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Thanks Max, Doug, I think. The Dane Kowalski thing seemed everywhere for a while. Signs up everywhere. When he turned up dead, now, on bridges, Dane RIP, outside picket fenced houses in Diamond Creek, the inevitable accumulation of floral tributes. Bill On 01/04/2015, at 8:41 AM, Max Richards wrote: > Ahhh, yeahhh, Bill. > > They say Burke and Wills made big mistakes that helped get them into their fatal fix. > > This guy seems to have had bad luck but made quite a few mistakes getting into his fix. > > Did he know the risks he was taking? Did he tell his Mum? it seems not. > > Diamond Creek seems to have lost a bungler, mate. > > Max safe in Seattle > > On Mar 31, 2015, at 14:14, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Dane's dead. >> A modern day Burke >> or Wills >> found up near Coober Pedy. >> Search parties >> turned up a note. >> Not Dig. >> Just Help. >> Poor Dane, >> bogged, >> snake bit, >> near his car, >> seeking traction >> with a stick. >> >> We tried to help, Dane, >> All those posters, >> tacked on shop windows, >> taped round poles, >> planted in front yards. >> We were out there >> with you, somehow. >> We networked, >> scoured faces, >> hoped you might >> just turn up >> back in Diamond Creek. >> But outback mud and viper >> had other ideas. >> >> bw >> 31.3.15 >