Darwin, word from two travellers that they took the tugs in for a basic service; (oil & filter). only to be called by the service centres stating that they needed all the brake pads & rotors replaced. A $200 service becomming a $1000 bill. One guy had his brakes serviced in Perth before leaving, but fell for it.
Realy sounds like a scam going on up there.
Many complaints of how expensive it is in WA.
Us, we had to make a very quick escape from a free roadside camp at 11.00pm after some colourd @$$holes set a grass fire going around the camp area.L woke to the sound of voices & crackling of the fire, just in time to see the mongrles leaving the sceen. It was burning both sides of the entry track so a very quick packup & time the escape between the flames. Lucky it was a slow burning fire, We travelled out of that area only to find another freshly lit fire at the intersection, so a few more kls to saftey at 1.00am.
One of those experiences that you don't realy need.
JC
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Glad you managed to escape, hope any others there did too.
Once between Kununurra and towards and just before the border crossing into NT I saw a carload of aboriginals (family) stopped by the side of the main road setting fire to the grass on the edge of the roadway. I reported the incident to the border crossing staff when I got there.
Did you report your incident at all?
-- Edited by Vic41 on Friday 8th of August 2014 04:18:47 AM
All though in this case better it wasn't JC. So glad you both are now safe and away from such idiocy. People that deliberately light fires like that should be strung up from the nearest tree and left to rot.
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A lot of the locals up north are in the habit of lighting the grass wherever they stop, in the early and middle part of the dry season. I think it harks back to former land management practices of having lots of smaller burnt areas to prevent the big, fast moving, really destructive fires of the late dry season. I've been in company with both indigines and non-indigenous station managers who have done this. It takes a while for us southerners to get used to - and of course, it was criminal to do it round someone's camp.
You are correct Wendy - in the past it was a common practice but as i am in formed it was done prior to setting up the camp and never to endanger those already encamped.
Glad you got out J.C. - Like the earlier comment did you report the incident?
