Terrigal river mouth opens up live ,,Awesome,, must watch kids surfing

[@dhavebags334]

4Years later this man is active in Comments Salute to this legend

[@beachdetectingthemoneypotb7265]

Best comment ever !!

[@beachdetectingthemoneypotb7265]

Dam strait !!!

[@marshmallow-q1l]

7 years later…

[@finnegus1995]

Really cool that the official people are there letting the kids have fun and making sure theyre safe

[@flattys4funfishing]

Usually the kids just hand dog a tiny little one and it grows but sometimes the council comes to empty it so that the water doesn't get gross not all of them let you do it

[@ViralTuber]

I like that people are allowed to play in it. If it was USA you'd not be allowed within 100 yards of the digging machine, let alone playing in the active flood canal.

[@sheba9679]

ViralTuber 👍😂 in Germany there would be barriers everywhere

[@seans7794]

I was thinking the same thing as I was watching this. We definitely wouldn’t be able to do this in America.

[@mkeets]

sean s they actually do this in Hawai’i every once in awhile

[@laytonn1160]

There is barriers for a reason, one accident is an easy lawsuit

[@tylercook8982]

Over here in the U.K. there are danger signs 10 meters away, £60 trespassing fines, a tax to exist within 20 meters of the canal and if you make contact with sand you will get 8-10 in max security. Although it is fine to stab people aslong as it’s central London

[@martinlang9615]

Great to see the kids having fun...brings back memories 😆

[@lordot8665]

People that live by the water like this are very unique and almost always positive its awesome

[@frootloop8491]

I live next to an inland ocean, (lake winnipeg) and can confirm

[@joyestdead1962]

I live near the ocean and every one hates each other. Of corse this is because I live in nj

[@uhh896]

Sometimes when I’m watching KZbin I wonder “why am I even watching this???”

[@chasetucker7443]

Hayden Buckley Tomato

[@1jakub]

too lol

[@HenryTyrrell2006]

Uhh some times when I read comments I wonder why am I reading this

[@zlayersmagicalkite8146]

Cause we were kids too. And that's one of the things a kid woud love to do

[@zlayersmagicalkite8146]

*would

[@ynech]

Great video. Surfing is my love.

[@kittehfoodz]

I came here for the track hoe in the sand.

[@ericstrong513]

Best comment at 5:37, "It's shit", lol. Everything just sounds so good with an Aussie accent. I'm sure you seen some of the vids of these in Hawaii. Hand dug trench to the lagoons/rivers and they flow for a good 30-40 mins. Nothing but nature's, organic flowriders, good stuff. Cheers!

[@ich22]

when i was young on a family trip my brother and me were playing in the sand. we built a little channel from a big lake that was like 30 meters away from the sea...2 hours later it was a river like this...my parents were ashamed and fled with us..i can remember that very well :D

[@jarredweatherhead6601]

Ohh well my brother and i blocked off a river leading an ocean it was about 3 metres wide. We blocked it of ot started to back flow and cause massive sink holes in the sand we were right in the shit. Still doesnt flow 2 years later just sits their and is stagnant and smells like shit because its fresh water from the farms with waste in it.

[@shrock6629]

@@jarredweatherhead6601 😂😂😂😂 great kids

[@Kaslidaughterofchaos]

Yeah I was on a school trip to a beach and half of the class just opened up a lake.

[@keithhernandez4083]

Must watch? Understatement of the decade. Best video on KZbin by a mile

[@mitchwinters864]

Brings a smile to my face! Thanks!

[@winxwinsgroup1s553]

Used to live there...all that extra sand dumped out on the beach makes for some good banks the next few days when settled...

[@JakeTommoTW]

So for those saying it will hurt the environment, as it says in the video, It is not only to protect the local houses from being flooded if we get one of the rain storms we have been having, but by draining it and re opening to tidal flow it get s the water moving again and preventing a black water event as is commonly seen when these sandbars build at the front of creeks during summer.

[@JakeTommoTW]

also of note there were life savers and jet skis on standby for if anyone got in trouble. as well as the fact that these dams/ events are usually cause by king tides depositing large amounts of sand accross the river mouth.

[@hans2406]

JakeTommoTW Thank you for this explanation.

[@jakeherbie1930]

JakeTommoTW the houses deserve to be flooded

[@garriscyan]

literally nothing you said refutes the point of "it will hurt the environment"

[@williamgreene4834]

Joe Weber... You go first.

