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Sadly found deceased
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03...09Pzd-YnFinSJOWn1FJ6cmd_6tdUia_iofDfsI7cXsQ68
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03...09Pzd-YnFinSJOWn1FJ6cmd_6tdUia_iofDfsI7cXsQ68
Missing Prospectors & other Persons (WA) Western Australia
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Sad news, looks like both are dead, bodies found today.
Talking to some of search team ( not the ones that found them) apparently not together but about 3 kms from their camp.
Absolute tragedy and condolences to their family
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Philip & Sandra Box
No suspicious circumstances but not surprising in this area during the summer. There's absolutely no surface water, very little chance of finding food and navigation is extremely difficult. You simply can't tell people how difficult it is to find your way in this terrain because most people trust their basic instincts. Even if you are lucky enough to find a bit of shade for your camp that only means that your camp is better hidden.
I don't know the exact spot where they went missing but we were in the area just after Christmas with our bus, three metres high, attached to the dual quad trailer. I nosed the bus under the biggest tree on the edge of a bottle dump and we walked about looking for relics for the Cue Heritage Centre. On more than one occasion we lost track of where the bus was and had to walk the perimeter of the bottle dump to locate the bus.
This is open country with very little vegetation, almost no hills or gullies and we never went further than 150m from the vehicle. The only thing that brought us back to camp was the limited size of the pile of cans, glass and relics. As long as we stayed within the dump we were near the vehicle but there was just enough mulga to confuse us. I carried a PLB but Mrs M still thinks she can find her way back even though the evidence proves otherwise.
I don't know the exact spot where they went missing but we were in the area just after Christmas with our bus, three metres high, attached to the dual quad trailer. I nosed the bus under the biggest tree on the edge of a bottle dump and we walked about looking for relics for the Cue Heritage Centre. On more than one occasion we lost track of where the bus was and had to walk the perimeter of the bottle dump to locate the bus.
This is open country with very little vegetation, almost no hills or gullies and we never went further than 150m from the vehicle. The only thing that brought us back to camp was the limited size of the pile of cans, glass and relics. As long as we stayed within the dump we were near the vehicle but there was just enough mulga to confuse us. I carried a PLB but Mrs M still thinks she can find her way back even though the evidence proves otherwise.
R.I.P Ray & James Dempsey. - Absolute tragedy.
Grave concerns for 76yo Vietnam veteran missing in outback WA (Norseman area):
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08...o-vietnam-veteran-william-wadsworth/104288286
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08...o-vietnam-veteran-william-wadsworth/104288286
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People need to be prepared more when going into remote areas, so many of these deaths could have been prevented with better preparation.
Dave's Office
Have Detector Will Travel
Let's all pray that this story has a good outcome for Billy and his family and friends. I have all the recommended safety equipment when I go detecting, but that doesn't mean I can't get in trouble out bush. But for the grace of God, there go I.
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