Tuesday, Sep 01, 2009 at 20:29
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That reminds me of when I was on Twins Stn, via
Kingoonya about 1960.
*** WARNING!!! SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND THIS OFFENSIVE ***
I was 18 at the time and we were mustering. I was on a Honda 350 bike, came to the top of a crest, stopped, looking for sheep when I spotted a black Hillman Minx "parked" in a cluster of bushes (hidden). I road up to it and peeked in the back window. Scared the $$it out of me. Covered by a blanket was (what I thought to be) a body laying on its back, knees in the air, with legs apart. I skedaddled out of there and managed to find the overseer (Max Scobie) and the Manager of
McDouall Peak (Stevo) a short distance away, just about to take off in their vehicles. I screamed out to them to stop. As I road up I said, "I think I've found a dead body". "What do you mean, you either have or you haven't", Stevo said.
We went back to the vehicle and (not for the faint hearted so I'll leave this bit out). We contacted
Woomera and they sent a team of Police in a DC3. Better leave this bit out also. Needless to say the remains, after spending nine months in the vehicle, were buried on
the spot and the vehicle recovered to Twins Stn where it stayed for over 12 months that I know of.
The smell in that vehicle was unbearable. Even after such a long time.
I still have a couple of photos of the vehicle in my collection somewhere. If any historians out there want further details just PM me.
Malcolm
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