Lamington National Park - Old Youtube vid

[TheBlackStump]

I have not seen this old interesting vid anywhere on this forum so I will post it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayH-yiYHH4A

[Simon M]

That's an amazing find, Black Stump.

It impresses me that the ABC are still reporting things in that way; long form interviews and investigative style journalism instead of the more tabloid/sensationalist format the commercial stations have all adopted.

You get a genuine feel for the place and the people who live there, and instead of snide comments the reporter - while sceptical - acknowledges the fact that the area has a brief recorded history but a lengthy 'unofficial' one.

[Pooch]

Great vid...that man is obviously telling the reporter what he experienced. He seems like a no nonsense old bloke.

[Tuckeroo]

Great to see some of these old vids are still about. Bernard O’Reilly was an experienced bushman, allowing him to find that
plane wreck in the rugged wilderness of the border ranges. I wouldn’t be surprised if he went barefoot.
Reg Cullen the track builder must have seen and heard a few things. Seemed like a humble man; noted the sincerity when he said
‘their around, they just don’t want you to see them’.

T.

[Wolf]

If I was ever going to spend serious money and time looking I would base myself in the border ranges around Lamington out to Woodenbong. That country is as rugged as it is beautiful and prime Yowie habitat with plenty of water and tucker.

Tuckeroo, isn't your avatar from Numinbah Valley?

[inthedark]

If I was ever going to spend serious money and time looking I would base myself in the border ranges around Lamington out to Woodenbong.

You wouldn't go to NSW? The Dividing Range is vast .... and runs virtually uninterrupted from the Southern Highlands right up to the Hunter Valley. There is SO much territory within that expanse which is yet to be explored, and almost zero human habitation - given so much is National Park.

Looking at Google Earth, that expanse of forested wilderness is bigger than any in the country.

[Dean Harrison]

Great find Black Stump - Thank you.

I remember seeing this Video years ago.

Here is one of our Witness Audio Reports from the Mountain Range to the South -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ErGFRN-riU



DMH

[Dion]

If I was ever going to spend serious money and time looking I would base myself in the border ranges around Lamington out to Woodenbong.

You wouldn't go to NSW? The Dividing Range is vast .... and runs virtually uninterrupted from the Southern Highlands right up to the Hunter Valley. There is SO much territory within that expanse which is yet to be explored, and almost zero human habitation - given so much is National Park.

Looking at Google Earth, that expanse of forested wilderness is bigger than any in the country.

It would depend on where one lived if I lived in Brisbane or Gold Coast I would most likely spend my researching days in and around Lamington NP as well, in and around Sydney and the Central Coast there are options a plenty, or of course one of my favourite areas would be where I had my sighting years ago Goonoo State Forest or the Pilliga.

[Tuckeroo]

If I was ever going to spend serious money and time looking I would base myself in the border ranges around Lamington out to Woodenbong. That country is as rugged as it is beautiful and prime Yowie habitat with plenty of water and tucker.

Tuckeroo, isn't your avatar from Numinbah Valley?

Hi Wolf, not sure about Numinbah valley viewpoint in the pic of Wollumbin. Looks more of the typical west direction
going by the feathery looking trees on the lower left hand side of the plug. It is high up and close.
Thought it looked like a giant Yowie moving through the hills.

I’ve always thought of Mt W. as the Australian ground zero of Yowie sightings;
the beautiful, wild and creepy caldera surrounding it. Ditto the bearded lady.

T.