Comments by "Brad Griffin" (@BradGryphonn) on "IWrocker" channel.

  1. There was an old bloke lived in Proserpine in North Queensland who had a pet croc for 20+ years. It (in his words) mistook his hand for food one day and bit it clean off at the wrist.
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  2. 6:15 "Marge! Marge! The rains are here!" But, "Not Happy, Jan" is my favourite, and "Bugger". https://youtu.be/MdxfurkPuTo
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  3.  @vajoynus  But the problem is, you end up doing terrible things to each other because of that pseudo freedom. I mean seriously, it would probably cost you 1 or 2 percent more in income tax to have free healthcare for all. Isn't that a fair price to pay so that everyone has equitable access to healthcare?
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  4.  @SilvaDreams  But when mass media, advertising and social media tell people they NEED to have the latest and greatest otherwise you're worthless, then says, hey, you're fine on minimum wage, just budget better, it grates. It's much like the whole, 'work hard and you too could be a billionaire like me' attitude. It's rubbish. A living wage where people can pay rent and utilties, and food, and still be able to have some 'nice things' shouldn't be a big ask for the majority of the nation that carries the load. Paying someone 5 bucks an hour and then saying, "be nice to EVERY customer, no matter how big an arsehole they are, and you'll make rent this week" is no way to have to live.
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  5. Back in the 70s, on the Sunshine coast in Queensland, there was 'The House of Bottles. An entire house constructed using old beer bottles, with a 'tower' shaped like a stubbie bottle. Down the road was an entire castle, but not built from bottles. Pretty sure both attractions are long-gone..
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  6. 3:45 In Queensland, if you drive any sort of ute (pickup truck), especially a Hilux or BT-50 you are exempt from state road laws.
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  7. 3:28 I'm not quite sure, but that looks suspiciously like the Cape Tribulation Road over one of the ranges. But I could be way off. Definitely the Dry season but looks like that road. I drove over it hundreds of times some 10 years ago. EDIT: Aaah, that's why it's familiar. I've driven that road a few times as well.
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  8. It's happened again, Ian. We watched the same video at the same time...(fade in Twilight Zone theme music)
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  9. This was a great video, mate. Thank you for sharing.
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  10. WooHoo! Go bubba!
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  11. The drifters were very cool. Arguably better than the Sandman and Sundowner. Well, way better than the Sundowner (and I like Fords).
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  12. I like the old '71 ute with the 350. I'm old school. And I like the history of the old gems.
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  13. The accident compensation 'No win No pay' lawyers have exploded in Australia. Shine, Maurice Blackburn, and Slater & Gordon come to mind. Australia seems to follow US trends and overtake them to the extreme. For example, per capita, we own more mobile phones than the US. As for litigation, I remember being surprised many years how people in the US would sue for the slightest chance of a payout. Fast forward and today, Australia has a reputation as a leader in people starting trivial lawsuits. Toilets: Many years, a politician over here started a campaign to have toilet cubicle doors open outwards, rather than inwards. The rationale behind the campaign was that if someone collapsed in the toilet, they could block the door from opening if they collapsed against it, making rescue/first aid very difficult. Today most public toilet facilities have sliding or outward opening doors.
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  14.  @iankearns774  The main reason for the 'Queenslander' stilt style was for cooling, but yes, handy if you're in a flood zone or flood plain so long as you're not storing prized possessions under there.
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  15. You'd think he'd use reverse! LOLZ. On another note, I knew a truckie who picked up fish from Kuranda years ago, and when he'd back the trailer down the ramp to load directly from the boats, sometimes he'd have to hang the last two axles of the trailer over the edge of the ramp to reach the boat due to the tide. He was also a master of driving one of those rigs over that slippery red dirt around Normanton.
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  16. 21:30 I remember the (justified) hype around population growth back hit the year 2000 and 6 billion people. The population growth of humans is similar to a plague. We're very close to reaching 8 billion today.
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  17. 2:00 No, that's not fun. That's bloody terrifying! It's not that easy to unhitch a harness while trying to get a door open, while trying to make sure you have the ability to hold enough air, while trying to figure out, once you get out of that car, which way is up in that sludge. Yeah, nah...f*** that...( just saw the end...thank the water gods it was just a muddy puddle)
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  18. Up where I'm from in Far North Queensland, there are...or maybe were because I think they've finally laid the corrugated concrete on all the steep bits... dirt sections of the Bloomfield Track that are as steep, or steeper. Almost impassable in the Wet, but tourists and some locals still attempt it. Another steep track is the old CREB Track. A challenge in the Dry, and smart people don't even think about it during the Wet season. All dirt. Extremely steep gradients. Worth doing a YouTube search for the CREB Track, Ian.
