Would you Climb this? (NOT SAFE) Augusta to Northcliffe Ep.73
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- We opted to drive from Margaret River down to Augusta for a night. We checked in at the Flinders Bay van park around 11am. Setup, settled ourselves in and had some lunch before setting off for some afternoon adventures.
The following day, the weather was predicted to rain, so we wanted to make the most of the sunshine. We took off south and visited the old water wheel along with the beach spots around Leeuwin national park. We then doubled backed and headed north, checking out Cosy Corner, Hamelin Bay, Boranup Lookout and finished up with a relaxing drive through the Boranup Forest.
Happy with our afternoon expedition, the following day we drove to Northcliffe and set up at Sids Campground. We nabbed the last available powered site, which was great. At only $20 a night for power, this is one of the cheapest (powered) campgrounds we have stayed at.
From Sids, we ventured up to Manjimup to visit the King Jarrah tree. We also passed some amazing chainsaw sculptures which were just sitting in someones front yard. After leaving Manjimup, heading to Pemberton we stopped into the Diamond Tree! Amz had decided she wanted to climb all 3 in the area. She made it to the top no problems at all. Kurts not really a fan of heights so he waited with Rusty on the ground.
Just as we got to Pemberton, it started raining, so we grabbed a snack from the bakery and headed back to camp. It then rained all day the following day, which was a good excuse to have a chill day in the van. When the rain eventually cleared we ventured out for a more adventures.
We headed to the Dave Bicentennial Tree, the tallest of the 3 tree climbs. After Amz had conquered that tree, we headed up to Beedelup Falls. We walked the little circuit around the falls and visited the walk through tree. We had heard Yeagarup Dunes was a good spot to see, so we headed into Warren National Park. Kurt let the tires down and we had some fun driving on the dunes. #funfact Yeagarup sand dunes are one of largest mobile sand dunes in the southern hemisphere - making their way inland 4m each year.
After some fun on the dunes, we headed back into Pemberton, as Amz wanted to climb the Gloucester tree to finish off the trio of tree climbs. What an eventful morning making it back to camp just after lunch time.
Hearing good things about Windy Harbour, we decided to go check it out the following day. On the drive in we decided to stretch our legs and climb Mt Chudalup, a small 1.2km hike to the summit. The views up top were an amazing 360degree views of the surrounds. Well worth the hike if you’re in the area.
We continued onto Windy Harbour where we checked out all the lookouts and beaches. The ‘cliff window’ lookout was cool and only a short 200m walk from the carpark. When we headed down to see Cathedral rock, we noticed recent fire damage to the area. A local happened to be driving past and started telling us about the ‘incident’.
The local volunteer sea rescue group were doing a public flare demo, when the wind took a spark, which resulted in the start of a bushfire. The locals residents were quite lucky the service road stopped it from crossing and that the firefighters could get it under control #oops
Next stop Walpole to Boat Harbour.
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Very brave girl there Amy. There is no way I would climb them trees. Don’t blame ya Kurt. Ya must of been worried Kurt of Amy falling. I remember my son climbing the gloster tree or what ever it’s called and he was like only 7 at the time. I told him to get down, I was freaking out. This was like 15 years ago and from memory I don’t think it had any webbing around the tree for extra Saftey so was I very concerned for my boy.
Great video guys legends. Great footage up top of those trees Amez.
Cheers Brad 🤙 Amy is a nutter and always does adrenaline things so I'm used to it. No webbing? Bugger that haha!
Sparkys on the loose ok yeah I’m learning this mate she’s got balls of steel. Me I got raisins dude. I can’t stand hights. They say face ya fears, I say go away lol 😂 also congratulations on Amy saying yes. You two are a lovely couple and I know you’ll have a great future together and ya kids can look back on all the great shows you’s made.🤵👰🏻🏝⛺️🏔📽🤟🏻
Thanks for the kind words Brad!
Ames, they are not sunglasses, they are a full face shield! Great footage from up the fire lookouts. The Kari forest is magnificent. There was a butcher in Pemberton that sold hormone free pork and beef. We bought a couple of each -big slabs of meat, expecting they shrink to normal plate size on the bbq, but they retained much of their original size overhanging our plates - too much meat for two people, but man it was beautiful.
