Is this your camel?
5th February 1998, Page 26
5th February 1998
Page 26
Page 26, 5th February 1998
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ver the years, the Hawk has heard some pretty odd tales, but none quite so bizarre as the Australian bushman charged with being drunk in charge of a pair of camels.
Ricky Hall, 35, was stopped by police while taking a cart load of tourists to a water hole on the outskirts of the Oodnadatta desert. When told by officers that he was too drunk to drive, Hall handed over the reins to someone else, but the police claimed he was still controlling the beasts by voice command.
Hall then tried get away on a third camel hitched to the wagon.
An unseemly tussle ensued and he was restrained with the aid of a pepper spray. He is due in court in March on two charges of drink-driving a camel.
I expect he's got the right hump.