29th March 2010
Stranded fishos holler for chopper.
SAVED: Two fishos were rescued by CareFlight from an isolated estuary on Melville Island, after the outboard on their tinnie failed.
TWO men had to be rescued by chopper yesterday after their near-new 5m tinnie conked out, stranding them at an isolated spot north of Darwin.
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Tinnie is commonly used as slang for a runabout, or a small open aluminium boat commonly used for fishing, recreation or water sports coaching. Ironically, most items referred to in this region as "tinnies" are actually made out of aluminium. Another variant of "tinny"/"tinnie" is as a slang term for a can of beer, commonly used in Australia, New Zealand and some parts of the UK.
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