Crossing Cape York With Landcruisers Hauling 6m Trailers

[Music] a patriot campus we produce products that enable people to live a lifestyle based around adventuring and explore and getting out and stay in the country doing things that you couldn't normally do and focused on the family environment I'm Jack the money cellphone I'm the managing director of Patriot campus [Music] we live and breathe every single product that comes out of this Factory everything that we manufacture has been born from a design or people who actually live this lifestyle kids all three of them all be involved on the business the twins since there are about nine years old you know they've been coming into the factory over the school holidays they're very mechanically minded and my daughter she's action woman she's the lifestyle just sums up Mayer this list of what she is all about when they're at home with mum the average kid when they're out with me then they're one of the boys they're modest place for me pay treat campus is all about culture and its culture in the lifestyle that we promote and it's ultra with my team culture with my family this is what we do you know we don't do anything else we live this lifestyle we have a dynamic tank and we've got a lot of different personalities I think the world wants to save successful business I push all my gear to the limit because I need to know that the product on for maybe that I'm sticking by my word if I never got that phone call from a customer where suffering had gone massively wrong a peach structural failure what publicize a business there that's how personally I painted so what test my gear and I push it harder than anybody will push it I think there's people who claim that they test what we do but nobody test like we did before I can't break this there's no way you can sheet metal was my livelihood but I never thought I'd be building gear like this every week we turn tons of Steel into rolling works of art some of the toughest gear in the world comes out of this Factory [Music] building this gear is only half the fun now on tests like we do [Music] every my my passion is taking my family to the edges of the earth watch the game we know how to play it patriot games Justin is leading a convoy R&D trip to the northernmost tip of Australia Cape York and he's taking his brothers his twin boys his dad and a few of his mates along for the ride the time away from the companies is the thing that I struggle with the most I genuinely enjoy being here I'm usually the first person here every day and majority of the time I'm the last one to leave and it's not because I have to it's because I want to be here going away on these trips leaving family and work behind has never been a problem for me before I love being able to get away a little bit different this time around I've now got a son to go out and experience what you're selling is what you need and by doing that you can talk to people about your experiences with the trailers and actually be able to tell them how they work and and how they perform [Music] the best part about getting away in camping is exactly that the fact that we get to get away to get away from the everyday life get away from our businesses and just spend time as a family you we come from massive family and I'm one of the younger ones so sometimes it seems a little bit harder for me to get to do some of the fun stuff of the older guys do I may miss out and start but I know that at some point it will be more - let's do it [Music] [Applause] [Music] the boys carry out their final checks the full setup now could save them when they're further north and miles from help well have until the ball is grown in front of my eyes and the girls has just been quite an experience to see their personalities develop their achievements grow I've been the father of such a large family it is quite exciting there's never a dull moment growing up with dad and going camping has been really great it taught me a lot of life lessons and a lot of techniques that I've been able to pass on to my kids Justin ends the first day of travel so that the crew can experience the daintree river ferry crossing in the morning light I really wanted everyone to see the first crocodile sign there you know that big attention crocodiles you've got the Daintree on the other side the Great Barrier Reef is TAS you know you've got two World Heritage listed areas meeting each other there's nowhere else in the world like that so I wanted the boys to have the full experience and crossing that ferry and seen the Daintree in the full line [Music] crossing the Daintree can be easygoing compared to where the boys are headed but the wet roads and track can still be hazardous and justin has some advice for Tommy the least experienced member of the crew might well get into probably about 25 on the on the trailer we've got a little bit harder in the car mate we've got about 400 Miller right up here and before we hit that slush and it's gonna be large Justin that work is this so motivated and as soon as you get him outside of it and we're doing some R and D it like doubles we just want to get as much tire surface area as we can okay give the trailer a bit more grit much so you don't end up with it on its lead Justin the other copy right here might go to this place okay my disjoint easy answers control once we get down to the dirt one thing I love about my job in being a cameraman is the amazing places you go and the really cool people you meet it's pretty awesome when your office could be the outback the ocean or any of these wild destinations and really I wouldn't want to work anywhere else or have it any other way the good thing about the boys is they generally always ask me to come along it's by invitation