move my bike forward. Yeah. I'm all right. If I didn't have these boots, same injury on the same foot. I broke my ankle. No, I thought I heard and then the bikes were on top of each other. I was lifting both bikes. Oh my god. All right, we learned the lesson. I don't go too close to you. All right, we're taking off after that fall. A little bit rattled but we'll get going. Fabian's lost some water of course which is great because that's all we need out here but let's keep going. Oh, time to fill up. Hopefully the bikes take the full amount because I don't want to have to put anything back on the bike. How hard is this Fabian? This has got to be the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. Definitely the hardest thing I've ever done. How relentless are the dunes? It's just a constant dune, just one after the other. Dunes and then you've got branches that are pulling you and taking you offline. Not easy but yeah, we're almost halfway I'd say. I need to have a look at the navigation but yeah, we're gonna fill up and get cracking. Oh, while refueling we've discovered another issue, a bit of a big problem. Is that Fabian's ripped his bloody pannier. Big problem. Oh, so all we've got to try and let's see how this goes. Oh guys, this is a disaster. Oh my god. I'm pushing the beat. Hold on. Wait, don't do the other method I told you. Three, two, one. Okay, that pannier's all right. Bro, that like knocked me right off. What happened? You stopped because of me. No, I just hit the pannier. I just hit the tree. That's what ripped it. Yeah. I'll get my bike up quick. These dunes continued for hours upon hours, pushing both man and machine to their limits. We'd been riding from morning until late afternoon and finally reached the end of Guggs track. Oh my god, we made it guys. My god, that was hard. It was now a race to beat the sunset and get to our accommodation for the night. We were chasing our shadows as the sun set, slowly getting further and further away from us. Unfortunately, we were too late and darkness had set in. Guys, some of the hardest riding we've ever done. We'll recap shortly, but we did make it to King Goonya. So we're here, we've got a room, but we're going to get some food. So we'll check in. Morning guys. I think I said I was going to give an update last night, but we were just absolutely ruined. So we just went to bed as soon as we ate, had a shower, went to bed. But yesterday we were just feeling destroyed by the time we got here. Didn't know what to think of Guggs track, but I think at like 3am I woke up and said to Fabian, man, I feel like such an accomplishment. That was an awesome effort to do that unsupported. I've seen quite a few people do it and man, it's not easy. I can only imagine the Simpson, how hard it was. But I reckon with Guggs, the hard thing is actually the vegetation, the shrubbery. What do you reckon about that? Yeah. You're trying to dodge these branches that are knocking you off and getting you offline into the center where it's super soft. So that's what's hard. Yeah, there's not much rest, but it's constant dunes. Very few straight sections where you can relax. It was also really hot. Weren't anticipating it being that hot, to be honest. So glad we're doing it in winter. These trusty steeds had got us across Guggs without problem, so it was only right that we gave them some TLC by cleaning and lubing the chains. We went out back on the asphalt with the goal of reaching the outback town of Maree before it got dark. All right, guys, we made it to Maree. So we're here on the main road. There's a lot of hustle and bustle out here in the outback. There's really like no one around, but yeah, we had dinner. We're feeling pretty good, actually. It wasn't too hard a day today. I don't know how many km's we did, maybe four or five hundred. I think so, yeah. Yeah, about four or five hundred, but we're going to have an early night and then off to the Flinders Ranges tomorrow. Super excited about that. Yeah, boy. But yeah, let's get some sleep and head to the Flinders tomorrow. All right, guys, we're leaving Maree, heading to the Flinders Ranges now. I've got to stop in Copley for breakfast and maybe a Kwandong pie, which I've never had one. So we'll see how that is. And then off to Arkaroola. So it should be a good day. It's on the side of the road. Look at this. Beautiful. Hey, buddy. He's eating grass. Living his best life. Look at, look at, look at all the land they get to live in. You're a very beautiful, beautiful horse. All right, mate, we've got places to be, but take it easy. All right, so we're here in Copley. Just had a bacon and egg brekkie, having a coffee, going to get a Kwandong pie. But we just came across some other adventurers, Howard and Dermot, who have given us some tracks to go down in Arkaroola and given us some pointers. So thank you for that, guys. And yeah, looking forward to going into the Flinders. Just, just down there, really. Not too far away from us. And yeah, hit some, maybe some technical tracks based on what they were saying. So we'll see how it goes. All right, we've got a Kwandong pie. I really don't even know what it is. Some kind of desert fruit or something. Have a bite. First bit of fruit or trip. Yeah, I know, what the hell? Good vitamin C, yeah? Yeah, it's supposed to have more than, double than an orange. What do we think? Don't lie. Nah, it's actually pretty good. Yeah? After some easy scenic riding, we'd finally reached the technical tracks that we were looking for. And these hill climbs just kept getting steeper and steeper. Made it to Arkaroola, guys. Really nice. We were going to camp, but cabins are only 90 bucks a night. And it's just too easy to do a cabin. We've got this little, little one, getting all our stuff out. And we've booked in for dinner. So looking forward to a good feed, because we're running pretty low on supplies anyway, as it is. So yeah, we'll try and get an early night and explore the Flinders tomorrow. What have we got here, Fabian? We've got a big problema. What, what's happened? It appears the mud flap or the mud guard has decided to come loose. Yeah, that wouldn't be a problem usually, but what, what's the big problem here? Well, the big problem is that the reservoir for the shock is connected to that mud flap. And if that reservoir falls, it looks like it's landing on the chain, which will cause a big problema. Big problema. All right. So you're going to have to hold it. Hold the mud flap up. All right, we'll try and sort this out. I think that's how you pronounce it. And the, um, the attendant here actually gave us some pile of screws. So we're able to fix Fabian's issue with the screw. So that's locked in. We're using Gorilla Tape to hold it. So that held out pretty well. We've also got a cable tie, but it's very windy today. Very, very windy, but about to hit some of the gorges. So it should be good. We've made it to Razorback Lookout, probably one of the most iconic lookout in the Flinders. And it's probably the one that comes up on Google when you search it. But look at that. Just incredible. What do you think? Absolutely amazing, mate. One of the best you've ever seen. It's the second time I've come here and just, just in awe the same amount as I was the first time. All right, guys, after a long day of exploring the Flinders, we've got a little, kind of stealth camping spot off the hiking trail. So there's some fire pits over there. We've got a table right here. And yeah, we're going to do our last camp out before having to do the long and boring ride home back to Melbourne. So let's, uh, let's get this campsite set up. We're actually only going to set up one tent. We're going to set up Fabian's two-person tent. Um, just a quick pack up in the morning because we don't want to be hanging around here when our hikers, uh, come start the trail. So we're going to get set up now. Good morning, guys. We, uh, just had breakfast here in Hawker. Now we're going to hit the road and it's going to be a long stretch. Oh my God, guys, it's absolutely freezing and we can't complain. We've had awesome weather all trip, but we've got in these, uh, toe warmers and just, well, feet warmers. Just stuck them on and hopefully they keep us warm, but it's absolutely freezing. It was only two degrees this morning when we took off. So I don't think it's warmed much more than that since we left, but we'll keep pushing on. Uh, so we pulled in six hours from home guys. Uh, it's just freezing cold. We thought we'd rest up and smash out the last six hours in the morning. So I'm going to have a good sleep tonight and take off early and finally call this adventure done and onto the next one. All right, guys, packing up to go home. It's the morning of the last day of the adventure. Oh, it's just road all the way. It's going to be a boring day. Not looking forward to it, but looking forward to going home, but now already really looking forward to the next adventure. So yeah, let's get this right out of the way so we can start planning for the next one.