Vic High Country - 4x4 - High Elevation Camping - Howitt Hut
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- In this episode I head up above Licola for a few days of camping and 4x4ing with no real plans, I run into a subscriber Jamie who then tags along as we decide to take the easy track in Kelly Lane and check out the huts, then onto Dimmicks Lookout before setting up camp at Howitt Hut.
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Another cracking vid mate, spectacular scenery, I just don’t get the vandalism of the iconic huts but I guess that’s the world we live in, safe travels mate looking forward to the next one …. 🍺🍺
@@alanjohnston243 yep, it’s sad that people actually vandalise things like the huts, Nico pen not so bad but to burn and use a chainsaw to engrave stuff is just wrong. This person that done this should know better, I’m pretty sure i know who done it. 🤦🏽
Thanks again for the support for the channel mate… it’s appreciated! 👍🏼
Was great to hear your down to earth stories. It was the first time I'd been up there and it's stunning. We went to dimmick's lookout afterwards and was just blown away. I feel so spoilt having all this on the doorstep.
@@braunshock6112 guessing your one of the boys from Howitt Hut ?
Yeah we are blessed to live were we do, it was a draw card for me to come back from the Goldie after 26 years.
After this next episode I went to Picture Point on the way back from Lovicks Hut etc, now that’s some view. 👌
Thanks for watching and taking the time out to drop a comment ! 👍🏼
Thanks for showing this Gav, brought back a lot of memories from my Air Force days at East Sale back in the early 80's. I used to take my old EH wagon up to Howitt Hut and stash fuel up there for our dirt bike rides. Also used to take the kids up to Bennison lookout and Mt Tamboritha when it was snowing, Crazy, but that's what you did then.
Yeah mate. Times have definitely changed, still see a few 2WD vehicles getting around up there but in the snow would be a different scenario for sure.
Showing ya age there too mate. 🤦🏽👍🏼
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment again mate.
Great country , great content , love the true blue Ausie approach to your videos…..it takes a real true bourn and bread Ausie to deeply love and appreciate the raw natural beauty of the Australian bush …… Others can of course view , treck , live or camp and breath the air but to be bourn to it is another story …… Not meant to be divisive, just how I feel about our great country.
@@mspalding thanks mate, I’ve been away from the high country for a while when I was living up on the Gold Coast, so it’s definitely good to immerse myself back into it.
It’s so good to spend some time up there and cleanse the soul.
Thanks for watching mate and taking the time to comment. 👍🏼
Great camp spot that one next to Howitt hut, camped there several times, exactly the same spot , one time with Jason off the beaten path, RUclips and Troopy Mat.
What’s the story with D , Did you kiss and make up? 😁. looks like you had some beautiful weather.❤
Two years ago we had an early snow season and the gates were still open. Camped in wild weather inside Howitt Hut. The interior of the hut was all covered in snow bloody snow came in through the gaps, One of my best trips ever went solo.
Nice video❤
@@lucamancini3147 yeah not many to choose from that are reasonably level.
Nah mate, that was his handy work at the hut, I was just having a dig at him incase he was watching.
Sounds like an awesome trip mate, I know how much you like your snow trip ya mad man.
We’ll have to go on a trip one day soon.
Thanks for watching and keep well mate.
👍🏼
Such a beautiful area Gav , shame cockheads think it’s ok to spray neon paint in Kelly’s hut 😢 Thanks for your awesome content mate .
@@HLsab cheers Luke, you know it’s shit they vandalise the huts but atleast the spray paint and nico pen graffiti can be scrubbed off, but the burnt - scorched mantlepiece is unrepairable, that’s the disappointing part… the bloke that done it should be embarrassed, and I hope he watches the episode.
Thanks for watching Luke. 👍🏼
Thanks for the stickers boss 🤩 enjoying the great content 📺
@@TheJohnChocolate no probs, hope they didn’t end up on the medics troopy 🤦🏽🤣
See your RUclips famous also! 👍🏼
Love those fresh mornings camping, beaut views you had. Agree too about chatting, it’s always interesting talking to people🏕🇳🇿
@@tleej26 that’s it TJ, I always go out of my way to talk to people, it’s something I’ve done all my life when camping. I use to like looking at peoples setups. But now it has a little to do with getting the channel name out there, but I definitely like a good chin wag. !!
Thanks for watching again mate, appreciate it 👍🏼
Nice one Gav. Those High Country huts are special aren't they? Pity about the ratbags that do unwarranted damage for no reason. Great to have company on your trip too. Keep on keeping on mate! :)
@@happyguy61 thanks Chris, yeah I enjoyed the company, made it a little harder to film but was a good day -night.
I’m not overly worried about the nico pen graffiti as it can be removed, but when people use chainsaws to engrave their names or burn things like the guy that done that did it wrong. It’s unrepairable, I hope he deeply regrets what he’s done, and if he watched it he will know that I know !
Thanks for watching and dropping a comment mate.
@@aguyandhistroopy mate you’re a certified cinematographer now - gotta work your arse off for your art hahaha😂
Yeah I can live with graffiti but you’re right about the irrepairable damage these dickheads do it’s a crying shame. Keep up the great content mate. Very happy to support your channel.👍
Some more wonderful country! Looks like its been a bit wet in parts - one of those puddles looked pretty dodgy. Thanks again.
Cheers Neil, yeah was a little wet up on Kelly Lane which surprised me.
What bloke doesn’t like driving through puddles but !! 🤣👍🏼
Thanks for watching mate. 👌
Love the old horse yards🇦🇺🍺
@@daverobertsHJ45 it’s a cracker hey, always stop in and check them out. Love how the ramp is built into the trees. 👍🏼
The old horse hards are a crackin bit of history. I always pull in and check them out when im heading up Tamboritha rd and just imagine what life would of been like back then. 👍
@@Rightomate I always think the same thing, I reckon so much better, but a lot harder, they use to do it hard back in the old days. But imagine how rewarding it would have been for them.
Cheers for watching and supporting the channel 👍🏼
Hi Gav that was a awesome drive through the high country and the old huts are amazing. I'm glad I wasn't one of the settlers wives. It's great for us we can drive out if the bush but once they were there that was it. But I love the bush. The new glasses look great.
@@annehardy4329 thanks 👍🏼. It would have been a hard cold life up there, but it would have been rewarding to know that you did it off your own back. I reckon the blokes would have done it hard but the wife’s would have been a whole different sort of hard, the isolation, raising a family etc. have to give them credit. 👍🏼 they were a tough breed back in them days that’s for sure.
Congrats on cracking 5k mate! We have a lot of problems with people marking up live trees, rock walls... really whatever they can get to. It's a damn shame but sometimes it's like talking to a wall. Glad to see you getting out and about, hello again from America!
@@wanderingoglethorpe thanks mate, yeah that’s one of my main gripes, people tagging living trees with chainsaws etc, bad enough the huts.
Hope you’re well mate and your lines are tight.
Thanks for watching and taking the time out to comment. 👍🏼
@@aguyandhistroopy I'm doing as well as I can man. Probably gonna take you up on that offer to talk sooner then later... Had some life events come up that have kind of upended everything.
It's nice being able to see others doing the things I enjoy on the other side of the world. Getting that travelling bug annoying me to get back on the road soon.
Another great vid and showcase of the bush. Can’t wait to get the grandkids out and about for a couple days.
@@craigb5341 thanks mate, we definitely need to get the next generation up into the bush a lot more, so that way it will make it harder for the government to shut everything down.
Thanks for watching. 👍🏼
Top little trip. Always good to meet new people on your travels.
@@scottroygbiv cheers mate, yeah… I don’t do enough of it. Atleast I didn’t have to walk to the next campsite for a change for a chat. 👍🏼🤣
That burnt-in graffiti wasn’t there when we stayed last March. Such a shame. Really loved McMichaels Hut. I can confirm that the creek that runs by it is extremely cold (as it should be). I should know, I took a dip in it.
Loved this ep but now I want to go back.
