'We drove 1KM OUT TO SEA': the Cape York crew picks its trip apart around the fire

Shaun Whale, Graham Cahill and the team close their Cape York series with a campfire debrief, and viewers answer with routes for the old rigs.

Channel: 4WD 24-7 Story of October 9, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 137,498 views a day, 9.8 times a normal first day on this channel (13,968).

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A longer video from 4WD 24-7 usually opens with about 14,000 views on its first day. The Cape York tell-all had passed 128,000 in 21 hours.

It is the closing chapter of a series that, as we reported here, went back to the trip that started it all 15 years ago. This time there is no new driving. Shaun, Graham and the crew sit around a fire, drinks in hand, and go back over the ground. The description sums up how close it came: a camp swallowed by the tide, a sleepless night on the roof, and a drive a kilometer out to sea just to get clear of the water.

The chapters work like a highlight reel. Everyone gets a favorite moment: Tim crossing the salt flats, Graham's night on the roof, Pete going remote, Shaun fishing. Then come the side stories: a croc at El Arish, a tunnel at Cape Flattery, a fire on the track, a reset at Coen and the final push to the Tip. Shaun's glass ball, the find from the beach, gets a segment of its own.

The two old rigs, Shorty and the Dirty 30, were the draw of the series, and the comments have turned into a planning meeting. Viewers want them out again and come with routes. Some suggest Tasmania or a Simpson Desert crossing. Others want Brisbane to Perth off road, or a coast-to-coast run from Shaun's hometown to Graham's. One asks for a return to the Victorian High Country, where a diff gave out.

The channel's newer Shorts are back in the shed, with late nights on a 60 Series LandCruiser build.

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The numbers

A first day close to ten times the channel's usual for a longer video, even though the channel's day as a whole ran a little under its normal pace.

the video's first day

usual first day here

13,968

this video

137,498

subscribers

1,500,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

497,745,854

views per day

340,249

typical day: 500,792

the video

views

128,633

likes

2,553

comments

100

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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1,520,000

4WD 24-7

1,500,000

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1,500,000

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1,340,000

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1,310,000

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1,180,000

As of October 9, 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.