Disaster in Perth
Upon arrival in Perth area we headed straight for the low key suburb of Freemantle south of the river and prepared for a few days sightseeing.
The next morning disaster struck. A chain reaction involving a guitar, Becky and a freshly poured cup of boiling tea (no milk), resulted in Holland receiving second degree burns to 3% of his body. After screaming in agony and sitting under a tap we eventually went to A&E. The pain was the worse he had ever felt in his life. He was eventually tended to and injected with large doses of Morphine and after being made to sleep it off under observation for a few hours was patched up and released.
This was bad news for our plans to head north for warmer weather and to dive with Whale sharks and Manta Rays as he was told not to swim for at least two weeks (until the oozing stopped).
But as they say 'every cloud has a silver lining' and we met some cool new English friends Gemma and Howard who came and offered us an ice pack for the burns. We hung out with them for a few days and went out for drinks in town to subdue the pain.
With almost daily agonising visits to the hospital for bandage changes the next few days were hard, but as the wound started to heal we decided to head north in search of warmer weather and to escape the colder winds of the South West's autumn.
Now begins the arduous task of selling the van. We have three weeks left to do so and we are planning to drive 1300km north and back during that time! We are worried about not being able to sell the van before we leave as there is less demand here and we have NSW plates but we are trying to remain positive and have been putting up posters everywhere we go. Keep your fingers crossed for us!
love Holland and Becky
The next morning disaster struck. A chain reaction involving a guitar, Becky and a freshly poured cup of boiling tea (no milk), resulted in Holland receiving second degree burns to 3% of his body. After screaming in agony and sitting under a tap we eventually went to A&E. The pain was the worse he had ever felt in his life. He was eventually tended to and injected with large doses of Morphine and after being made to sleep it off under observation for a few hours was patched up and released.
This was bad news for our plans to head north for warmer weather and to dive with Whale sharks and Manta Rays as he was told not to swim for at least two weeks (until the oozing stopped).
But as they say 'every cloud has a silver lining' and we met some cool new English friends Gemma and Howard who came and offered us an ice pack for the burns. We hung out with them for a few days and went out for drinks in town to subdue the pain.
With almost daily agonising visits to the hospital for bandage changes the next few days were hard, but as the wound started to heal we decided to head north in search of warmer weather and to escape the colder winds of the South West's autumn.
Now begins the arduous task of selling the van. We have three weeks left to do so and we are planning to drive 1300km north and back during that time! We are worried about not being able to sell the van before we leave as there is less demand here and we have NSW plates but we are trying to remain positive and have been putting up posters everywhere we go. Keep your fingers crossed for us!
love Holland and Becky
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