@@AroundTheNextCorner yeah. I actually know who burnt the mantlepiece, and if he’s watching he will know I was having ago at him. He done it in one of his videos, not the smartest bloke going around.
He’s recently deleted a heap of videos and this one was one of them, but you reckon as an influencer he’d be better at what he does.
I had no intentions of going for a swim in there ! 🤣🤦🏽
Thanks for watching ! 👍🏼
Good on you, Gav. It's very generous of you to take the time and make the effort to share these experiences. Smiling the whole way through.
@@captainblackboots it wasn’t what I was expecting when I left home, but it was good to have a bit of company at camp.
But I’m glad I done the next day by myself, a lot to capture, big day for not many k’s, but spectacular country that’s for sure. 👌
Thanks for tuning in and dropping a comment Capt. it’s greatly appreciated. 👍🏼
Great vid Brother.
Was good to see you show someone around and share the experience with another likeminded traveller.
That graffiti shits me
Awesome views Great camp site.
Bush merch drop 👌
Loved it mate. It’s always an adventure
Congratulations on the 5000 milestone.
This video is another display of why you have 5000 subs and growing.
Keep up the good work mate.
And Go Pies 😜😜
Cheers
Brad & Fi
@@reddustadventures f@&k, where do I start.
Cheers Guys,
-Bush merch drop is good as it’s free postage. 👍🏼
-Graffiti will always be there, it’s just disappointing when certain so called influencers might be contributing to it. 🤷🏼
-Views 👌
-Pies are pretenders 🤦🏽
-Thanks, 5000 a massive achievement and ‘ORGANIC’
Great chatting to you today, albeit a little long 🤣🤦🏽
Thanks for your support and keeping me grounded in your own way guys.
Cheers 🍻
Awesome video cobber, love that area it’s fantastic.
@@spf4x4 thanks mate, it’s nice and easy enough for the average person to get to, the reason I wanted to film it… and to visit McMicheals Hut and vent my disappointment as you would know. 🤣🤣🤦🏽👍🏼
Cheers for watching Cliff 🍻
@@aguyandhistroopy yeah graffiti in the huts is very disappointing and highlights the problem that vandalism in the high country has become.
#enjoydontdestroy
He he last time i was at Dimmicks was trying (struggling) to get 3G coverage to fix a frikken broken server at work...... Was nice spot to call my office for a while!
@@aarone8013 definitely wouldn’t be complaining about having to call that my office, just be a fair distraction that view in front of you all day. 🤦🏽👍🏼
Shit that morning was warmer than when me and Balls was there Apr-May. Woke up and EVERYTHING was white, -7. Obviously haven't gone all the way on fixing Tamboritha . Certainly needs it.
Cheers mate. BobbyB.
@@bobbyb9371 nothing wrong with the road, just some corrugations, the right tyre pressures and no probs at all.
I’m glad it wasn’t minus 7 mate, bad enough being at it for work let alone having to camp in it. But it always looks pretty spectacular a good frost in the morning.
Thanks for watching BobbyB Appreciate it 👍🏼
Another great trip mate, looking forward to the next installment😬
@@4x4devgru thanks Mick. I like the next one myself… and I’m my biggest critic. It’s magnificent country up that way, the huts are next level.
Cheers for the support mate. 👍🏼
Always good in the vhc
@@shaddonaghue pretty happy to have it as my backyard mate.👍🏼
Great video, really enjoyed it mate. I'll be putting it in my favourites list. I want to tick off all of the places you went.
@@stewedapple you’ll have to watch the next episode, it only get better, better views and better huts👍🏼
Thanks for taking the time out to watch and drop a comment Mate. 👍🏼
As old mate Timmy says, there's some Crackin' views up that way!! LOL
@@Lee-astrololee yeah, and it’s so true hey. Around every corner there is a different one 👍🏼
Thanks for watching Lee
@@aguyandhistroopy No Worries Mate, Yeah love anywhere up that way, could hang out in the bush for the rest of time and be totally at peace, just looking over them hills!
@@Lee-astrololee you been to Picture Point ?