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  19.  @Thisismeeeeee  Oh yeah! The way they kind of popped and collapsed when you bit them because they were kind f hollow inside.
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  20. Keyboard trick with YouTube videos: If you pause the video, you can use the ',' and '.' keys (comma and period/full stop) to go frame by frame forward or backward.
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  21. Twisties. Arguably my favourite Aussie-born snack. Cheese or Chicken. Don't need any fancy stuff. Oh, and you put a Cheezel on each finger and slowly munch on them. My second favourite. Then Cherry Ripes.
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  22.  @wetcat833  Yep. Which is kinda why the regulations were changed. Using out-of-spec wire led to a few electrocutions over the years...lol
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  23. One minor lapse of concentration away from a potential Darwin Award. This is absolutely nuts and I love it! Like Block's almost fall off this same road.
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  24.  @kraeboi3422  This one only had a chance to bite in. I felt the itch, felt the tick and assumed it was just a Brown tick. But when the poison hit, I knew it. I even went to the doctor a few days later which is kinda rare for me.
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  25. 1:30 BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Chortle, choke, gasp, LOL and LOL again. Ya did well, mate :)
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  26.  @busterbell871n  Ah, okay. But hey, I'm Aussie. I'm still learning :)
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  27. 12:30 Translation: US Public Land is equivalent to Australian State Forest, National Parks, and the old 'Common Land' that rarely exists in Australia today.
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  28. 5:35 I think that in Australia, we'd call that a cute decoration. That thing isn't stopping a bullock or even a big roo.
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  29. Rock n Roll, mate! How cool is that?
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  30. 5:20 Okay, I'm calling Moo Poo here. My guess is, that they have a prototype V16 and couldn't supply the motor. If you can afford to buy the first of a particular 'supercar', you don't 'choose' a V8 based on your local laws.
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  31. Sorry for the multiple comments. I became a fan of modern military aircraft when I worked airside in the freight industry. I got to meet an FA-18 pilot before an airshow in our city. He described how efficient the aircraft was by stating that one of these jets could take from Brisbane some 800km away and release ordinance on our city of 75000 people, completely wiping it out before anyone knew what was going on. On the days before the show, he showed everyone at the airport how nimble the aircraft was by taking off and instantly going vertical until he was out of sight. Insane weaponry.
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  32. Marree man was made in the 50s I think, before GPS etc
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  33. Ian, can I highly recommend doing some searches for 'Toots Holzheimer;. She was a legend in her own lifetime as a semi driver carting freight from Cairns up through Cape York for many years. Here's a start: https://youtu.be/jM1J6ih1uTI
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  34. It's trippy. In the early 80s, a friend related a trip he did to Europe in the late 70s and they had a heatwave there where people died and the locals were swimming in the Trafalgar Square fountain. It was 23C. I really feel for folks in Europe suffering these (for them) extreme heat conditions. I can only come to grips with this by considering how I'd handle a Winter averaging 2C. I feel confident that one of two things would happen: 1: I'd stay inside in the warmth all Winter and go broke buying gas for my heater.. 2: I'd go outside for 20 minutes and die. I can't cope comfortably with 15C.
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  35. A million bucks? I could buy a thousand acres up in Far North Queensland and build a fully self-sufficient home right in the middle of it and still have change to buy a ute and a boat and throw a party. LOLZ!
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  36. They're a lovely-looking and sounding motorcar. I'd have one. They'd be a ton of fun.
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  37. 2:35 Cairns is pronounced like 'cans'. Forget the 'R'. As someone suggested, it's on the North East coast, not West. Also, things get better once you head North of Cairns. The North used to be my stomping ground. 6:40 Yep, you got the pronunciation correct. I currently live in BrisVegas. 11:10 Yep, that's the 'MCG', Melbourne Cricket Ground. Considered by some the home of AFL. Up until a year or so ago, you could climb Uluru. However, due to its cultural value and importance, climbing the rock was stopped. If you hunt for 'Rozalyn Veersma', Roz's Moto Adventure Ride Australia on YT, her video where she visits Kata-tjuta and Uluru will give you an idea of just how big 'The Rock' is. It's episode 208, https://youtu.be/PAYS2gWZzrM We have over 600 National Parks. The US has around 400. Cheers buddy.
