Extract from The Sunshine Coast Daily
Wednesday, 23 October 2002.

A GOOD icebox can save your life on a hot day. On a Northern Territory fishing trip, one can come in extremely handy especially when your boat explodes 12km offshore.

Two NT fishermen, who survived by keeping their cool, have sent a thank you letter to Caloundra company Evakool Iceboxes for saving them from a watery grave''.
Darwinite Ross Abraham and his mate were in Fog Bay, about 130km from Darwin, when he discovered a fuel leak in the main tank of his 5m craft.
For some unknown reason, the boat ignited just after he shut down the motor and isolated the batteries.
The pair had no time to react and looked on in horror as the life jackets caught fire.
Ross threw the icebox, containing 8kg of ice, 10kg of water and some food, into the sea, as well as some flares.
The 120-litre Evakool was to be their life-raft for 31.5 hours.
We used the icebox to advantage with the swell and wind to help navigate back to land,'' Ross said.
For two days we travelled up and down the Coast on the seven metre tides before reaching land about 15km from where we launched the boat. Without the Evakool we would not be here today.''
Ross thanked the Sunshine Coast manufacturer for the well-made product and even made a suggestion to have the handles placed lower on the icebox to maintain stability when floating about the ocean.
Sightings of crocs, sharks, and dangerous stingers added to the chilling ordeal, which ended with the boys in hospital on drips.