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Bushwalker missing in the Bluies?? 28-Jul-2009 At 11:20:28 AM anthonyk

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On 28/07/2009 Wollemi wrote:
>On 27/07/2009 nmonteith wrote:
>>On a positive note - this has given a HUGE publicity push for bush walking
>>safety. Its like a free education campaign for EPRIBs, intention books
>>and the other guf, and it's in prime time which none of these volunteer
>>groups would ever have managed without Jamie. $200k wouldn't even buy one
>>ad in prime time. This has been on the front page of the newspaper, top
>>story on TV etc etc for weeks. It will make many people think twice before
>>venturing off into the bush alone and unprepared.
>
>If this is so, how come the media nor forums such as this have harped on more about
>the Springwood extended family that were benighted - in Springwood, their
>local area.
>
>The manner of Andrew McAuley's demise was on the front page of the newspaper. top
>story on TV etc for weeks, even after intentions were declared and an EPIRB was
>carried before venturing off alone. Now he is just 'that guy' to many. And so will Jamie
>Neale's legacy be nil, as was David Iredale's, the (belatedly suppressed) Eastwood
>accountant's and Rodney Ansell - who survived his ordeal (primarily because he had a
>gun), yet few recall his name, though his lifestyle was used to create the character
>Crocodile Dundee, and Ansell was intriguingly shot dead by a NT cop returning fire after
>his partner was gunned down by Ansell.
>
>Your 15 minutes is up before it truly begins.

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you think something only has an effect on promoting safety if no one ever gets lost again? pretty wacky set of standards you've got there