Dont die in the Outback

[Rockhunter62]

another missing person.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/m...-wa-news/775e44de-1e03-4aa9-b3fa-e5d0e5128cc9

Sad news today.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/b...wa-found/2625845d-2cd7-459e-9886-a3831d71a74c

Cheers

Doug

 

[Ded Driver]

sad news for sure. seems they were taking a shortcut around Lake Moore heading to Koorda according to reports.
reinforces one of the key rules; Go well prepared when travelling in remote or sparsely populated areas.

 

[LONEWOLF]

Also NEVER leave your Vehicle.... As that is exactly what will happen... Lucky She was found...

LW....

 

[RM Outback]

Also NEVER leave your Vehicle.... As that is exactly what will happen... Lucky She was found...

LW....

Yeah I find it hard to believe these days at their age I'd be certain they've read it, heard it and seen it on the news. It's an unfortunate sad ending for this bloke and his grieving family and friends :flowers: but at the same time so easily avoidable 8.(

 

[LONEWOLF]

So true RM.... It saddens me that these things still happen... a Horrible way to go... :brokenh:

LW...

 

[Rockhunter62]

Just heard on 7 news here in WA that an elderly German tourist is lost near Mt Augustus in the Pilbara.

Cheers

Doug

 

[Ded Driver]

on the tv tonight they mentioned he had very little water with him
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-10/missing-german-man-lost-on-mount-augustus-hike/11690762
https://www.watoday.com.au/national...ist-hiking-in-wa-s-north-20191110-p53979.html

 

[madtuna]

Not good, and unless a miracle happens it will be a sad outcome. But I got to say what a kazoo! Who goes hiking in that area in that heat with limited water?
Every year it happens and no doubt he won't be the last this spring/summer season.

For some reason we get a lot of Europeans come over in our hottest months. Fins, Germans, Swiss, Norwegians, Danes....
Some of these people come from -20 and lower straight into 40+.

 

[Ded Driver]

crazy hey! ok, Europe has had some heatwaves (equiv to a sunny WA summer day :sunny: layful, but Its the equivalent of us going to the European Alps in their winter, thinking we will chew on ice for water .
"no probs mum, dont worry, it was cold here last winter, i know how to handle it" :awful: :skull:
Makes me want to go out there & find these idiots (hopefully alive) & turkey slap them for being a D"""H"""

 

[Ded Driver]

sounds like this may have an unfortunate outcome in Victoria
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-12/search-for-missing-hiker-scaled-back/11695548

 

[Jaros]

I suppose you shouldn't do these things alone considering the odds of being injured or bitten by a snake etc.--hope he's found safe.

 

[Ded Driver]

YEP, a lot of us might like some solitude & our own company occassionally, & being a fit experienced hiker is one thing, BUT, you also need bush survival skills in good measure if you're going it alone on a few day trek into isloated or remote areas, and of course to be properly equipped with food, water, 1st aid kit, etc, & a PLB should be considered an essential part of the kit.

 

[Jaros]

Definately a PLB and Satphone + water---at least.

 

[Ded Driver]

3 People missing in the NT
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11...-missing-people-in-central-australia/11750612

 

[Dihusky]

17 days on from that report and still no news 8.( Theories.. had a fall down a hill or ravine, his gear might be found after the next flood. Tragic!

 

[Dihusky]

We get a few European staying in my building on the GC, I sometimes get the chance to talk with them about their plans and it astounds me how little research they have done, they rarely have a clue about Australian distances and conditions.

Had a couple of youngsters recently planning on an 'Eastern Circle' trip in a $5k van (not 4x4) Goldy to the Cape, the down to Mt Isa, Uluru, Adelaide, Melbourne and finishing in Sydney! No reality that Gold Coast to the Cape is like half way across Europe, or how inhospitable the country is, no idea of water consumption and that it can be hard to find in the outback, likewise fuel! They ask me about Lizzy my 6x6 and are staggered that I carry 70l of water and 350l of diesel as a basic and work on the 1/3rds rule for every trip.

I don't hear how they went as the GC is never their return destination.

Did a trip as a Cameraman around 10 yrs ago with a crew, Goldy to Mt Isa, across to Townsville and back down the coast. 5 vehicles and part way in before we got to Dalby the van ran out of fuel, I didn't know it ran on LPG and wasn't dual fuel Low and behold, no tow rope so they tried using an extension cord

Around an hour later they hadn't showed so I backtracked, cord had snapped and they were out of ideas :clap: Much to their astonishment I headed into the scrub, with echoes of where the *^!#* are you going! Soon found some old #8 and the 150km tow was under way, you guessed it, all City slickers

Cappuccinos set shouldn't go bush!!

 

[Manpa]

I always reckon that tourist maps of Australia should have an overlay of Europe over it to show how vast this country is.

 

[Jaros]

So you have to go prepared for anything. It's a long time to be out there at those temperatures.
I hope the news will be good.

 

[Ded Driver]

Ive lost count of the number of times I have stopped to help people, not only tourists, but sometimes our own city slickers!, who cant understand or read a map properly , especially the scale. Seems a lot of people envisage 100km on a map as being about 10km on the road :awful:
this includes understanding a distance on a gps map!!!

 

[Rockhunter62]

3 People missing in the NT
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11...-missing-people-in-central-australia/11750612

Update for above, 2 found, one to go.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/n...-14-days/2a301c0c-fc81-4412-a660-3a9367f335d6

Sad story about splitting up to get help. When will people learn?

Cheers

Doug