[@williamstang3776]

Curious and I may have missed it but exactly what is going on here? Why are we digging a trench and draining water into the ocean? Thanks.

[@beachdetectingthemoneypotb7265]

You missed it I said in vid that when it rains inland the river fills up normally it would just push through itself but since there are rich people down river with houses on the edge of river they drain it by machine so houses down river don’t flood There is a sensor that alerts them when it is too full Hope that explains it bit better TD

[@TJ-vl2zl]

These Aussie kids sure could teach some other children to have fun...so cool.to see kids ripping on bodyboards

[@QwrtGym]

My Mates are thinking of digging it open in Avoca but we aren't sure if its illeagl or not

[@beachdetectingthemoneypotb7265]

Not sure bro 😎 I would do it anyway and film it 😂

[@Uizzj]

3:37 poor guy had an itch

[@alexanderlahood8189]

Omg im dying😂😂😂😵

[@AriaMarie._]

😂

[@kirrorinstinct5410]

nah hes just newly engaged to his girfriend........had to pick his ring

[@kimL9000]

Lol

[@user-vl5xl6ns4m]

Nice name

[@sarajanesmith3892]

Put that one on My Bucket List!

[@lorditsprobingtime6668]

We used to have our yearly holiday at Terrigal when I was around 10 till 15 and I was there one time when after weeks of rain they opened the lagoon to let the built up water drain. Gues what powerful and high tech machinery they used then, one man with a shovel and about 5 minutes work. Admittedly the water level was much higher that time and all he did was scrape a small trench across towards the ocean about where they wanted it to run. With the huge amount of water built up it was amazing to watch how fast it went from a trickle to a 20 foot wide raging torrent. In the end the big waves that were still coming in thanks to offshore storms were trying to push their way against the slowing current back up into the lagoon. I could catch a wave and be racing through the water and yet be barely moving in thanks to the outgoing current. Great fun and great memories :-)

[@steelterra1742]

Terrigal is so awsome to live in with beautiful views 😃👍

[@JD-qv2dq]

ahh.....to be young again an have all that energy....thumbs up...!!!

[@markthoughtswithukrainemas2072]

THIS is Awesome !!! you should of gone over to the guy in the Digger and said to him this is Awesome and given him a "HIGH FIVE" and then come back and found some one else to give a high five to

[@frankmmiii]

I believe the bouncy thing you're referring to is called a hydraulic. Many a kayaker and white water rafter have been pulled under and drowned in our rivers here in America.

[@moroni8442]

Hi I love you woman you are so pretty in fact you are the most Biutifull creation that God has ever done

[@buddythecow]

Literally not even the first time I’ve been like “pfft, yeah, probably somewhere in California, but it could also possibly be Oregon so I’ll look it up” and then it just turns out to be Australia

[@c9hr0ni4c]

How in the hell could you hear those accents and think America? Haha

[@buddythecow]

@@c9hr0ni4c that-... I mean, yeah... you have a point there

[@jedbessant8046]

I live in terrigal mate its pretty cool

[@ericsurf6]

Well, not much of a wave but definitely an interesting video.

[@Boris_Chang]

No

[@314biggy]

Eric why are you here you need to spend every waking minute of the day searching for new vending Machines!!!!!!!

[@futur_sunds]

I like your vids.

[@MonthlyFails]

Hello Beach Detecting the Money Pot by Tim Davies, is it possible to contact you regarding this video (i.e. via email)? We would be interested to discuss a license to use this video if this is generally possible to discuss? :) Cheers, Felix

[@AyyDal]

Rumor is that this man is still active in the comments 4 years later, is this true?..

[@beachdetectingthemoneypotb7265]

Yes dam strait

[@petebegnell9480]

10 minutes from my house... that spot is well sealed up now.. same at Wamberal..

[@mandiehardke8396]

How do you stop it / fill it in / end it

[@beachdetectingthemoneypotb7265]

Tides bring sand in and it blocks off again

[@brandoncota7407]

I love river breaks good form mate

[@beachdetectingthemoneypotb7265]

Cheers mate

[@brasilaventuradetectorismo1607]

.SUCESSO sempre .desejo a você toda a sorte do mundo para você e muitas prosperidades e conquistas sempre sucesso sempre .Deixando aquele GIGA LIKEEE 👍🏼🇧🇷

[@Damian-qv6wh]

this is little less than an drive hour from where i live! I should go see it next time

[@proctologistbarbie]

That tradie was super nice asking the lifeguard to keep an eye on the lil blokes

[@laurencehirst7814]

When i was a kid, Terrigal lake was let out by a bloke with a shovel who dug a channel a foot wide from the lake and down the beach slope, the water trickled out at first down the narrow channel..But by morning it was a raging torrent and a third of the lake was gone!..Seems times have changed!

