A fisherman in the Gulf of Carpentaria survives a horrific night at sea as Tropical Cyclone Trevor barrels towards the Northern Territory.
CloseMr Davey said in life or death situations, such as the one he faced this week, having access to shortwave radio"would have certainly helped"., which Mr Davey said was a mistake.
"We haven't got the shortwave radio service anymore so we can't get any ABC radio and there was so much lightning and thunder with the monsoon trough that there was too much static to be able to get BoM [Bureau of Meteorology] on the old HF radio," he said.
"It's such a horrible feeling, you feel so helpless out here when you've got your kids, your family out there and Mother Nature is just giving you a battering and you've got nowhere to go," he said. "You feel so helpless and insignificant out there and I just thank God we made it here safely and we're now sitting in anchorage."
Tropical Cyclone Trevor is expected to enter the Gulf of Carpentaria later tonight, where it is expected to re-intensify to a severe category 4 system., including the population of around 1,500 people on Groote Eylandt.
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