Lady Bogged for 5 days

You're right, no mention of radio or epirb

Newspaper report (The West - Saturday Feb 4) said she left a note in a bottle attached to a tree telling anyone who happened to be passing where she headed - albeit after leaving the car.

But fairs fair, after 5 days drinking water out of a puddle and not having anyone happen by, I'd be looking at plan B too.

Interested in Davoe's local perspective and any more info that may come to light.

Tim

I agree that the local perspective will give us the goss. I wonder if she was a local or just travelling around ?

It was a woman footloose..
she had her hair dryer, and makeup kit, incar latte machine, and the mobile phone which would have had no reception..

Its not particulary remote area but you could wait a while if off on a track. I would have (and havnt) had any hesitation walking when i thought my chances of being stumbled accros would be made better by a change of location. BUT as we were always taught, know where you are and where you are going. Walk to a known location not just an area and know your limits as to how far you can walk depending on weather etc. 20km isnt particlary far and is an easy 1/2 day walk

>It was a woman footloose.

Oi, Truckster!

You should have met my ex-partner! She was a concert violinist and knew nothing this side of 5 star hotels before she met me. After one year going bush there was nothing that girl couldn't do (apart from beat me at Backgammon :) around the camp. Although she did get very silly one time when a very large goanna walked into camp. But, on the whole, she was more bush savvy than a lot of men I've known.

Mike Harding

Spot on Davoe.

"Stay with the vehicle" is, generally, very sensible advice for a lot of reasons. But if you know exactly where you are (and you should) and you know exactly where help/water/people etc are AND you are confident you can accurately navigate to that spot AND you have the ability to walk it given your fitness, weather, maps, GPS, compass etc then there may well be a lot of sense in walking - which is why I always ensure I have a pair of shoes I _can_ walk 50km in when I go deep bush.

It's like all things in the bush - we have to be adaptable. Do all the planning you like but if conditions dictate, and they often do, then be prepared to change everything.

Additionally, after five days without food I would be starting to become concerned about my strength to undertake a long walk - probably OK at that point but how many more days should you wait...?

There is a lot to be said for an EPIRB.

Mike Harding

Hey Truckster Last year I worked with women that would teach you everything you thought you knew but didnt from navigation where there are no roads or tracks to walking all day visiting all the points identified as points of intrest on arial photos to bush cooking to fixing stuffed underbodyparts and tyres and the list goes on.....

Truckster, you are an arse.

would you like a tissue?

oooh, a bleep contest...

my god I got bleeped...

No it isnt - hardly epirb sat phone stuff. It makes me think the story might have been mis reported a bit especially as they said it was the weatbelt

I hear a few stories are mis-reported in the media....................just on the odd occasion. LOL

Bloody radicals !!