Holiday in WA?
Dec 13th 2003, 12:07 pm
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Dead British tourist failed to take precautions: police
http://abc.net.au/news/australia/wa...13dec2003-1.htm
Posted: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 3:17am AWST
Dead British tourist failed to take precautions: police
A British tourist who died trying to cross the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia was ill-prepared for such a hazardous journey, having failed to take the proper emergency equipment.
He was attempting to drive thousands of kilometres to New South Wales.
Two motorists discovered the man's car on Thursday where it became bogged, about 60 kilometres east of the Punmu Aboriginal Community, in the Pilbara region of northern West Australia , but a sandstorm force them to abandon the search.
The man, believed to be 35, was found alive on Friday after he had walked about 40 kilometres towards Punmu, but died shortly afterwards at the community's nursing post.
"The unfortunate thing was he didn't have a satellite phone or EPRIB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) and I guess it's a timely reminder to let people know when you are in a country where it's quite extreme and the temperatures reach 43 it's that you must go prepared," Constable Cindy Morgan from Marble Bar said.
The man was also travelling with a limited water supply.
Police have stressed the importance of people staying with their cars if they run into trouble while travelling through isolated areas.
"If a situation does arise where the vehicle does get stuck the best and safest area to be is actually with your vehicle."
His family is still to be notified.
Punmu is an Aboriginal Community, situated on the most eastern finger of Lake Dora in the Rudall River National Park in the Pilbara region of northern Western Australia
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and :lecture:
I lived in/near that area for a while by the way. Middle of nowhere. Don't know why a tourist, alone, would be out there.
And everyone in Oz learns: NEVER leave the car, even if you don't have much water there, they can see your car easier than you if they're searching!
And I read in another article that he even had enough water in the car to survive a while, so....
Oh, and people going across the Nullabor and stuff: this is completley different. This is completley middle of nowhere. Nullabor is a busy highway in comparison. And there's roadhouses every so often.
Don't want to scare anyone, just thought this was an interesting article to post, people can't have enough :lecture:
http://abc.net.au/news/australia/wa...13dec2003-1.htm
Posted: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 3:17am AWST
Dead British tourist failed to take precautions: police
A British tourist who died trying to cross the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia was ill-prepared for such a hazardous journey, having failed to take the proper emergency equipment.
He was attempting to drive thousands of kilometres to New South Wales.
Two motorists discovered the man's car on Thursday where it became bogged, about 60 kilometres east of the Punmu Aboriginal Community, in the Pilbara region of northern West Australia , but a sandstorm force them to abandon the search.
The man, believed to be 35, was found alive on Friday after he had walked about 40 kilometres towards Punmu, but died shortly afterwards at the community's nursing post.
"The unfortunate thing was he didn't have a satellite phone or EPRIB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) and I guess it's a timely reminder to let people know when you are in a country where it's quite extreme and the temperatures reach 43 it's that you must go prepared," Constable Cindy Morgan from Marble Bar said.
The man was also travelling with a limited water supply.
Police have stressed the importance of people staying with their cars if they run into trouble while travelling through isolated areas.
"If a situation does arise where the vehicle does get stuck the best and safest area to be is actually with your vehicle."
His family is still to be notified.
Punmu is an Aboriginal Community, situated on the most eastern finger of Lake Dora in the Rudall River National Park in the Pilbara region of northern Western Australia
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and :lecture: I lived in/near that area for a while by the way. Middle of nowhere. Don't know why a tourist, alone, would be out there.
And everyone in Oz learns: NEVER leave the car, even if you don't have much water there, they can see your car easier than you if they're searching!
And I read in another article that he even had enough water in the car to survive a while, so....
Oh, and people going across the Nullabor and stuff: this is completley different. This is completley middle of nowhere. Nullabor is a busy highway in comparison. And there's roadhouses every so often.
Don't want to scare anyone, just thought this was an interesting article to post, people can't have enough :lecture:
