Well after 6 weeks, a whole first aid kit used up and several bloodstained sheets, today I was told by a member of staff on the Great Barrier Reef boat trip (more on that later) that I needed to see a Doctor. The salt water made my various mosquito bites gone bad, blisters and drunken injuries (all obtained in Thailand) look like I had been the victim of a Shark attack.
When I found the medical centre, the first sign I saw on the front was 'Pathology'. I hoped it wouldn't come to that. After an hours wait I got prescibed some antibiotics and some cream, to use for the next 12 days. Apparently open wounds and the sea are not a good mix, billions of bacteria live in the sea, see.
Since Singapore I've been to Sydney, and now Cairns. I met my Dad, received my Hawaiian shirt, climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge, saw the Opera House and went on a tour of the city. We then flew to Cairns where today we went out to the reef on a day trip. I went both snorkelling and scuba diving. The highlight was patting a turtle. A couple of days ago we went on a night waterskiing thing which is in effect waterskiing without a speedboat. You're pulled along by a series of pulleys, I'll link a video once we sort out the video camera. In 5 days time we will go our seperate ways, and I will start to look for employment, probably something outdoors, like fruit picking. It's something I'd like to try but I need to wait for my Australian Bank Card to come through and for my wounds to heal first, so I'll probably be in Cairns another week or so.
You can view more pics on my Flickr site, linked below, as ever.
When I found the medical centre, the first sign I saw on the front was 'Pathology'. I hoped it wouldn't come to that. After an hours wait I got prescibed some antibiotics and some cream, to use for the next 12 days. Apparently open wounds and the sea are not a good mix, billions of bacteria live in the sea, see.
Since Singapore I've been to Sydney, and now Cairns. I met my Dad, received my Hawaiian shirt, climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge, saw the Opera House and went on a tour of the city. We then flew to Cairns where today we went out to the reef on a day trip. I went both snorkelling and scuba diving. The highlight was patting a turtle. A couple of days ago we went on a night waterskiing thing which is in effect waterskiing without a speedboat. You're pulled along by a series of pulleys, I'll link a video once we sort out the video camera. In 5 days time we will go our seperate ways, and I will start to look for employment, probably something outdoors, like fruit picking. It's something I'd like to try but I need to wait for my Australian Bank Card to come through and for my wounds to heal first, so I'll probably be in Cairns another week or so.
You can view more pics on my Flickr site, linked below, as ever.
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