Two years ago, Christmas, flying a traffic management guy up and down the NSW South Coast to monitor traffic jams.
About to take off for third flight of the day, he get a phone call and starts p!ssing himself laughing. Tells me that a circus truck has overturned just south of us, and monkeys have escaped into the freeway.
Took off in a great hurry, I'm not missing this, and sure enough next to Bombo station there is a Stardust circus truck. It was still upright but the 4WD towing the monkey trailer had caught up to traffic, jackknifed, and overturned.
Fire service are frantically running around trying to corral wayward chimps while we circle overhead, traffic guy taking photos, and me calling everyone to come and have a look.