wouldnt have hurt him to lend a hand

RUSS & SANDY

"A family that fishes together stays together"

Can't believe he didn't help out. At least we know you got back to post that. 

Colin Molloy

(Colin 2 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)

Man that is so crap.  What an idiot for doing that.

I went fishing to Harvey Dam on the weekend and while driving through one of the tracks at the edge of the dam I came upon a few mud/water pools. I drove through a few until i got to one that was particularly large.  I thought with a bit of speed and smoothness I can make it.  Well I didn't, I got about half way through and then my poor Outboack sank right up to it's nuts in mud!  Fortunately I was still in my waders and coudl only just open the door, yep I was that far into the mud.

Anyway I toiled away for ages with rocks and sticks under the wheels to no avail.  I eventually walked around the shoreline to a place I had seen another fisho.  He had a large 4x4 but no recovery equipment.  Saw another group in a tinnie near the shore who also had no equipment.

I was just starting the long walk into town (still in my waders) when the first guy I asked drove up the road and gave a lift into town.  He had cut his fishing outting short just to help me. He said if I bought a rope he would pull me out.  Got to the petrol station and a local bloke was there in a hard working 4x4.  I asked him if he had any recovery gear and he did.  He also offered to drive out with me and ended up pulling me out.  I asked the guy for his address so that I could drop off some beer for him and he refused, I offered him cash and he refused.

Both of these guys went completely out of their way to give me a hand when I needed it and expected nothing in return.  For this I am extremely grateful and if ever should the opportunity arise I would certainly repay the favour to the next guy that needs it.  So there you ahve the two extremes of people, the ones I met who are absolute legends and the idiot you had to deal with Uncut.  Sorry you had such an unpleasant experience but I am glad you got out ok.

Gus (sorry for the long post)

Bit sad really. As a northerner I find it my duty to stop for anyone that looks stranded on the side of the road, a quick, you right mate? and I feel like I've done the right thing. Mostly in the hope that one day when I'm in crap some good karma will come my way and someone will help me out. Doesn't necessarily work like that, but I like to think so. (especially seeing were now starting to get into some WAAARM weather)

Edit: Just read Gus's post as we posted at the same time, perfect example really.

Nice to hear a good samaritan story mate - two guys that went out of their way to assist and didn't want anything for it but the basic pleasure and principal of helping others. Top stuff! Shows there's still a lot of good still.

Colin Molloy

(Colin 2 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)

He will be the first one looking for help. Jerk.
(Colin 1 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)

today we have very little left of mate-ship and helping hands.
I can never go past anyone in the stuck or down with a flat etc, without offering a helping hand etc. Call it what you like, but I believe that one day what you give around, comes back to help or haunt you.

Many young guns never worked hard for the toys and have no inner pride in helping out anymore. Say what you like, but todays youth ( those under 35 and younger...) never had it tough or had to depend on each other to make it through life.... how hard they will soon learn.
Good to hear you out safe mate, and still fishing

Tony

ps as I drive shopping trolley Jeep, I tend to be the one begging to be rescued too.... so i'm nice to everyone I may need in future...lol

Full-time piscatorial-idiot, in The Vines. "It is always in season for old men to learn." Aeschylus (525-456 BC) Greek poet.
Supporter of Meals on Reels & The Wally Weight

 Hubbie is retired road train driver (mc) and he'd always stop if he saw somebody on the side of the road (country roads can be very lonely sometimes).  We've pulled many a 4x4 (expensive ones) with our little 4x4 (4 cyclinder deisel oh what a feelin') on the beach.  What I hate is your fishing (me sitting in chair) and some d....khead comes roaring past (one was doing at 60klm) have to pick up chair, run to get little dog, then you pack up and this d...khead is bogged, feel like saying you got your karma, but Bob  helped him out, me muttering in the background leave the @#$1% dipstick.

ps.  sorry about your misfortune uncut.

SPEWIE LEWIE

ive stopped and helped more people than i can remember
BUT there was this one occasion when i did a runner on 2 female german backpackers.it was 2006 afl grandfinale day .i had packed my boat. cruiser.wife and kids in the car by 5 am to do the bolt to coral bay in time to set the tv up and watch the game .half way between paraburdo and the nanutara road house there was this heap of shit of a car packed to the eyeballs broken down with 2 young german chicks parked up in the shade well i did try to get the bucket of bolts going .spent about an hour and a full can of carby cleaner [was for the outboard]trying to get this car going .in the end i got the 2 girls in there car and told them, to give it a go .so of they went car coughing and spluttering down the road .mean while ive ordered my family to get in our car.the girls bucket of crap stopped about 500m down the road and i sped straight past them on to coral bay.not the most noble thing ive eva done .but i did get to watch the eagles win the flag.and seriously the car these girls were in was not the sort of veichle you would be driving hundreds of miles in .half an hour down the road i passed a car heading back to para with a single woman in the car .i hope she stopped for the girls and gave them a lift back to para.i swear i only saw about 2 veichles on the road that day as every man and his dog would of been watchinfg the grandy
once back at para ide say they would of found it quite hard to get anyone to help them till monday as most people would of been on the sauce watching the game

i wonder if those girls eva watched the movie wolf creek
always in it just the depth that varies

