Couple of weeks ago I was filming the view from the top of Mt Everard on the
Gunbarrel Highway. A couple of eighties came into view heading north and when they made the turn west I climbed down to return to the car where my wife was preparing lunch. As I made my way round the base of the
cliff one of the Toyotas climbed up Mt Everard almost to the bottom of the
cliff face, stopping only when it lost its momentum and dug four neat holes into the unstable clay surface. The vehicle then reversed down the
hill and, at this point, I appeared at the
cliff base. Of course I went over to the newly excavated wheel holes and inspected them. I gotta admit I was stunned at this act of stupidity/vandalism and shook my head in disgust. The vandals then,presumably through sheer embarassment, then disappeared post haste! A slience permeated the air surrounding Mt Everard, not to mention channel 35 on which our intrepid heros had been talking absolute garbage all morning as they had slowly caught up with us. After a suitable time gap, around five minutes, Batman and Robin then worked up the courage to mention my appearance on Mt Everard. The conversation went exactly like this;
"Hey Frank, did you think that was an Indiginous at first?"
"Yeah, didn't look very impressed did he?"
"Stuff 'im, got nothin' to do with him anyway!"
"Yeah got nothin' to do with him eh!"
Well FRANK and WALLY from
Coffs Harbour, yeah, you two mental giants who were on your way to Canarvon in W.A., It IS my business, and I OBJECT to your random act of stupidity. You can relax knowing that your names and addresses are preserved for evermore in the visitors book at
Everard Junction on June 25 2005 so the rest of humanity can now see proof that not only were you two STUPID enough to disgrace the 4X4 community but BRAIN DEAD enough to record your names for the rest of us to despise for all eternity!
I did my best to fill in the four holes you dug into the unstable surface of Mt Everard, but I am
well aware that the rain that fell in the area a few days after we left the area would have washed out my efforts and and started to erode the firmer surface further down the
hill.
Well done! If the world had a couple more like you none of us will be allowed anywhere near the Central or Western Deserts eventually. Yeah boys, the
Coffs Harbour community is proud of you, the 4x4 community is proud of you and I can only recount my dear departed father's favourite saying;
"Give an idiot a chance to prove he's an idiot, and he will never dissapoint you!"
Cracka
Quebec 4104