What about the two blokes who went fishing in a tinny off Stradbroke Island yesterday and were found dead this morning, No eperb or phone found.

brickies wrote:

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Who was the company who did this will they be charged why did they not start a search

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Maybe a good idea to wait for some facts before accusing someone of manslaughter?

Cheers,
Peter

 

Having been broken down in the desert for 2 & a half days .
A lot of thoughts came back & just as many questions .
When I have told people about my incident , they find it a bit alarming .
Why . After 2 days 2 4x4s came along AND drove straight past me .
A 3rd one a couple of hrs later did stop & took me 20k back to the
cattle station I was heading for . I went into survival mode as soon as the
truck s*#t itself . Had plenty of snacks , but drank the last of my drinking
water when I saw the 2 rooster tail of dust - mistake . Even though I tried
to wave em down , both went past me . I filtered some water I had on one
of the trailers & just kept my mouth moistened .
Why tell this - I was only going 90k & they knew I was coming . BIG mistake .
Whoever took the call - forgot to tell the station manager I was coming .
Rule 1 Stay with Vehicle
Rule 2 If you Think you can walk 20k to cattle station REFER to Rule 1 .
Even last week I said to Pete - I use a Lot of bush tracks around where I live .
DON't ALLWAYS Trust GPS , here they don't allways work . Even with OUR
Bush Fire Radios - We Have SO many Silent spots - even 2-3. from a
repeater .
Richo

Hey Guys n Gals,

Zoomtops, not only do people just fly past on the roads, I was tossed out of my new boat a year or so back badly breaking my arm on the way over the side.

This happened a mile or so out on a calmish day in Townsvilles Cleaveland Bay (Tiger Shark Alley) and the boat had 3 rods in holders with no lines out, and no anchor out... after getting back to the boat and tilting the outboard out ofthe water (a distress signal in its self), I clung to the back of the boat waving and yelling for over an hour while many boats just raced by in a hurry to get to their fishing grounds.

Only after an hour of exhausting effort and a very last ditched struggle did i manage to get an orange smoke flare off and a vessel saw it an rushed to my aid.

To top things off the Coast Guard that came out for the rescue didn't have a First Aider or splint kit on board even though they knew of my injuries, nor did they inform the police (SAR Commander) of the fact I had been in the water for over an hour.

These are professional volunteers so it just shows that self preservation is most important wheather it be at sea, on the land or in the city......

As the Scouts say........................... BE PREPARED

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Grumps