HELP 2807 -> (Picture: Queensland Police)
A British tourist who went missing in the Australian outback admitted that he had made ‘the stupidest decision of his life’ after being rescued.
Geoff Keys, 63, was rescued after two days thanks to a massive SOS message he wrote in the sand in Jardine National Park, Queensland.
He didn’t have any food and ended up several miles away from his camp after trying to re-trace his steps.
He had gone swimming down a river but for some reason, rather than heading back up stream he tried to cut across the bush.
But when he tried to find his way back he stumbled upon a different creek, according to the Mirror.
In a desperate last-ditch attempt to survive he wrote ‘HELP 2807’ with an arrow pointing to where he was.
A British tourist who went missing in the Australian outback admitted that he had made ‘the stupidest decision of his life’ after being rescued.
Geoff Keys, 63, was rescued after two days thanks to a massive SOS message he wrote in the sand in Jardine National Park, Queensland.
He didn’t have any food and ended up several miles away from his camp after trying to re-trace his steps.
He had gone swimming down a river but for some reason, rather than heading back up stream he tried to cut across the bush.
But when he tried to find his way back he stumbled upon a different creek, according to the Mirror.
In a desperate last-ditch attempt to survive he wrote ‘HELP 2807’ with an arrow pointing to where he was.
Mr Keys with Brad Foat who spotted him (Picture: Queensland Police)
He said: ‘It seemed a good idea to help myself as much as possible so I got out of the water, found a stick and wrote a message in the sand, just in case the helicopter came down that way,’ Mr Keys said.
‘HELP. 2807. –>. Help, today’s date and my direction of travel. I thought this would be enough to get any helicopter that saw it looking in the right place.’
Thankfully for Mr Keys, the messasge was spotted by Queensland Police despite not being in the official search zone.
He said: ‘It seemed a good idea to help myself as much as possible so I got out of the water, found a stick and wrote a message in the sand, just in case the helicopter came down that way,’ Mr Keys said.
‘HELP. 2807. –>. Help, today’s date and my direction of travel. I thought this would be enough to get any helicopter that saw it looking in the right place.’
Thankfully for Mr Keys, the messasge was spotted by Queensland Police despite not being in the official search zone.
(Picture: Queensland Police)
Brad Foat, senior constable, told him: ‘Mate you’ve got a lot of worried people back home.’
He was then plucked from the outback and taken to safety.
Mr Keys added: ‘I feel stupid but lucky. I’m sorry about the worry caused to friends and family. Please believe me… I wont’ be doing it again.’
Brad Foat, senior constable, told him: ‘Mate you’ve got a lot of worried people back home.’
He was then plucked from the outback and taken to safety.
Mr Keys added: ‘I feel stupid but lucky. I’m sorry about the worry caused to friends and family. Please believe me… I wont’ be doing it again.’
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