Getting back to the office after 2 weeks of fieldwork, and having hundreds of new posts to read, my eyes are sore. But when out in the scrub I got bitten by something nasty, and had a bad allergic reaction to it, and no anti-histamines in the first aid kit. To make it worse I was about 5km from camp, nursing a quadbike that had a front balljoint fall out, which also meant the shaft came out of the diff, tearing the seal and leaking diff oil. Managed to get it all back together and bound with rope scavenged off the beach (was down getting crays for dinner). Anyway, riding back to camp at walking pace, dark, and the rope kept breaking so the balljoint kept falling out. At some stage I was lying on the ground fixing it again, when got bitten. Then started getting seriously ill. Hives all over, itching all over, swollen arm and face, spaced out, got back to camp eventually and no anti-histamines there either. Luckily my windpipe didn't swell, or I might not be here.
Getting back to the office after 2 weeks of fieldwork, and having hundreds of new posts to read, my eyes are sore. But when out in the scrub I got bitten by something nasty, and had a bad allergic reaction to it, and no anti-histamines in the first aid kit. To make it worse I was about 5km from camp, nursing a quadbike that had a front balljoint fall out, which also meant the shaft came out of the diff, tearing the seal and leaking diff oil. Managed to get it all back together and bound with rope scavenged off the beach (was down getting crays for dinner). Anyway, riding back to camp at walking pace, dark, and the rope kept breaking so the balljoint kept falling out. At some stage I was lying on the ground fixing it again, when got bitten. Then started getting seriously ill. Hives all over, itching all over, swollen arm and face, spaced out, got back to camp eventually and no anti-histamines there either. Luckily my windpipe didn't swell, or I might not be here.
We have an actual hazard at work here, the bloke next to me keeps eating apples at his desk, and i hate apple-eating sounds. That makes me a hazard I spose.
Getting back to the office after 2 weeks of fieldwork, and having hundreds of new posts to read, my eyes are sore. But when out in the scrub I got bitten by something nasty, and had a bad allergic reaction to it, and no anti-histamines in the first aid kit. To make it worse I was about 5km from camp, nursing a quadbike that had a front balljoint fall out, which also meant the shaft came out of the diff, tearing the seal and leaking diff oil. Managed to get it all back together and bound with rope scavenged off the beach (was down getting crays for dinner). Anyway, riding back to camp at walking pace, dark, and the rope kept breaking so the balljoint kept falling out. At some stage I was lying on the ground fixing it again, when got bitten. Then started getting seriously ill. Hives all over, itching all over, swollen arm and face, spaced out, got back to camp eventually and no anti-histamines there either. Luckily my windpipe didn't swell, or I might not be here.
And the occasional death threat from really emotional customers when you tell them that they are not fully insured and should have read their policies carefully....
OI you two!!......keep it quiet please, we're not far from you, and by the looks of your pics we have similar grounds....(apart from the stripeys....that's a 1.5hr trip offshore for us!) BTW what shark is that? Not a Mako, or Blue...
but wait theres more to go in the sea food basket theres prawns, flathead ,whiting ,flounder ,shark ,salmon, abalone,oysters,scallops ,bream ,periwinkles ,morwong and a lot more all available to the amateur fishos i bet that gets there tummy rumbling easty
Can you get me a job easty?
