We awoke to another beautiful day at Coro Beach…. and no decrease in the fly population so the flynets were getting a workout!

Being a Sunday, we went to church at Geraldton Baptist Church and enjoyed a great morning of fellowship hearing a good gospel message and meeting some interesting people.

One such person was Belinda, a woman who had moved to a farm at Ajana north of Geraldton with her husband and 6 kids from Perth to start a sheep farm as first-time farmers! The area they have their farm is near the junction of the highway and Kalbarri road… very arid and remote… their story was amazing! It took many years to get the farm to be profitable and how they managed over those years was really interesting to hear.

After church we went to visit the Geraldton Museum which housed some very interesting exhibits….

There was a 3D movie of the wrecks of the Kormoran and HMAS Sydney II which was really interesting!

Displays of local wildlife and sea life were very informative…

The artifacts from many of the wrecks along this coast including the Batavia were also on display…. The coast is so treacherous that countless ships have been wrecked over the last couple of centuries…

The Batavia was carrying a large portico in pieces all of which have been recovered and reconstructed inside the museum…

Rose had left the museum before everyone else and was sitting in the car as she was continuing to have issues with her wisdom tooth. She explaining to us that it was impacted (and had been for a long time) so it was a little confusing that it had seemingly finally broken through her gum… the pain was getting increasingly worse and she was sucking down Nurofen like there was no tomorrow with little relief… she had also started an antibiotic she had from her GP at home which was supposed to be for her to use if she got another sinus infection… possibly not the best idea to do however she was getting a bit desperate and planned to call her dentist in Sydney tomorrow morning for some advice… and maybe try and see a dentist in Geraldton or Denham….

During lunch at the beach near the Jaffle Shack, Rose explained that she had reached her maximum dosage of Nurofen for the day and was still quite uncomfortable so she and Dave went off to find a chemist to see what else she could take to help alleviate the pain…

We got changed in the Rubik’s Cube toilets and went for a swim and snorkel at the beach…

Rose called us from the chemist and explained she had been given some stronger painkillers – and they were not going to join us at the beach but were heading back to camp after grabbing some supplies. We all did some quick shopping for some essentials and drove back to Coro Beach just in time to go across and order dinner from the food truck….

Trev and I had the baked potatoes stuffed with local lamb stew – awesome!

We all ate in the gazebo…. And somehow Matt’s trademark smile seems to be catching on….

The sunset was not particularly spectacular but still worth a couple of pics…

During dinner Rose explained that she and Dave were going to stay behind tomorrow morning to call her dentist in Sydney and see if they could get an emergency appointment in Geraldton that morning to get her wisdom tooth looked at… they would then come on and meet us in Denham our next destination.

The remainder of the evening was spent listening to our 3^rd podcast on Exodus chapters 5-7 and discussing how God can use hardship to not only benefit the individual and help their spiritual growth, but also to benefit others around the person – as He did with the suffering of the Israelites in captivity and then His rescue of them which was a great demonstration to Pharaoh and the Egyptian people of who God is….

That night everyone went to bed expecting a good night’s sleep…. However, there was a knock on our van window about 1130pm with Dave asking us to come to their van quickly as it seemed Rose was having some sort of reaction to the medication the chemist had given her that afternoon….

We got to the van to find Rosie very distressed – itchy hands and feet that were unbearable, and her skin glowing red… and feeling very nauseous…

After calming her down I got her to explain what actual drugs she had taken…. And after looking at the meds she got out for me I realised that the cocktail of meds she had taken had clearly caused her to develop a significant drug reaction…. certain meds had compounded the effects of others and should not have been taken in combo….  Anyway, after checking her BP Trev and I bundled her into the Pearl so Dave could drive her in to Geraldton hospital as by now she was vomiting and itching all over…. Trev put all her meds into her handbag bag and told Dave to make sure he took it to show the doctors….

We returned back to our van and went to bed….. half an hour later my phone rang…. It was Dave asking me could I remember what drugs Rosie had taken as he had left her bag back in the van…. So I told him what they were and he wrote them down as they were just going into the hospital ED….

After saying a prayer for Rosie we went off to sleep…..wondering what the morning would bring….