Last Friday we spent the morning picking strawberries
(Strawberry Fields Forever). But our excitement didn't stop there! Almost home, I spotted something in the River that you don't usually see... An older couple were celebrating their wedding anniversary with a lovely, romantic day out on the boat. At the end of their day, they reversed the Landcruiser in to bring up the boat- and hubby forgot to put on the handbrake. In it all went! Poor people! But they were handling it pretty well! I could only think what it would have been like if it were us! I would be crying, John would be running around like an idiot trying all sorts of stupid things like trying to push it out (he even said "why don't they try pushing it out...??"). The trailer on the back had jack-knifed, and the lady involved was standing on the submerged trailer right next to the car. the back was filled with boxes of paper work, and those that weren't floating around inside the cabin, were floating off down stream! We were one of the first on the scene, but it didn't take long for the place to be full of spectators! And there was even more rubber necking going on- the traffic was horrendous even for a long time after they car was out!). The tow trucks had already been called, and it didn't take them long to show. First one to show up, who subsequently got the job, was local Tewantin Noosa Towing, and once he waded in and hooked it up- it was a simple job to pull it out! What an end to their Anniversary Celebrations...!
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Even the ducks came for a squiz!!
Can't even tell it's spent the last hour 3/4s submerged in the Noosa river! From the outside anyway...!!