I feel quite privileged I simply enjoy having me around so so it's a great feeling [Music] [Music] the Daintree rainforest is over 125 million years old and visited by more than 400,000 people every year it's also the first chance the boys have to get their gear where most of the fun of going to any of these iconic locations is the trip there it's usually the best fun trying to get there rather than when we're actually there if you're Bobby's taught everything has a place he drives it really safely to make sure he doesn't hit any trees or branches overhangs when he's in my car he trashes it and treats a lock around it gives no care or thought to anything that he goes through [Music] while really gone to any destination it's about the journey the preparation the excitement the preemption of what's going to happen it really is the journey enough destination master time [Music] how about Chinese behind we're pulling all the gear for the first time Joe sitting at about seven ton I'm loaded up somewhere around six ton getting through that dein training up some of those steep lines nobody was really prepared for you know the low range you start getting halfway up those hill climbs there's muscle over the concrete will start turning all the weight on the back the tracks are under full load you can feel it everything creaking and straining and starting to move and and that's when that's when we knew we've got a big adventure in front of us just because of the gear that we're hauling up there I just worried about Toby I'll hit the bitumen and probably a high D height and then just instantly damn 2001 you I up Tomy drop the wheels off it day first and foremost this is an R&D trip for Patriot campers and the boys are quickly reminded that they're towing some serious trailers with some serious payloads and it's only the first day each time we go away I've always been fun to be something different something new something I've got to learn you know whether it's winching or you know doing steep fliers it really puts the butterflies back in my stomach and and that's kind of what keeps me going time and time against these places because it's something new it's something different and definitely puts me outside my comfort zone you'd be careful up here right we're gonna be seeing a lot of that and the further north that we go the more and then there's gonna be buddy watch out for your brother as the crew make their way north through the Daintree justin has a few spots in mind that was keen to show the rest of the boys with Justin sometimes can be a bit tough I don't think he actually enjoys sleeping sometimes whereas I prefer to have a little bit of sleep in he'll be there the crack of dawn to get us moving again well we got a few hours till voice I let Sam [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] the historic lion's den hotel is packed with history the walls are covered in the signatures of over a century's worth of visitors and there's really no better place to stop for a cold beer as the night rolls on Justin holds a captive audience as he recaps the day we just stopped and then started going backwards because I had the brake controller on to hit the brake control pull the handbrake gently and just let the clutch out things up so one thing a lot of people don't know about me is I'm one of eight kids so what six brothers two sisters and my old man's been into camping will our whole lives as a family unit we all have very strong opinions that's just the way were brought up now I'm the oldest I'll listen to what they all have to say but at the end of the day if I know it's wrong I'll make sure that I'm the one that has the last say you go Jamie who's the oldest he's know it all always right won't listen to anyone else Justin the one always on the move wanting to do something a little bit angry at times myself don't really care about too much just there to have a good tongue and in choice he's the youngest bigger angry little brother Joe's brother Johnny has missed his flight to Cannes so the boys make a detour via cook town to pick him up and Justin doesn't waste an opportunity to give the twins a quick history lesson as we rolled into cook town the twins started talking about captain cork and the endeavor and everything that they learn at school or cook town and they kind of put two and two together dad is this captain cook so explain to them the story about Captain Cook coming in hitting the reef and ever come into the Endeavour River Captain Cook spent a couple of months there repairing the ship they had the first interaction indigenous tribe there and the boys got to say all that memorabilia we showed them where the river was had to look at some of the icons around Cooktown quite a really good moment there with the boys where they kind of started gelling together on what this trip is all about my grandkids Ashton and Christian watch them grow up they are so dynamic they are so much older than their age they're more like my sons than my grandkids they're part of the team [Music] well tomorrow we roll out then we head up to the property light we're gonna go for a hunting trace those barrel Oh dad I can't wait it's gonna be awesome that we're gonna have a ball now that Johnny's caught up with the rest of the crew it's time to leave Cooktown and the boys say goodbye to any of the creature comforts from home it's time to go bush [Music] [Music] there really is nothing more enjoyable than taking off and going out exploring the aussie outback it's nice to really get out and see what we have around this country the patriot campers R&D crew had spent the night in Laura inland of cook town and everyone's up early excited to hit the red dirt of the development road after picking up the last member of