Thread: One more tragedy in the outback

You wonder why this should happen with so much technology these day, example radios/satellite phones etc.
People take Australia for granted with out doing there research first.

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

You wonder why this should happen with so much technology these day, example radios/satellite phones etc.
People take Australia for granted with out doing there research first.

If he was delivering supplies, he was probably a local - who shoould certainly have known better.

Technology is not the solution - common sense and planning is. And you do not have to be in the remote outback. I can think of a number of roads round here where it would be easy to perish if broken down without water in summer. Survival time in typical inland Australia, walking in open sunshine without water on a hot day, is measured in single digit hours.

John

Happens far too often, always very sad!!!

Worse thing is sat phones have a 50% Government subsidy for the North,the first thing I bought when I moved to Newman. Pat

A good book and 50 litres of water would have saved him... and many others.

Not a local as he was from Perth and delivering water tanks. The Station owner told him to come via Meekatharra then take the appropriate turn-Left.

For whatever reason, he turned Left at Cue when he should have kept going up the Gt Northern Hwy another 100km to Meekatharra, then turned left as directed..

Once again, 'Human-Factors' gets the guernsey, not mechanical failure.

Last word from the bloke who found him, encouraging all to Stay with the vehicle...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-1...ruckie/6024460

Originally Posted by superquag

A good book and 50 litres of water would have saved him... and many others.
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""This chap is believed to have had 50 litres of water, I know that he had a fridge in the car, everybody knew that this guy was on the road."

If he had stayed with the truck, he would have been found well before the end of his 50l of water.

John

Looked up evilBay today, cheapest Aussie Personal Locator Beacon is $299. GPS to 10 metres, aircraft locator beacon...the usual stuff. - Ten year warranted battery life, expected life is more like 15 to 20 years.

Maybe an idea for those of us who venture afar off, without Sat-phone or 101% reliable radio-comms...

There are a number of products on the market , one that looks interesting is called SPOT CONNECT, to turn your Smartphone into a satellite communicator. [ advertised on the exploroz website, an explanation of its capabilities can be found there]


https://www.google.com.au/url'sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&u act=8&sqi=2&ved=0CC8QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fau.find mespot.com%2Fen%2F&ei=oc69VNWYG8SB8gWxh4HYCw&usg=A FQjCNE1buIXda0tmlxMuNgocyIE5ygzTQ


EDIT http://au.findmespot.com/en/index.ph...nerMainConnect