Comments by "Andy Dee" (@AndyViant) on "American Reacts to The MOST REMOTE Place in Australia..." video.

  1. In March (Autumn/Fall in Australia) we were the first cars to drive a road in 5 months. Not an exaggeration. We left details of where we were going from and to with local authorities, and took weeks of food and water in case we had problems. Temperatures exceeded 55 Celsius (131 Fahrenheit). Middle of the desert. One of the vehicles got bogged. To the chassis rails. It took almost 3 hours to recover it with shovelling, 2 winches and almost 60 metres of recovery gear, as getting any closer would have seen both vehicles trapped. We were going to take a satphone and Emergency beacons but didn't. We were lucky, but we're also highly experienced 4wders with very well kitted out vehicles. We spent almost a year planning that trip. After we completed the trip we heard that the next cars to try and go that way took 2 days to clear the same obstacle we did. The outback is not a joke. It can kill you more easily than you can imagine, even without a snake bite or medical emergency. Temperatures range from extreme heat to extreme cold. You can wait weeks for help to arrive, even if they know you're out there because ground transport might get stuck and it's huge area to search by air.
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  2. You will never ever get rid of the red dust now that it is in your car.
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  3. Worth pointing out for US fans, livestock stocking numbers drop down to like 100 acres per head of cattle or worse. Food and water resources requirements in this area are critically low. This is why some outback aussie farms are bigger than 50 entire countries.
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  4. Driving on the other side of the road is easy in the city where there is a car every 30 seconds. when there isn't another car for hours, however...
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  5. Should have done the 600km to king's canyon
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