Stories about the Wilderness

Australians love to talk about the dangers in the wilderness. At the end they tell you ‘No worries! All is exaggerated it hardly happens…

Take that story for example (probably never took place like that) : “ A friend of my sister’s boyfriend was bitten into the backside by a snake while he was hiking in Lamington National Park. No worries! He can breathe again and since yesterday he communicates by blinking his eyes…. “

And therefore we were not surprised to hear that an American couple that was snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef on a tour boat was forgotten at the Reef.

Just imagine you are snorkeling in paradise and seconds later you realize there is no boat anymore – what a nightmare!

The mainland was 40 kilometers away. However the next corralled reef was only some kilometers away. What else could they do thus they tried to swim over there which meant to pass the deep sea? Well, and what else is in the deep sea? Right! Sharks. The two were never found.

Some time later the police found out that they had committed suicide. It was mentioned in the dairy of the woman that was found later. Moreover their safety jackets were found without a scratch. However, this is the part Australians are not going to telling you…