SER1 Fwd: [lro] Maintenance, Planning

>Just a reminder to keep those old Rovers in good shaped, and to do a

Here's something from the lro list that might be interesting. Comments Diana?
Someone else said they just ran out of gas.

Bob B

>Just a reminder to keep those old Rovers in good shaped, and to do a 
>little planning if you are going far off-road. Not clear if it broke down 
>or ran out of gas...
>
>Sydney Morning Herald
>Outback tragedy a disaster waiting to happen: police
>April 12, 2005 - 7:34PM
>
>Two men who died in the scorching West Australian desert made a desperate 
>14-kilometre trek to find water but went the wrong way and died just nine 
>kilometres from a well.
>
>Without a detailed map, they had no way of knowing they were so close to 
>the water hole that would have saved their lives after their dilapidated 
>Land Rover broke down.
>
>While the victims have yet to be formally identified, police believe they 
>are Bradley John Richards, 40, and his 21-year-old nephew Mac Bevan Cody, 
>formerly of Warilla in NSW. Both had been living in Carnarvon, 905 
>kilometres north of Perth.
>
>They died on the fringe of the Great Sandy Desert, on the remote Talawana 
>Track, 51 kilometres east of Cotton Creek in the Pilbara, after setting 
>out without enough petrol and water.
>
>More at: 
>http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Outback-tragedy-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen-police/2005/04/12/1113251623744.html 
>
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