WARNING. Herping can be dangerous

[womas4me]

Thought we would go for a little gecko collecting trip last night but it all came to a sudden halt 45 kms north of Port Hedland. This is the result of us slamming into the rear end of a cow. Needless to say, no gecko's were collected but am happy that we both walked away as this could have been far worse. Hit the moo at 110 km/h.

 

[Fuscus]

you had a cow of a day.
Sorry, couldn't help myself - good to hear your alright.

 

[moosenoose]

Awesome! lol Did you get the horns to put on the hood! or did the cow walk away with a slight headache?

ps Am I right in presuming you may get charged for running into the cow!? What's your insurance saying? Glad you are alright also!

 

[ad]

bbq at your place?

 

[snakehunter]

you wont see many geckos on the road going 110kms!
Car doesnt look too bad, sounds like you were lucky

 

[Bryony]

yeah lucky alright

may i ask how was the cow? (please don't let it be the same as in the movie me myself and irene)

 

[bigguy]

Hey, thats nothing. I went on a trip with Marshall Black to WA about 15 years ago. Marshall had me stopped so he could video the sunset. After he had finished I took off at high speed straight into a large bull.
It did a judo roll across my falcons hood, into the windsrceen and then over the roof. This caused thousands of dollars worth of damage :shock: The worst thing was while we were examing the damage the rotten bull got up without us seeing it move and disappeared without a trace :twisted:

 

[womas4me]

We were still heading up to the gecko area- that's why we were at that speed. Mind you, we still see geckos at that speed as a grey gecko on black bitumen does stick out. We don't hunt at that speed or on bitumen, though. The *&%#! cow took off, never to be seen again. We stopped and looked back- no cow. All that was left of it was the bit on the windscreen. Bigguy- the bulls are definitely big, so you guys had a lucky escape too. The insurance will pay up, it's just going to take a while. Shame they don't have laws that if the cows are on the road and not in the pastoral lease, the owners are liable.

 

[Magpie]

110kmh, sure sure, like anyone up there drives that slow.

 

[Tommo]

ive seen afew head ons with cattle up here. when it happens theres no speed limit so theres always alot of damage to the car