My Boating Accident
Wednesday, February 23, 2005The following Photographs were taken in the days after my accident at Sarina Beach near Mackay.
In February 2005 I was staying at Sarina Beach down under in Queensland. I had spent the afternoon drinking down at Mackay Harbour with some friends. On returning to Sarina Beach I decided to join the boys on a midnight boat trip. We all piled into the tinny and headed out into the darkness. Unfortunately I decided to sit on the Bow of the boat wearing my headtorch with my feet dangling over the front. Due to being intoxicated I was pretty relaxed and was probably not holding on very tightly.
Heading out across the moonlit inlet we suddenly turned (for one reason or another) and hit a wave. I went flying out of the front of the boat, smacking my head on the boat, before having my knee, wrist and armpit mangled by the outboards propellor. The boat continued on before realising I had disappeared. Luckily my headtorch continued to shine and I was promptly pulled back in to the boat. Numbed with shock and too much Bunderberg rum, I thought I was fine, not aware of the blood pouring out from my knee, arm and armpit. We hastily headed back to shore and managed to get me a lift down to Sarina where I was stitched up by the on call doctor.
A couple of days later a large tiger shark was caught in the area, which also has the occasional visiting crocodile. It took a couple of months to get back in to the swing of things and I have never lived the incident down. Everyone in Sarina Beach remembers the day when the Pome was run over by the boat and I do enjoy telling the story of my fight with the ‘propadile’ and showing off my scars. I was extremely lucky to escape with relatively minor injuries; a timely reminder that boating and alcohol definately don’t mix.
From My Gallery
Tolhurst Family Christmas Celebrations (2009) | The Plough Inn | GWH Christmas Party Photographs (2009) | November in England (2009) | Tolhurst Family Photographs (October 2009) | Cirencester | Cannington Viaduct | Emily Roy's Birthday Weekend | Bristol Balloon Fiesta (2009) | Inverness (2009) | Trans-Scotland Canoe Trip (2009) | Fort William (2009) | Edinburgh (2009) | Tolhurst Family Photographs (January-June 2009) | World Nettle Eating Championship (2009) | David and Yvonne's Wedding (2009) | David's Stag Weekend (Porthcawl) (2009) | Plymouth, Saltash and Truro (2009) | Bluebell Woods (2009) | Fishpond Bottom | Swindon (2008-2009) | Gloucester | Bath Spa | Dorset's Jurassic Coast | Avebury | Stonehenge | Marrakesh (2008) | Bristol (2008) | Candles on the Cobb (2008) | Weymouth and Portland (2008) | Tolhurst Family Photographs (September-December 2008) | Tolhurst Family Photographs (June-August 2008) | My Australian Family | Joe Dryburgh | Canberra (2008) | Goosepond's Croc Photographs (2008) | Tipi Photographs (2007) | Whale and Dolphin Photographs (2007) | Tully River Rafting (2007) | Lundy Island Photographs (2006) | Percy Island Island Photographs (2005) | Sarina Beach Photographs (2005) | Boating Accident (2005) | East Coast Australia Kayaking Photographs (2004) | Trekking in the Wet Tropics Photographs (2004) | Sydney Photographs (2004-2008) | Clowning Around Photographs (2004-2009) | My Canine Friends (2001-2009) | Bird Photographs (2001-2009) | My Music | Making News
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