Thread: Leaving a car around minginui

I admit it was a few years ago now, however 3 of us went into that region for the roar one year and after one of the shittiest trips ever (weather etc.) we returned to find the vehicle had been broken into. The louts had tried to steal it and in doing so had wrecked the steering lock, almost flattened the battery and done a bunch of other damage. Three very cold, wet and tired hunters were mighty pissed off. We were a good 30 min drive from any help.

It took me about an hour to trace the wiring and figure out how to start the vehicle. Then the rain came back in so I had to figure out how to get the windscreen wipers to work... and shortly after, how to get the heater and fan to work so we could demist the windscreen. I was pretty proud of myself for getting us out of the shit - because we were firmly up to our necks in it - but I reckon my mate would have shot the culprets had he caught up with them. Explaining to his boss how the company ute got trashed wasn't much fun either.

If I were stupid enough to leave my vehicle in such circumstances again I'd be placing a couple of trail cameras in the bush nearby.