Sad for the truck, but what is more important - you! You are okay, unharmed, and probably your life saved by this sad happening. Things do not happen out of the blue, and I see a Mighty Hand over you, preventing you from doing that long road trip. Trucks can be repaired and replaced, but you, dear Eddy, can not.
Yep like those things that pull ploughs... I am wondering if my Plough Hog article offended the species... how dare this Fast Eddy compare those massive human blobs to a majestic buffalo...
The tow guy said they are the worst... long legs... body goes through the windshield...
Spoke to croc tour guy while waiting for a tow and told him can't make it today.. he says I need to cut horns for souvenir do I have axe...yes...explains how to split skull and remove...I says don't think hotel will be to keen I check in with that...or plane ...he offers to store them till I come back...gotta love these barnyard animals out this way... at least they are real... (but still really fucking stupid... )
Insane story! Like ingrid say, sad for the truck with reçent upgrade moreover. On the other end, you just hunted your diner for a week if you bring the beast to a butcher 😂
Was hoolio of the trip?
You know there is irony in that, you surviving a crash to not survive the crash with us all later
I just lodged the claim ... I am hoping they will repair it ... the guy said unless the frame is bent they'll likely repair cuz the insured replacement value is high... if they don't repair I need to get all my gear out and store it... the tow guy said he'd hold it for a year for me
Hoolio is in Perth... I am still waiting for the tow truck (2+ hours now).... have been contemplating going Kurtz and hacking off the buffalo head as in Apocalypse Now and smearing my face... then mounting it on the front of the ute...
Wonder what the tow truck driver would think...
BTW - the police did not attend ... they asked if there drugs or booze was involved... I said no... (wouldn't anyone?)... so they said just organize a tow truck...
It's sinking in now ... the adventure is over... a month+ living in the bush becomes normal... now I have to go back to The City.... Fuck.... at least Hoolio and M Fast are there...
It’s quite a bizarre thing to have occurred. The odds of running into a buffalo have to be near zero. It really seems like some kind of omen, don’t know positive or negative. Sorry you have to go back to the shitty, I mean city.
The tow guy say it happens a fair bit... more so on the road towards Alice Springs...
I am not pleased to be in a hotel....
The front desk lady said not to walk around in town at night ... it's very dodgy... lots of aboriginal fellas screaming and fighting .... she said they probably won't attack me but you never know - they are out of control... she said they had break ins at this hotel https://www.contourhotel.com.au/ but the cops caught the perps and that's stopped... she said theft in these towns is off the charts...
The guy making coffee this morning said he's been burgled 4x since he moved here... he showed me CCTV footage on his phone of the couple of the fellas coming in -- taking a some shit - and walking out of his apt... he also said that it is quite common for cars parked at the super market to be targeted with stones... just random smashing of windscreens...
Seems these fellas are still pissed off about being genocided... I believe until the early 70's they were classifieds as no humans ... under flora and fauna ... haha
I wouldn't mind to join them in throwing stones at the machine ... look at what the machine has given us...
Struggling to find a rental car to get to Darwin ... I might be on the bus later this week... that should be interesting....
I'm sure I speak for many readers, maybe even some of your haters: glad you were able to walk away and alive to speak about it. Talk about a "bucket list" finale...wow.
Sad for the truck, but what is more important - you! You are okay, unharmed, and probably your life saved by this sad happening. Things do not happen out of the blue, and I see a Mighty Hand over you, preventing you from doing that long road trip. Trucks can be repaired and replaced, but you, dear Eddy, can not.
Madame Fast was denied the fat life insurance settlement though haha
A buffalo!?!
Yep like those things that pull ploughs... I am wondering if my Plough Hog article offended the species... how dare this Fast Eddy compare those massive human blobs to a majestic buffalo...
There's camels as well all over the place in Australia believe it or not
The tow guy said they are the worst... long legs... body goes through the windshield...
Spoke to croc tour guy while waiting for a tow and told him can't make it today.. he says I need to cut horns for souvenir do I have axe...yes...explains how to split skull and remove...I says don't think hotel will be to keen I check in with that...or plane ...he offers to store them till I come back...gotta love these barnyard animals out this way... at least they are real... (but still really fucking stupid... )
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Insane story! Like ingrid say, sad for the truck with reçent upgrade moreover. On the other end, you just hunted your diner for a week if you bring the beast to a butcher 😂
Was hoolio of the trip?
You know there is irony in that, you surviving a crash to not survive the crash with us all later
I just lodged the claim ... I am hoping they will repair it ... the guy said unless the frame is bent they'll likely repair cuz the insured replacement value is high... if they don't repair I need to get all my gear out and store it... the tow guy said he'd hold it for a year for me
As a viewer of many salvage rebuild vids I am certain that will buff out. Trust me I'm an expert. Good to hear you're ok.
Hoolio is a the HQ in Perth.... I wonder what he'd do if he was here -- would he try to eat the buffalo?
https://nt.gov.au/environment/animals/feral-animals/feral-buffalo
According to the government buffalo in the Northern Territories are basically a bunch of cunts so you did Australia a favour there.
One of the ranch hands who stopped to see if all was ok said they shoot them on site... they are a menace
Glad you're okay!
Ouch Eddie, bummer. Seems like some kind of divine protection as buffaloes are sacred to Native Americans. Is Hoolio OK?
Hoolio is in Perth... I am still waiting for the tow truck (2+ hours now).... have been contemplating going Kurtz and hacking off the buffalo head as in Apocalypse Now and smearing my face... then mounting it on the front of the ute...
Wonder what the tow truck driver would think...
BTW - the police did not attend ... they asked if there drugs or booze was involved... I said no... (wouldn't anyone?)... so they said just organize a tow truck...
It's sinking in now ... the adventure is over... a month+ living in the bush becomes normal... now I have to go back to The City.... Fuck.... at least Hoolio and M Fast are there...
It’s quite a bizarre thing to have occurred. The odds of running into a buffalo have to be near zero. It really seems like some kind of omen, don’t know positive or negative. Sorry you have to go back to the shitty, I mean city.
The tow guy say it happens a fair bit... more so on the road towards Alice Springs...
I am not pleased to be in a hotel....
The front desk lady said not to walk around in town at night ... it's very dodgy... lots of aboriginal fellas screaming and fighting .... she said they probably won't attack me but you never know - they are out of control... she said they had break ins at this hotel https://www.contourhotel.com.au/ but the cops caught the perps and that's stopped... she said theft in these towns is off the charts...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-05/residents-are-leaving-nt-town-of-katherine-as-crime-spikes/101915448
The guy making coffee this morning said he's been burgled 4x since he moved here... he showed me CCTV footage on his phone of the couple of the fellas coming in -- taking a some shit - and walking out of his apt... he also said that it is quite common for cars parked at the super market to be targeted with stones... just random smashing of windscreens...
Seems these fellas are still pissed off about being genocided... I believe until the early 70's they were classifieds as no humans ... under flora and fauna ... haha
I wouldn't mind to join them in throwing stones at the machine ... look at what the machine has given us...
Struggling to find a rental car to get to Darwin ... I might be on the bus later this week... that should be interesting....
The Hilux took a serious hit but you walked away.
I hope insurance covers the loss of you rig.
I personally love my old land cruisers.
Wow... glad you're safe!
I'm sure I speak for many readers, maybe even some of your haters: glad you were able to walk away and alive to speak about it. Talk about a "bucket list" finale...wow.
DARPA Buffalo!
Not even as crazy as it sounds, they've probably already patented a robotic buffalo.
Remember that Bull they put a micro chip in its brain and could stop it on a dime? That was in the 80's I think too.