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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2016 16:53:47 GMT 7
A 30-year-old British backpacker has disappeared in Australia after a “drunken stunt” in which he jumped off a bridge into the Brisbane River. The Briton was apparently one of four men who decided to jump off the William Jolly Bridge on Sunday night at about 10.30pm, local time, after drinking at a nearby youth hostel. Authorities have deployed helicopters, bikes and divers to search the waters and banks of the river but no trace of the man has been found. "They had agreed between themselves that they were going to jump off the bridge for a bit of fun and to cool down,” said Sean Cryer, a police inspector. "The young man in question, a 30-year-old British national, jumped off the bridge first. "The other three guys said that he took a running jump from three or four metres away, jumped over the rail and went under the water.” Continues - www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/12104932/British-backpacker-disappears-after-jumping-off-bridge-for-a-bit-of-fun.html |
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Post by rgs2001uk on Jan 18, 2016 22:28:55 GMT 7
Send the bill to his parents.
Why should the Ozzy taxpayer pick up the tab?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2016 9:55:30 GMT 7
I know the bridge well, being from Brisbane originally. Anyone who willingly throws themselves off that bridge is asking for trouble.
Seems like Thailand is not the only place where tourists do crazy things. The sad part is the country in question gets a bad name through no fault of their own.
Condolences to friends and family and sorry to hear of this unnecessary event.
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Post by smokie36 on Jan 19, 2016 17:43:42 GMT 7
They should move the bridge to Darwin.
Misadventure.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2016 18:02:12 GMT 7
Better place to land, the crocodiles ate all the sharks up in Darwin.
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Post by me on Jan 19, 2016 18:54:34 GMT 7
I know the bridge well, being from Brisbane originally. Anyone who willingly throws themselves off that bridge is asking for trouble. Seems like Thailand is not the only place where tourists do crazy things. The sad part is the country in question gets a bad name through no fault of their own. Condolences to friends and family and sorry to hear of this unnecessary event. I do not think that the bridge is worse than many other places people jump into water voluntarily. about the same hight as a diving board. Being drunk however would not help him at all. Young people have throughout history done things which were a litle on the edge. I spent my young days jumping off cliffs into the Yarra River at Heidelberg and I can assure you that is much more dangerous as there are snags near the bank if you did not jump far enough aut. People go to Mexico specially to jump off a very high cliff into the water, Not for me though. He should not have done it and sadly is now dead. Things like that happen sometimes. |
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Post by smokie36 on Jan 19, 2016 19:35:19 GMT 7
I got p**sed and jumped into the sea after an I'll advised journey to Thong Nai Pan Noi one late December when all of the boats told us not to travel.
I jumped into heavy water and immediately knew my mistake...was lucky to be caught by a wave and spat up on the beach or I'd be a similar casualty.
Young people do crazy things....RIP to the poor lad.
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Post by onionluke on Jan 19, 2016 20:55:31 GMT 7
He might of hit a pile cap at the foot of the pier , sometimes designed in to protect the bridge from collision from boats.
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Post by rgs2001uk on Jan 19, 2016 21:26:01 GMT 7
They should move the bridge to Darwin. Misadventure. They should move all the Ozzies to Darwin, let them suffer from monsoon madness, the country might be a nicer place to visit without the whinging Ozzies, land of warm beer and cold pies,  Sarcasm alert. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2016 6:22:06 GMT 7
They should move the bridge to Darwin. Misadventure. They should move all the Ozzies to Darwin, let them suffer from monsoon madness, the country might be a nicer place to visit without the whinging Ozzies, land of warm beer and cold pies, Sarcasm alert. Very funny rg, and I thought your comment was more tongue in cheek than sarcastic. But seriously I have a theory as to why so many Brits revel in having a go at Australians and the country in general ie. culture, weather, food and drinks we consume (both hot and cold) See, in the early days it was seen as just a hot and dusty penal colony which was ideal to send all those wicked Irishmen (my ancestors) to get them as far away from England as possible. Since then they have realized that they should have moved the English people to Australia and developed all that land and mineral resources and left the Irishmen to suffer on that cold and miserable little island and put up with all the undesirable migrants and the EU. (no sarcasm alert for you) |
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