Ants ate tourist on the Tanami

Spare weatherman?

Sometimes I wonder about that bloke!

Geoff

Willem,

Never let the lack of research or truth get in the way of a good headline....

Killer ants at Wolfe Creek Crater.
The only ants that I have seen in that area are the termites that just love a good feed of grass seeds.
This is from the same bloke that when at Birdsville, thought that he was in the Great Sandy Desert.

He should not give up his day job.

Wayne

Hi Willem

yep indeed its true and Master Denyer better be careful out there. They are a breed of ants known as GI. If they stand on you ,well, your history, and because of Grant Denyer's size he better be extra careful. Remember when travelling out in them parts to watch out for the GI ants....

Nah, no Gi-ants left. The drop bear ate 'em all

After watching the footage this morning, I would suggest that maybe excess speed might have been a factor?. I did the Tanami from home (Yuendumu) to Halls Creek, GRR, Broome and back down the Tanami middle of last year with a Navara, three people and a loaded camper (carrying fuel) and did not even do a tyre. Admittedly I was taking it easy BUT!! And I had three spares and two cases in the event it all went to s....

Cheers
Mark

Mark,
Would you care to comment on fuel figures for the Navarra? I fancy the vehicle, but I get mixed responses about fuel consumption. Thanks,
Cheers, Tony

Eaten by ants on the Tanami.....!

By golly I’ll have to be careful from now on. The sales of Ant Rid will go through the roof after this post.

What’s next? Is the media going to tell us that flesh eating Hairy Nosed Wombats are running rampant in the high country? Fair dinkum...!

If some bloke carked it out there, the dogs would have got to him long before the ants.

Media bull tish as you know.

Regards

Kim

g'day all,
I here "man eaten by ants", I here there's termites out there.Could it be Pinochio's last stand.

It DID follow his gloomy story about breaking down near Wolfe Creek, so this story about the ants just added to giving the impression the outback is a dangerous place.

Nice story, shame about the facts.

One of the blog entries on the Sunrise website claims they saw 127km on the postie bike speedo and it does seem to be keeping remarkably clean and holding together for the country it is supposed to cover. Not a lot of scenes of him actually riding on dirt roads.

Compare this to Ross Noble's story of his tour around Oz whilst doing shows at regular intervals. Plenty of much more believeable stuff, seeing him in riding gear bathed in sweat, looking exhausted etc., and then backing up with a comedy show the same night he's ridden 600km.

On the bright side, Sunrise breakdowns might help reinforce to newbies the importance of knowledge and preparation before embarking on long trips. Even Ross Noble showed his flat battery caused by his own inadequate tightening of battery connections. All valuable lessons for anyone watching and learning.

Tim

Who is Grant Denyer??????
The truth should never stand in the way of a good story

Is Grant Denyer the fellow who is vertically challenged and does the weather on one of the early morning TV shows who thinks that he is funny.

As funny as an orphanage on fire, he's a galoot! Is this him?

Intrepid travelers,

Grant Denyer from Sunrise here. Thanks for the warm comments about our recent weather segments, which I might ad, I'm very proud of.

As fellow lovers of this amazing country, I would have thought that someone who makes the effort to drag a broadcast team out of a stale studio environment and celebrate everything Australian has to offer... might get a little more support from like-minded bush-bashers like yourselves.

As a 4 generation farm-boy, I love this country and I work damn hard to inspire others to be as passionate and proud of our homeland and all it's amazing stories - myth or fact. It's entertainment guys, it's not 60 Minutes.

Yes we may not have been that organised or experienced in our outer reaches as you, but at least I gave it a red hot go to broadcast from towns and locations that 98% of the population has never even heard of.

You're right, I'm not a comedian but I always try and have a good old Aussie chuckle in the tiny 2 minutes i have every half hour.

We had serious balls to undertake that trip in the heat of summer, through the flooding wet season and yes, I rode my butt off on that bike. Not through water crossing or endless mud flats of course but dismissing our effort just because the bike was clean, is unAustralian.

With 5 official Guinness World Records and a top 10 finish at Bathurst to my name, I don't stuff around.

Of course you're free to beat your chest and rubbish our efforts, but at least we had a go.

Happy travels.

Grant Denyer
Sunrise Weatherman

Thanks for your responses guys.

Nothing wrong with the term "Bish bashers". Its very Australian. Down our way in Wagga that's what we called our banged up utes and shooting 4WDs. We bashed em around the bush. .

Americans don't even use the turm 'bush', so not sure why you're still at me over my herritage. I can assure you mate, our large sheep property has been in our family for over 100 years. Not sure where you're coming from. Doesn't matter.

As for the Ant story, it was told to me at an aboriginal community on the Tanami Track by the real 'Bush Mechanics' ad also by a documentary team who have been there for 17 months filming and working with the local tribes. That was my source.

Hope that answers your Q's.

Gd

That shut most of you up. Funniest thing I've seen on this site for years.

Regards

BWAWAWAWAAAAA !!!! suck it up heros..

Reminds me of all the keyboard heros on the ADV Riders forum dissing Ewan McGreggor and Charley Boorman when they did Long Way Round.

Onya Grant, liven the dream. lol. Now, can you fix the bloody weather please mate?

Cheers
Joff

HAHAHAHAHA way to go Grant.
don't worry about these loungechair experts that think going bush involves a slow cruise up our highways in july.
this mob here could do with some good bush edumacation! :-)
keep doin what ya doin and have fun, these grumpy old nomads will get over it.

p.s if you can get rid of kosh and his dizzy sidekick, i might start watching sunrise ..lmao

Hi ya Waterboy..........Yes Grant it's one of the VFT here to haunt ya.......

Don't let any of these nomad clowns (or ants for that matter.......) get to ya, they'll be to ones holding YOU up on the bitumen.......

Now keep an eye out for those errant water tanks and you'll be right........

Stay safe AND keep up the good work.

Doc.

i just want to know when Sammi Lukkas is coming back?