[@kcanded]

I watched a video once of people digging with hands and surfboards to open up a lagoon like this. I don't know if it was Terrigal or not, anyone know what I am talking about? The outpour was amazing.

[@foureyes.d3dth]

Late reply but it was Waimea

[@AndreTheDragon]

Great video this would be a good way to supply deserts with water maybe turn them into forests more people should get involved especially in Africa.

[@P0GboyFlixzYOU]

this is a natural ebb and flow of river and ocean, if they left it alone for another month the river would break through anyway and then after that the waves would build the sand back up. the reason they dug it out was just to protect nearby houses from flooding it didn't damage the environment;all rivers lead to the ocean anyways.

[@T2sEpicTravel]

Awesome fun. Reminds me countryside.

[@cjebmomichismipansususum9289]

this is like building small rivers in your childhood but 10x better

[@MessOfThings]

They should just let the kids dig it out with shovels

[@kraken-sx2ys]

Thanks for the video!! :)

[@kurtisburtis]

My favourite part is the councilman explaining to the boys how this thing could kill them - and then wishes them a fun time as he steps back. Peak Australia, right there … (Thanks, algorithm, for finally bringing this to my attention 😏)

[@GABRIEL1ANONLY]

Wat a vid 🤩 wow that cool man

[@TonyMontana-jg2gu]

It's really fun being a kid..

[@bitterinlife6690]

What happened today? Waimea river was popular among to men now I don't see any just teenagers flopping. I remember that clip were they enjoyed surfing to this

[@virginialoverproductions]

It didn't take me long to realize where this was! ;)

[@johnc3673]

Well done Steel, Thomson, bruiser, Macca & Robbo. What an awesome day. Can't wait till see next years effort.

[@Ethandunloppp]

cool video!

[@aliciascat9433]

Hello 🥳 I live in Terrigal! How do we know when the sand is dug out again? I keep missing it!

[@beachdetectingthemoneypotb7265]

First time for me in 10 years

[@williamjones7163]

This seems as genuine as surfing on a cruise ship.

[@onedawintv4608]

how about the sand ?? it will be back ???

[@beachdetectingthemoneypotb7265]

Allmost 3 million views , thanks 🙏 everyone , even the thumbs down 👎 Done on iPhone 6s Awesome 😎

[@wuzihuzi]

I'm Aussie, and I didn't understand a word those groms said

[@arifhafizamhamzah32]

Is there flood hence need to opened the way out

[@beachdetectingthemoneypotb7265]

Sort of sensors down stream that govern when it gets opened TD

[@adamt253]

Waimea Bay? I used to love playing there.

[@nancydeis7121]

I have never been an ocean and only seen 2 times but grew up at the lake probably the size of that pond lol. I love water. It gives us peace and tranquility and demands RESPECT

[@beachdetectingthemoneypotb7265]

Respect Nature or Fear it One of my registered trade marks So true ✅

[@rqs47alyo31]

Hello my friend. Great video. I like 🔔 ++

[@augustreil]

Awesome, Great to see the kids having fun !!

[@johndean4998]

Is that sewage in the water?

[@pitchpole]

Must be a quiet kind of place for this to be an event

[@peabody4217]

boys will be boys ......adventitious and brave.....have fun while you still can.

[@mailimarechal9447]

I live near there and I remember I helped and it was on the newspaper

[@tictacfan8229]

You sound like one of my dads friends in Australia Trevor who worked in Pacific radiology

[@andrewstanley1027]

That guy sounds like Korg from Thor Ragnarok

[@Msteveral]

Ever been to waimea?

[@AngusMurray]

How did this get 1.9M ? :D

[@tajfaulkner4073]

Moofy 2.2

[@beachdetectingthemoneypotb7265]

Just lucky there's only a hand full of rivers breaking through verse 20 million metal detecting videos ,that's prob why 👍

[@jaspermascio9834]

Now 2.2

[@ericsurf6]

Moofy, I have a video with 100M views and it`s way worse than this.