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  38. Ian is all rally fanboy now. That's very cool. Personally, rally is far more technical and dangerous than any other mortorsport. These guys drive at the very edge of no control. They allow themselves to let their vehicle slip and slide and then correct the uncontrol to continue driving. It's pure driving.
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  39. I'm now getting to finish watching this. Lowes is a clothing store that caters for big blokes (and us little fellas).
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  40. 8:00 Fun fact. When I lived in Far North Queensland ten years ago, there was a public phone in the village near where I lived, and one in the community further down the road. You couldn't use coins in the phone. You had to buy a phone card from the local store if you wanted to make a call. Why? Because in remote areas where there isn't surveillance or lots of witnesses, phone booths that took cash were a gold mine for travelers or locals short on cash. Making them free was a wise economical decision with respect to maintenance and repair by Telstra.
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  41. Ian, wild kangaroos (and even domesticated ones) can be real arseholes. They'll get an idea in their head that some random human is a threat and will attack if you don't back down. Many Australian zoos have open areas where people can interact with kangaroos because greys are generally kind of okay when they've had a lot of human interaction. however, the zoos also have areas where the roos can go to get a break from humans and they also have signs warning people not to let their kids approach a roo unsupervised. They can hurt. I have spent a fair portion of my life in the scrub seeing everything from Rock Wallabies to big Red Kangaroos, and I wouldn't approach or have a stand-off with a wild roo. I'd shoot it and eat it if I had to but I wouldn't try and make friends with it. I'd much prefer to admire them from a distance if they weren't my food item for the day.
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  42. 2:00 Exactly, Ian. The navigator is calling corners about 3-seconds or so ahead of where they are. As a driver, it would take me a long time to get my head around that.
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  43. Kenny seems really upset that his series has been somehow disrespected by people applauding a foreign driver for winning. I also think he was highly offended when one of the NASCAR drivers in an interview asked the hypothetical question, "Do we suck?" Geez. C'mon, man. We love (or at least I do) enjoy all motorsports. And Kenny saying, "They all want to come and race with us..." is an untruth. Drivers from all different classes and types swap and change. I agree with you, Ian. Rally drivers are the best drivers. I doubt a NASCAR driver would be able to deal with that style of racing.
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  44. Pretty sure (after some searching) that Hell Razor ran an 8-litre. Apparently Higgins supplied the heads, and were also involved with Perkins racing back in the day when he was winning Bathurst.
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  45. I'm up to the pricing thing. Yep, lots of money, and yes, it can be done cheaper. However, if you want a good quality, robust, and comfortable setup that you could live in 24/7, and could go to just about any vehicle accessible place in the country, then the entire cost, including the vehicle, is a wise investment. If I had the money, I'd be spending big too.
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  46. Hahaha! Yes! We did too!
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  47. A little history. Back in the 90s, lamb was one of the cheapest meats you could buy. I used to get it for about 1 dollar a kilo for entire side of lamb, cut into chops, roasts etc by the local butcher. That works out to about 20 dollars for roughly a month's worth of meat for a family. The board that oversees lamb sales and production decided that that wasn't good enough and embarked on an advertising campaign to increase the popularity of the meat. It started with, of all people, Tom Cruise. The ad campaign became super famous and lamb rocketed to the top of the popularity list (and cost). Nowadays, lamb is one of the most expensive regular meats you can buy in Australia. There are many, many classic lamb adverts. If you're interested, this is the first (I think) lamb ad that started the phenomenon: https://youtu.be/fH_Ar2h6Q-U And for another take on the ad, watch this one after you watch that first one: https://youtu.be/m3r33HmAfyo
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  48. 9:55 He surfed through part of that with his skid pad like a surfboard.
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  49. 6:48 The Nibiru, Flat Earth, and alien invasion conspiracy theorists will LOVE that image.
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  50. My Milo method: Two tablespoons of Milo, then top with milk. Stir n stir n stir n stir. Eat the undissolved Milo off the top. Test taste the milk. It will obviously be too weak. Add another 2 tablespoons of Milo. Stir n stir n stir n stir. Eat the undissolved Milo off the top. Now enjoy sipping on that wonderfully Milo-infused milk. Optional: Put the final Milo mix in the freezer for half an hour to get it really cold.
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