the crew in cook town the boys are headed off-road to really test the limits of the gear they're towing and the further north they go the harder it's going to be well boys here we are thrill Cabul fred has that trailer handling back to a much and enjoyed it might all that dust is going to make it easy traveling fumble on this trip no doubt side yeah I'm all good here Bobby yeah we're farm back here I'm too much so far that little bit of rain they've had Sam silver this is where the adventure starts voices that we opening to everything get up here to be profitable get into town and pick up our mind and then we'll head out towards the cows good property might bet a hundred carries might like to say at the track down the tracks water flying there it's gonna be the battle getting up to breakfast but stop about ready to roll we're all let's to get up the rides in the boot will pull off have a quick side in the moola head out yes [Music] the convoy are well equipped with onboard kitchens and after a few hours of driving the crew stopped for a quick feed before heading towards the station where they'll set up camp for the night even though we're a group of brothers we're also broken mates there's one thing that happens with mates you always feed it to each other once the banter starts its 1 in 4 everybody will gang up on one person some days it's your turn sometimes it's somebody else's turn at the end of the day everyone has a laugh about it it always works out the boys keep in contact over two-way radio and like most road trips the banter quickly turns to joking around this time at Tommy's expense over an ex-girlfriend who made him a little homesick on his last trip for two weeks look if you really don't want me to go I won't go I have checked my phone a couple times of notice it may try to call me back if it was you or not but just give me a call let me know because I will cancel the trip I will if you want to go come to believe that we were that something special and now here I am standing on the Gulf Coast you don't want me to be with you just call me back well it's funny when the boys do actually do battle it escalates to a real boiling point but this sub juice just as quickly so that's a good thing about they get out of their differences pretty quickly but they do get very loud [Music] [Music] just as motivation of work is unbelievable and that's why we've got such a really well driven team everyone wants to know what he's doing and everyone wants to catch up with him and and get a little bit more of a buzz from here and to see your friend being successful that's there's nothing better I want to see I feel some sort of responsibility to all of the team everybody's made such a massive effort to get up here to show them something that they're not going to see if they were to do this trip on their own and it's fun to see all the tourist destinations but to really experience Cape York you've got to get off the track you've got to get out there to the places that people have never been before so my mate came through we said not a drama roll down to the station I know the property really well still the same situation very very wet down here so we can't access all the property but hopefully we'll still get to catch that elusive Barra look the most enjoyable thing for me to take with us on the trip it's a boat I love being able to put a boat in the water and go out and sit along look anywhere we go if there's fish there I want to be the first one to catch it [Music] once we arrived out on the station and the property that I know quite well have been here a couple of times before we went for a drive out to the camp that I normally stay and this camp make there is no way we were going to get a camper trailer through that let alone the big toy haulers so we've had to down to another part of the property that I've actually never been to before we got pointed in the right direction and we had a hell of a time getting Danny the unsealed roads are wet and muddy after some recent rain and all that water could spell trouble for the boys one [Music] oh boy so here we are welcome to the station we just went for a quick drive out to the camp where we usually stay in but it's too wet there's no way we're gonna get the big toy haulers in so we're going to go on camp then near the end of the river yeah that's the plan glamour day glamour couple of days hopefully we'll get out to that reef and we'll get that Bower in here as well yeah well they're the ones we'll be chasing and with the amount of water lying around as well there's been Crocs all over the property - yes I everyone keeping all he was saying - enough there's and all the cattle doc South real boys the Crocs around here and telling is now nowhere near water okay yeah you stay away from the water now when you travel to northern Australia and especially Cape York they're asking dangerous animals around and the saltwater crocodile is something that's always on the back of your mind the station owners dog got taken in front of the house a couple of days ago and that's because of the amount of water that's flowing around the crops can access the whole property but the reality of it is you just need to use some common sense and keep an eye out for each other now Jack one of those pitchers I really would like to catch and normally they're pretty prolific got this inside a fish now actually you hit the tinny's you know I think people might might question my full drive skills coming from England but you know I think after after doing a lot lot of for driving now how are we looking at very guys definitely up there I reckon I reckon post behind Justin I reckon I'll give him a run for his money anyway Tommy is the most inexperienced Torah in the group and the Essex