Port Campbell cray fisherman Wayne Hanegraaf

Down the Great Ocean Road in Southwest Victoria, The Captain discovers one of the natural wonders of the Australian coastline. Nope, it’s not the 13th Apostle. It’s the legendary lobster lover Wayne Hanegraaf. He’s skippering his Volvo-Penta powered Pro-Marine 28ft cray boat around the ancient stones in search of juicy red marine crustaceans.

[@busplay]

Great story.....legend! who else wanted more of his story

[@stringybarkin]

I remember Wayne as young blokes, long blonde hair back then, great to see he still fishing, not just a Legend, A piece of local history. He used to tow surfers into 2mile waves in his tinny

[@yandenuts]

I'm shivering just thinking about it. Good memories..

[@robintaurima8257]

More stories of old sea dogs like this special legend right here need to be told, before they can't tell there legacy,I'm sure there are plenty of them out there, the ocean is huge, ❤️

[@rhysmillikin1144]

Been a while since I've been out fishing with this legend miss those days only boat I would go on have a good laugh and catch some nice feed 😊

[@Noastrenght]

What a humble man, at peace with himself and the world.

[@MrFijibati]

That's the.. LIFE ! Mate, your a real LEGEND.

[@petebegnell9480]

Maybe my favorite episode..... Genuine...👍

[@Tradesatwork]

Another great boat, geography and personal story. Love your work guys.

[@geoffthefarmer]

What a legend. I've driven 6 hours to Port Campbell just to have a cray meal at the local pub several times over the years. Great meal and I hope it was his crays.

[@ozhunter2505]

Great story, I've watched this 6 times. Who the f#ck didn't like this?

[@simdogg8412]

seriously if you made an entire tv series i would watch every fuckin one. keep up the quality videos

[@lok14]

I want to sit down with this dude have a beer and listen to his stories

[@nickformationz9256]

You will be having a rum not a beer! His one of the more classic locals were I grew up

[@carolenicholas9283]

That is by far the best cray boat I have seen in the whole of A/NZ. A cut above in all respects.

[@robintaurima8257]

Your not wrong mate, 👍and I've been on a few,awesome boat alright,

[@scenefromabove]

One of my fondest memories is visiting Port Campbell, and going out on one of the cray boats that was now instead dedicated to taking tourists out for a closer look as the "Seven' Sisters. It was particularly moving to be sitting in the water, directly above the famous wreck of the Loch Aird.

[@TheTorkerman]

More stories like this please Captain

[@brianshields7137]

Good day Wayne good to see your still at it catch up one day I'm in your neck of the woods

[@tworocksmotortrimmers]

Great interview , He's got that fuel bill dialled in now , bet he wishes he had that sorted a few years earlier . Good luck and keep safe @WayneHanegraaf for the next few years out there !

[@Topseller99]

Living his life...legend 👍

[@xlk310]

Thank you for sharing this story. What a legend ⚓️

[@Castathon]

You can keep your footy heroes etc. these blokes are proper legends.

[@casshendry]

Awesome Wayne. Thoroughly enjoyed your clip. Safe travels. Love your boat Dolphin II. Thanks.

[@andrewvillanueva4222]

What a awesome life and job. Tell you loved your job. What a awesome office that you work in. I barely lasted 17 years at my job!!!!!

[@DrippingWetPictures]

Loved this. Awesome little film!

[@stevenwilliams1497]

True Blue Aussie Legend!

[@edgarbleikur1929]

Bloody rippa! This is how advertorials should be done!

[@raysboatingandadventure1277]

Nice set up, love your story.

[@OFFICIAL_VIDEO_AWARDS]

Great filming great editing great bloke to share his story

[@nicolaspadega2281]

So many people get caught up in a cooperate life of following rules and looking for money from good jobs, in other words, society's sheep. Very few people are willing to step out of line and become shepherds, leaders, not followers . And you can tell this is a man who enjoys the life he has and I have nothing but respect for people willing to step that far out of the box that is society looking for a truly good life.

[@urgumskurgum7570]

Glad i watched this . What a top bloke .

[@bobclark4994]

Great boat and a fantastic bloke!

[@jakepresling2395]

I love this guy!

[@timford3934]

My favourite story, watched it numerous times

[@Ohdonttellme]

Thank you, very nicely done.

[@fisherman775]

I just loved this

[@Will-yr9bz]

What an awesome vid guys love it

[@osirus1322]

Beautiful video guys!

[@nigelmorgan3449]

Great story thank you for sharing

[@netwright4083]

I’ve been a subscriber since close to the beginning and this is a really good video!

