Aus wandering

After our sunrise cruise, we headed out to Maguk, another beautiful gorge along a 4WD track in southern Kakadu. We had a lovely swim but being school holidays, the place was packed so we were swimming our way back to shore when a 50 year old man jumped off the top into the water of the waterfall but hit his foot on the rocks below.

Pete was the first on the scene and helped him swim to shore where he diagnosed him with a broken foot and then helped hobble him, with the help of his son, the 1km back to the carpark. At times the track was very bouldering and hard to hobble him through, so someone donated a pool noodle and Pete floated him parts of the way 😂 the kind rangers came up with a boat that Pete and I and the rangers paddled the remaining way to the carpark. The fellow then sent us pictures of his foot from the CT scan and it shows just how smashed up his foot really was! Poor bloke, he managed very well despite what must have been an immensely painful experience! Moral of the story is do not jump from waterfalls!Read more