One minute Phil Burt was parked in a clearing on the side of the road; the next he was being flown to Canberra with a string of injuries after a car failed to negotiate a curve and smashed into his vehicle.
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The Eurobodalla Shire father-of-four is the latest Princes Highway casualty and one of many to fall foul of the notorious stretch just south of Batemans Bay.
Motorcyclist and safety coach David Tynan has a solution. He says wire safety barriers are “the best compromise”, even if they’re unpopular with some riders. Check out Zoe Cartwright’s interviews with Phil and David below.
Despite hoping to claim one of Australia’s most marginal seats, ALP Gilmore candidate Fiona Phillips was lukewarm on the bid to secure 80-20 funding for the highway.
Our readers aren’t and we continue to welcome your letters. Phil Burt’s predicament rang a little too true for Dale and Brian Evans, of Tomakin.
If – after all this talk of crashes - you are feeling like a wreck, sail down to the Old Courthouse Museum in Batemans Bay and sink some time into the show Submerged: Stories of Australia's Shipwrecks.