[@Will-yr9bz]

Fabulous vid guys awesome

[@esp224]

Legendary Aussie .....Cheers Mate

[@dennishunt1590]

I have put my boat in off the pier at Port Campbell and have done a LOT of diving around that Coast. Done many dives on the shipwreck The Loch Ard and other shipwrecks. Dived the wreck of the Fiji at moonlight heads. It's wild ocean diving but it's some of the best diving I've done and I have dived many places in Australia and the rest of the world.

[@stuss8012]

What a legend

[@tacotaco7658]

An awesome boat with the legend

[@kevinmurphy506]

Great video

[@expdtn3328]

Enjoyed that, what a good bugger.

[@ricardoviolanti5780]

Great story great place true blue Australian 👍.

[@maureenhayden1791]

true legend !!!

[@yandenuts]

You done good.

[@oliviamareetarantola9779]

Best office I've ever seen

[@mountainconstructions]

You've never seen it at 30knots South Westerly with 3 meter swells then

[@benduea2713]

Nice boat!

[@mrburns2936]

Nice , great man

[@seaturtle5757]

Damn that’s cool!

[@scharftalicous]

I want a crane and boat launching combo. That blew my mind having grown up in a massive fishing community with a very similar crane/set-up, I always wondered what that crane was for other than diving practice.

[@slasher7176]

Love your video mate that boat and motor is bloody awsome would love to come out with you guys I have an ex crayboat in sa v23 huntsman 200 hp volvo and 290a sterndrive love cray fishing and fishing shame the industry has fell apart id love to be in your position I feel sorry for fishermen of how the market is but you guys have really kept things going I really admire you 👍

[@henryphelps8100]

Gidday guys! froth all the videos! I was wondering what the song is in the backround. Thanks

[@francisling3196]

Grabs his long board and rides that lovely righthander off his pier...

[@timtam8771]

Actually a very sweepy left that breaks into the pier. Out beyond that and you’re tackling Two Mile... which is a right, lovely won’t be term that comes to mind if you cop one on the head out there!

[@lukewignall9947]

Nice boat

[@TheBuckthat]

Nice storey, great boat, but must be the only commercial fisherman that likes a green anchor though, bloody expensive for parts.

[@maverick_nz]

What a good bugger

[@headhunter306]

Awesome boat. I'd love to have a small diesel in mine. If mine was straight shaft I would put one in her but its inboard outboard. Instead in going to pull it all out and run two outboards on a bracket.

[@slasher7176]

Bloody good story love to come out with you guys I have a v23 huntsman with a 200 volvo diesel ex crayboat at port Macdonnell sa

[@eddieforrester5402]

This is the guy I'd want to spend a day with SOLID!

[@steenfuglsangjespersen8620]

Great boat 👍🇩🇰denmark 🇩🇰 👍

[@petergrundy8081]

Good story what a lucrative business

[@truefactproductions1964]

well done

[@user-ee5ib4sr7o]

Magic

[@lindahodge4297]

Great story working in a stunning place making money Liven the dream id say

[@88njtrigg88]

Why don't you guys help shpoo and Yowie with their ice habits ? Have a good one. Ciao...!

[@cedarwilson9794]

I need a job like this

[@discount8508]

I ate one of his crays 🦞..................it had a tobacco flavour

[@samfisher1564]

if he thinks the coast round port Campbell is incredible, which it is, he should see the south coast of Tassie and mattsuyker

[@shazam3218]

wow

[@williamkerr3350]

Thats a seriously agile 29 footer.

[@douglasmcmillion]

Nice film. I used to catch crayfish in the canyon pools by my house. They are freshwater crustaceans. This fisherman I'm pretty sure is in the ocean, so those would be lobsters, saltwater dwellers and much larger. Crayfish or crawdads we call them in America are about 4 inches in length and have claws like Maine lobster.

[@DiHandley]

A real dead set Australian for sure!

[@MemeStar-jf1qs]

Where do I sign up?

[@carolenicholas9283]

We gotta stop sending our crawlies to the Chomgs.

[@annydaysullysay]

whats he on about only paying $1500 per year in fuel thats like 20 litres a week

[@obgmax1429]

Must have meant 15,000

[@nedkellysghost7931]

@Danny Sullivan He doesn't fish all year round. There is a closed season, plus the fishery is based on quotas. It may only take 4-5 months to fill his annual quota.

[@calvinwilliams121]

Can people launch off that jetty

[@dalemiller5893]

Nar you can't catch crays every day of the week its seasonal as you would know mate....

[@Lesfraser]

okay mate

[@cooperstannard9504]

First

[@duanesworld2975]

U lucky Florida ruined we had 45 good years last 8 years become toilet NO good overpopulation fishin sux here NOW

[@josephkayes5964]

What a legend