@@aguyandhistroopy Just up from Lovicks hut, yes but didn't stop went onto the King Billy Tree but that was years ago when the track was less used! I wasn't driving at the time and my then partner was not keen on stopping anywhere to look at things! LOL Now I can please myself! hahahha and am going over that way again next Nov with a club trip, which should be fun!
@@Lee-astrololee some views from there. 👌
Hopefully old mates got some clutch left for the way home. 😂
@@lukereynolds9907 yeah, he was having a bit of trouble getting out of camp that’s for sure. I could have made a whole blooper reel from it !!🤦🏽🤣
Another top video mate Nice work
@@PittwaterMowing thanks Ray 👍🏼
Noticed it been a while since you dropped a video, retired or the grass isn’t growing much up your way of late?
@@aguyandhistroopy Started my channel in 2011 I think I’m suffering a little RUclips burnout haha 😛
@@PittwaterMowingthey reckon the average YT channel lifespan is 7 years. You have done well. Hope my channel lasts that long. 👍🏼👍🏼
Great video Gav...smoke follows beauty, "fuck I must be good lookin"...LOL😂 turn it up Crusty, I've seen better face's on clocks...😂....but I do enjoy your content though...thanks for sharing.
@@mattpearce4099 it’s a know fact that smoke follows beauty, if I moved everytime it was in my direction I’d be getting cramps at camp. I just normally thought it out so everyone else at camp can have an enjoyable smoke free night. 🤣👍🏼🤣
Glad you’re enjoying it Matt, appreciate you taking the time out to watch ! 🍻
I guess many parts of Australia have their attractions. I'd like to spend a week or so in the Vic/SA Mallee sometime before I can't. The Alpine, Kosci', and Namadgi National Parks, and their foothills will always be my favourite though. Thanks for reminding me of how much I miss the bush Krusty. Your vid's are so relatable, and never disappoint. Keep that gravel in your travels matey. 👍
@@mort8143 it’s an amazing country we live in, I have no plans to get overseas anytime soon. So much to see and to do it’s insane, I’ll never get to every place I want to see in my lifetime, but I’ll give it a good crack.
It’s beautiful country over the Kosciuszko area, just a shame they are slowly closing it down to the public.
Thanks once again for your ongoing support to the channel Mort, you are a true champion mate.
Thanks gav love that part of the world. That hut is very special. Great area. I've done a few walks around that place many years ago. Great call on the graffiti mate. Don't understand it. Burning stuff like that. Even the yellow spray paint in one of them. Love the way you communicate with people and have a laugh. Keep getting some gravel in your travel all the best sheppy
@@michaelsheppard6486 thanks Sheppy, it’s a great area, but I’ll leave the walking for you. 🤦🏽🤣
Yeah it’s not right to deface the huts in a way that it’s permanent, I don’t get some people.
Always up for a chat and a laugh, it’s good for the soul.
Thanks again for watching and taking the time to drop a comment. 👍🏼
Thanks mate, I'm really enjoying the raw content. Keep them coming. Cheers
@@raynewman4904 thanks Ray, I appreciate you taking the time to watch them also to drop a comment. 👍🏼
Amazing ep Krusty your knowledge on the vic high country is next level mate, can’t wait for the next one, cheers 🍻
@@wildtroopytravellers thanks guys. Wikipedia is my friend… lmao.
Hope you guys are well, loving the van and the trips you guys are going on. Need a few fishing tips of you I reckon Ash
Cheers 🍻
Love the scenery and info you provide. Just a shame about the mental pygmies who tear up the country side and brass up the huts... all the gear with no idea!
@@Cootapatamba thanks guys, yeah it’s a shame, but I think some people just believe it’s their right to do what they want, the mantlepiece was done by someone that should know a lot better, I seriously hope he was watches this episode.
Cheers for the ongoing support. 👍🏼
Great stuff Gav, i live in north Vic so always come the other way but its a great drive coming up past picture point king billy and over Howitt high plains with some crackin views.
