Crackers 60hp PNG adventure

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Craig 'Crackers' Hand left Buffalo Creek ramp yesterday for PNG, via the Gulf of Carpentaria.

He told me last night he had been delayed in Shoal Bay by a school of tuna :lol:

For those who don't already know, Crackers trolls over to PNG in an old 15ft half cabin boat (the little red boat) with a 60hp two-stroke motor, to visit the remote Sibidiri tribe in PNG.

He loads his boat full of critically important domestic items for the tribe, such as totem tennis poles :D

It is a charitable adventure that includes a lot of fishing.

The previous four editions of NTMAG outlined his previous adventure.

I'll post links up to the Cracker-Tracker shortly, and there will be reports.

The adventure is not without risk, some would say Craig is ... errr, Crackers :mrgreen:

But I do know he is a bl..dy good bloke, and wish him well on what will be a helluva trip :captain:
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Best of luck, big effort in a little boat.
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Truly epic.

What a legend.
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Hope all goes well be waiting for the new story
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Big Kahunas if you ask me. Good luck to him
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Balls of steel !!!!!!!!!!!! Best of luck...........
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Hi there,

Yes this is an adventure that I want to read.
Good luck Crackers.

Have a good day,
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His articles in the mag have been awesome. It's so good reading about people going on real adventures. It's got to prove something to the ETEC baggers as well!!
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How many kms does he travel in his boat???
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barra mick wrote:How many kms does he travel in his boat???
From what he told me when was he working out his track on Google Earth, he expects to cover approximately 8,000 kms on this trip.
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Good luck Craig,I hope you allowed for the extra wieght apart from the load your taking with you,,,as said above those "BALLS of STEEL" must be very heavy.

safe trip
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Hey Matt, if Crackers had the gps tracker attached to his scrotum, it would have to be called Crackers Knacker Tracker! 8)
Don't know if there is a Mrs Crackers, but you'd reckon if there is she'd want to have it firmly attached there. :shock:
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Good luck... Hope he gets there so we don't get landed with a rescue bill..(tax payers that is)
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Good luck... Hope he gets there so we don't get landed with a rescue bill..(tax payers that is)
Spose the same applies when you head out to Goodrich Bank, or anywhere for that matter :roll:

Given some of the cr.p that tax gets wasted on, such as $40,000 pay rises for MPs, rescuing Crackers would be a good spend :lol:

He fixed the VHF radio for the tribe in Sibidiri for free, if it was done by PNG/Aust government contractors it would have cost $3 trillion.
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