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Stranded couple face crocodiles (BBC, 3/13/03)

A couple from Derbyshire have escaped from an Australian service station where they were marooned for 17 days.

The pair from Buxton were trapped after a river burst its banks, leaving them surrounded by crocodile infested flood waters.

The car park where Alex Mackenzie and Elizabeth Holland had stopped for a break became an island with the man-eating reptiles all around them.

They were eventually airlifted to Darwin by helicopter as it was the only way to escape the area. [...]

Ms Holland said the authorities were reluctant to help them out.

"The main government in Canberra refused to help, and the British government couldn't help and our insurance company refused to help," she said.

"The police didn't get involved and no one seemed to want to help us out."

Where's Steve Irwin when you need him? Posted by Orrin Judd at March 13, 2003 8:59 PM