this time I got the evidence

[EternalOptimist]

I was in the North of Australia up till Saturday and saw a fair few bush fires. Last week we got caught up a big one that jumped the road and surrounded us. Twenty foot high flames a few feet from the vehicle as we screamed away to safety

I got most of it down on video, as soon as I work out how you tube works I will stick it up there.

[Churchill]

How's the beard? Singed?

[EternalOptimist]

How's the beard? Singed?

heh heh.

the missus roasted me more than the fire did.
she made me delete the best clip because she lost it a bit.

'Drive. fckng drive. put the fckng camera down, put your foot down'
'no problem dear, we'll be ok'
'I'm three foot closer to the fckng flames than you are. DRIVE'
'arrggh - cant you feel that heat. DRIVE'

I'll put a transcript up for those that cant understand my accent

[ferret]

Sounds wicked - look forward to seeing it! Good holiday then?

[EternalOptimist]

Sounds wicked - look forward to seeing it! Good holiday then?

great holiday. We did 11,500 km in four weeks and spent a lot of time in the outback.

I got threatened with a knife outside Bo Jangles in Alice Springs, and I got caught up in a riot in Rockingham.
Bloody aussies, yobbos the lot of them.

[Tingles]

I got threatened with a knife outside Bo Jangles in Alice Springs.....

Call that a knife?...... This is a knife.....

[d000hg]

Call that a knife?...... This is a knife.....

They'd be so busy laughing at your cheeky British wit you could beat a hasty.

[EternalOptimist]

the 3 video clips are up on youtube

do a search on eternaloptimist kakadu


clip 1 - oh there's some smoke in the distance
clip 2 - oh there's some little flames getting closer
clip 3 - beat a hasty

[shaunbhoy]

Bloody aussies, yobbos the lot of them.

Why do you suppose we sent them so far away?

[Moscow Mule]

Gutted. I've always read your posts in Catweasle's voice. You've ruined it now.