1969, Exercise 'Coral Sands' in an exercise area north of Townsville, Queensland. It was a big SEATO exercise involving Commonwealth armies, navies and air forces and there was a lot of press interest.
Bumbling along in my Whirlwind 10, shipped from Singapore to Townsville inside Sir Galahad I flew by an abandoned station near the remains of old mine workings. My crewman called out that he had seen SOS on the ground outside the old house.
We investigated and there were four parched press men who had been transported there by a steely Wessex of the Royal Navy. Apparently it had got the position wrong and hadn't thought why there was nobody else there.
We loaded them and carried them back for a beer or two and civilisation.
There was a few rude comments about the Navy in the local paper.