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« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2010, 04:21:52 pm »
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These young fellas from days gone by rarely got past year 4 or 5 let alone year 9 schooling before they were out trying to bring a few extra pence home to their struggling families.
We call our early diggers the "oldtimers" however in reality the the marked graves show they were all young men in their teens or early 20's. This life was not for the old and frail, hard work, extreme conditions, unfriendly aborigines, poor diet, disease and mostly lack of water sent many of them to an early grave.
Our early history books tell of our "oldtimers" doing a "perisher" whereby they have literally crawled into an outcamp there tongues so swollen from lack of water they were unable to talk and tell of their hardships. Others who died within sight of help. They did it very tough. Only a few ever found bonanza gold.


Ain't that the sad truth.....you check the records for all the countries and you'll see similar stories repeated over and over again.   Similar stories come out of just about every major gold, silver, or gem strike throughout history.  Those who did make it to old age often did so as much through luck as through skill and/or knowledge.   And the conditions often aged the young very quickly.

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« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2010, 05:50:38 pm »
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Morning Joe,
We have the deadliest snakes in the world here in Australia however fortunately all but one usually get out of your way, feeling the vibrations of our presence before we actually sight them. The King Brown is a viscious mongrel growing over two metres (6 foot) long and he rarely backs off. One bite from this species the victim rarely survives.
Having said that I have spent over 30 years prospecting (part time) and probably walked 100's of kilometres in desolate outback country and have only seen maybe 5 snakes.
 Teach Most people suffer bites trying to kill snakes. 
We are actually a very advanced country and with no disrespect to you we have found that some Yanks still think we have kangaroos hopping down the streets and still hitch our horses to the rail.  Rider Grin
Yes, all the modern day communications are available including GPS and satellite TV. Many prospectors and outback travellers fit HF radios to our vehicles enabling us to make contact with one of 4 bases around Australia.
I made up a YAGI aerial and with the use of a patch lead am able to get mobile phone and internet connection in some remote areas.
Unfortunately there are many who travel without emergency communication devices and in typical Australian laid back attitude they think "It won't happen to me!"
However it does unfortunately, and they perish.
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Hi Rattlesnake,
There is a misconception that Australia is literally crawling with snakes. We do have some of the deadliest snakes on the planet, Australia has around 140 different species of snake of which 12 can kill.
Around 20 people die yearly in Australia from horse riding related accidents. Less than 2 a year die from a snakebite.  Amen
Of all Australian creatures, the European Honey Bee is responsible for an average of 10 deaths per year.
You have 75% greater chance of dying from a scuba diving accident.

So, you are statistically more likely to die going horse riding, scuba-diving, stung by a bee or by simply getting about in a car.  Wise

On a brighter note Australia is a great place for  Detecting





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