Be Very Careful Out There People

[maverick]

I was running the dogs this morning when I came across this.

The cat chasing the birds. (a catamaran on Bird Rock).

What can I say, if they can't see a bloody big rock - what hope have we in a kayak.

I am assuming this happened over night. Bird Rock is exposed 99% of the time, and even when it is covered by water, it is only covered by a few inches of water. The birds still sit on it at high tide. Last night was a bright moonlit night. Unless the bay is absolutely dead flat, the slightest waves will break on it.

So the question needs to be asked, why wasn't he keeping a good lookout? If the rock was covered and he was driving in an area he didn't know - why was he driving so close to shore in the dark and at such a speed, given how far he got onto the rock, he wasn't going slowly.

[HaTTerS]

Great parking effort!
I think I can make out a face shaped smudge on the windscreen

[vaporboy]

well that'll teach him
haha, once in the hopkins river i saw a real nice boat go flatout over the pass (heaps of rocks near jubillee) after a bang bang scrape and a splash, i dont think he went over walking pace the rest of the day

[Yacker]

hehehehe...... must have been a fun walk to the beach, or is there someone hiding on board waiting for the tide

Just heard from a reliable source that this is an application to the Place Names Committee to rename it ‘Boatrock’

[Ghurkin]

would have been a nice cold swim to shore for them too

[wokka1]

Always the chance someone flogged it and put it there deliberately. But still the swim to shore...or an accomplice in another boat.

[maverick]

According to the Water Police, he was unfamiliar with the area.

[Ghurkin]

thats going to cost a few pesos to fix

[cheaterparts]

According to the Water Police, he was unfamiliar with the area.

he'll know the area a bit better now

[Yacker]

According to the Water Police, he was unfamiliar with the area.

he'll know the area a bit better now