Solo overnight hike in the rainforest - Mount Superbus + Lincoln Bomber Wreck, Queensland
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- An overnight hike in the rainforest of Mount Superbus, the highest mountain peak in South East Queensland. Overnight camping at the Superbus South campsite and a morning visit to the Lincoln Bomber plane wreck before returning home.
In the early hours of April 9, 1955 an RAAF Avro Lincoln Bomber crashed into the side of South East Queensland’s highest mountain. The plane was en route from Townsville to Brisbane transporting a sick baby when it crashed into the side of Mt Superbus and exploded. Tragically, all 6 people on board were killed. More than 60 years later, the southern peak of Mount Superbus still bears the scars of this tragedy.
Shot with the Sony A7C (16-35mm F2.8 GM) and DJI Mavic Air 2.
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Your commentary and filming on this video was excellent and your closing remarks around the incident and learnings were profound and meaningful mate , nice work
Thanks a lot. I really appreciate it. Cheers!
Hi mate,
Thanks for this trip down memory Lane. My name , including 8 army mates from QUR ( Queensland University Regiment) are also mentioned in this 2015 notebook We climbed to the crash site and back on a day exercise. Great memories.
Thanks again 👍.
PS , I am not Bob ..
Cheers! Really appreciate that. Glad I could help you relive the memory 👍. Thanks!
Glad you liked it up there bro. It's a real bloody special mountain and you captured it at its best. Perfect!
Cheers! It was damn amazing up there 👍
Thank you for bring us along, we love your adventure filmed. Greeting from Chiang Mai, Northern part of Thailand.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. Would love to come and visit Thailand one day 🙂
I was at Chiang Mai in 2014!! Did some hiking up through the hills while i was there. Had a good feed at the Loco Elvis as well. Is that still there?? Hope to come back one day...
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing this
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 👍
@@AaronGrayOutdoors no problem! We really enjoyed filming our hikes also
Great hike. So relaxing.. and the raindrops sound is 👌. I would love to hike in a rainy day soon.
Thank you! There is something special about hiking in the rain. It’s very relaxing 👌
@@AaronGrayOutdoors keep safe😊😊
So good! I'm just starting some basic overnight trips in D'Aguilar. One day I'll be ready for Main Rainge :) Keep up the good work.
Thanks so much! I hope you are enjoying the overnight trips. They really are something special. I’m sure you’ll be ready in no time :)
Wooww that amazing and your a brave man my friend watching your video my friend take care Always and God bless you always
Thanks! Appreciate that :)
I have hiked up there 3 times in my 20's. Is a very medium walk, and once when I was 12 years old. Not difficult. A few places like walking up steep stairs. I first hiked there in the late 1970's as part of a boy scout group. For reasons unknown, we brought down a bunch of pieces of the plane wreck, including the main Pilot seat and instrument panels. Of the pilot seat, on the aluminium was the unmistakable stains of the burnt flesh of the pilot.
Thanks! I have been up there a few times now, it is a fantastic location. I am certainly amazed at how much of the plane wreckage still exists up there, given that some of it has been brought down. That pilot seat would have been disgusting.
Awesome video mate, great job. Was up there over Easter but went the other way to lizard point and steamers. Keen to see the wreck in the next couple weeks man
Thanks mate! I haven’t been out to Lizard for a while so may revisit that soonish, when I have a better weather forecast though. Yeah, the wreck is really awesome, highly recommend it!
This is brilliant!
Thanks Dom 🙏
Great work..... Subscribed after watching your first video....
Thanks so much! Really appreciate it 🙏
Great video mate. One of my favourite places, main range
Thanks! Main Range definitely has a lot of goods.
I love the video! It represents how beautiful nature is👌
Thanks! Nature really is beautiful ☀️
Top video Aaron! Perfect length with interesting footage and commentary! That’s a place I’d like to overnight in. Maybe you could see snow there in winter?
Thanks Kris, appreciate that. It’d be awesome to see snow up there but our climate here in QLD is a little too hot, even in winter for snow.
Wow, great stuff, and a couple of interesting finds along the way, good viewing a bit of work involved in setting up cameras to catch the walk throughs 👍👍👍
Thanks! It does take a lot of work but I do enjoy the entire process! Glad you enjoyed it 👍
@@AaronGrayOutdoors we can understand that Aaron 😀🥰😘
Awesome vid cuz
Thanks mate, appreciate it!
Happy 50th Bob! 😂
good video so interesting i would love to see the wreck
Thanks! The wreck whilst being such a tragic event, was a really beautiful location to visit :)
Would've liked this video twice if I could. Just read about thi s place, looks great. Is the track easy to follow?
Thanks heaps!! Between Mt Superbus and the Superbus-South campsite the track was a little vague in places. I maybe lost it twice but was fairly easy to pick back up. To Mt Superbus is a piece of cake. I hope that helps 👍
great vid! what time of year was this?
Thanks Andrew! That was in April 2021.
We’d love to do this!
It’s a fantastic hike. Can be done as a day trip from either end, but I always prefer to take it easier and camp 🙂
@@AaronGrayOutdoors it definitely looks epic! We thought it may be best as an overnighter.
Great video! What is the name of the bush camp in the video?
Thanks. It is Superbus-South Peak remote bush camp.
Beautiful video 😍 I am heading there this weekend for first time, can I ask what route way you took up and back?
Thanks! Appreciate that. Went from teviot straight up the Superbus direct trail, then up on to Superbus peak, then kept following the trail until Superbus-South camp and the wreck. Returned the same way.
I would like to do this hike soon 😁👍🏻
I highly recommend it, it’s a great hike!
We were just up there the weekend before with the kids to do Lizard and Steamers. Great part of south east Queensland. Did you get stung by any gympie gympie? There is so much of it in the burned out areas.
Love it up there. Lizard Point is amazing too. Yeah, got a little sting on my hand whilst setting up a camera shot, but I am pretty used to gympie stings by now. The gympie overgrowth on Superbus is still pretty tame compared to some other areas on the Main Range. We found some massive gympie forests around Mt Huntley that were almost impenetrable whilst attempting the Main Range traverse a few weeks ago.
@@AaronGrayOutdoors Good to know, we're planning a main range travers in the next couple of months.
Great video mate, subscribed! I’m planning on doing this hike soon. Can I ask where you parked and started your hike from? Did it take long to reach the designated campsite? I understand there’s more than one route. Did you use a certain map app? I’ve been looking at a couple of options. I’ve read about the pink ribbons on the trail. Thanks for uploading this, keep up the good work! Swagging With Ben.
Cheers! Appreciate that. I started the hike at Teviot Gap (from Bretts Road) which is generally the best access route with an overnight pack. From there you climb directly up to the top of Superbus via the shoulder following a very obvious and worn trail. From Superbus North to the campsite at Superbus South the trail is a lot more vague and a GPX is recommended. Allow at least 4 hours to reach the campsite from your vehicle (2 hours to Superbus North - 1.5 hours to Superbus South). I use Gaia GPS for navigation. I hope that helps 👍
@@AaronGrayOutdoors I appreciate the quick and detailed response! Thanks very much 🍻
Hey Aaron great video..I’m going on this hike in a couple of days. How far is the Lincoln crash site from your camping spot on the south ?
Cheers, it’s a great hike. The crash site is about 100m downhill from the campsite. Takes a few minutes at most. I hope that helps.
@@AaronGrayOutdoors sure does help a lot. One last question 🙋🏽♂️ are there any signs are indications to Lincoln wreck or steamers ? Or are we just relying on gps and navigation
is this a fairly easy track to find your way?
There is a rough pad and the entire route is taped. Navigation experience is recommended though!