[@empanada65]

Cause I keep watching it over and over again

[@brycerogers6398]

In Australia we have a saying “It is better to beg forgivness rather than ask permission”

[@jimashton7110]

All they had to was make an inch deep path from the lake to the ocean. The water, gravity and erosion would’ve taken care of the rest rather quickly. Black Rock River formation is the best example. They didn’t need to get an excavator out there. With that volume of water in an inch wide/deep path the water would just zoom along taking lots of the sand with it widening it naturally

[@russs7574]

Yeah, but this looked like a lot more fun for the excavator operator.

[@Cigarsnguitars]

Great fun. Way to go guys.

[@shilpataranga7394]

I was very curious to see the river water is going to join the ocean. But! video he would have been focused more on how greatly river water is going to joining and seems on the sea? That was my intention to see joining water to the sea.

[@battdamon4517]

Good fun. Liked.

[@ooxce7030]

There’s so much foam is it?

[@leewardstyle]

Eddy surfing is so much fun. And no big river-rocks to bail on. Nice!

[@Biffo1262]

The dangerous bit is known as a 'stopper'. I have, unfortunately, been involved in a couple of body recoveries in 'stoppers'. It is essentially an underwater recirculating backwash.

[@beachdetectingthemoneypotb7265]

Great info to back up how dangerous it can be !!

[@heightsofsagarmatha]

In a rapid like this where there's a lake blocked by sand that's then opened? I Can't see it being a keeper hole... unlike lowhead dams

[@ayush_yaduvanshi134]

Love you bro you are living legend on earth 🌎❤️

[@yourfypage]

This is DEFINITELY SURFING!!! *pulls boogie board out*

[@pufferfishz6889]

Just came here to watch kids surfing :)

[@TheJonesKey]

Amazing beach! All that sand!

[@demosthenes1296]

Used to live in North Avoca, beautiful part of the world!

[@2manyspruces]

I thought they would have surfed from the lake through the channel and into the open water.

[@Louis.Rebolloso]

To the people who read this I hope you the best in life and God bless you and your family ❤ Also a small youtuber trying to succeed 👍

[@Goodforyouliving]

good to see that there were no council bureaucrats there giving the boys the WHS lecture and not letting them have their fun

[@libottutorials]

Good job. Open the mouth of river, for surfing.

[@alvisserrano9797]

I just waited a bunch of minutes of my life watching this. This comment is worth more then the video i saw OMG

[@kelvingrebert7315]

as a kid during the 60's & 70's, i would be here annually for 2 wks holiday, usually when everyone else was at school. one yr the lake was that full that the Bellbird Caravan Park flooded & they had to evacuate during the night as it rained a fair bit during the week & that night it poured. next morning they opened the lake

[@alexsherman294]

I would literally live here that would be so fun

[@jeffmonaghan]

Looks like very clean sand!

[@DiannaAtherton]

The surfboard has sure come a long way from american surfer, athlete, adventor Tom Blake. If there is a wave kids are riding it

[@siriosstar4789]

Take note kids everywhere , THATS how you have fun . put down your electronic devices and get your a outside .

[@CrustyClad]

How fun is that? Way to be there Mr Tim. Hope the fire situation ends soon...sad to see.

[@gunnarmoeller8606]

never seen anything like that before..., but may be we islanders don't get around much. greetings from Waimea, Hawaii

[@beachdetectingthemoneypotb7265]

Gunnar Moeller thank you 😊 greetings from Australia 🇦🇺

[@atomotron]

It would be great if the cameraman stopped spinning around so dam fast.

[@ECHOESONSTEEL64]

memodump true

[@timelapselajolla4158]

yeah - I had to stop watching.

[@its_tmd4081]

Hi

[@TheBobiaan]

it still would be pretty lame actually

[@mrbigpeenlongshaft3538]

But he’s carrying all his gear what you gonna do lol

[@phillipmicjan8058]

Been there done that. Was back in the 80s no machinery just a bunch of us digging.

[@carlosantuckwell]

You mean the houses UPstream -- downstream is the ocean mate.

[@mikecmw8492]

In the USA this would never be allowed. It would required that everyone stand 1.4 miles away in case someones feet got wet. We would even make sure no kids under 10 could witness this cause it could cause shock due to the quick running water.

[@hoganbexley7359]

You sound like Wallace from Wallace and grommet 😂😂

[@Pmccaff2009]

I turned up here by searching for something entirely different, man i'm so glad I did

[@victorwhitley2241]

Wouldn't it be more fun to ride down stream 🙃