Following Malcolm Douglas footsteps to find his mates place(Helmut)..Derby\Jetty..
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This is the Malcom Douglas vid with Helmut @25:38
Cheers man.
That HQ rear bumper was worth salvaging .
R.i.p. Malcolm, loved his shows and his adventurous spirit
Great film Camp Man. Malcolm Douglas is a legend.
Thanks mate
Not only are saving concrete with the use of beer cans and bottles but the air cavity is
a great insulator.
Old Helmut place has really gone down hill the last few years. It's been over 20yrs since iv visited there .RIP helmut .love your Chanel mate a real Aussie.
Yeah after watching It on Malcolm’s episode it definitely has. Would have coped a few floods since Hemuts passing too. I would have love ya seen it 20 years ago. Thanks mate.
Love the vids Campman!, There's millions of Aussie men stuck in their jobs with their wives kids and mortgages just dreaming of doing what you're doing!. You're an inspiration to many!.
Cheers man, hopefully I bring some good to the poor fellas who can’t get out.. they can sit at home with a coldie and enjoy it. :)
Very true. At 54 years old being an office worker my whole life , I became an outback roads Inspector in WA. Currently oddly enough working very near Derby. Best thing I've ever done on my life . I was dying fast in those office jobs.😊
Yep, great inspi for all the women stuck at home looking after their kids and husband while working a boring, underpaid casual job too
Glad I found this channel. Loving it, You know it’s not only men who are feeling stuck, as a female I love being out in the nowhere as I call it. Just get out as much as you can when you can.
was there last week and although the top section is almost gone it still holds strong. what an amazing gentleman, rest easy.
I remember that show when Malcom visited Helmut. It’s always stuck in my mind. Great episode.
I had the pleasure of meeting Helmut in 1998 👍
Half ya luck man.
I was with a couple of mates, our first time in the Kimberley. We camped on the Fitzroy and on our way out we came across Helmut’s residence. We stopped to have a look… he had a lot of dogs, from memory. He came out and said “g’day “ to us and we had a bit of a yarn. We had no idea who he was, but certainly admired his lifestyle. It wasn’t until years later that I found out about him…legend!!.
Meet old Helmut in the mid 80's on a fishing trip and had a couple of beers with him. Your right about having big balls. He use to wade out and set a net in front of his hut (His hut has seen better days). His only protection was a wooden donger to pacify the crocs and sharks caught in his net. A truck use come from Derby, collect the fish and resupply him. Back then he ran a genset to power the freezer. Me and the mates spend time chatting to him, he was a great character.
Awesome mate, thanks for sharing that with us. I sat there and just imagined what it would have been like in the wet.. and yeah he definitely got a set! Would hav had a story or 2 too tell to I bet. Cheers again mate.
Absolutely amazing old fella .
He certainly did, old mate use to fly ME109's in the Spanish civil war and WWII, being Air Force at the time we had a good old chat with him. He certainly was a character that would have rated a good biography.
@@johnclimpson9946story go's he may have thrown his medals in the fitzroy
@@johnclimpson9946 Small world. My old man used to tell me that there was an ex Luftwaffe pilot that ended up somewhere in the Kimberley, I'm guessing it must of been Helmut?
Some history there , I had the privilege of meeting the old bugger 31 years ago when I was 15 , my dads mate was a pro fisherman and used to bunk up with him when he was netting that area back in the day , pop out and see him me dads mate Munro says ! Well shit a brick the yarns he spun 😂😂 funny bugger , here have a beer he says to the old man and here have another, you can’t fly on 1 wing he reckons (bush chooks from the powerless fridge ! 😂) he was also a fighter pilot for Germany back in WW2 and a glazier by trade , he actually helped install the windows in the Derby airport ,
True character 👍
😂 you’d have to be a half loose…. To live like this haha. I can only imagine the things he would say and do, specially after a tin or 2. And you wouldn’t believe it but I have a fella camped up from me and he also was telling me about home being a fighter pilot in WW2. The man was a Jack of all trades ha. Cheers for sharing this with us mate.
