Fifteen years after it started it all, Cape York's flooded beach camp returns

Shaun Whale and Graham Cahill went back to the east coast beach run that launched them, slept on the roof when the tide came in, and passed two and a half million views.

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NIGHTMARE FLOODED CAMP IN CROC COUNTRY… Sleeping On Our Roof To Survive

Which 4WD 24-7 video is everyone watching? Not the newest one. The Cape York beach run that went up nine days ago, "NIGHTMARE FLOODED CAMP IN CROC COUNTRY… Sleeping On Our Roof To Survive," is still drawing more views a day than anything else on the channel, close to three times the pace of this week's big Off-Grid episode.

The description frames it as a homecoming: this stretch of the remote east coast is where the whole thing began 15 years ago. Shaun Whale and Graham Cahill have 60 kilometers of sand, tidal crossings, quicksand and crocodiles to cover, and four days before the tide closes the beach. On the first night the water floods camp, so they sleep on the roof and then drive a kilometer out to sea to get clear. Oysters, a spit roast and a giant croc fill the rest.

The week's eleven uploads kept the Cape York thread going in short form: a Japanese-style glass fishing float found intact on a beach, and Uncle Grazza fishing while a croc the description calls bus-sized cruised past. The longer new piece, Graham's Winton run through Channel Country, said goodbye to Bianca and Jordon, and much of its comment section is farewells to the pair, with one viewer asking for a full breakdown of how to plan a multi-week trip.

The channel drew around four and a half million views over the seven days, well above its usual pace, and added about 10,000 subscribers. Among the off-road and motorsport channels around its size, only ThoughTaken gained more views this week, while John Hicks and CarsandCameras also ran ahead of their usual days.

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The videos drawing views on 4WD 24-7 right now

2,000km & 8 Days 4WDing Through Outback Australia's Real Cowboy Count…207,511 views · 2026-10-01 We found an INTACT glass buoy on Cape York 😳122,488 views · 2026-09-29 Bus-Sized Crocodile found near their campsite! 🚨72,919 views · 2026-09-26 River so DEEP we had to push each other across 😬30,231 views · 2026-09-30 Luxury cars for sale, one careful lady driver 😂18,659 views · 2026-09-29 There's NO WAY they actually get out of this!15,325 views · 2026-09-27

The numbers

Here is how 4WD 24-7's week looks in figures.

views gained this week, compared with similar channels

ThoughTaken

16,157,411

4WD 24-7

4,537,471

Kashius Alexander

3,183,342

John Hicks

2,023,338

Harley Davidson People

869,905

CarsandCameras

751,037

Quadrant

566,343

6Foot4Honda

3,762

subscribers

1,500,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

495,606,293

views per day

911,419

typical day: 574,506

this week's videos (first-day views)

2,000km & 8 Days 4WDing Through Outback…

154,193

We found an INTACT glass buoy on Cape Y…

35,621

Bus-Sized Crocodile found near their ca…

14,675

River so DEEP we had to push each other…

13,813

There's NO WAY they actually get out of…

7,147

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

Harley Davidson People

1,980,000

John Hicks

1,970,000

Driver61

1,520,000

4WD 24-7

1,500,000

Kashius Alexander

1,500,000

ThoughTaken

1,320,000

CarsandCameras

1,310,000

Quadrant

1,180,000

6Foot4Honda

1,150,000

As of October 3, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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