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One Australian’s dramatic rescue from a flood in of one of the driest places on Earth
As floodwater flows past towns and cattle and sheep stations – normally isolated by desert – many now sit as islands amid a muddy seaMany are those rescued from Munga-Thirri-Simpson Desert – in what is normally the dust bowl of outback Queensland – who have sunk wheels in a sand dune, busted tyres upon gibber rock or even been bogged in the mud left by a sudden downpour. But Tony Woolford is among a far more exclusive club.In fact, the 66-year-old South Australian may well be the first person ever plucked by helicopter in this, one of the driest places on Earth, from flood waters. Continue reading...
As floodwater flows past towns and cattle and sheep stations – normally isolated by desert – many now sit as islands amid a muddy sea
Many are those rescued from Munga-Thirri-Simpson Desert – in what is normally the dust bowl of outback Queensland – who have sunk wheels in a sand dune, busted tyres upon gibber rock or even been bogged in the mud left by a sudden downpour. But Tony Woolford is among a far more exclusive club.
In fact, the 66-year-old South Australian may well be the first person ever plucked by helicopter in this, one of the driest places on Earth, from flood waters. Continue reading...
