WE GAVE AWAY 100 FREE BEERS! 4WD DAINTREE & CAPE YORK PT1

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  • @theexplorelife
    @theexplorelife  2 роки тому +14

    WHO'S BEEN TO THE LION'S DEN? CHEERS TO EVERYONE WHO SAID G'DAY ON OUR CAPE ADVENTURE 🍻

    • @coversadventurecapers2838
      @coversadventurecapers2838 2 роки тому +1

      Just missed you at the servo at Bamaga but you saw Wally! 😉. Would of been great to have a chat.

    • @steventrofenik2078
      @steventrofenik2078 2 роки тому +1

      Saw you and Sam driving down the PDR in the wet. Crossed paths with yas.

    • @theexplorelife
      @theexplorelife  2 роки тому +1

      next time you see us sing out 🤙

    • @yeahnahyeah7872
      @yeahnahyeah7872 2 роки тому +1

      Mint pub 🤙🏼🍻

    • @Franksssss
      @Franksssss 2 роки тому +1

      Been a few times now.
      Heading to the tip again end of august.

  • @BradGryphonn
    @BradGryphonn 2 роки тому +2

    34:05 A little history about this shot at the Den if you're interested. The wall that the mural is painted on hides where the old Trading Post used to be in the pub. As recently as 1982, I could buy tinned beef, tinned butter, tinned flour, and, wait for it, calcium carbide rocks to run acetylene lamps. And yes, even just 40 odd years ago we ran carbide lamps because batteries didn't cut it and generators were super noisy and super expensive. And we were broke. Even back then, there were still solitary miners scratching tin and gold around the place. One particular fella, who has a plaque embedded in his usual table, had lived and worked there for most of his life since the 20s or 30s. He passed away in 2016 if memory serves correct, but usually isn't.

  • @LordTyphuryus
    @LordTyphuryus 2 роки тому +11

    The man, the myth, and the bloody legend!! Nav is a good ass dude!

  • @joshbirch5599
    @joshbirch5599 2 роки тому +3

    Cape York is an epic place. So much to see so much history. Such an untouched and beautiful place. The fishing is insane.

  • @BradGryphonn
    @BradGryphonn 2 роки тому +1

    12:15 If you're watching the bit about coconuts, listen to this man! When I lived as a hippy in the early 80s in a remote bay, we had fresh water but I ate coconut as my staple, the way people eat rice, or potato as a staple. I drank the cocnut water of course. But I also had fresh water. However. A warning. If you eat coconut as a staple in your diet, you are going to have a VERY regular bowel movement. Diuretic if you use the water to survive, and you'll lose a lot while your body passes all that fibrous coconut meat through your system. If you're going to eat it, eat the flesh from green ones and drink the water from the brown ones (for a remote chance of survival). And always crack brown coconuts. They have what we used to call 'Angel Fruit' inside. A semi-solid embryo of the new palm.

  • @BradGryphonn
    @BradGryphonn 2 роки тому +2

    28:55 Before I take my dog out to the back paddock to give her some exercise, I need to tell you that I have watched a LOT of channels that have trips to FNQ featured. Your videos, because of the detail (=length) that you show, while still being entertaining is impressive. My dear friend who also now lives in Brisbane was once the owner of the Bloomfield River Inn. I'm not sure if it even exists now. It was sold some years ago and I don't know what became of it. Anyway, I digress. I just want to thank you for not just flowing over certain places. You are actually experiencing the place. Confession. I never caught a fish besides a Spanish Mackeral off the wharf at Cooktown in the collective years I lived there.

  • @BradGryphonn
    @BradGryphonn 2 роки тому +4

    23:15 I once warned some German tourists early one morning to get out of the water. They were having a bath on that very boat ramp. I have photos of a 4-metre croc hanging out just off that ramp. The Bloomfield has at least four resident crocs over 3-metres in length. As well as quite a few young ones trying to claim territory. Towards the North end of Weary Bay, there is a croc there that is close on 6-metres long. He's on my Twitter banner.

  • @mikemorgan4670
    @mikemorgan4670 2 роки тому +4

    Outstanding episode Boys!! Nice pace and lots of fun. Always great to have Nav back in the fray! The Lions Den...one day.

