Mitch Burgess won the first Turkey award of 2011 with his wet and wild adventures at a creek crossing along the way. He proved his Holden couldn’t ford a stream despite a valiant effort, and it was a great credit to his partner Catta Meacham that she resisted the temptation to say “I told you so”.
As Catta tells it (and Mitch agrees), her last words as they approached the creek and Mitch decided to take the water crossing instead of the bridge were “It looks a bit deep Mitch” … and second later, Mitch proved her right. Fortunately, he also had the presence of mind to cut the engine and protect it from being hydraulicked into oblivion.
By Sunday morning, only the slightly wet seats and carpets in the Commodore bore witness to the adventure … and of course the eyewitness accounts of what a handsome couple Mitch and Catta made as they sat on the roof of their car awaiting rescue.
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