Thirsty Aussies brave crocodiles for beer

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Last month their beer run went horribly wrong.


After three hours at the hotel, the group loaded a dinghy with seven cartons of beer and a bottle of rum and headed home. But nobody remembered to put in the bung in the boat, which sank in minutes, leaving the four men and a woman swimming for their lives in "the kitchen".


"The tide kept pushing us out to sea, we huddled together with the four life jackets we had and kept talking," Bagie told the Courier Mail newspaper in Brisbane on Thursday.


Seven hours later, the emergency position beacon, which they retrieved from the sinking boat, led rescuers to the drunk group.


Unperturbed by his misfortune, Bagie is already planning another beer run for his 21st birthday on December 9. "I want to celebrate my birthday properly and I'll go again," he said.



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where the aboriginal communities in the Cape have been destroyed by alcohol.