Station hand with snake bite forced to wait through the night because of landing strip red tape

Chris McLennan
Updated November 5 2019 - 5:33pm, first published 11:38am
NT pastoralists say a station hand suffering snake bite had to wait until daylight before emergency services would respond. Picture: CareFlight.
NT pastoralists say a station hand suffering snake bite had to wait until daylight before emergency services would respond. Picture: CareFlight.

A recent emergency near Katherine where a station worker was bitten by a snake has uncovered problems using outback landing strips at night.

Chris McLennan

Chris McLennan

National Rural Property Writer

ACM national rural property writer based in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Career journalist. Multi award winner.

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