Day 4,5,6

So today was the day the holiday came to a standstill!

As the adults packed away the tents , six year old William had climbed a nearby grass tree as boys so frequently do.

The next moment we were all stopped in our activities by loud screams and ran to find Ciara trapped under the fallen tree where it had collapsed on top of her throwing William free.

A quick look at the 40 degree angulation of her foot and we were off to the nearest hospital in Kingaroy, a good 35 miles away across mountain roads leaving the Archards to phone ahead.
Grant managed to make the journey in a record 35 minutes whilst I tried to make Ciara as comfortable as possible in the back, no easy feat.

The Doctors at Kingaroy had 1 attempt at reducing the fracture under sedation before sending us onward to the larger hospital at Toowomba. Ciara was admitted, spending a very uncomfortable 24hours , even with morphine, before her leg was finally reduced under a general anaesthetic and much to everyone's relief!!

The next day Ciara seemed very much back to normal and after consulting with the doctors and Ciara it was decided that we would go on with the holiday and join the Archards on the houseboat in Hervey Bay.

A much happier Mungin family arrived to board the " Jabiru"at sunset on Carlo point. I am not sure if it was the relief to have Ciara virtually back to normal after such a harrowing experience or the fantastic setting we found ourselves in, complete with pelicans roosting on the nearby sandbank as the sun went down over the Pacific inlet, which made the evening so memorable for us.