I was going to ask about the bloke burning the mantle but read in the comments above. Hard to believe he'd do that, would of expected better from the bloke to be honest.
Keep up the great work mate!
@@damo.77 it’s beautiful country, and I need to get over that way a lot more when the seasonal closures open up again.
Yeah, might be bit of a story behind it. But to see it appear halfway through an episode of his when he was camping in the was a shock, but it doesn’t surprise me honestly to tell the truth.
Feel free to reach out and I can fill in the lines, but I’m not innocent either.
If you watch my video carefully you might prove it together by the wording. 🤷🏼
Thanks for watching and taking the time to drop a comment.
Your support is much appreciated. 👍🏼
@@aguyandhistroopyim intrigued now about the backstory to this.
@@damo.77 hit me up on insta. PM. Happy to give you my number.
Great work.
Pity people feel they have the right to graffiti, it’s so annoying.
Might have to go another trip to Victorian high country after cape York
Cheers
Craig
@@ottouring if I told you done it you wouldn’t believe it, he’s one of us.🤦🏽
Look forward to checking out your content from the Cape mate.
Enjoy. 👍🏼
@@aguyandhistroopy
Really that’s even worse. We all enjoy these beautiful locations and should appreciate them.
How would they feel if someone walked into their property and scribbled shit all over it.
Look forward to yr next one
Cheers and travel safely
G'day Crusty! Cam here hope all's going well for ya mate? After we left buckwong camp ended up going through omeo bindi Commins hut nunniong then down to little river junction, next day across to delegate diversion tunnel Wilson's hut Vic star mines wallingubrah inn how good is all those spots hey! then into our backyard through to home, few trips in the making coming up might catch up again, awesome vids keep em coming cheers mate 👍👍
@@SouthernCrossOffroadAdventures Hey Cam, was great running into you guys, what a bunch of legends.
You covered some ground that’s for sure, and seen some cracking spots. Glad you watch some previous episodes to get some ideas.
Keep us in the loop when you know where and when ya going, I’ll see if I can bring a few cold cans of coke and some ice for you guys to enjoy.
Hope ya well mate. 👍🏼
@aguyandhistroopy will chat for sure mate, am thinking we'll throw in a pub stop somewhere for a night or 2 on the next one our shout for some coldies for a legendary troopy adventurer 😉👍👍
@@SouthernCrossOffroadAdventures I’ll be in that for sure. Nothing better than a good country pub. 👍🏼🍻
@@aguyandhistroopy too rite mate! We did a trip a few months before we met you included a night at the dargo pub good feed few coldies mates whole lotta laughs an yarns out on the verandah can't get much better to top off the adventures 🍻 some more Krusty yarns an laughs would be awesome 🍻👍
@@SouthernCrossOffroadAdventuresnow that sounds like a plan. 👍🏼
Nice Gav, always great content
@@retrostravels cheers mate, thanks for taking the time out to watch and comment 👍🏼
Loving the content mate! When was this? Early April? Some ripper views. Need to plan some spring time trips. Think I’m done for winter. Too friggin cold atm. But need to get up Howitt way again. Cheers Crusty!
Yeah Adam, mid April from memory.
I’m with you on the too cold part, don’t really have much interest in camping in the snow to tell the truth.
Thanks for the support mate, appreciate it 👍🏼
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@@befreedmc3598 👍🏼… its greatly appreciated mate. Cheers for watching 🍻
Great video
Which month did you do this as I see you guys in shirts and tshirt as it’s July in Melbourne
Do you ever worry when you enter the huts of snakes as it’s dark and dingy inside
@@jerryrubinek8905 mid April Jerry, the cold doesn’t really bother me too much as I work up on the Snowy 2.0 Hydro Project, never really to warm over there ! 🤦🏽🤣
Never thought of snakes in the huts, I’ve been told by family members that I need to start wearing gators when I’m hiking, which I might actually do.
Better to be safe than sorry.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. 👍🏼
Great video of the high country mate. Enjoying your vids and the information provided.
Just wondering as to which 23zero swag you use and dimensions? Am tossing up between a farce and 23zero. Cheers in advance
@@Big_Daz thanks mate.