  • @BradGryphonn
    @BradGryphonn 2 роки тому +2

    Hey gang. This is a 42-minute video, and based on what I've watched from Part 2...Yes, I paused Part 2 and decided I need to watch part 1 first...And, I am going to try really hard not to comment so much as Usually do on these types of videos that take me home.
    Some context as to why I get so invested in this:
    I spent my late teens working and living all over Queensland. From the border West of Winton to the coast, in Brisbane, and on the CQ coast. But the place I lived in this state that had the most profound impact on me was living, hippying, and even working in Far North Queensland in the Cape area. I camped and lived all through Daintree country, including Cedar Bay as a hippy in the early 80s. I had a camp at the south end of Wangatti beach. I lived downstream of Trevathan falls for some time. I learned more from the old-schools hippies in Cedar Bay and the Crofts at Auravale about empathy, tolerance, and humanity in six months than I learned in 18 years previously.
    I left at the end of '82 to visit my parents in Brisbane. It took me almost 30 years to get back there. I thought about kuku Yalanji country almost every day. At the end of 2010, my soul mate and I made a decision to leave Rockhampton and go North. We did that just after TC Yasi went through at the beginning of 2011. It was March. I lost her in October to cancer.
    Anyway, this story is way too long for a comment, but I had to leave around 2015 and I spend every day planning for when I go back there. Sorry for the long comment, but your comprehensive coverage of your trip just drags me back home. I'll be 59 in November. I want to be back there by then. Or at least for my 60th.

  • @butchgleeson
    @butchgleeson 2 роки тому +3

    The Lions Den , legend pub. My favorite best pub after Daly Waters. Great episode you covered it well, we did the Bloomfield back in March. You did a great job getting up those steep inclines with the vans on, looking forward to your next episode,
    Cheer's.

  • @howeverthewindblows
    @howeverthewindblows 2 роки тому +2

    Awesome seeing Nav again. You guys are a great team.

    • @theexplorelife
      @theexplorelife  2 роки тому

      glad you enjoyed it mate plenty more coming

  • @kingwheels7003
    @kingwheels7003 2 роки тому +1

    Larrys at the Lions Den! How Good :)

  • @MrSirgriffostar
    @MrSirgriffostar 2 роки тому +7

    just finished (like this morning) watching your lap from last year as I wasn't able to watch it on release due to work. And now a cape series starts!!! does it get any better, with the man himself nav none the less. lessgo

  • @wombat696969
    @wombat696969 2 роки тому +2

    Love the Lions Den! Only been once - need to do it again!

  • @TheSampsonFamily
    @TheSampsonFamily 2 роки тому +3

    Such a great episode Matty! So good to see you and Nav on a big adventure again, love watching you guys together and can’t wait for the next one 👍🍻

  • @nd9667
    @nd9667 2 роки тому +1

    Nav is a trooper. Glad to see him on this trip. 🏆🍻

  • @reginaldtapiwatakundwa1820
    @reginaldtapiwatakundwa1820 2 роки тому +2

    Epic episode mate..Go hard bro.👌👌👌

  • @patbright5334
    @patbright5334 2 роки тому +3

    Leavn for the cape in ten days 👍👍👍🍺🍺🍺🍺
    Three week adventure 👍👍👍👍

  • @damobushy
    @damobushy 2 роки тому +1

    Love the patriot camper with boat and accessories

  • @peterdoyle3205
    @peterdoyle3205 2 роки тому +1

    I have been to the Lions Den a 1/2 dozen times. We stayed there on the way up to the Cape and coming back on each of our 3 trips up to the top. It is a must visit pub.

  • @jessicashakespeare6383
    @jessicashakespeare6383 2 роки тому +1

    Always love an ep with Nav, can't wait for next week's now

  • @westisbest8258
    @westisbest8258 2 роки тому +2

    Bloody ripper episode thanks mate!
    Great to have Nav back 💪
    We are just about to head up the cape on our trip around oz so watching very carefully making plenty of notes cheers 🍻

    • @theexplorelife
      @theexplorelife  2 роки тому

      sounds epic mate enjoy your trip & I hope we can help with your planning 👌

  • @joshuabamford5396
    @joshuabamford5396 2 роки тому +1

    3 times at the lions den, found my signature from the last trip!

