TWO Australian men have been plucked from a life raft off the Queensland coast after a marathon 14 days adrift at sea, surviving on a two-day ration pack and using their shoes to catch rainwater to drink.

　　The pair said they were forced to abandon their fishing boat after it caught fire and sank beneath them. A fishing trawler came across the two dehydrated sailors around 65 km east of Cape Morton in Queensland and while the two had been reported as overdue at their destination, a full-scale had not been organized. (SD-Agencies)