I’m using the 23Zero Bandit 1100.
It’s 1100W x 2150L x 850H approximately. Can’t say I’ve seen the Darche swag in the flesh, but I hear they are very similar in many ways. I think either way you will be happy.
Thanks for watching mate and taking the time to comment. 👍🏼
Aren't kelly lane, zeka spur, Howitt road and many other roads and tracks that you went on closed during the winter, and during the time the video was filmed?
@@muzzo-z-3976 yeah mate you’re correct that a lot of tracks are closed over winter and some of these tracks are included in the closures.
I try and keep my content up to date or as close to as possible, unlike most YT channels which are 6 months behind. This was filmed around May from memory.
Hope this answers your question..
Thanks for tuning in and watching and taking the time to drop a comment. 👍🏼
Another great video mate. What stretcher are you using?
@@clintAdventures hey Clint, thanks mate.
I’m using the Oztent RS-1 from memory, it’s a 1000mm wide stretcher, pretty stable for its size.
@@aguyandhistroopy is that the 23zero bandit 1100 swag your using? if sop how does it fit with the stretcher? do the pole ends (metal loops) sit on or over the edge of the stretcher?
@@clintAdventures yeah, the stretcher is only 1000mm wide as are most the stretchers.
So there is slight overhang on the sides of the stretcher but the overall length is pretty spot on. I have thought about making a short spreader bar for each end and attaching it to the swag. But it works well enough for me.
I’m using the Oztent Rs-1.
Hope that helps.
Great vid Gav.
What do you reckon the best time of year is for this trip?
@@OutNAboutAustralia hey Luke, depends on whether you want to freeze or be a little warmer. 🤷🏼🤣
You can’t go much further than Howitt Hut due to seasonal closures, so I’d do it in the summer months so you’ll get more areas to explore.
If you’re going in winter that diesel heater will get a good working out ! 🤣🤣
My next video will show you what’s further to the west, good tracks, views and better huts.
Cheers for the support and thanks for watching. 👍🏼
Good stuff buddy, r those hoodies for sale??
@@louiskudlak2256 thanks Louis, yeah mate they are can jump on my Bigcartel website and place a order. I’ll just be away for 2 weeks for work so I’ll be able to get it in the post when I’m back.
Thanks for watching mate 👍🏼
aguyandhistroopy.bigcartel.com
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@@mickrose6450 Mick 👍🏼🍻👏
I'm planning on going there, but am worried about the closures. Is it okay to still drive, if the tracks are supposedly 'closed' for the winter?
@@muzzo-z-3976 all closed up now mate. As I mentioned I on your other comment, I filmed this around May.
You’ll have to wait till the Melb Cup weekend in Nov now.
How do I go about buying a patch?
@@AndyTom9999 can jump on my bigcartel store aguyandhistroopy.bigcartel.com/ and purchase through there.
Appreciate the support mate, looks like a troopy in for YT profile?
I don't get why people have to graffiti these huts
Yeah it’s not the best. Texta’s can be cleaned up easily but burning and gouging your name into things is permanent. Some people just don’t get it ! 🤦🏽
It truly is a shame to see vandalism in these huts like the burns.
I don't even get the graffiti to be honest. You'd think the people who actually take the time to venture out and see these places would be above that and that the infatile brained peanuts who do want to vandalise wouldn't bother going all the way out there. 😢
@@mudgutzadventures436 maybe I should of pulled his sticker off the window… shit did I just text that. 🤦🏽🤣
That’s what makes it even worse.
Thanks for watching mate.
Hope ya well. 👍🏼
@@aguyandhistroopy oh oops I wasn't meaning to bag the fella with the sticker 🤣
But the people who burn and carve their names into the woodwork etc is just terrible
I put something up about the graffiti, but it appears my post has been removed 😢
Probably not as polite as you, but these SCUM BAGS, just do my head in.
Thanks! Love your videos mate
@@Jerzei thanks mate you are way to kind. Appreciate your support 👍🏼