  • @Phil-ud2vv
    @Phil-ud2vv 2 роки тому +2

    Was at the Den last year top pub, keep up the great work guys wifey and I love the Epps 😎😎🍺🍺

  • @simonannells3758
    @simonannells3758 2 роки тому +2

    Love the ep boys 🍺👍

  • @cameronprice622
    @cameronprice622 2 роки тому +1

    yes!

  • @jessenewton5463
    @jessenewton5463 2 роки тому +1

    Always such good content! Keep it up 👍

  • @BradGryphonn
    @BradGryphonn 2 роки тому +1

    (Can't stop meself) I used to get one of those pods that are the nests of green tree ants and crush it down to fit in a billy, ants and all, and make a tea out of it if I was feeling crook. The Kuku Yalanji people I knew taught me how to do it. Oh, and when the humidity is up around 90% just before the wet season when they bite and squirt their acid, your sweat helps the acid to get to the bite spot and it actually stings a bit. But usually, they're just annoying. I love the buggers actually. They make nests out of leaves man! That's pretty cool. I also got taught how to make stingray stew using the whole fish but removing the bile gland before cooking. It's a really rich meal.

  • @katesaynor760
    @katesaynor760 2 роки тому +3

    Glad I’m not the only one who thinks weird massive rock formations are alien poo 💩 lol 😂 how awesome is the Lions Den definitely one of my favorite pubs in Aus.

  • @johnpitt2742
    @johnpitt2742 2 роки тому +1

    in 2005 we did the tour of the north and went canoeing up a creek and as we were pulling the canoe out of the water when we saw the sign

  • @jarrodomahony6335
    @jarrodomahony6335 2 роки тому +1

    Production quality is great matt. A bit in there for everyone. Great work

  • @stuartkcalvin
    @stuartkcalvin 2 роки тому +2

    21:15 that crossing 'scares' people or makes them a little wary. Little do they know what comes next!

  • @bananasusyd
    @bananasusyd 2 роки тому +1

    How good! Nav!

  • @jonsey300
    @jonsey300 2 роки тому +2

    Love this epp mate🤙🏻. Can’t wait to see the rest of the series , living all of our explore life dream bud keep it up👌👌

  • @gregburke6208
    @gregburke6208 2 роки тому +1

    Funniest and best yet

  • @BradGryphonn
    @BradGryphonn 2 роки тому +1

    (I'm hopeless). Around 2012, I worked for a local bloke in Cooktown whose family had owned the Cooktown bus service forever. In the dry season, we'd run a service with 2WD 22-seat Coaster buses from Cairns to Cooktown via Mossman and Daintree up the Bloomfield Track. Not many tourist other than the budget conscious knew about this 'express' service so we usually had locals and backpackers on the run.
    My boss (I won't call him by name because he died in 2014) also took on contracts for uni groups etc doing studies in the Daintree or up the Cape. On one trip, I had 20 passengers and all their heavy gear in the bus and got to the bottom of (bugger can't remember the name) of the first big range and got about halfway up before the bus said no. It was dirt and in some spots concrete then. I believe it's concrete all the way up now. So I tried again and got a little further and my passengers had to disembark and walk to the top while I rolled back and got another run-up. After that, it was a smooth run all the way through to Elim where they were going. He gave me the company car to drive which was a 90s Commodore with a 'Country Pack' on it. I'd drive that up and down the Bloomfield track to Cairns right up until the creeks got too angry to drive through. Anyway, I'll shut up now. Sorry about the flood.