foreign Patriot campus salesman is about to make his first big mistake of the trip Tommy's driving a Toyota Hilux that has been affectionately dubbed the mule it's capable enough as long as you stay on the tracks can we get a driver in that car Tommy don't dig yourself in mate I'm put into reverse and sieving just back out straight mate if you start spinning real hard just stop dude I'll come back and win chair yeah just put a bow shackle on the back of that exte the trick points we've gotta make them together so you need to pick a insect it's also after being on you know in England the probably most of all Drive over Danny's gay up a curb of a McDonald's drive-thru you know and being in Australia now for a few years I reckon I really my fault I of skills are definitely up there you know if you had to write me I'll probably definitely give myself a 9 9 out of 10 one Ragan pot on it you said you've got one this but it is a tree trunk protector but should we rope look I'm no fall or drive expert but it is pretty funny sometimes watching some of these beginners try and get themselves out of sticky situations it's always good to go in there and show them how it's done see in England all my friends are bankers so they live in London they work on the banks at work from 9:00 to 5:00 they bring me up on their side hey Tommy has a guy in Australia having fun I'm like yeah I don't have things like this in England that's for sure Oh Tommy you ready ready [Music] that was a textbook recovery textbook recovery smile force up the soft bombay absolutely I've got a safe I showed an Englishman what a swag with light I think they had run a mile and they definitely wouldn't be jumping it so I think I'll do all right for an Englishman well I need no land crazy [Music] the boys know that when they're towing this kind of way through soft wet tracks it's important to keep your foot down and power through when in doubt power out [Music] [Music] [Music] I reckon we should warp it first nope Oh weird let's go let's draw of it man you sure we shouldn't walk this we shouldn't just give it a go give it a little walk Oh would you stop and you know what's gonna stop the black truck nothing not a thing nothing stops the black drop this is doing this isn't even fun anymore give me the 200 back chase might be six possibly seven years younger than me I'm not quite sure what it is but at times I actually think he's my older brother even though he drives the Hilux the little baby car if you drove he's always prepared to put it through its paces I haven't got a Land Cruiser yet for the highlights is getting me by four there it's small but it's cheap to run and it never has a driver getting anywhere that the other car sir the biggest concern of the whole trip was obviously going to be the two super tours with the two big toy Lords but look those trucks but absolutely something else the trucks ate up those trucks what really surprised me though was the little Hilux the mule Talon the 470 got into a couple of situations x1 had a couple of situations and even the x2 I think the boys were behind me or didn't capture the whole lot you know we were a fair way in front scouting the track but look everyone performed and I think all the boys had a ball get near me the muddy roads into camp a grueling and the boys are pretty excited to set up camp and unload the year everybody had a job to do and it was really funny because no one really discussed anything there was just year coming off trailers left right and centre quad bikes everywhere the flora side-by-sides there's teenies and cow board motors and look this is what it's all about this is what we live for it's not just about the four-wheel driving get out there into those remote locations there's so much exploration to be done and if you don't have all that gear with you you miss out on a lot of what's going on with the country around here [Music] well it's funny cuz the one when I'm with the boys they always seem to want a tack controller of the driving I personally enjoy the driving aspect as much as been a passenger but I also take a lot of enjoyment out of watching my boys driving me around and then been excited about what we actually are doing so it works both ways been a passenger been a driver like both the boys are keen to get everything off the trailers to start exploring so everyone's pitching in now I'm a dirt bike guy I've been riding since I was two and a half now on these trips we don't always have a dirt bike if it's got an engine I always want to be part of it [Music] sometimes Jamie might be a little bit rough around the edges it's hard to get a straight answer out of him if you want something done he'll give you three words and that's it but if I have any dramas with anything mechanical or I need to help finding a solution to a problem if I wanna go see so one of the things that always seems to spin me out about my boys is when we're at home that your normal average 12 year old kids when we get him out here in these sorts of situations and they're hanging around with all the older boys something changes they're in there they're part of the crew they've got a little job to do they're over in the corner they're setting up the boat trailers the boys are all checking in on them to make sure that they're all right but you know what those who know what's going on they're so mechanically minded and they've been doing this for a long time I just fit in as part of the program we take the twins away on these sort of trips it's no different to taking away with younger brother an older brother or even one of our mates they really are one of the boys one thing about Justin whether it was a work or whether is that playing he gives 100% dedication their reason that the amongest amount