Don't ignore the sign!

[BigJon]

Pretty self explanatory really... Clayton Bay, South Australia.

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[Col.Coleman]

Toyota drivers can't read. It is a well known fact.

Now if it had simplified stick figures

CC

[djam1]

Looks like a QLD plate could be part of the problem too lol

[Debacle]

Are they Life Jackets on his Bullbar. Surely that would have saved him.

[Shonky]

Literate or not, that sign is a red rag to a bull!

[B92 8NW]

Literate or not, that sign is a red rag to a bull!

x2! No sign, it wouldn't have happened!

[d@rk51d3]

Knowing the lake, it's gonna be stinky too.:D

[dullbird]

in all fairness it doesn't say "do not enter soft mud"

it says "caution" which in my books mean you can proceeded but be careful and be vigilant

and he actually looks like he is stuck in the sand not mud

[B92 8NW]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/12/68.jpg

Naturally as you'd expect, I was standing on the very very edge...

[dullbird]

:D

I think thats funny....but as a G rated forum dont be surprised if this gets moved..:D

[B92 8NW]

:D

I think thats funny....but as a G rated forum dont be surprised if this gets moved..:D

But it's referring to the area of low pressure behind rapidly moving trains...:angel:

When I turn 20, I'll give it all up, I promise.

[dullbird]

how old are you now? i need to know how long we need to wait.....:D

and men cant give it up period let allone at 20 ;)

[BigJon]

in all fairness it doesn't say "do not enter soft mud"

it says "caution" which in my books mean you can proceeded but be careful and be vigilant

and he actually looks like he is stuck in the sand not mud

Under the sand is stinky black mud.

The sand is only in view because of the very low water level in the Murray River.

Check this photo of the boat club...

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Those are moorings you can see. Looking at the water marks on the wood, the water level has dropped about 1.5 metres from where it should be.

If anyone tells you there isn't a water crisis in Australia, they are lying!

[dullbird]

wow thats bloody worrying

[d@rk51d3]

And yet interstate farmers / growers call us a mob of whingers, who should just shut up about the "crisis" and get on with it.

There's not much there to get on with though, is there?

The water you can see there is too salty to use now, as the sea is slowly making its way in.

Maybe it might re-kindle the local fishing industry, that was apparently massive way back in the past.

[numpty]

And yet interstate farmers / growers call us a mob of whingers, who should just shut up about the "crisis" and get on with it.

There's not much there to get on with though, is there?

The water you can see there is too salty to use now, as the sea is slowly making its way in.

Maybe it might re-kindle the local fishing industry, that was apparently massive way back in the past.

Bloody Cubby Station and others of it's ilk.:mad::mad: In my humble opinion, cotton has no place as a crop in Australia, as it is too water dependent.

There was a move for cotton farming on the Cooper a few years ago in the Channel Country. Luckily the powers that be stopped it.

[d@rk51d3]

Maybe time for an Aussie version of "The Dambusters" ;)

[DeeJay]

I just love that mud warning sign.
I mean what is hard mud???
They could have said DEEP mud. :angel:
But then a yota driver would need to see how deep.:p

[dandlandyman]

Numpty, it's pretty easy to use Cubby as THE scapegoat, but it was the largest cotton farm in the southern hemisphere long before this water crisis. It has been there over 30 years. The real reason the Murray-Darling broke down was when the massive expansion of the cotton industry occurred without careful regulation in the 90s. The blame equally rests on cotton farmers and the government. That said, small towns all up and down the Murray-Darling were always struggling, especially since the fall of the wool industry, and were willing to try anything to survive - it seemed like a good idea at the time. I think I speak from enough experience, as I originally hail from Dirranbandi, and I was working on the developments in 1997-98.
Now, everybody is hurting, and - given that you can never change the past - we all have to work together to fix the future, each working and sacrificing equally. Just ostracizing Cubby (for example) will just end up in a shouting match, will kill one town in isolation, and won't actually achieve anything.
Phew! I think I'm all ranted out!

Dan.
69 2A 88" pet4, 74 3 109" pet4, 68 2B FC pet6.

[weeds]

I originally hail from Dirranbandi


don't know Les Norton by chance......i dropped into the pub where he has a bar named after him a few years ago, nowhere to be seen

[hook]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/12/68.jpg

Naturally as you'd expect, I was standing on the very very edge...


AND this is OK, Mr Moderator??????????????????????

[CaverD3]

I think Mythbusters debunked this one? ;)

[zulu Delta 534]

Poor old Cubby Station! Never fear, we will have massive flooding in the Queensland catchment area of the Darling and its tributaries one of these days, we will all be whinging about the high cost of flood relief etc and then 3 months later after millions of dollars of damage to fruit crops and dairy farms cause en route, Murray Bridge will be flooded and South Australia can have some water again.
An interesting little aside on the state of the Murray, in 1988 (bicentennial year) a paddle steamer event was set out and re enacted as part of the celebrations, but unfortunately the participants couldn't complete the whole course, as they were grounded at exactly the same spot that stopped the boats precisely one hundred years earlier.
Should one drive or sail down the Murray and take note of the phenomenonal amount of water that is syphoned off en route through both Victoria and South Australia for agricultural purposes you will wonder, as do I, how the heck SA has lasted this long.
Regards
Glen

[abaddonxi]

I think Mythbusters debunked this one? ;)

Hate to think how.

:D

[Shonky]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/12/68.jpg


I think Mythbusters debunked this one? ;)


Lucky Buster! :D

[CaverD3]

Couldn't find a video of the Train one.
But this one was confirmed.:D

YouTube - MythBusters - Do Pretty Girls........ (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RHcDP_Yew-g&feature=related)

Yes they do!

[Shonky]

Couldn't find a video of the Train one.
But this one was confirmed.:D

YouTube - MythBusters - Do Pretty Girls........ (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RHcDP_Yew-g&feature=related)

Yes they do!

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL !

:Rolling: