Review: Lost in Kakadu
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 6, 2013
This Australian adventure begins with a party of travellers boarding a tiny plane headed for Kakadu rainforest. Well-heeled Abigail has fidgeted through the trip so far; looking at her husband Spencer, Abigail is certain that his secretary is only one of the women he has been seeing.  But there is no way she's going to end up an impoverished cast-off.One minute they're watching brumbies, then the engines stall and a gum tree limb rips through the cabin. Abigail is trapped beneath a body.  Another traveller, Mackenzie, scrambles through the wreckage but finds only Abigail alive.  Shocked and thinking about society funerals, she's not much help at first and then gets bitten by ants. Mackenzie has to look for a first-aid kit.  He just knows they should not leave the wreckage as it will be spotted from the air.  A fire is easy work, but next day the two are forced to extract a knife from a dead man's pocket to prise open the luggage hold.  How much longer will they be in the jungle, and what else will they have to do to survive, especially after they find something unexpected in the hold?Unlike a Crocodile Dundee situation practical Mackenzie turns out not to be an expert on bush survival, and he happens to be gay, while his partner has been killed. Abigail is fairly daft.  She only grudgingly comes to accept her companion's talents - like cooking. The wildlife is part of the scenery, from birds to giant frogs,  though I was sceptical about the length of time they're in the bush. Kendall Talbot has concentrated on characterisation in this splendid adult adventure and gradual romance.