Lord Howe Island 2024

This is a narrated video documentary of Lord Howe Island (17.5 mins) after a one-week visit to the island by Becca Saunders and Mark Spencer in February, 2024. Highlights include an over-view of the island's geography, snorkel diving at Ned's Beach and The Lagoon and a climb of Mt Gower.
See Mark Spencer's shorter additional video clips on Balls Pyramid ( • Balls Pyramid snorkel ) and the 'Old Gulch' and 'Herring Pools' ( • Old Gulch and Herring ... ) on this channel. They were both created after a second trip to the island in November of 2024.

[@sauces_official]

thank you for capturing video that shows a bit more than the typical views.

[@AussieSpencerSaunder]

@@sauces_official that’s my pleasure. Thank you for your nice feedback

[@bobknee5775]

it was a great video it was very educational and was interesting

[@AussieSpencerSaunder]

@@bobknee5775 thank you Bobknee. Much appreciated

[@ClassicSuper8]

The usual high quality presentation and attention to detail your subscribers have become used to. A true "Fantasy Island' Thanks Becca & Mark, for another very entertaining video.

[@AussieSpencerSaunder]

Aw! Thanks Jim. That's nice of you. I'm keen to look at your recently posted video. Just in a whirl-wind of activity at present - even at night. I'll revert to you very soon

[@ClassicSuper8]

@@AussieSpencerSaunder Keep up the great work mate!

[@kevinmorgan6532]

Hi Mark, thanks for sharing this. Great introduction to this small piece of the planet. Your commentary and personal insights are great and are bound to be appreciated by anyone thinking of visiting. Good job.

[@AussieSpencerSaunder]

Thank you Kevin. I’ll work on the voiceover skills, but I’ll admit it turned out better than I expected

[@AleileeRossiter]

Very good video thanks for making this I enjoy watching this ❤

[@AussieSpencerSaunder]

Thanks Alailee. I appreciate your nice feedback

[@oliviamcdougall5100]

Thank you for doing this and sharing what it is like over there. It was very interesting to watch in my geography class ❤️

[@AussieSpencerSaunder]

@@oliviamcdougall5100 thank you for the feedback Olivia. I very much appreciate your comment. I hope you get there one day

[@paultennant2593]

I stayed at the same place in April 2024 ...watching in July 2024 .the joy from this film you have made is great...thanks.

[@AussieSpencerSaunder]

Thanks for that nice feedback, Paul. Appreciate that

[@JacoReynecke]

Hey Mark, I showed my year 9 students this video for their Geography assessment. They really enjoyed it, thank you for making this. :)

[@bobknee5775]

nice one Jaco its costa

[@AussieSpencerSaunder]

That’s wonderful Jaco. It makes me happy that it appealed to your young students

[@JourneyWithLiane]

Wow amazing! Will go there on April

[@AussieSpencerSaunder]

@@JourneyWithLiane great Liane! I know you’ll enjoy it. Thanks for the feedback

[@zinaidaivannikova2164]

Awesome video thanks 🤩

[@AussieSpencerSaunder]

@@zinaidaivannikova2164 it’s a pleasure, and thank you for the nice complement

[@ColWillcoxColww]

Good effort mate. A wonderful island that needs all the protection us Australians can provide. 🙂

[@rojioyama248]

Viewing from San Francisco, California, Mark. I had heard of Lord Howe Island. I enjoyed your video and look forward to visiting there some day. I have friends who have been to Norfolk Island to paddle outrigger canoes there. A very different topology indeed. I will visit your website. Thanks for the initial introduction to this beautiful place. I have not been to the land of Oz yet, but plan to.

[@AussieSpencerSaunder]

Thank you Roji. I very much appreciate your feedback on the recently posted video. If you come to Australia - and I hope you do - you should include a visit to Lord Howe Island. As you say, it is very different in topography than Norfolk Island. But allow (ideally) two years of planning, because accommodation can be difficult to book within a year. Thanks too for looking at my website. The site (which needs updating) is on my book “Ocean of Self - Beneath the waves of our individual selves”. That book is a treatise on consciousness and spirituality related through my decades of ocean diving and meditation. I hope it’s a book to your liking

[@allancron1936]

The woodhen is very , very similar to the NZ woodhen, great video thanks for sharing,

[@AussieSpencerSaunder]

@@allancron1936 thank you Allan. I wonder if anyone has ever studied a possible evolutionary connection between the two woodhens?

[@shivaunwhite4549]

Great video. Loved the part about the snorkelling. I hope to get there next year. It looks amazing. No climbing that hill for me though. 🙂

[@AussieSpencerSaunder]

@@shivaunwhite4549 hi Shivaun. Thanks for the nice feedback. The snorkelling is wonderful and safe. “That hill” climb was certainly harder than I expected. Enjoy your trip. I wish you an enjoyable time

[@musicman53]

Great video of an awesome island Mark, and thanks for the heads-up about needing to book accommodation 1-2 years in advance! I'm a year older than you mate and still pretty fit, but I think I would have piked well before you, on that traverse across the cliff face🤣

[@AussieSpencerSaunder]

@@musicman53 thank you for the nice feedback and also for the sympathy and understanding regarding my attempt to climb Mt Gower. Going a slower pace might have helped. If you haven’t been there before, enjoy your experience. There are lots of other good walks/climbs to do that aren’t quite as taxing

[@ibrahimabdullahsems4635]

💖💖💖

[@alc6799]

I liked the comment about your journey to birth beginning on the island. I, too, am your age and first went there in 1970 by flying boat with my parents and siblings. My first romance occurred there, and I would love to return for an extended period of time. I felt for you passing up the latter parts of the climb. As you said, a man has to know his limitations. It's better to forgo a view than a stretcher to the hospital or worse.

[@AussieSpencerSaunder]

@@alc6799 thank you for your nice comments. I got a laugh when you said your first ‘romance’ happened on LH. Mine was ending when I went on that 1984 trip at 30 years of age. It’s a beautiful place. We’re lucky to have this island, still so pristine, off our shores

[@alc6799]

@@AussieSpencerSaunder I wonder if anyone has died on the $150 per person, 8 and a 1/2 hour trek, 875m climb and over 12km trek Mt Gower ‘expedition’?

[@alc6799]

To answer my own question, yes, a man died in 2022 presumably from a heart attack.

[@AussieSpencerSaunder]

@@alc6799 I had heard of a death in relatively recent years. I’m assuming also the chances of slipping and falling even a short distance are fairly high

[@AussieSpencerSaunder]

Thanks Col. I’ll call you very soon

[@Burbs1976]

Good effort mate to even get to where you got given your age! We are heading there in February and cannot wait!

[@AussieSpencerSaunder]

@@Burbs1976 thank you. I tend to forget my age and just expect I can do anything I put my intentions to. I’m sure you’ll enjoy your time there. February is a good time to go

[@pinoynation4583]

That woodhen reminds me of a Northern Philippines flighteless bird called 'calayan rail'. Amazing fauna.

[@AussieSpencerSaunder]

@@pinoynation4583 maybe there is a not-too-far distant genetic connection between the birds?

[@pinoynation4583]

@AussieSpencerSaunder Apparently they belong to the same family (rail family) of flightless birds. 🫨