News of a woman being lost in the Port Smith Lagoon probably didn't reach the eastern states. As we were there recently we could appreciate how easy it would have been to become disoriented. The ABC news report stated A 76-year-old woman has been rescued after spending 20 hours stranded in crocodile-infested waters in Western Australia's Kimberley with her two dogs. I am not sure the waters should be described as croc infested but at least one croc is known to be living in the lagoon.
When the tide is out there is no clear marker to show how to return to the road up to the caravan park. At least this story had a happy ending for the woman and her dogs. She managed her diabetes with lollies she was carrying and wrapped her arms in dog litter bags to keep off the sandflies. She climbed up a mangrove tree with the two dogs but she was still up to her neck in water until the tide receded.
The police were not immediately available to organise a search so one of the caravan park regulars rounded up other park visitors to form a search party. Fortunately he had considerable search and rescue experience and eventually one of the searchers in a dinghy heard the dogs barking and she was located. The picture is compliments of the ABC.
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