As a Brit who has never been to Oz, I was wondering how safe you guys feel when out in the bush or even in some of the outback towns ect?
The Press over here seems to love covering the various hitchhiker abductions /murders ect, very often hinting at at the presence of a sort of a drug fuelled Mad Max / Outlaw bikers sub culture being to blame...
One story I recall was a prospector and his wife who went missing while out looking for gold and it was several weeks before the husband's battered body was found down an old mine shaft and the body of the wife was never found...I don't think the Police ever charged anyone over that, and many disputed any foul play took place at all?
So anybody have any interesting "encounters" while out on the back roads or in the bush?
The Press over here seems to love covering the various hitchhiker abductions /murders ect, very often hinting at at the presence of a sort of a drug fuelled Mad Max / Outlaw bikers sub culture being to blame...
One story I recall was a prospector and his wife who went missing while out looking for gold and it was several weeks before the husband's battered body was found down an old mine shaft and the body of the wife was never found...I don't think the Police ever charged anyone over that, and many disputed any foul play took place at all?
So anybody have any interesting "encounters" while out on the back roads or in the bush?