Dingo news article to keep in mind

I meant to add this

Not trying to alarm/scare people or put people off camping. Just something to remember that they are not pets.

we stayed at that park last year when we visited Kakadu, we were warned when we checked into the park not to leave towels or shoes etc outside at night, as the wild dogs that came into the park on sunset would steal them if left out.
i wonder if the dog even realized there was someone inside it when it went to drag it along? whilst we didn't let our kids out of our sight there due to the dogs, the minute i tried to get anywhere near the dogs to take a pic of them, they disappeared quick smart, and they never got aggresive with me. not saying they weren't potentially dangerous, just saying they preferred to run when a person came near them last year whilst we were there.

we camped last weekend at Myall Lakes NP NSW had a Dingo came into our site on sun down again after the kids went to bed, he walked right past me almost rubbed against my legs, kept a close eye on the kids ,, you never know! - cheers Steve

Fraser Island use to have some interesting Dingoes. Woke up one morning to see a dingo's head looking at me through the tent door.
First night there we found that they knew how to open eskies.
At least these are supposedly pure breed. Wonder how many things are getting blamed on dingo's, when it is in reality a wild dog. Even though they are basically the same thing.

Oh dear, never let the facts get in the way of a good headline!

I watched the interview with the mother and girl last night.

They were interviewed outside the caravan.
They had been warned previously not to leave any towels, footware, clothing outside at night because the dingos come around and take them.
The girl wanted to sleep outside the van in her sleeping bag and her mother agreed to this.
The girl was not in a swag, nor did she have any other external covering over the bag.
In the night, she felt something tugging at the bag and woke to find a dingo pulling at the foot of the bag
She sat up and yelled at the dingo and it immediately ran away.
The bag had a rip in the covering near the foot of the bag.
The girl was not at any stage attacked by the dingo.

So much for the facts as reported by the mother and girl.

Headlines?

"Dingo drags 13 year old in sleeping bag" Not so.
"Dingo rips sleeping bag off teen camper" Not so.
"Dingo drags girl from van" Not so.

So much for accurate reporting

Cheers
Andrew

People have this romantic vision of "sleeping under the stars".....sorry I don't get it, never have.

In many other countries people simply would not entertain it.

In Australia we have lulled into a false sence of security because we have so very few large agressive predators.

Make no mistake dingoes and other wild dogs can be very dangerous under certain circumstances....they are very inteligent wild animals and have absolutly no notion of morals or right and wrong....and they are sneaky...realy sneaky

If a dingo is hungy enough and or it sees a situation that it can get the better of, it will atack humans...perhaps not a full grown healthy adult walking upright...but certainly a child or an injured and helpless adult on the ground.

In some pleces thay have grown very bold and have no fear of humans whatsoever.

Sure the story was a bit over stated but to say that dingoes are no threat is just foolishness.

Then there are all sorts of other animal threats that people do not take serioulsy.
Pigs, crocks, wild domestic dogs, snakes and all sorts of things the creep and crawl.

Even getting bitten by a misquito in many parts of Australia can bring a world of suffering.......If you've copped a dose of Denguie, Barmah Forest or any of the related arboviruses you'll know whet I am talking about..

I'd sleep on the ground in the open if I had to, but I'd rather be off the ground and or inside a tent......better still in the back of my truck where I am almost as comfortable as I am at home in my own bed.

One of the funniest things I ever heard of, years ago, a group of us where sleeping on some friends property....like about 20 of us......me, I was sleeping IN A TENT...quite a few otheres where sleeping arround the fire......
Stevo woke from pre-dawn, dew covered sleep in pain, as he came too he traced this pain to his arm, progressing into being fully awake, it became obvious that this pain was comming from his hand.......and his hand would not move.......as his bleary eyes cleared, the reason became obvious.......there was a horse standing on it.

Now this horse knew exactly what it was doing......IF it had put all its weight on that hoof, Stevo's hand would have been a mess of broken bones.

Horses are curious creatures and do have a sence of humour.......I thaught it was very funny.

Sleep under the stars.......only if I have to.

cheers