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Would you take a 9 week old Baby camping?

posted 8 years ago by shadaif
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I'm not judging these people because I know that Australians and English parents are more laxed and less paranoid about their kids than Americans. I consider myself fairly adventurous, it's just, less than 10 weeks after giving birth, the last thing I would want to do is go tent camping. Even though the chance of anything going wrong would be small, as this movie shows, there is always that chance and a baby that size can't defend themselves. Also babies do smell and I could see how their scent would attract dangerous animals.

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[–] HairynosedWombat 8 years ago

I camped in the same spot about a year earlier. I saw no dingoes and heard no stories about any danger from dingoes.

The most likely danger would be from snakes there.

I understand the tent was only 10m from the picnic table the adults were at, it was in sight (just, in the dark) and in earshot.

The only danger I might have thought of might be one of the other children rolling onto Azaria, but they had been camping for several days before.

While I am not surprised that the police and journalists didn't believe Lindys story because dingoes were not considered by whites a dangerous animal, but local indigenous Aboriginal people had no doubt it was a dingo.

The masters make the rules
For the wise men and the fools.

[–] RobbieCalifornia 7 years ago

I have just read where the head park ranger at Uluru had written a warning letter to authorities, stating that the dingoes were becoming more bold and dangerous, a year before this terrible tragedy. There were signs posted warning campers about the dingoes.

I certainly hope neither of these posters are inferring that Lindy Chamberlain was responsible for her baby's death. She was acquitted. The allegations against her were absurd. As far as taking a baby camping, I wouldn't do it, but I imagine experienced campers would have no problem with it.

[–] Esterhowse (468) 3 years ago

Thats not really relevant to the story is it?