I shouted at my television. There are two golden rules to be followed when camping in the Australian outback or anywhere for that matter. The first rule is 'Don't Camp Under a Eucalypt'. They have a nasty habit of dropping things onto campers. Things like limbs.
People die every year from falling branches.
The second rule is 'Don't Camp in a River Bed'. Now it should be obvious to anybody that those nice sandy beaches appear on those riverbanks for a reason. The river deposits the sand there as it flows over it. I'll say it again. We know that because it's wet.