  • @coversadventurecapers2838
    @coversadventurecapers2838 2 роки тому +2

    We camped at Pks on the front grass near the rd last yr with our two teenage boys. The live music was thumping and an experience just like we were backpacking overseas 🤪😎.
    Also a few years ago we had an epic night at the Lions Den! Feel for you Nav 😉🍺

  • @Paul.Reid123
    @Paul.Reid123 2 роки тому +1

    Epic episode, great way to finish a Sunday with a few bevvies

  • @wanderingwinters
    @wanderingwinters 2 роки тому

    Hands down our favourite pub AND publican in Australia! Love the Lions Den! We were a few days behind you guys unfortunately so missed out on the Larrys

  • @nataliegrills
    @nataliegrills 2 роки тому +1

    Love and hate watching these videos, because I'm so jealous 🤣
    Can't wait till I can do all this!

  • @GornMad
    @GornMad 2 роки тому

    Awesome Matty, giving me ideas for family trip up the Cape...How bloody good is LARRY on adventures lol

  • @andreaa1056
    @andreaa1056 2 роки тому +1

    We just finished this exact trip in our VW campervan - including Cape York on the PDR. Loved the Bloomfield road and Lions Den hotel. I think you were a week ahead of us.

    • @theexplorelife
      @theexplorelife  2 роки тому +1

      so good up there hey! glad you had a good trip

  • @markmangion454
    @markmangion454 2 роки тому +1

    Getting on the cans, the Larry cans ( but in glass)

  • @MrBede80
    @MrBede80 2 роки тому +2

    Great to see you fellas back on the road again 🤙🏻 loving both the patriot and zone rv set ups 😍 dream rig with the 79 and zone right there 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 looking forward to the next episode

  • @garethcook8359
    @garethcook8359 2 роки тому +1

    3 times to the Lions Den 2000, 2014 and 2019 never left there to healthy great times there though.

  • @BradGryphonn
    @BradGryphonn 2 роки тому +1

    26:40 Okay then. I promise to change my favourite beer from Cooper's Sparkling Ale to Our Mate's if it's still on tap when I get back. I've been drinking Sparkling Ale since 1995, but I'll change if the Den is serving your mate's beer on tap.

  • @pauledwards4257
    @pauledwards4257 2 роки тому +1

    Good ep lads

  • @Rooster1172T
    @Rooster1172T Рік тому

    16:59 If you put chips on the bottom then mince and put a bit of cheese, lettuce, sour cream and some taco sauce its called a Mexican pile up/pile on and its unreal!

  • @benbrown9784
    @benbrown9784 2 роки тому

    Matt ……. Solid episode bruz! myself, the family and I’m sure everyone else who watched it is in the same opinion of having Navy doing his bush tucker / survival talk is awesome! He brings so much interesting knowledge to the camera 🤙🏼

  • @theacreelife
    @theacreelife 2 роки тому +3

    Nice work mate. Videos are definitely better with a videographer rather than just t GoPro. Nice mix of both types of footage in this one. Looking forward to the next episode as I’m off to the tip in September. Bring it on.

  • @AdventureN
    @AdventureN 2 роки тому

    Need to get back to the lions den! Good to see my sticker is still up there. Yhewww

  • @amandab7013
    @amandab7013 2 роки тому +1

    Wow what an epic place. Never been but it’s on the bucket list.
    Bring on next week’s episode 🤙🏻

  • @jamespatsiouras9421
    @jamespatsiouras9421 2 роки тому +1

    Hey Matty,
    New to the channel mate great little episode. Heading up to the tip in a couple weeks time and planning to drop in to the Lions Den after Covid killed our plans last year! Cant wait hopefully catch a barra or 2 cheers JP

    • @theexplorelife
      @theexplorelife  2 роки тому

      Welcome to the crew 🤙 Sounds awesome mate enjoy your trip!

  • @louisferdinand5776
    @louisferdinand5776 2 роки тому +2

    25:37 with the mention Auto Tune, with DPF removal, is that legal now?

    • @theexplorelife
      @theexplorelife  2 роки тому

      dpf removal is not legal. We removed a damaged dpf but replaced the exhaust

  • @michelleflynn1092
    @michelleflynn1092 2 роки тому +1

    Haha loved this video! My fave tour mob you’ve had yet 🤙🏼
    Cape Trib looked amazing compared to the other places ‘backyard’ 😂

  • @deanmagennis4759
    @deanmagennis4759 2 роки тому +2

    The cement and tar is a bit disappointing, I did it a few years back when it was dirt and no bridges in a 75 series, loved it bench seat with missus and son.

