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This Californian’s heart longs for yesteryear. Great video 🤙🏼

damn foreigners

I decided l wanted to go to catus feb 79, so l built a board l presumed would work even though ld never been there or l think even saw pics . When the board was done l went the top of the street in the " Shire" , stuck my thumb out and off l went , 2.5 days later l got to cactus, God knows how many lifts it took me , surfboard back pack .set my tent up without a base just up from the beach . Many early morning surfs l think hardly any guys , though a lot of scorpions. Iam surprised nothing ate me l was pretty naive then . Coupla guys from Port Augusta gave me a lift back to the Port taking me to few good local spots along the Peninsular ,,,from Augusta l hitched another 1.5 weeks along the coast and finally got back to the top of my street . Mission accomplished.. Owning a car wouldve been handy

Very nice

Stunning

Some advice if you’re lucky enough to surf now never stop

Sweet , goose bumps , born 59 Raised in cronulla , 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊😎

When life was more simpler.

first did catus xmas 1974, was a good year after cyclone tracy in Darwin

we first done Catus in 1974 xmas when cyclone tracy hit Darwin, real good surf that season

You can't close the beach

Cactus is a shithole of shacks and inbreeding....you can't do a shit there without someone wanting money or a methed out local spying ready to confront you can't do this that ..surf spots are crowded with a redneck agro hierarchy with the daggiest lost touch with reality boneheads thinking they own the place... An environmental disaster area looks like a refugee camp they shit on the ground no water unless you pay to camp in a 5th world camp ground..the only human contact these inbred locals have is a truck stop half a day's drive away they don't shower coz of desert no water and they don't look or behave like a surfing community it's like a bunch of zombie people no doubt from inbreeding and the absence of getting their heads punched in getting away being dickhead wankers for decades....my advice to any would be serial killer go to cactus Beach and clean up the maggots that pollute the place

Pascoe dreaming Philbit yew

I first went to Cactus in 1970 and it was just desert and salt pans, and we had a little split window Kombi. No water anywhere, no shops and not a stick to be found for a fire. We had to go buy our water and food, and mostly lived on cereal, powdered milk and canned food, but the surf was fucking amazing. And that was the first time I ever saw sharks just cruising around. The ferals told us to just ignore them, and somehow we did and got some of the best waves of our lives.

First surf & fishing trip to Cactus was in 1988, 8 of us went, surfed Cactus, Cuns, Castles & Caves. Caves was by a country mile, the best waves I surfed there, up there with the best right hander I have ever Surfed 🏄‍♂️ On a side note, the best Gunja desert deal I have ever witnessed, $50.00 for 3/4 potato sack of freshly picked Ponong Red Resin Buds, kept us stoned surfing for a week at least 🏄‍♂️

Beautiful memories

I visited in 1979 and was invited into a room to see Super 8's of this spot. The Aussies swore me to secrecy. I live in San Diego and South Australia resembles Baja so much before the internet,GPS's and fancy 4x4's. It was a nice time to be young.

I swear that's Steamers beach at the start. I've sat under that tree many times.

kinda muss those early surfing years..sundek boardies and all

surf vintage!

wish i was alive during this time, bloody masterpeice.

A funny little known fact is that there are no Cacti in Australia. We camped there for a few weeks in 1995. As well we surfed a joint in WA called 3 bears. There are no Bears in Australia.

What an amazing time to be alive..thanks

Classic vid, thanks for posting!

Brings back great memories of a trip I did there in '89. Caught the bus to Ceduna then hitch hiked into Cactus. Awesome trip! Was shown a few secret spots around that way too.

Cool tunes for a cool place brings back fond memories

Cactus, Castles and Caves wee my home breaks from 1978- 1980 , three years as I worked in Ceduna. We sometimes surfed Caves ( a right and best ref) with just the four of us. BTW we had it on some Huge days unlike this video.

Cactus 🌵 isn’t there anymore... It moved to Western Australia 🇦🇺

Love it

Thanks for posting that video takes me back ,,im a kiwi and went over there in 1974 ? will never forget the trip ..the day we left a young lad got eaten by a white pointer when he swam out to his dads fishing boat at point Sinclair, You guys will be getting on a bit now just like me ,,cheers

Great waves all ways something to play with the big right hander a superb point break. I didnt know about the great whites tii years later so very relaxed.reno abeleiro donald paarman and rob ward put on a great show.

Unsettling.

stunning

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Great vid Laurie. I bought that kombi off Nowra Mazda in 85. I had 3 good years out of it. Few more dings in it after that though.

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