VIC High Country Mt Buller to Howitt Hut
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Starting from Mansfield this is day 1 of our 3 day trip. On this day we visit Bindaree Falls, Bindaree Hut, Pikes Hut, head up 16 Mile Jeep Track and Bluff Track to Bluff Hut, across to Lovick's Hut for lunch before taking the scenic King Billy Track to Howitt Rd and ultimately Howitt Hut, our camp for Day 1.
On this trip we have Matt in his Silver Prado 150, almost stock, and first time trip participant Luca in his twin locked GU Patrol.
This was an epic trip and Day 1 is just the begining.
#pajero #highcountry #mtbuller #4wd #touring
![4WD Tracks From Licola To Howitt Hut - [ Cracking Storm Rolled In ]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/OemL0ekbxf8/mqdefault.jpg)
Bloody brilliant mate just love it up around the Howqua river .
As a child my family used to camp @ Tabaco flat every xmas and we used to drive through the howqua at frys and dad always used to call in and say gday to Fred Fry i vaguely remember him 😎
Oh guess what 4wd we used to travel in all them years ago 😜
Thanks mate, so many people have great memories of the high country. Guessing it might have been a Landrover? Or possibly a Rangerover? :-)
@@OffTheBeatenPathAus Series 1 Landrover like 1950 vintage 😉About 20 Years too early for a Rangie 😜
@@rangieman nice, definite classic, worth some good coin if you still had one in good order too!!
Great drive Jason, just love this part of the world. Have you heard the legend of Button Man? Said to be a very experienced hermit bushman who lives in the area where Bluff tk, King Billy tk & Brock's Rd meet. Hunts using spears made from deer antlers, which he also uses to make buttons & ear rings... If you google him there's some interesting if eerie details... Always enjoy your videos & commentary Cheers
Hey Ian, yes definitely heard some stories and legends about the Button Man, moreso closer to Wonnangatta but it's not that far from where we were anyway...
Sounds like an amazing guy from what I've read and heard, also apparently helps out police sometimes with missing person cases.
Great job Jason, good info
Thx John, glad you enjoyed it! Always love visiting High Country Huts. So much history.
King Billy was a Totally different track Kings birthday weekend 2023.
River crossings were full on
I've heard that, did see a warning from Parks that while it wasn't shut, there were certainly challenges and they recommended seeking an alternative route!
Did you come down Caledonia River Track in the next part of this trip? Think we passed you, we were in a red patrol. There was a bit of shimming to get everone past. Looking forward to the next vid. Cheers
We did indeed mate. Remember passing you. You were very accommodating reversing back for us to let us past!!! Thanks again.
Great video mate! 16 mile jeep track actually starts at Bindaree hut not at Pikes👍 looking forward to the next one
Thx mate, on the money! Next installment of this trip is up. Howitt Hut to Macalister River!
Good vid but definitely 2wd tracks most of the way. Take some side tracks and have some wheel lifting fun
Lot of the high country isn't too difficult. :-)
Enjoy your videos, and your commentary in particular is fantastic. Just want to say though, your GoPro or whatever is on the roof, has really terrible audio. There is a constant rumble/booming sound that really detracts, and if you listen using headphones or earphones in particular it almost makes your videos unlistenable. It's in other videos of yours too. In this video, when you switch to the footage taken from the Prado, it's like chalk and cheese, the sound difference. I do look forward to more videos of yours, as the scenery and your commentary is top notch. Just not the GoPro rumble sound!!
Thx for the feedback, the difference in the footage is some was from Luca's Patrol and taken by a camera mounted inside. My GO Pro is mounted externally as the windscreen tends to get dirty. In the past I've edited the sound of the car down and other viewers complain that you can't hear it then.
I do try and balance so the voice over is at a good volume and the car sound is audible but not too annoying. That said, on headphones I get it could be annoying.
That was a nice trip. Thank you Jason,
the fog and the low clouds made everything look a little spooky and magical .
Nice work 👍.
3 L petrol 😂😂.
It’s a TB 48 , 4.8 L. Thank you very much. 😜.
No wonder it's thirsty!!! Great to have you along mate.
