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Women have revealed their ‘horror experiences’ while traveling in Australia – and why the country isn’t always the haven it’s made out to be.
Many have often warned others about the dangers of the Outback, especially traveling solo in the middle of the night.
Jane* from South Australia revealed she was driving through New South Wales with her family when their car was attacked.
‘I was 14 and we were going to visit our great-grandparents. It was night time and we didn’t know to stop for anyone or anything in this part of the country,’ she wrote on Facebook.
‘We slowed down as we went through a small town, (and found) bars on windows, burnt out cars, run down houses. A bunch of people ran out from the bushes and tried to jump over our mule and squeeze the camping equipment we had on the roof bars.’
Women have revealed their ‘horror’ experiences while traveling in Australia
Another Sydney woman, Amanda*, revealed that a simple train ride turned into something much more sinister when she was confronted by a ‘creepy’ driver – and the encounter soured her experience of public transport.
‘I was a teenager and a friend and I was drunk and driving home. The train was mostly empty and we somehow made it to the front.
‘The train driver let us into the cabin with him while he was doing his train control – and then he locked the door and wouldn’t let us out!’
The women were overwhelmed with terror and did not know how to escape from the precarious situation.
They were shocked that a train driver would endanger them like that.
“We were freaking out but tried to play it cool,” she said.
‘Another man on the train noticed and started banging on the door from the other side and the driver finally let us out.’
But the nightmare wasn’t over – the duo were still far from home.
‘We were stuck in Lithgow at 02.00 and a station employee ended up driving us home – which was an hour away.’
Amanda was shocked that nothing really bad happened to her and her friend.
If you are in a dangerous situation, call Triple Zero (000).