Right on, i loved watching Malcolm Douglas and i remember that old German off in the bush. cheers
Cheers man. He was a good watch ay.
I remember watching that DVD when Malcolm visited old mate awesome you got to go there 👍🏻
Cheers Brad. Was good to make it here too.
I was up in the kimberley just over 5 years ago. Your videos are giving me the itch to go back. Bloody warm and muggy but beautiful country. Fresh baramundi over the fire just before the Kimberley sun sets.
I love that river was one of the highlights of our Kimberly trip.
It’s a beautiful spot we camped there last year and the house is amazing how he built it I think even some of today’s engineers could learn from his work
It’s a ripper spot man ay. Old mates hut just tops it off.. and to think he was doing this kind of work back than.
I remember seeing that show to mate . I to was a kid . Thanks for that I was good to see them old fellas again
Brings back some memories ay mate.
Great job 🍻
Thanks mate
So cool mate I remember the old boy from that episode, thanks for taking us to that little piece of paradise
Cheers mate. He was living in a paradise alright ay.
Just watched Malcoms vid, Omg old man still loves his smokes and beer 🍻 😂 what an amazing man ❤ as Malcom was too ❤️❤️
Haha, yeah he didn’t mind it ay. Would have loved to have had the chance to sit down and had a yarn with them.
Enjoyed Campman looking forward to the fishing 🎣 I might watch that Malcolm Douglas episode 😊
Thanks mate. And the fishing is coming ;)
Love your videos mate. We need the next generations of Aussie adventurers to start d up. You are doing just that.
Kind regards,
Michael Butler.
Just recently visited this top spot.
Got to see Helmut's hut also. Amazing he lived out there in the harshest of elements. I'd love to see the video where he met Malcom Douglas. . I couldn't find it anywhere.
It’s a top little spot ay guys. Yeah could months in the build up time would have been a warm one out there. But being a barra fisho he would have been in his elements for sure. Hard man!
I’ve just pined a comment, and it’s got the link for the video in it :)
What an episode and what a life you live. You did very well to find Helmut's old shack.
I miss the Malcom Douglas movies.
Copy that man
Kia Ora Mate AOTEAROA( Land of the Long White Cloud) in the comments sitting here for a laxer..great addition to my day this was..something to discover & learn everyday..thanks for allowing me to ride along..
Excellent episode again mate, loved the old shack where Helmet lived, he was 85 when he lived there.
He loved a beer 🍻
Cheers mate
Subscribed! I remember watching a Malcom Douglas episode as a kid. Going down the Kimberly out to the sea..... one day. First time ive seen one of your videos and would like to shake your hand one day.
Camp man he was a LEDGEN I MET THE BLOKE BACK IN 93 WHEN I WORKED ON CAMBALONE MATE what a LEDGEN
How Awesome, love fresh mullet, smoked, fillets. Great way to live n see Aus.
Aye you have a unique perspective CM; very earthy, very real, very now! Thanks mate keep up the good work!
great vid mate, these blokes Helmut & malcom were pioneers of this great country and to walk in their footsteps is priceless, u got me on board, cheers
Keep them coming, Dale Old mate. Malcom would be proud.
It just simply amazes me how bloody beautiful Australia really is, and what better way to see it, through your videos!
I'm hanging to get out one day.
Well done bro, and stay safe.
Thanks mate, and I hope your right.
We live in the best country for doing this kind of thing I feel. Unfortunately we just don’t live long enough to see it all.
Loved Malcolm Douglas's shows. I have special fondness for the way he would cook in the bush. A pinch of salt and a handful of flour were literal pinches and handfuls. The cooked product he pulled from the coals would always look so much more delicious to me than any 'Michelin Star' restaurant rubbish. Thanks so much for bringing us this footage. Enjoy your travels. 👍
The man nailed everything he did when it come to cooking.. one of my favourites was the dead grass on the oyster rocks.. light it up and they was ready to eat in about 30 seconds ha.