of difference between him being a black and being out of plays always seems to be very very focused on the mission ahead from teenies and fold up boat trailers to quads and buggies there's a lot of gear to unload but the crew have everything off and can't set up in no time it's time to explore nature's fun park while some have taken the tinnies and headed off to explore the surrounding creeks Justin and the boys set off on the ATVs to gather firewood for the night [Applause] [Music] how many feet feet well suck let's go in there and have a look my people fun to peek [Music] and we've done a little bit of exploration but everybody was involved once again there's really no talking going on everyone's got a job to do now as any careful with no dictator with the campsite it's gotta be a quick fire and will you always put the effort in go the extra mile don't go anywhere without a chainsaw and we have a lot of good points around those fires after a less than successful fish in the nearby water holes the boys regroup back at camp and with the fire going decide to use what's left of the daylight to explore around here [Music] things I like to spend most my time on it's a quad love going out there saying how stuck we can get it and just absolutely trashing it so even better when it's justice here Justin's raised side by side buggies a competition level and with his son Christian navigating he leads the convoy of ATVs [Music] but Justin decides to ignore his navigators directions sometimes dad's not always right [Music] now we found a lot of these little veins running across the salt pans and when the water runs off of there the bottoms of these things seem absolutely endless [Music] yep there's president right so there's a lot of stuff that Justin tries to get through that a lot of people think you can't but I've never seen him back down from anything [Music] now we found this one Creek that we particularly wanted to get across because it gave us direct access down [Music] - lady folder [Music] we're up to my - Airways forgot the klaris is jammed up for that many times in the afternoon constant recoveries Christian we're gonna get across hi n I wouldn't be a hero anymore if I didn't the energy he puts into the team is like he'd never seen you know he's making sure he's pushing everything to his limits [Applause] so close all the boys looked at it and they said it was impossible and you know what they were right you got to accept a fate sometimes after giving up on crossing the creek the crew find another way around but it's not long before Justin finds himself stuck in the unpredictable landscape and it's up to Joe to pull him out [Applause] [Music] [Music] having all this year up here with us it adds a whole nother dimension to what we're doing we can really get out into those remote parts of the property and you would never access in a four-wheel drive trying to get one of those super tours across the salt pans and coming in at about 3:00 ton like you've got absolutely no chance [Music] the money salvo family are just you know they're great to be around you know whether it's at work or outside of work you know they're just there's so much fun and they've got such a great family culture and that's what I like about it you can agent with everything they do they involve the family after days on the road the boys are taking the opportunity to blow off some steam but boys will be boys and sure enough Johnny comes unstuck [Music] I found a muddy little patch and I started slapping the two dynamics in the 920 42 exactly the same now he hasn't had a lot of experiences with the Polaris's I raced the season last year and I know what these things are capable of I looked over my shoulder I've come out of a doughnut doing a little bit of a fish tale and sure enough there's Johnny inside now the first thing that always goes through your mind when you say something like that is obviously or hope nobody's injured we knew everyone was okay and we find a milk thick for a little bit they're all screaming on us to get their seatbelts off because they obviously want to get out with the buggy now the right way up and everyone's safe and sound the boys decide to call it a day and head back to camp for the night well the one thing about all my sons is the excitement is such very personalities they're all dynamics in their own rights but they are so different even when we get together and I cook up this continuous battle in about who's the best cook and they all great but they're all special Aizen seems to be in different fields coming from a big family mealtimes always been super important but it's completely different cooking in the kitchen than cooking out in the bush we try and keep everything as simple as possible we cook everything in the campfire we'll utilize all that wood that we've collected and there's just something about sitting around that fire with the family and having a meal [Music] next time on Patriot games the Patriot campus crew are on their way to Cape York and the boys get a chance to explore North Queensland from the ground and from the air Justin who's the twins an environmental lesson they'll never forget and the home for the legendary barramundi is on but when they're not biting for all Justin has a plan to find the ultimate untouched fishing spot with his old man [Applause] [Music] [Music]

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Keywords: patriot games, patriot campers, off roading, 4wd, Australia, camping, Cape York, 4x4, australia, old tele track, old telegraph track, landcruiser, toyota, overlanding, queensland, creek crossing, cape york, 4wd action, 6m trailers, camper trailers, off road, offroad

Id: v0Jact8yyvQ

Length: 40min 15sec (2415 seconds)

Published: Wed May 16 2018