  • @alexscott4951
    @alexscott4951 2 роки тому +1

    Mint episode dude, makes me want to get away 👌🏻

  • @toolman351
    @toolman351 2 роки тому +2

    Did you not see the croc signs. A tourist got taken a few years ago. This is my backyard. You lot come up every year and stuff up
    the roads and most stay at free camps. Good to see you guys stay at Lions Den and etc.

    • @theexplorelife
      @theexplorelife  2 роки тому +2

      Hey mate we don’t come up every year it’s been 4 years! We don’t stuff up the roads we rebuild the tracks which you will see. There were no crocs in this location mate

    • @toolman351
      @toolman351 2 роки тому +2

      @@theexplorelife as I said someone lost their life at the exact same spot you guys were swimming. Maybe do some research before you recommend swimming. There are crocodile signs.

  • @paulsmit8147
    @paulsmit8147 2 роки тому +1

    🤙

  • @brookemillington3351
    @brookemillington3351 2 роки тому +1

    27 days and my partner and I leave Tassie for our Cape York adventure. Looking forward to stopping in at the Lions Den 🦁

  • @TasmanianHillBilly
    @TasmanianHillBilly Рік тому

    39:24 actually, oct 4 255 million years ago according to the bloke that scratched in some writing on the sign

  • @rickstar6435
    @rickstar6435 Рік тому

    Nice work mate you are great on TV

  • @audreysenior7228
    @audreysenior7228 2 роки тому +3

    Any vid with Nav is a great episode👏🏼😁 something different with the filming 🤔 it’s more creative/professional. Really enjoyed this, well done 👊🏼

    • @theexplorelife
      @theexplorelife  2 роки тому

      Our camera guy tagged along which we couldn’t do much last year 👌

  • @Rlowbridge12
    @Rlowbridge12 2 роки тому +1

    Fellas only needed a GVM upgraded for all the beers 🍻

  • @ericvita74
    @ericvita74 Рік тому

    WoW….video veramente top😮

  • @rasta77-x7o
    @rasta77-x7o 2 роки тому +1

    Come on guys, Bloomfield track is for commodores.
    Should have went CREB track and yes that's the 3rd option not just highway / PDR or ferry bloomfield.

  • @roscoewheeler3634
    @roscoewheeler3634 2 роки тому +1

    Hey Matty great episode, what’s is the storage pouch your running on your fridge in the cruiser? Or did you modify something?

    • @theexplorelife
      @theexplorelife  2 роки тому

      hey mate its our own fridge organiser we're designing. still testing at the moment but will be coming soon

    • @roscoewheeler3634
      @roscoewheeler3634 2 роки тому

      @@theexplorelife awesome, just what I’m looking for. Hope it’s magnetic . Cheers mate

  • @austinmoseley16
    @austinmoseley16 2 роки тому

    Ol elpaso has the best refried beans

  • @redgie_h_vizla9292
    @redgie_h_vizla9292 2 роки тому +1

    Hey Matt I was just wondering what rust protection system you use for your 79

    • @theexplorelife
      @theexplorelife  2 роки тому

      hey mate I'm not sure what package it was but it has a full chassis spray from the detail centre on the sunshine coast

    • @redgie_h_vizla9292
      @redgie_h_vizla9292 2 роки тому

      Are you not running an electronic protection system?

  • @waynasfamilyadventures147
    @waynasfamilyadventures147 2 роки тому +1

    Will be at the den in 5 weeks time

  • @michaelbulla9231
    @michaelbulla9231 2 роки тому +2

    Cracker episode Matty and Nav those rocks like a lot like Karratha just a different colour
    New front end looks mint too 👌

  • @neilbartlam791
    @neilbartlam791 2 роки тому +1

    Great content guys , how does Nav go with tequila Tuesday 😃😃

  • @steveferguson5307
    @steveferguson5307 2 роки тому +1

    Go generally every Friday night for pizza, music and jag the joker

  • @howesyaadventures5542
    @howesyaadventures5542 2 роки тому

    Cracker vid. Awesome hep putting on some Larry’s! Loving navs knowledge 👌

  • @BradGryphonn
    @BradGryphonn 2 роки тому +1

    39:30 Two men fought over a woman by throwing rocks at each other, according to what my kuku yalanji family told me. They kept hunting for and throwing rocks at each other until two mountains formed. Neither got the woman. Black mountain s a lesson in the futility of jealousy.

