A thirty eight year old man and his dog were found well fed and watered after 9 days out stuck in a bog in the East Kimberly region.
Ian Graham, made a shelter, made a fire, collected rain water, and caught fish.
Western Australian police were "stunned" at the elaborate camp he had pieced together and at his healthy state in general.


http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/697437/missing-man-found-safe-and-well-in-wa

After watching the Survivorman episode last week where Les was in the Outback, I gotta say he looked like he was doing very well out there. I am not too surprised the fellow got by as he did, he certainly had the resources for it.

My only complaint while in the bush was I got stung in the armpit by some little wasp/ant thing and it burned for a few days. Other than that, we had loads of fun. Those Aussie mates love the mud.

fish and water..not many places in OZ you would find that..i would think that in the Outback his chances would have been smaller..someplace i read about the real croc dundee..same kind of story..fishing on the north coast,boat washed ashore in storm.this guy was lost for months..

It sure is refreshing to hear of a good lost camper, Most of the time we only hear of the body count. It would be interesting to find out if he is a reader of this or other preparedness web sites, or just a damn good backwoodsman.

Did he have a knife?

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Ian Graham, made a shelter, made a fire, collected rain water, and caught fish.



A good thing he had fishing gear in his kit

Getting a ATV bogged down can happen to anyone.

Sounds like one of the only real things he did wrong was incorrectly identify his destination when he told his partner where he was going.

Bah! He went fishing in the first place - that's cheating.

He probably just need a week away from his girlfriend!

Fishing gear is more than for food supply, it can halo occupy the time when your emergency camp is made, water and the wood supply gathered - it gives you something to do.