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Looks like another new artificial reef for Darwin:
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2011/07/06/245301_ntnews.html

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Re: With hindsight I am sure they would have done it differantly
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2011, 03:11:25 PM »
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Re: With hindsight I am sure they would have done it differantly
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2011, 04:17:28 PM »
Bugger!

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Re: With hindsight I am sure they would have done it differantly
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2011, 04:45:36 PM »
Shit happens sometimes. If they had just waited the boat would have come to them on dry land
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Re: With hindsight I am sure they would have done it differantly
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2011, 04:56:50 PM »
Hope they didn't have any sort of budget insurance cover - might not be covered otherwise.

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Re: With hindsight I am sure they would have done it differantly
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2011, 05:06:13 PM »
heartbreaking. Hope they at least caught some fish...  
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Re: With hindsight I am sure they would have done it differantly
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2011, 05:11:34 PM »
Ironically it happened in the city named after the man who came up with the theory of natural selection....
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Re: With hindsight I am sure they would have done it differantly
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2011, 05:27:45 PM »
Been there... but have not done that.. the tide is coming in just wait,  help is not far away.. if not drop the pick and wait.
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Re: With hindsight I am sure they would have done it differantly
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2011, 06:59:30 PM »
Good on you Capt Nemo , & another 1 bites the dust    :-* :-*  :cheers:
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Re: With hindsight I am sure they would have done it differantly
« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2011, 07:21:39 PM »
Yep poor buggers, can't imagine the insurance claim will be too straight forward.

On another point of onlookers, it seems to be a far too common occurence these days, people not jumping in to lend a hand or not even just asking if everythings alright, and it's a real shame.

In the last 3 months i've seen two seperate car accidents in Cairns, both times i've stopped and assisted, both times plenty of cars in front of me have driven around and continued on...... really makes me worry the way the world is turning....... last time while helping at a crash, one bloke had the nerve to give us a mouth full of abuse out the window of his car as he drove past, he was upset we hadn't yet moved the cars off the road..... the elderly lady that was driving one of the cars was still being assisted to get out from her car as the drivers door was jammed shut..... anyway, thats my whinge.
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« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2011, 09:26:59 AM »
Here's one sure to get a few posts from all the sand travellers out there.  Apparently these guys got in a spot of bother and missed the chance to recover.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/towing-fail-4wds-sleep-with-the-fishes-after-series-of-comical-errors-at-popular-darwin-beach/story-e6freooo-1226088653177



How about that?   I couldn't find this before, but I was wrong, again.
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Re: With hindsight I am sure they would have done it differantly
« Reply #11 on: July 07, 2011, 10:20:48 AM »
Maybe a little less air in the tyres... ;D
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Re: With hindsight I am sure they would have done it differantly
« Reply #12 on: July 07, 2011, 11:21:58 AM »
Maybe a little less air in the tyres... ;D

said tongue in cheek - but id put money on it that lower pressures would have moved the first car without the second getting involved.....

Put it this way, if my truck was to "sleep with the fishes" there would be bugger all to none PSI in any of the tires as I tried to move it away fromthe rising waters!

sad sequence.... and I agree with the comment from barrabart regarding the insurance claim... bugga again!
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Re: With hindsight I am sure they would have done it differantly
« Reply #13 on: July 07, 2011, 03:36:35 PM »
That Hilux looks like it's got  30+ psi in its tyres.
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Re: With hindsight I am sure they would have done it differantly
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2011, 03:42:59 PM »
Quote from: dno
That Hilux looks like it's got  30+ psi in its tyres.
I'd say closer to 29.54psi...  :cup:
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