Haz.
Regular Member
Like I have said several times before. Dont come down under for an enjoyable holiday. If the criminals dont get you the crocodiles might. Its like going to Africa to walk among the lions with unarmed Guide's. Only in Australia, a land of sweeping plains, of ragged mountain ranges, of drought and flooding rains. A land run by the anti firearms advocates supported by the Bambi-Brigade. Haz.
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Roy "Gouger" Turner, 66, banned from having firearm to protect Haggerstone Island eco-resort guests from crocodiles
by: Kay Dibben From: The Sunday Mail (Qld) October 02, 2011 12:00AM.
A NORTH Queensland resort owner who was fined earlier this year for tugging the tail of a crocodile has been banned from having a firearm to protect his guests from crocs.
Roy Turner, owner of remote and exclusive Haggerstone Island eco-resort, off Cape York, lost his firearm licence in March, after being convicted of unlawful possession of weapons.
He had been found with two handguns, a crossbow and a semi-automatic shotgun on the island and also was fined for disturbing dangerous native animals and selling liquor without a permit.
Mr Turner, 66, earned the nickname "Gouger" when he saved the life of a young girl who was attacked by a crocodile while swimming in Margaret Bay, near Haggerstone Island, in 2004.
He climbed on the back of the crocodile and gouged its eyes until it let go of the girl.
But authorities took a dim view of Mr Turner when a promotional video for the resort, posted on YouTube, showed him pulling on a croc's tail, as a tourist looked on.
Read More: http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...-from-crocodiles/story-e6freoof-1226155284368
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Roy "Gouger" Turner, 66, banned from having firearm to protect Haggerstone Island eco-resort guests from crocodiles
by: Kay Dibben From: The Sunday Mail (Qld) October 02, 2011 12:00AM.
A NORTH Queensland resort owner who was fined earlier this year for tugging the tail of a crocodile has been banned from having a firearm to protect his guests from crocs.
Roy Turner, owner of remote and exclusive Haggerstone Island eco-resort, off Cape York, lost his firearm licence in March, after being convicted of unlawful possession of weapons.
He had been found with two handguns, a crossbow and a semi-automatic shotgun on the island and also was fined for disturbing dangerous native animals and selling liquor without a permit.
Mr Turner, 66, earned the nickname "Gouger" when he saved the life of a young girl who was attacked by a crocodile while swimming in Margaret Bay, near Haggerstone Island, in 2004.
He climbed on the back of the crocodile and gouged its eyes until it let go of the girl.
But authorities took a dim view of Mr Turner when a promotional video for the resort, posted on YouTube, showed him pulling on a croc's tail, as a tourist looked on.
Read More: http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...-from-crocodiles/story-e6freoof-1226155284368
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