Ha ha mitch.

karma karma is all I can say. Yes; I did dig dig dig and got away hehehehe...Nice to hear your stories guys..

Cheers, Vince

http://vinceholt.spaces.live.com/

 ------------------------------

Work Smart - Fish Often

a few years back when some mates and I were driving around Australian in an old LWB Landrover. We were travelling down this old bush track called the Plenty Highway between Mt Isa and Alice Springs. This is really remote and rugged country, so when we came across three indigenous people standing beside their car next to the track we quickly got out to see if we could lend a hand. They told us that the car was stuffed and asked could we tow them to Alice to get it fixed. As that was more than 100 km away over really rough, corrogated tracks, we weren't keen but offered to have a look under the hood to see what the problem was. The problem was there was no motor under the hood. Cheeky buggers.
(Colin 1 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)

Tony i cant totally agree with your comments.

There are many people under the age of 35 who do stop and lend a hand, and DO work hard for there toys.

Im 26 an i quite often stop to help people who need it. Its the right thing to do really.

A Prime example os the hamelin bay boat ramp.

For those who know this ramp, its by no means the friendliest one around. Every year we spend 3 weeks at hamelin bay in March, and some days i can spend 2-3 hours helping people load their boats back onto the trailers. 2 people trying to load a boat back onto a trailer on an open ocean ramp isnt the smartest thing to do.

a few years back i walked down to this ramp and there was about 100 people standing around watching these 2 guys try retrieve their boat. 1 on th winch, 1 holding the boat trying to guide it on the rollers.

All of a sudden the boat swings round on a bit of swell and turns side on and traps the guy holding boat between the side of the boat and the trailer...with the waves hitting it.

I quickly ran down with a cousin of mine and gave them a hand to retrive the boat. The guy who was holding the boat was quite injured with broken ribs, a very deep cut to his foot, and possibly a broken ankle... He was quickly taken to Augusta hospital.
I gave the crowd of people a mouth full ont he way back up for just watching this happen

the following day i was out in the tinny with my old man and an uncle, we were coming back in t=for the day, and there was a fair bit of swell that had built up during the day.

I miss judged the waves on the sure line and came in on the front of a bit of swell, as the tinny hit the sand it turned side on and flipped.

Luckily my old man fell off the front out of the way, my uncle landed on the sand and the tinny came down on him, but he was between the seats, but i was not so lucky.... i had the side of the tinny come down on my head, and the motor on my back (I was driving from the back).

Walked away with some very nice bruises and a concussion (Lucky not to be worse)

I dont really remember too much after getting up, but i do no the tinny was sitting ontop of me, and a heap of guys who were watching came running down and lifted it off of me.

I always believe, you do something good for someone, someone will do something good for you.

For those of you who might remember this day, it was good friday about 10 or so years ago, it was the day a father was washed off the rocks in Augusta from a king wave, and his twin boys in their early 20's jumped in after him, but all 3 drowned...

ps:

To this day....the local fishermen and some campers still remember me from this one incident!!!! and remind me of it too

Wow Bodie you were lucky to get out that one.

I also disagree with your comments Tony.  I am now 34 (I know close enough to 35!) but I have always stopped for people who are broken down, injured, etc.  It is not about your age but how you were brought up.  My dad brought me up right and I wouldn't leave someone in their hour of need.  If I wasn't courteous or polite and did not show respect to others my dad soon let me know it - and he had pretty big and heavy hands!

All you can do is hope that by you being nice to others they may catch the 'disease' and be nice to someone in turn.   There is also a certain level of satisfaction in helping others in need - at least for me.

I too disagree with your comment Tony, I'm only 29, have worked hard for everything I've got and where I've got to. Will help out anyone in trouble (count was over 60 last year as I did 33,000kms along the coast between Canarvon and Exmouth) I know theres a proportion of people out there that wouldn't help, but all the guys I know would definately help out and I think that generalisation is pretty unreasonable, but hey, thats your own personal opinion.

(Colin 1 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)

dout if we would of got much traction as shit is pretty slippery
always in it just the depth that varies