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"When heavy monsoonal rain was forecast in north Queensland at the beginning of
February, Josh McAllister and his family headed to Townsville to stock up on
supplies.
As the rain came down, his partner and children did the bolt to home on
Australian Wildlife Conservancy’s (AWC) Mount Zero-Taravale wildlife sanctuary,
80km to the north-west, taking with them the groceries. McAllister stayed in
town to complete a few jobs.
By the time McAllister reached Mount Zero-Taravale later the same day, the road
to the house was cut with flood water. Making it to a shed on the property he
jumped in a side-by-side buggy and went cross-country, only to find these
tracks, too, were cut by rising water. He returned to the shed.
“I had grabbed a salad roll and a bag of Doritos before I left town and that’s
all the food I had,” McAllister says.
Scrounging around in the back of his ute he added six small tins of tuna to his
supplies. “I found some hessian bags that we use for animal traps and laid them
on a work bench for a bed, and I figured I could go without food for a week. I
had shelter and a Starlink connection, and water wasn’t a problem, but straight
away I was preparing for a potential longer-term stay.”
After three days, a break in the rain allowed McAllister to get the buggy
through creeks to home."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
