Aussie bloke drinks beer as gale force wind tears down trees and knocks over chairs around him in Kalgoorlie

An Aussie bloke calmly enjoying a cold beer while ignoring gale force winds has become an instant folk hero. 

Footage shows the man in high-vis stoically clutching a pint as tables and chairs go flying in the outdoor area of the Rec Hotel in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia.

The air is thick with dust and debris, and across the street a branch is ripped off a tree landing on a parked car.

But the carefree pub-goer in the Outback mining town continues on, merely squinting as chaos rages all around him

‘Aint no 125km/h winds stopping this trooper from enjoying a frothy and a durry,’ TikTok poster vzmith said.

Commenters described the bizarre clip as ‘purely Australian’ declaring him a ‘living legend’.

‘Man has absolutely seen worse. This? Just a bit of a gale!’ one person said.

Another wrote: ‘He’s the bloke that would go ‘a bit windy aye’.’

‘Yeah boys, perfect day to have a beer outside. Beautiful day!’ a third joked.

WA was battered by storms from about midnight on Tuesday, with the Goldfields region recording wind gusts of about 100km/h.

Statewide the SES was called out 40 times to assist members of the public, while the Department of Fire and Emergency Services received more than 260 calls for help.

By Thursday, 10,000 homes experienced power blackouts around WA, the majority being in the Goldfields area.

‘I’m from Kal we lost power for 24 hours after this light breeze,’ one person noted in the comments for the TikTok video.