Today I read in the newspaper about a criminal that has been on the run for seven years. His name is Malcom Naden, and he has spent most of his time in the bush land in northern New South Wales, apparently surviving on fruit, stolen food and whatever he could gain through his network of contacts. He has been credited with many break-ins over the seven years, and has been sighted many times. The bounty on his head has been raised from an initial $50,000 to $250,00 and today he was finally captured by police.
I didn't think that is would be possible for someone to survive on the run in this day and age in a country such as Australia. I know that we have many vast areas of bush land, but much of it is populated, if sparsely, or often visited, so avoiding people and having police hunt for you at the same time would be no easy feat. I wrote about a man that had survived on a remote island in the forest (see blog 24 Jan 2012), however very few people visited that forest, and nobody was looking for that man, so his story is quite different from that of Malcom Naden. Malcom survived on mainland Australia and managed to avoid capture for seven years, even though he had been moving between bush land and populated areas. So I guess what I learnt today is that it is not only possible to survive living on the run in Australia for 7 years, but also that eventually, you will get caught.
If you would like to read the timeline of Malcom Naden's 7 years on the run, check out The Age.
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