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Rescue flighton fishing tripA WEEK-long fishing trip offthe Cobourg Peninsula,160km northeast of Darwin,ended with a rescue flight fora Darwin man yesterday.

Five men, from Katherineand Darwin, made an emerg-ency dash to isolated VashonHead airstrip after one of themen fell just over a metrefrom their larger boat on to asmall tinny, suffering frac-tured ribs after landing onhis chest.

The men used a phone tocall for medical help just be-fore midday.

A CareFlight nurse landedat the remote airstrip to meetthe fishing party and takeover treatment of the man,aged 50.

He was flown to Royal Dar-win Hospital for treatment.

Wheely big deal asHill jumps on board

US Supercross champion Josh Hill will be making his Australian debut at the combined supercross-superbikes round at Hidden Valley

EXCLUSIVEByGREYMORRIS

We’re absolutely

thrilled he’ll be

making his

Australian debut

right here in Darwin

DARWIN’S historic firstround of the AustralianSupercross Championshiphas changed its name to theJosh Hill Show.

The US Supercross champ-ion will today be announcedas the star attraction at theSeptember 14-15 combinedsupercross-superbikesround at Hidden Valley.

Sports Minister Matt Con-lan said the Darwin motor-bike spectacular wouldmark 24-year-old Hill’s firstappearance in Australia.

‘‘When it comes to super-ross riders around theworld, Josh Hill is about as

big as they come,’’ Mr Con-lan said. ‘‘So we’re absol-utely thrilled he’ll be makinghis Australian debut righthere in Darwin.

‘‘Josh is signed to CareyHart’s team — the husbandof pop megastar Pink — who

happen to be one of the big-gest teams in America.’’

Event promoter and Inter-national EntertainmentGroup director YarriveKonsky said that Hill’s in-clusion in the Darwinsupercross round was‘‘incredibly huge’’.

‘‘We’re delighted to be ableto bring Josh to Darwin andHidden Valley,’’ Mr Konskytold the NT News.

‘‘Josh had a bad crash twoyears ago which made globalheadlines and there werefears he would never raceagain. But he’s back betterthan ever and excited to becoming to Australia for thefirst time, where Darwin willbe his very first stop.

‘‘This guy is a huge namein supercross and his ap-pearance will make thechampionships at HiddenValley a world-class event.’’

Hidden Valley is hosting aQBE Australian SuperbikeChampionships (ASBK) andAustralian SupercrossChampionship round.

‘‘The double program inDarwin will be a great oppor-tunity for Territorians,visitors and rev heads toget down to Hidden Valleyand see not one but two dif-ferent types of motorcyclesports at the one venue,’’ MrConlan said.

‘‘It will be a double dose ofspeed, agility and athleti-cism and it’s going to be Hid-

den Valley like Territor-ians have never seenit before.’’

The NT Government andMr Konsky’s organisationhave sourced 10,000 tonnesof dirt to build thesupercross track withjumps and obstacles inthe middle of the HiddenValley circuit.

Tickets for the motorbikespectacular go on sale onTuesday, August 13 fromntmajorevents.com.au orat the gate.

A thriller pass, whichprovides admission to bothevents over the weekend,will cost $20 per day,with children 8-13 years $10per day.

Bikini car-clean businesses washed upBy SARAH CRAWFORD

TWO rival bikini car wa-shes appear to have closeddown following a toplesscar-washing scandal.

After soaping up dirtycars for more than a monththe bikini babes were ab-sent from the two vacantlots at the corner of Dalyand Woods streets at theweekend. It came aftersome entrepreneurial car

washers were cautioned bypolice for washing vehiclesbare-breasted for extracash on Sunday, July 28.

High-heeled bikini babeswaving suggestive signssaying ‘‘come get me wet’’on the Daly St median stripwere becoming a regularcity attraction.

Topless car wash oper-ator Laeti — who did notwant to give her full name— told the NT News last

week she was consideringpacking up her bucket andsponge. ‘‘I’m just a girlworking in a car wash,’’ shesaid. ‘‘Of course bikinis areOK (but) I don’t know if it’stoo much trouble.’’

Laeti’s car washing crewwere in fierce competitionwith another band ofbikini-clad scrubbers at thevacant lot across the road.

Susy Griffiths said the‘‘wettest car wash bikini

girls’’ had operated fromthe site at the corner ofDaly and Woods streets forfive years, but high rentforced them to move acrossthe road recently.

‘‘(We were) struggling toeven cover costs,’’ Ms Grif-fiths said.

She was surprised to seea rival team spring up atthe original site, and amu-sed to hear they had been‘‘busted’’ for going topless.

Top End luckhits bottomYOU’RE very, very lucky ifyou’re feeling lucky in theNorthern Territory.

In bad news for Territorianshoping for a lucky break, anonline competition websitesays the NT is the unluckieststate or territory in Australia.

Win24.com.au has foundthat the NT recorded just 1 percent of winners compared tothe winning state of Queens-land’s 34 per cent.

Infant deathshighest in NTTHERE has been a 46 percent decline in infant mor-tality for indigenous babiesfrom 2001 to 2010 but mor-tality rates in the Territoryare the highest in the nation,a new report has found.

The first annual report onthe health indicators in theIndigenous Early ChildhoodDevelopment NationalPartnership Agreement wasreleased yesterday by theFederal Government’sAustralian Institute ofHealth and Welfare.

The report found the mor-tality rates for indigenous in-fants was nearly twice ashigh as for non-indigenousinfants in NSW, Queenslandand SA and about three timesas high in Western Australiaand the Territory.

Proud Mauboyis staying putTERRITORIAN songstressJessica Mauboy has told herfans she won’t be relocating‘‘anywhere, anytime’’ afterreports she was moving tothe United States.

In a News Limited storypublished yesterday, it wasreported that she was finalis-ing plans to move to LAto pursue her film andmusic career.

But on social networkingsite Instagram Mauboy pub-lished a picture of the articleand denied the move saying‘‘Darwin/sydney/Australiais my home and always willbe!:) So just from my ownmouth I won’t be relocatinganywhere, anytime . . .’’

Mauboy will be bringingher latest tour to Darwin onNovember 17.