Amz... Always ready with her ppe 😂. Bugger the butcher was closed for us when we went through. Apparently the diamond tree is now closed due to fugi rot 😗
Really enjoyed your commentary
Don't worry Kurt! I'd be with you at the bottom unless i was paid a lot of money to climb those trees! Bloody beautiful corner of the country! Thanks for sharing guys!!
Good on you for making those climbs. I would have stayed on the ground.
Great work guys, climbed those trees about 45 years ago, not to sure how I would go these days, pushing 70 now
We read a news article in town that a 90 year old just did one. Plenty of time to do it again Max.
Yes climbed it many times over the years. First time about 30 years ago. Back then I would not let my kidlings climb it. They are all safe just take your time.
Just found out the diamond tree is now closed due to rot.. crazy!
In NAM
Great vid once again. Well done for climbing those trees Amz, I did the Gloucester tree in Pemberton 43 years ago. Some of your town pronunciations are funny 😃 onwards and upwards!
Haha yeah we are slowly giving up trying to pronounce them correctly. Cheers Steve 🤙
It was interesting about the Diamond Tree look out Dapaw have shut it down permanently as it was deem unsafe due to tree rot. Well done Amz for climbing three trees in a day wow you rock
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Crazy! Amz just made it in time.
cool to see you got to look around my back yard and in regards to Windy Harbour most huts are owned by locals from Manjimup , Pemberton and some Northcliffe locals with the odd city owner but was a great video to watch
Another great clip guys! Those climbing trees are unreal! Well done Amy, an impressive effort!!! I’ll put that on my to do list when we get there 🤙
Cheers Sam 🤙
Another great clip of Australia.
Cheers Stephanie 🤙
You guys are the best , you’s have the best videos and I also have a d22 04 model, going to get it ready and then hit the round, thanx guys!!!
Yeeeeew 🤙 spare starter and a bottle of head gasket sealer, you can conquer anything.
Nice one guys. I may climb some of the up that tree. But not all the way. Good on you. 🤙👍😎
Yeah amz is crazy haha cheers Phil 🤙
Good one guys love the scenic views n the climbing trees yeh ill pass to
Haha smart man Stuart 😂🤙
Great content guys, thank you
Cheers jazzy 🤙
And i wouldn't climb those trees either
Stuff that!
Well done on the climb
Cheers Zoe 🤙
You were lucky guys, apparently the Diamond Tree has now been closed permanently as they found rot in the base of it. Just got a notification on another page i follow. Not that you'd see me climbing them in any great hurry either...lol.
Haha yeah we found out as well.. crazy!
I cant even watch the gopro footage of the climb.. I'm with you mate. I'd be having a beer at the car waiting.
Bloody oath Jake 🤙
Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just found your channel, great content. Im in vic and have subscribed
Cheers Harold and welcome to the adventure! 🤙🤙
awesome I reckon down might have been bit scary
Some of the bars actually wobble, bloody crazy. 🤙
@@Sparkysontheloose id give it a go i reckon 😂
Looks like someone is a bit saw in the legs after that hehe !
Haha Kurt didn't even make it up and has sore legs, I think the fear makes you work harder.
@@Sparkysontheloose copy that ive been there wow how sore can ya legs get !!!!!
Geez,me guts was churning just watching ya climb those trees.Well done.What drone are you guys running?
We use the Mavic Pro.
what are you doing with the hound when you are entering the national parks?
Check out our travelling with a dog podcast, it's better explained there.
I first climbed it at age 9. Now I climb the bicentennial tree
I climbed this when I was 9 then when I was 10 then I climbed it a couple months ago , age 11. At 9 diamond, at 10 Gloucester, at 11 bicentennial
Can’t believe I’m watching other people’s holiday videos...........with a little bit of information included to justify adds......but hey ........gunna dig my old holiday camcorders stuff out from the 90,s.......and early 2000’s.......
Crazy that we have over half a million views on our channel.... Welcome to the future Ian....start uploading.