Sad Jeep Story

[Mike Cecil]

Hi Lang,

Well, in good Aussie vernacular .... bugger! In fact, double bugger!! For both the driver & the jeep. Nasty injuries: was he airlifted out or were you within reach of a town with facilities?

Other than that mishap, sounds like a top trip.

Mike

[Lang]

Mike

We were only 15km south of Laura on Cape York Peninsula. Local nurses from the Aid Post stabilised him and The Flying Doctor was passing on a routine mission so diverted and arrived within 30 minutes with their own doctor and nurse. Took him back to Cairns where he will be 6-8 weeks.

It was a hell of a job to carry him up the slope from the creek on a plastic back-slab the nurses brought along.

Yes good trip. We had finished anyhow and I was going to throw away the jeep because I did not need it any more!

Lang

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Lang

Yes good trip. We had finished anyhow and I was going to throw away the jeep because I did not need it any more!

Lang,

Sorry to hear about the accident. I think the driver is lucky to survive the crash. Maybe your healthy dose of humour (and sarcasm) will help him to recover soon.

Hanno