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Great memories, went surfing on Fraser Island at the end of 1969, camped on top of Middle Rocks above the Champagne Pools and only saw the same one person and vehicle twice in 4 days. Had dingoes checking us out accross the camp fire, we were sleeping in open fronted tents and all you had to do with the dogs was to clap your hands and they ran away. Totally uncrowded surf, it was only in the next few trips we realised how many sharks were around us.

We had a great country back then. Now look at it. Ruined

Where is it screening in the Newcastle area?

If you paddle out it ant that difficult except for all the F...wits trying to be a pro... Surfing isnt the same as it use to be .... never will be...so lucky i was around around when it had soul....not anymore....

Heard that so many times ! I thought it was the "FIRST COMMANDMENT " in the SURFERS BIBLE ?.. ( YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE YESTERDAY )

"you guyz reeeeeeally missed it..." Famous words. Thank you Bruce Brown.

One of the greatest experiences of God's creation there is. If you want more of that, eternally, believe in Jesus.

Cant wait to see this here in California.

How will I be able to watch this in NZ ?

begs the question, how lucky were we :)

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Brown water barrels...

So man I’m still living my life like I did in the 70’s. On the farm, crescent just down the road with miles of back beaches. Grow everything, hens give me eggs, totally off grid, tank water and I stay outa the modern world as much as possible because I don’t understand it or modern people✌️❤️

I know how much work would have gone into this, well done, look forward to seeing it.

Yep. I used to go fishing up there, while the mates rode the waves. 👍😁

Brings back memories. Used to travel up with mates from Caloundra in a 1930's ford that used to be parked in the grave yard. Had no floor so a hairy ride up past the Cherry Venture. Beer, surfing and fishing. My board was from Hayden Kenny and shaped by Bob McTavish. Admired Greenough for his belly boarding, photography and the greenough fin. The 1960's were a magical time!

I was involved in a bad car accident on the beach going to Cherry Venture when it beached 70s. Never got to it..instead went to Nambour hospital 😢

My dad recently sold a Hawaiian spoon made at Bells to a bloke with a museum collection. Apparently the original maker was still kicking on a few years back when dad sold it. I think the initials are AJ in the shape of a bell. This is the first time I've seen one other than his. It's under the blokes arm when they're walking through the sand dunes.

Here we are in 2023, if DI has any size expect up to 500 4X4's on the sand on the nth side!!!

None of those prickly pear any more.

Wow I am assuming that was the Noosa River Ferry at Tewantin?

My white AP6 wagon was the best car I ever owned. I sold it when I went on my first overseas surfing holiday. I thought I was doing my mate a favour by selling him a good car on the cheap. He sold it to George Greenough for double my price. There you go.

Are we there yet !!!!

You should tell the truth and stop trying to perpetuate the myth. Most of the time DIP is shithouse and the banks aren't in at all. And it's super sharky. And it's a bastard to get to with us risking getting bogged and swamped all the way up. The jaunt destroys your car and once you do it a few times it's time to sell that vehicle pronto. That is the reality folks. Sure it's a great experience but it's unlikely you will get it pumping or even any good. The day/s you waste trying to find DIP on you are missing Noosa definitely on. The fishing can be productive though.

If olny they saw the crowds now everywhere.

Yeah pity it wasn't 8 foot and pumping. Yes you can ride both points, reminds me of Granite at Noosa, had that to myself on day at 8-10' and it is a nice long ride around the point. Thanks to Titch at Torquay for the 6'8" gun he made for me.

If I count up the nights I've camped along that area it would probably make up a year's worth I reckon. Sadly, it's a highway of people exploiting a truly wonderful ecosystem now. I've seen the point during cyclone swells and it's an incredible site when the sand it hard and sculpted.

❤ Great memories! With my Caloundra friends, we used to drive low tide from Noosa to the point and camp in the late 60’s long weekends … was blissful. And since my parents were surfers we used to go there too … late 60’s … so beautiful! Thanks for posting this!

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Sounds like Santa Rosalillita in Baja... Transgenerational hype ;-)

back when people knew how to drive in the sand. Without 4WD and all the bling.

As soon as there is a hint of a Cyclone every surfing publication seems to want to blow this place up at the moment. I almost hope this cyclone is a fizzer haha

Do you mean you can do that WITHOUT 5,000kg of equipment and 180k in Gucci TJM gear

I recognise that bay where they swim having surfed it in ‘89

Aarr yes dubble island, still remember the days when the pages in the magazine's were stuck together in the sand hills , and there wasn't a rubber neck or blow in insight. Those were the days my friends

Drove along the beach to Double Island Point in 1964 in an EH Holden station wagon. We made it to the northern side. When we got back to Noosa it was pumping and did so for the few weeks we stayed. It was May and a cyclone was somewhere out there in The Coral Sea. Awesome journey from Bungan Beach in Sydney. This video brought back some great memories.

I was born in the early 80’s but love the style and adventures from these times Slightly jealous haha Thanks for sharing 🤙

Awesome Valiant wagon there -- "three on the tree" describes the gearshift. and there were dots all over the ceiling of the car. That was my first surf vehicle in California and Oregon. If I'm not wrong, in Australia it is just a "Valiant", in the USA it was a "Plymouth Valiant"...

the actual surfing starts at 3:49

Great stuff, Greenough and McTavish

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oh man, that brought back some memories. Bob Evans was our next-door neighbor in Sydney, Elanora Heights at the time of this film. it was probably this film, Bob used to bring his film projector over to our house and show his new films to a gathering of Sydney surfing identities, greeno, mctavich etc, this fim, that prompted my Father, Bill Wallace, to pay Noosa a couple of visits a few years after this film. and After buying a beach house on Hastings st, Noosa, Bill moved the entire family and surfboard manufacturing business to noosa in 72, been here ever since. Bill and Betty both passed away around 8 years ago. we went to DI many times as kids camping fishing , usually small waves, due to when it's big you cant get up there because of the even bigger waves on the open beach you needed to drive along for 50 miles. the reason we used to see many ancient relic cars that got trapped in the soft sand of the rising tide and big waves. thanks for posting this . Bob Evans, wow, me and his son Glen were best mates, footy together , exploring the bush and caves around Narrabeen and the heights

It's a hoax. Total dribble.

How wicked. I live an hour from there and have been camping up there since 76 . A lot has changed but the sand bars do form up with the angle of the beach and you can still get a long ride.

I can smell the water logged balsa from here