Two men who drowned off the Northern Territory coast had been trying to cross a flooded channel after their vehicle was bogged, police say.
A group of seven men from the Aboriginal community of Wadeye, about 400km southwest of Darwin, got into trouble after attempting to cross a channel flooded by the incoming tide between Dorcherty Island and the remote community's coast.
One member of the group made it to shore and raised the alarm at about 7.30pm (CST), and police found four others clinging to a forty-four gallon drum in the water near Wadeye soon after.
"They're fine, fatigued and very, very shaken up due to what they've gone through, but no injuries sustained," a police spokeswoman told AAP.
The bodies of the two remaining members of the group were discovered on a beach on the island early on Monday morning.
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A report will be prepared for the coroner.