Remember that episode well, what a character he would of been. Pity you didn’t catch up with the Derby Jetty Queen from Facebook. Great vid, keep ‘em coming. 👌
He would have been ay. Yeah I was thinking the same thing, but I may end up going back in there one day so may catch up with her than.
I remember him visiting him twice on camera, once probably in the 80s and then in the later video you shared. He was a german ww2 pilot. Its sad his place is almost gone.
Awesome Ep Big fellow, How good to be where them two had been chatting years before
Thanks mate. And I know, when I was sitting there I was just picturing them sitting there with me having a chat.
Visit the hut quite a bit, whenever I’m up the river fishing in that area, hats off to helmut 👍
Half ya luck man… and copy that!
Hey, like your videos, at the start of the vid when you said Malcoms mate at Derby it came back to me, that’s when Helmats cat scratched Malcolm’s hand and drew blood, love the top end.
Thanks Kerry.. haha, you have a good memory :) across the top end is hard for me to leave that’s for sure.
God I love this country
Shame Helmut's shack never got maintained. Good local history.
Great interesting video, looking forward to the barra jumping! 😮😃👍
Like most good things man ay, they come to an end! The barra are coming. ;)
Wow you have it all and more 👍
Unfortunately my eyes aren’t great anymores so to pause doesn’t give me option to blow up, think lots will have same problem , just so a know, when making vids like this, fella, a good vid yet again, love ya work bloke, when are you coming home cause my dog will get fixed but he’s a prise, Australian bull terrier, would like one litter, they’ll be beautiful, he’s already famous, as I said before, lovely
Sarina
Sorry man, I’m still learning as I go :)
I’ve no idea when I’ll be heading back that way ay… I just go with the flow man. Not sure if I’ll let dodge have anymore pups, it’s pretty full on, specially living on the road haha.
Helmet said to Malcom in part 5 that the flood took his water tank , it’s good to see you found it.
I was just on there last nights and heard the same thing. Cheers man.
Never seen this channel but instantly subscribed due to the title 👍 one of Australia's true Legends old Malcolm! cheers camp man
Great video mate. I was wondering recently what happened to Helmets but.
I grew up watching Malcolm’s shows to.
I named my eldest Son after Malcolm.
Thanks mate. I often go back and keep watching them to ha. That’s pretty cool about naming your son after Mal as well :)
I also watched a Salty Sessions video where they got to Old Helmut's by boat when the Fitzroy was flooded.
I’ll have to try find that one to watch as well.
It was a good channel until they stopped. It's a good watch. 2 years ago. " Exploring the Fitzroy in full flood. They tied up on the tiled area.
Beautiful stuff Dale
Thanks mate
What a piece of history!!
Cool setup mate
Cheers mate
Great stuff mate. Malcolm Douglas was a legend so was helmet glad you got to see his old camp 👍🏽
Thanks mate, Malcolm definitely my idol, specially with the way he lived and went about life..and Helmet is the future me ha.
@@Thecampman_Camping-Australia Good to hear mate deffo my idol aswel when it comes to living on country and learning from the indigenous country men he was the best 👍🏽
He was a lucky man having the chance to hang around with country men… would have learnt so much.
Great video mate and best of luck on the road 👍🏼
Great video, not surprisingly. They are all good
Oh I remember that episode I just love people like that. Who needs other people lol. Can’t wait to be able to travel on my own.
Helmets pad was made out of old drill shafts and concrete n corrie /if you only knew the story about old helmet/ in the floods with crocks floating around him and his dog n chooks / the friendly peoples of derby would get supplies and get in there tinny and check up on him /
Cheers for the background information man. Helmut would have been a hard fella for sure.
good stuff bull
Cheers man
An absolute belter of an episode mate👍👍👍 I can remember that show with Malcolm and old mate when i was just a young kid lol. Keep up your awesome content its always a pleasure to watch you.👍
Thanks mate. Great feedback :).
The problem with keeping company with people many years my senior, is having to let them all go...
