Their survival is a miracle their unique story, no wonder on the remote island of Torres strait the locals call it a miracle.
Three children were abandoned alone on an arid island living in a coconut grove and a catastrophic ocean disaster that claimed.
The lives of their parents and another three-year-old child ran a marathon on the deceptive waters of sharks and crocodiles and brave young people now tell their story for the first time.
The beautiful waters of the Torres strait are flooded with numerous islands and it is home to a proud and independent people.
I think if we look and talk about a man's family that is exactly what the Torres strait Islander tradition is about we must come together to deal with the crisis.
This is the island of bad you and the people here have been hunters in recent weeks. countries because of three amazing children 15-year-old Ellis loses hope of survival yes 10- year old Rita.
Who is the boss you or your sister or brother and eleven-year-old real hero of this story just swim don't be afraid swim to the island for the safety of nine of us children patience and courage for six days?
They were left alone without sharks crocodiles and elephants the fear they must have to be out in the dark in the cold I found it very difficult.
the brother-in-law and his family sailed away from the boat they were going to a 21st birthday party on a neighboring island.
Thursday about 40 miles away by boat and three hours or more by boat and Hayley and his wife Lisa with three children and three-year-old Clarence in the weather.
It is windy and windy and there is a bit of worry about getting out of the sea, not like all the islanders in these parts the family used to travel by sea in small boats and different.
The weather here they called these boat ti taxis or Torres strait commodores but this time Nina's engine repaired the engine. and we tried to pull the dunk up but we couldn't sink they started to collect the water when it turned and the sea turned. swamp sang Dinky dan.
The pastor of a different church assembly of god church showed incredible relief the boat disembarked and gathered his family around.
The water and prayed together with the mother with the child told the older children to swim to save their lives.
On a nearby island but the current here was running seven or eight knots I had no chance where they drifted towards the chief there but ended up nine miles from one-two-three on that third rock where we started.
Swimming mom said don't worry we just swam mom told them you know how to save your life swim local elders like Richard Bowie believe parents are the best decision they could have to stay with the younger one and hope the older kids would come to the beach.
It was a decision taken knowing that they were probably going to die.
Go on yes and I think it is guessing that they were more powerful than their parents and also remembering that Hayley and Lisa had a three-year-old child with them and the decisions he would make were those three. -the one-year-old goes to it.
When the kids after drifting between three or four meters on a green island. In this rocky place um it was dark, yes and you did the first thing you did for me to sleep that yes and that is where they slept.
That first night of the crack in the rocks but it was cold how you slept you broke your fist I piled up if you were in the middle while lying on the floor yes in the first four days of their trauma the kids were sitting.
They slept waiting there was no green here and no freshwater oysters were their only food at night to clear their minds of the dire situation we were in Bala telling ghost stories.
He told us anything don't make a lot of noise otherwise the red color will come and kill us or when we see the blue goal tell us to come and take us home.
So the red goal was a blue girl yes they keep looking for blue ghouls yes Tuesday night Wednesday night Thursday night Friday night The courage to swim towards the island where they had been swept away but the children knew the waves and carefully judged the proper time to stop.
I mean you've been through it and you're on the rock at least
it's a great decision to go back to the water yes you had to have the courage to do that or yes we worked out in college how to do it.
You strengthen your courage by swimming as a group and living together there have been times when fatigue comes in and despair.
I think for adults and a fortune teller was able to help them by Just holding on to me and we will get there which took them half a day but finally, they reached the shores of and the natural feeling of Bala was here they found food.
Indigenous berries are called wonga fruit and they were very lucky there was one coconut tree all over the island and it had fruit peeled into a hole in the holes and drank water.
You must have started to think that you will never be rescued
I told them to wait and I thought you would come and rescue us.
It looks like it doesn't go to the point where they can't be saved anyway yes three days five days 30 days we'll still be there yeah someone found us kids planning to swim.
Even more, they had prepared a route to jump the islands to take them home in the boat they were going to jump the islands would start swimming in other islands and it is a long-distance from 10 to get here but.
They were determined to do it in such a wonderful way that planning that you know was going on was what the Bala said to the people about what he knew those islands from walking to tea many times or being out there crayfish.
So he planned to eventually swim each island until he was near the bar and someone would do they finally saw him, someone saw them after three days and three nights in their uncle frank found them very bad due to sunburn and oyster cuts and we saw them coming down from the rocks.
You saw them running down the rocks high yeah the front and how you felt inside when you saw them you know I felt happy like I got them, kids, I think.
They were all family yes yes yes just ask that ask classes like um where are mom and dad but we told them we don't know and as soon as the children were rescued.
They joined the search for their parents but now a week before their boat got off and went back there. it was not beyond the faith.
They could base their hope on cruelty there was this false alarm upturned hull but it just turned out to be an accident earlier this day.
When people wanted to go out diving that was the best time you found the low wave that the three surviving children are mainly adults like Richard Bowie island.
Kids survival skills almost from now on, they can walk rely on saltwater from our breasts into the sea and so do important family uncles make sure the children know how to live if necessary you will survive.
When you are on the island there it is good to know you can get water and food from your coconut, you know there is fruit to eat, you know.
He has strong faith as these children have shown. The family will come to pick you up so don't worry you will be saved but the joy of having children at home eased.
The grief of their bereaved parents and younger brother memorial service was held last Sunday with Bala, it was an especially difficult day.
He told me to let's go see my mom and dad again and today he has brought that idea to him and his sisters will be looked after.
Their aunt is Vicky but here on the island of Badu they are part of a very large family from now on everyone will be some kind of mum and dad to them that is an island the way the island is proud of them I am proud of what they have done. they are very proud.
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