Noticed this on the ABC news this morning


http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/12/01/3082011.htm

Scary - there is no way I would even consider venturing across with water that deep, up there.

Its a shame that others have to risk their lives to rescue stupid people!!!

Put some people behind the wheel of a 4x4 and they think they can do anything

We have been across Cahills Crossing a number of times and there is always someone doing something silly when we have. Then, as you say, someone else has to risk their lives to save them. That water is infested with big salties.

So there was a reason the 51 year old person didnt have a licence - He is brain dead - then he went out and proved it...... Lord, the selection process needs to be stricter..

Idiot....you see so many stories of vehicles being washed off causeways etc and it makes you wonder, hellllllooo lights are on - no-one home !! And you put someone elses life in jeopardy as well. helllllllllllllooooooo

Makes you wonder if he ever DID have a licence and if he did why hasn't he got one now??

There's no shortage of snapping handbags in that river either!

if you saw a river called  East Alligator River , wouldnt you think twice about attempting that?? crickey...

-- Edited by milo on Thursday 2nd of December 2010 01:42:56 PM

Been a few taken there too wading out and fishing off the roadway, makes you wonder!

Not only drivers, we saw a woman start to walk the Ianhoe Crossing [ knee deep ]with her little dog after her partner told he would pick her up on the other side.
You could see the crocks lying on the rocks on the other side & she only turned back when the dog got washed off & it had to swim back.
I think there was a message in there that she failed to see. We were close enough to here him make the suggestion, along with a few other people as well.

We used to say there was one born every day, now there is a population explosion of them.

Maybe he wanted to get rid of her and that was a good way of doing it.........

Cahills crossing,, scary place, coming back from coburg penn, tide was in , deep water counted 27 crocs, on other side bloke fishing from rocks caught one then croc grabbed fish tug awar like crazy before bloke finally let rod go, nearly pulled off rocks& his mates all yelling encougement,got 3 rousing boo's for letting rod go, real ferral country,,, des37

Ma wrote:

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Maybe he wanted to get rid of her and that was a good way of doing it.........

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we must be mind readers!

 

Probably city folk who never get out of the city much.. you need to respect the bush when your out there..

There,s a sign says "dodn,t cross at high tide , and I suppose he didn,t see the beware croc sign , either. Good barras from the causeway, but keep your eyes peeled as a local(aboriginal) was taken the week before I arrived, and I went down with a spotlightjust atfer dusk and counted14 pairs of eyes!Saw one during the day that had to be 4m plus,too many to put my 10ft dinghy in.Obirri rock paintings are great.