This Teacher needs to do his Homework.

Well...he is a teacher.

Are we sure he is a teacher, school hasn't finished yet so he must have been AWOL, too young to have long service leave.
He may not have been inexperienced! he looked at youtube, Faceache and info from twitter, so was prepared as he could be, in his lunch box.
When checking your phone, ie, looking at it all the time you would not see BIG SIGNS re, road closures would you. Everything you ever need to know arrives through an electronic device.
Trevor Wright must have used a helicopter! How did he know help was needed and where explorer was?

Another reason why PLB's should be mandatory for anyone travelling outside mobile reception area's.

Another contender for the Darwin Award.........

I will add, I like the bit that he said he didn't see the sign "road closed". Perhaps it was more the case that he couldn't read, not surprising with very little education on the 3 R's these days :)

Hi

I should have included this photo for those that have never been to William Creek before.

On one of my comments, I mentioned the sign was at least 3 X 2 metres....

Well my big mistake, sorry, its at least 3 metres wide and well over 3 metre deep, so no excuses for saying he did not see the sign.

This is the sign at William Creek just after the pub as you head north.

Hi Stephen,

Whilst I totally agree with most of what has been written with regard to checking the signs, sometimes they are not correct.

Case in point, travelling south from Marla, aired down at the servo, and started down the Oodnadatta. Came to the sign before the gravel, and the sign displayed the red Closed sign. Went back to the servo and asked about the closed sign, they said they do not “look after” the sign, and could not tell me what the road condition was like, or why it was closed. Aired back up again, and proceeded down the Stuart Highway.

Got to Cadney Park, and the Oodnadatta track road sign displayed Open to William Creek. Aired back down and proceeded down the access road to the Oodnadatta, and then south to William Creek. When we got down to William Creek, the sign at William Creek displayed Open to Marla. I asked about why the sign at Marla displayed Closed, whilst the sign at Cadney Park and William Creek both displayed Open. Their response was that no one had told them the sign at Marla displayed Closed, and that they would send word to change the sign.

Not sure who is responsible for the signs at each access point, but obviously someone did not have their act together.

As an aside, I always travel with an EPIRB, and a Sat Phone when traveling remote, regardless as to whether it is on the black top or on gravel.

Macca.

I predict a law suit against Toyota for false advertising, His Landcruiser rav4 hybrid was not fit for purpose...

I can't imagine being stuck a whopping 50kms from a town for a whole 12 hours. Must have been traumatic.