Hi, enjoyed the video, useful for convincing my wife to allow me to drive these hill, I'm an old geographer, interested in the geology/geomorphology/vegetation and the history of the area. been a long while since I was last there. . Re your Talus/scree question.. in my view it is either both or neither. In my old geomorphology texts from the 1960's talus/scree are interchangeable (maybe depending whether you trained in Britain or North America?) Talus cones form at the base of a cliff. created by rockfalls as the cliff disintegrates due to weathering. The talus/scree deposits build up over time and form a steep slope, approx 35% in a fresh deposit, so steep and loose it is hard/unsafe to walk on (as I experienced on the north slope of Brinkley Bluff in the MacDonnell in the 1980's) Another possibility (more likely by the look of the feature from your video) is a 'felsenmeer', a 'rock sea' a German term... common at altitude or high latitudes, and in basalt rocks especially, the exposed lava flow cracks into large angular blocks. Looks a lot like what your video shows. I would like to get up there to have a better look, but it doesn't appear to me to be a talus/scree slope. Hope this comment is a useful starting point for you. Aasupport.google.com/youtube/answer/1646861?topic=3024170&hl=en. R
thanks so much for the detailed information. Love learning stuff like this from people who know more about it. Very informative. This area's pretty accessible particularly if you come off Howitt Plains Rd by way of Licola.
@@OffTheBeatenPathAus Thanks, I'd love to take my wife to B. Falls, she loves ' tree fern country drives', showed her your video earlier, very impressed... would like to sneak up to The Bluff via your route, easy track for our 100 series non turbo diesel. I don't claim any great expertise on the rocks, just a bit of knowledge picked up from Uni days and over the years. I have some reference books and will see if they can cast more light.
@@Ian-nt9ur yeah the 100 series are pretty capable no issues there. Enjoy the trip! Hope you get to make it
Great video. The best content to watch in order to get an idea of the different tracks and campsites. I’ll be taking my family through there hopefully in November. Subscribed.
Thx mate, that's the whole idea of my channel, show people what the tracks are actually like, not just 1 or 2 obstacles on a 3hr drive and give them the confidence to get out there and have a go themselves!
Looks like a nice road trip. Great info about the drive and camping locations.👏
Thx mate, was a great start to the trip.
Great video
Where do you get the maps from ?
I use the app Memory Map and have purchased digital versions of the Hema Maps. In the car I run a HX2
@@OffTheBeatenPathAus thanks mate do you get phone signal up there?
Hiya simply a spectator watching how everyone conquers the high country and surrounds. Enjoyable vid, subbed and liked.
Great thanks mate, keep an eye out for the next one from this trip!
Thanks for the tour , l was keen to see the track conditions. Been a few years since l last ventured on those tracks. FYI rock talus appears to be some kind of animal according to Google. Looking forward to seeing your next video, cheers Geoff
Thanks for watching Geoff. Yeah there's varying accounts, rock scree vs rock talus. Track conditions were pretty good really as you would have seen. Love this area, first time back for me since I started the channel.
Great trip, good to see the King Billy section. Looks like my next trip if the weather holds out.
King Billy is a really scenic drive. Well worth it. Wait till you see Caledonia River and macalister River tracks though in the next few videos from this trip
GU is probably a TB48 .
How are you liking the OZtent swag and stretcher ? Best set up I ever bought .
Last time I was at Bluff hut it was over run inside and out by a horse tour , bit entitled I thought.
Great video, keep them coming 👍
On the money Andrew, Luca's GU is a TB48. Pretty happy with the OZ Tent RS1 Swag/Tent, yes I get a fair amount of condensation inside, even with the side fully open but it's manageable and very comfortable and a super quick setup.
Glad you enjoyed this one, Day 2 we take in Caledonia River Track and a few other choice spots
@@OffTheBeatenPathAus
Try a couple of thick towels under the mattress to stop it from getting damp with condensation.
Stop breathing will stop condensation .
Had a great trip thanx mate . cant wait for the next one
Like wise, be great you back in a troopy and me driving the 76, we can get hung up on our leaf springs together! :-)
@@OffTheBeatenPathAus Hope we don't get stuck but if we do I'm a lot more water proof this time.. Will be going back to that rock. There is a score to settle