Idiots in the desert

We have just returned from a trip 200 k into the Simpson desert. We nearly cleaned up a motor cycle on top of a sand dune. we asked him if he had a radio but no radio and another bike following and a back up vehicle following them no radio between the three of them. Just before that we had passwed a Troopcarrier camper rental also no radio. in it was a german couple, they did have a satphone but the danger is another vehicle coming up the dune on the other side. The protocol as we understood was to be on ch 10 and broadcast your position every 2-3 k so that you know when another vehicle is coming. The day before we passed around 12 vehicles coming the other way so the risk of collision is very high. One group of a 4wd club we met were on channel 12 but monitoring ch 10 this didnt work as we did not know they were there until we saw their flag on the same sandhill as us, I thought a 4wd club would know better
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