Police rescue elderly boaties stuck in the Karumba mud

Derek Barry
August 5 2019 - 6:30am
Police begin the painstaking task of rescuing a boating couple stuck in the mud off Karumba. Photos: supplied
Police begin the painstaking task of rescuing a boating couple stuck in the mud off Karumba. Photos: supplied

Police and locals have rescued an elderly couple stranded in mud on a dinghy off a beach in the Gulf of Carpentaria after a four-hour ordeal.

Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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