    • @vt4216
      @vt4216 2 роки тому +1

      I really appreciate all your insider information that goes way back. Thanks!

  • @brianlee5702
    @brianlee5702 2 роки тому

    I've previously written to both the Prime Minister and the Governor General suggesting a visit to the Lion's Den become part of the Australian Constitution. Haven't heard back yet but have no doubt wheels are turning.
    We welcome everyone to our little patch of paradise but ask you show a little more respect for the swamp lizards than these blokes did. Being eaten alive can really spoil your day.

  • @adamnorton9701
    @adamnorton9701 2 роки тому +1

    I hope Nav put some of them home butchered tomahawk steaks in his carry-on luggage for the trip..

  • @cameronprice622
    @cameronprice622 2 роки тому +1

    Second for the real dub

  • @michaeldilkes9433
    @michaeldilkes9433 2 роки тому

    Do you have a run down on your tinny mounting on the patriot?

  • @Quarry4x4
    @Quarry4x4 2 роки тому

    30 years sober but as per your request I'm on my way to the pub.

  • @baumie461
    @baumie461 2 роки тому +2

    Can't find that "ford falls" on my map mate. How far south of Cooktown is it?

    • @theexplorelife
      @theexplorelife  2 роки тому +2

      not too sure mate but around 20 mins north of lions den hotel on the right

    • @darcy_raine
      @darcy_raine 2 роки тому +2

      Is it called trevathan falls by any chance .?

    • @theexplorelife
      @theexplorelife  2 роки тому +1

      @@darcy_raine that's it mate I've since looked and theres a couple different names that come up

    • @darcy_raine
      @darcy_raine 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah thought so. Looks like there is a few more signs up now. Was pretty hard to find a few years ago.

  • @wepopcreative
    @wepopcreative 9 місяців тому

    Yeah Black Mountain is a cursed place, elders warn people to stay away. I’m surprised you didn’t get in trouble for flying drone over.

  • @billgates7202
    @billgates7202 2 роки тому +2

    ATTA BOY NAVSY

  • @jamesc9849
    @jamesc9849 2 роки тому +2

    His analogy between a woolies mudcake and grandmas cake doesnt work....... they are both good cakes 🤷‍♂️

  • @Patrick-fs8dc
    @Patrick-fs8dc 2 роки тому

    when I went to cape, I ate so many of them ants they taste pretty good mate.

  • @BradGryphonn
    @BradGryphonn 2 роки тому +1

    PK's...meh. Back around Noah Beach there is/was a small pub with easy access to the beach and camping if the publican liked you. It may have closed since I was last home. But PK's is okaaay. I've had a night there. It's a bit 'Melbourne in the rainforest' for me. Sorry, I've done it again with the comments...

  • @swelltimeslife6996
    @swelltimeslife6996 10 місяців тому

    Unfortunately the Diantree and Wujal Wujal are proper stuffed up. Also The Lions Den thanks to Cyclone Jasper. Please raise awareness of how these communities are now struggling. Cheers

  • @jordiemuller826
    @jordiemuller826 2 роки тому

    How much did it cost to make 400hp?

  • @betterthanreallife8105
    @betterthanreallife8105 2 роки тому +1

    Motor is out there Now u need a auto

  • @Australian_Outdoor_man
    @Australian_Outdoor_man 2 роки тому +2

    🍺🇦🇺❤️👍

  • @rickrussell7134
    @rickrussell7134 2 роки тому +1

    Yes last year. Cracker place 👌 🤙

  • @BillsNz
    @BillsNz Рік тому +1

    Gave away? I’d rather see you drink 100 💯

  • @brendanmccormick984
    @brendanmccormick984 2 роки тому

    What date did u go on this trip, cheers
    Great videos to btw🤌