Hi all,
Just wanted to say a big thank you to the owner and his mates from the BP Fuel station in
Jurien Bay,
Saturday afternoon we were heading out to the Drovers
Cave. Anyone that has been out there would know that the track out there is very sandy and VERY soft,
We were about 1 Kms of the black top when it became very apparent that High 4 hadn't engaged and was not going to anytime soon(gotta Love electronics)
as we lost forward momentum we started to sink and sink we did.
I spent about 1/2hour trying to get the 4WD system to lock in and trying to dig our way out. It became apparent very quickly that there was no way we were going to get our self's out of this mess.
My first call was to the Jurien Police the call was directed to
Geraldton, after about 15 Min's on the phone with them the only thing they could do was to give me the number for a tow company basses in
Geraldton, they didn't answer there phone and i am still waiting for them to call me back.
Anyway long story short I did a search on the Internet and found that the BP station in Jurien had a towing service, after speaking with them the owner he said that he was at the station on his own and couldn't leave but he gave me a number of a local who helped dumb bunnies like myself out, we called and the same thing message bank and I am still waiting for him to call me back.
I grabbed the hand held UHF and started back for the road hoping that someone may see me standing on the roadside and stop to see if they can help.
I hadn't quite made it to the road when I got a call for the wife saying that the owner of the BP had called back to make sure we were OK and that someone was on there way to give us a hand, when Karen said that we hadn't been able to contact anybody and I was my way out to the road he said that he would get a friend to call out to the servo and get his recovery vehicle and some one would be with us within the next 1/2 hour.
Within 20 Min's his mate pulled up at the end of the track to pick me up.
we spent the next 3 hours dragging my lame duck out of it sandy grave.
Once back on the black top we followed him back to the BP. where I was really pleasantly surprised at how muck they wanted of there time and effort.
I don't want to say how much he asked for or how much I ended up paying him, all I will say is that I gave him double what he asked for and even then I am embarrassed that that's all they would take. I don't like taking advantage of people and their generosity and feel that had I been able to get the police to send someone out to help us, it would of cost a bleep load more.
If you are ever out that way stop off and grab some fuel, hes a great guy and we need to support guys that are willing to go that extra mile when we stuff up.
I don't want go through the list of who we called but if you think you have cell coverage so you are OK think again I was very surprised by the lack of help we receive from people that I always thought were there to help us out when we stuff up.
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