Wild In The Outback
A desperate cry rose above the low chug of the boat’s engine. It broke off, the last notes echoing from the twisted mangroves snaking into the water. Victoria cut the engine and strained to hear any clues to where it had come from.
‘Vic. Are you still there?’ Eddie’s voice sounded metallic through the speakers of the ancient CB radio.
She didn’t answer. The boat drifted in the current. Nothing.
Eddie again. ‘Vic. If I don’t hear a reply I’m coming there after you. Over.’
Victoria pressed the switch. ‘I’m here, Eddie. I thought I heard a yell. Human. Over.’
‘Do you think it might be poachers?’
Another cry. Close. Urgent. The fine hairs on Victoria’s arms rose. The cry came upriver from a tributary to her left. She turned the key and the engine shattered the silenc
