Alot of people who waggle fingers describe worse case scenarios and dont actually do
crazy outrageous things themselves....like that spider building climbing guy..or basejumpers in cities etc (!)

.. we all know them.reserved people..shy people..square nuts.....biggots..rascists...

..never step out of their comfort zone or travel'abroad' to discover &broaden their brain like these guys did..
no idea if mark etc is one of those types in secret..but i do know that he's just describing "worse case scenario" as i guess the'port authorities' were!!.. And someone had to do.it in.this case hay.
If that was me balidru i would have asked that guy'why'? So i understood the reason(if any)..i am really interested to hear the reason now...just because i like diving...if they cant give a good enough reason for being overpedantic i would then see it as bollocks

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In turqouise bay in a northern national park u have to get out of a drift snorkel at a corner or u can be sucked out and drown..the navy pier was a "public dive" until 9/11 and the usa raf has now protected it as its in top ten nuclear hitlist now apparently

its the same for anything..kiteing by electricity poles when u cant stay upwind etc...
And this..::
hanging fully out of a car mid highway has its worse case scenarios too(mark)
personally i allways look at them in an attempt to stay safe...and heed the warnings of others

...these guys didnt....such as if the tyre blew from heat his friend would be dead..blowouts!..i guess lots have seen them u cant control the thing!..

..and cows roos goats and vandal spikes etc
Thats why we all thought it was just bloody stupid..prima donna.priscilla queen of the desert/burning man festival fun..but no real safety measures as done in the 'movies'. Me&a mate want to do a coral bay to exmouth 150km inner reef kite run one day...no ph reception etc..but yeap we will take precautions&another friend will be in a support car..and no law broken..