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Won't Get Fooled Again?

September 14, 2006 at 9:30 AM | 0 Comments

Australia's a really big and really empty land, so getting lost is understandable. A 50-year-old Briton had this problem last week in a station a couple of miles north of Alice Springs where he went bushwalking without a hat or sunscreen and with hardly any water. Three days later, when he was still definitely lost, he called for help on his cell phone, and was located after an air search. A bit of a bill for taxpayers, a lot of sunburn, and a whole lot of embarrassment was the result.

What would you do next? Well, our friend here decided to take one last walk in the outback before flying home. The result? He got lost again. This time three helicopters were needed before he was found, and now he's resting in the hospital with dehydration.

To head out there twice, we think he must have really been looking for something. Perhaps one of those killer big bananas or the nightmarish giant koala? We highly recommend taking a more regular tourist route when you're in Oz, or at least remembering your hat and suncream.

[Image via faz./Flickr]

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