Mate fantastic!! I’m going to watch some Malcom till you post ya next vid, cheers my bruv 🍻
Mate, where have you been? I’ve missed you :)
It was really good to actually see how and where old mate live ay. What a way of life. I’ve been having a little binge on Malcom me self lately. Cheers bro, next video will be same time next Monday.
Looks like a good spot for fishing alot of bait moving keen for next episode wen u went a line C-man 🎣 👍
Ya got that right, fishing has been a hit ;)
Stuck in Victoria 😢 Very Jealous ❤ 😊
Aussie Aussie Aussie
Was just pondering old Malcolm today
No one knows how he managed to crush himself against a tree with his car last I read.
Unfortunately yeah…Poor bugger.
Its beautiful, powerful country the Kimberely's. But it's an easy place to die too. All it takes is one little slip up. That's probably why many of us love it. Life seems more valuable when it can disappear quickly. You've just got to keep on edge a bit. Don't let that put you off. It is great country.
This was great! Love Australia 👍💕
Thanks Cal :)
Great part of history
Cheers man, that it was.
I haven’t seen you (or any videos) since you were in my backyard at Cape Palmerston in Queensland. When did you venture out on your own.
Yeah had a brake there for awhile man.. 2021 dodge and I set off on our own again.
Just found ya👍
Great camera work.❤
Thanks guys
When i was 17 i meet Helmut wow the place is gone now i was in broome Visiting my mum we went out there a lot has change i'm now 35 lol
What was Helmut's story,where did he come from,did he have any family and when did he pass away?
You’re guess is good as mine yetti, I’ve only seen him on a MD episode.
Are you out near HELMONT CAMP MATE IM IN DERBY NOW
Hey mate hope you and Dodge are well, just wondering what your routine/ what you do maintenance wise on the trailer such as wheel bearings etc, also for the Patrol in terms of servicing, greasing drive train, rotating tyres, checking suspension, bearings, pulleys, belts, cooling system etc ?
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Ay mate, cheers for that and I appreciate ya’s support as well.
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Join and subscribe. Mick. This was my home and fitzory crossing. I delivered concrete. To all the community's. Up to Hal's Creek.
It's nice to see the area has been cleaned up. And tolit blocks. ) long ago we pour concrete with the council. Later say inverment problems.
On the walf. Barramundi hehe. Smile. Not easy hehe. Those areas have plenty of rock under water to go to. Then your stuffed. But wait wait . Will get hungry. And come out of the rocks. you will get it. 👍👍👍👍👍👍.
Nice eating. Worth it ))))
Back tracking the history
❤️ it ) emotion. Family or explore. I feel. .
I appreciate you... God bless...
People don't understand. See in real life will understand
. Sad truth... hay I did enjoy. Take my friend. I call you a friend because you are open to life. Take care. Now wollongong nsw 5000km plus from there.
What about the Malcolm douglas episode
The episode is pinned to the top
Camp man you still in derby ya ledgen
Na man, but I’m just out on the Fitzroy atm…Not sure for how much longer tho.
How the fk that car rusted away completely in 20? Yrs 😢
If you are still there on THURSDAY MATE I'LL COME AN MEET YA IF THAT'S OK
Ay man, I’m camped out this way yeah. But not sure for how much longer, all depends how longer me water last. Trying to hang around till the weekend tho, so ya more than welcome to pop out if I’m still around. I’ll leave a comment to let you know if I’m still out this way.
@@Thecampman_Camping-Australia hay mate we will bring you 40 od liters on Thursday for you okay
Man that would be much appreciated if you get the chance to bring some out. Thank you.
Campman I'll be there today around 1oclock mate
Will see ya than man.
Are you trying to block your hole by eating that much chesse 😂
If ya must know, I shit pretty good ha.
Did you delete my comment?
Great video mate ..Malcolm was definitely a legend.never missed a episode years ago ..
Cheers mate. World around us, on a Saturday night… I use to sit up and watch it all the time.