It won't be long and a nice big saltie will be all the fatter Briney.
justcruisin01 said
10:04 PM Jan 17, 2012
No brain no pain.
Cruising Granny said
10:10 PM Jan 17, 2012
It's the bl00dy wet season. What are these morons thinking? While common sense is not so common, the logic applied to river crossings in the wet season, and any other time will always apply. Never enter fast-flowing river crossings.
old briney said
10:18 PM Jan 17, 2012
just wondering if they looking for barra ??????
Esmeralda said
11:00 PM Jan 17, 2012
Idiots!!
Gerty Dancer said
09:10 AM Jan 18, 2012
Its about that "She'll be right, Mate" attitude in the Territory... it gets taken to extremes sometimes. Makes you wonder doesnt it.
Joe said
05:02 PM Jan 18, 2012
Cruising Granny wrote:
It's the bl00dy wet season. What are these morons thinking?
True, but we've not had much rain at all. That river, and all the others around here, are definitely not in a flood state.
Cruising Granny wrote:
Never enter fast-flowing river crossings.
Absolutely 100% correct there CG. These people chose to try to cross on a fast rising or falling tide and it was the rush of fast flowing water that caught them and pushed them sideways. Water of the depth it was when they tried to cross is a simple affair if it is still, but when it pushes against the side of the truck you have very little latitude.
Mind you, I personally would wait until the crossing was dry (low tide) of very close to it before I crossed - there are far too many big crocs around to take too many chances.
blaze said
05:23 PM Jan 18, 2012
I always ask why the trip was taking place before making judgement calls.
I was once part of a seven vehicle convoy that needed to drive about 40km of 4 wheel driving, 14km of it was a beach with 4 river crossing and lots of quick sand. Off the seven vehicles only 4 made the distance, one was total lost in the first river crossing (never to be seen again) and 2 were hopeless bogged and retrieved later. This was to save the life of a 7 year old diabetic boy. Would I put my vehicle at risk agian like that, damm right I would.
cheers
blaze
Cruising Granny said
05:23 PM Jan 18, 2012
It's worse if it's flood water. I have been told it's very wet in the NT, especially around Katherine after the cyclone. I'm always interested in the conditions of the roads.
In the NT news today, another one over on Cahill's Crossing.
These people never seem to heed the warnings do they.
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2012/01/17/283685_ntnews.html
Uh huh, uh huh, Exactly mate.
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2011/12/09/277351_ntnews.html
It won't be long and a nice big saltie will be all the fatter Briney.
No brain no pain.
While common sense is not so common, the logic applied to river crossings in the wet season, and any other time will always apply.
Never enter fast-flowing river crossings.
Idiots!!
True, but we've not had much rain at all. That river, and all the others around here, are definitely not in a flood state.
Absolutely 100% correct there CG. These people chose to try to cross on a fast rising or falling tide and it was the rush of fast flowing water that caught them and pushed them sideways. Water of the depth it was when they tried to cross is a simple affair if it is still, but when it pushes against the side of the truck you have very little latitude.
Mind you, I personally would wait until the crossing was dry (low tide) of very close to it before I crossed - there are far too many big crocs around to take too many chances.
I always ask why the trip was taking place before making judgement calls.
I was once part of a seven vehicle convoy that needed to drive about 40km of 4 wheel driving, 14km of it was a beach with 4 river crossing and lots of quick sand. Off the seven vehicles only 4 made the distance, one was total lost in the first river crossing (never to be seen again) and 2 were hopeless bogged and retrieved later. This was to save the life of a 7 year old diabetic boy. Would I put my vehicle at risk agian like that, damm right I would.
cheers
blaze
I have been told it's very wet in the NT, especially around Katherine after the cyclone. I'm always interested in the conditions of the roads.