The Unthinkable ~ AGAIN.

G'day Les
I agree with much of what you point out, but don't forget that I am here, Johnny on the spot, and I know just a little more than I am prepared to say at the moment bearing in mind this incident occurred on the weekend and it's got zip to do with 'respect' or 'cultural sensitivities'
To my way of thinking what has transpired is of paramount importance to anyone who contemplates remote region travel and not necessarily at this time of the year.
When and if more details are released or made public, I will post those details.
Just yesterday afternoon I persuaded a well travelled Swiss couple in their imported (lhd) Ford Ranger expedition vehicle not to travel into the Rudall River National Park (Karlamilyi N.P), this couple are World Expeditioners who have crossed the Sahara Desert in the very same vehicle, travelled much of the African continent ~ Solo, yet I felt compelled to point out the real danger(s) in what in reality is a superb place to wander around in ~ except at this time of the season, I honestly hope they grasped my reasoning in saying to them 'rethink your plans' on the Rudall.
But ultimately it is their choice. I just hope there is nothing more to say about them.
Les, there are many monumental screw ups that have occurred in the not too distant past, some sadly have claimed human lives, but little or NOTHING is released to the general public purely because it can be seen as bad press for some shitty resource company.
Safe travels : Joe

G'day Allan B

Thanks for the heads up on the ABC report, I've just subjected myself to two hours of mind numbing television News, lots of breaking stories with dramatic music about corrupt Cops, Lawyers and the like, even Tony Abbott and Mal Turnbull got a mention.
I watched GWN7 which is a Western Australian broadcast that covers the entire state, channel 9 and also the ABC Perth both of which cover all the important stuff happening in the big state.
A quick report on the young bloke who was found dead after walking away from a vehicle in the Kimberley, but absolutely NOTHING in respect of the Jigalong drama.

Safe travels : Joe

G'day Explorers

There you go, it's all said and done because it's on the ABC.

I have nothing further to add, but I honestly hope this saga serves a true purpose even if it is just to highlight or under line the perils of remote region travel, even if you are familiar with or too the area, whether your black, brown, brindle, or snow white, young or old, woman man or an explorer type with more confidence than a Liberal party politician going into an supposedly un losable election ~ screw up and your done for ~ end of story.

The Swiss Adventurers, made Marble Bar, all is well, just a little on the warm side they said.


The Pilbara as it actually is today 42C hot gusty winds, some cloud but little shade, I traversed this area yesterday just to see how extensive the wildfire damage was, it's burnt to a crisp, but it is still visually magnificent.



Safe travels : Joe

I just googled Cairns weather for the last month; it was pretty cool really. What's your point?

Maybe you need to Google better. Most of North Queensland had record temperatures. Proserpine got over 45 degrees.. My point being that heat is not limited to just remote areas and how our weather patterns are changing.

Very unusual hail up that Townsville and further north region the other day !

Atherton had 2 big hail storms with wind gusts of over 100kph two days in a row....very, very unusual.

This version of Cairns weather is a bit different to yours.

Even yours only has 2 days, not 3 hotter than 42C, but it's there's no reference to Cairns on it!

I live 7 klms West of Cairns Kevin and can guarantee that the days we had were at least a degree hotter than Cairns Airport(where weather is taken for BOM site). The valley is always hotter and or cooler during the year as it traps the weather. Pedantic aside I only added it to highlight that our weather can be deadly anywhere.

"This version of Cairns weather is a bit different to yours.

Even yours only has 2 days, not 3 hotter than 42C, but it's there's no reference to Cairns on it! "

Whats your point Kevin ?......Its niggly bloody minded, offtopic posts like yours that are detracting from this forum. Give it a rest !

The point Bigfish made was relevant and correct

FWIW - I live in Redlynch in Cairns and can assure you Bigfish is 100% correct.

Crusader

Amazing how the google expert's argue with the people that are actually there. It is an age old practice for tourist destinations to put their weather stations in the coolest known pockets so the real temps dont get broadcast and keep the money away.