Outback Boys' bush ingenuity earns a place in Australia's archive

An ABC Darwin interview brings Steve Crombie, Joseph Smith and Chico together to discuss the channel's preservation by the National Film and Sound Archive.

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What happens when the car breaks down somewhere a recovery truck cannot reach? For Joseph Smith, that is where the group's resourcefulness becomes a necessity rather than a party trick.

In Outback Boys' only new upload of the week, ABC Darwin's Lisa Pellegrino welcomes Smith, Chico and co-creator Steve Crombie to discuss their videos joining the National Film and Sound Archive. The excerpt pairs the radio conversation with footage of their bush adventures, introducing the Yolŋu culture and knowledge behind the fishing, remote travel and improvised repairs.

Smith explains that the group must work together with whatever is available when a vehicle strands them out on country. His succinct response: "Let's just plan to get out." It is a practical detail that gives the archive announcement its substance: these videos preserve ways of solving problems, not just spectacular scenery.

The interview has drawn about 2,200 views and is the channel's busiest upload by daily views. Older adventures "311 Miles From Help: What Could Go Wrong?" and "24 Hours in Australia's Wildest Terrain" also continue to draw smaller audiences.

Subscribers grew modestly over the week, although daily viewing is currently below its usual level. Among nearby outdoor channels, Deer Hunting Cajuns had a particularly substantial weekly audience; Outback Boys' weekly viewing was closer to FVR375's.

The interview also prompted one viewer to remember the doll's-head episode as a personal favourite, a small reminder that an archive holds memorable oddities as well as bush know-how.

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The videos drawing views on Outback Boys right now

311 Miles From Help: What Could Go Wrong?38,288 views 24 Hours in Australia’s Wildest Terrain77,273 views

The numbers

Here is how Outback Boys' audience moved over the week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Deer Hunting Cajuns

1,785,101

Midwest Whitetail

696,094

High Adventure Videos

379,317

Gridlessness

193,701

Logan Anderson Fishing

169,765

JE Wilds

127,500

Better Together Homestead

117,932

Outback Boys

58,374

FVR375

57,132

subscribers

336,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

61,835,972

views per day

7,815

typical day: 9,509

first-day views of each video posted this week

ABC Darwin x Outback Boys Interview (Pa…

1,240

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

High Adventure Videos

369,000

Gridlessness

363,000

FVR375

355,000

Outback Boys

336,000

JE Wilds

333,000

Logan Anderson Fishing

318,000

Better Together Homestead

317,000

Deer Hunting Cajuns

314,000

Midwest Whitetail

311,000

As of November 8, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.