Americans will die...if...if they do what American school sweethearts Wade Kelly and Lisa Sachs did in 2015.
Came to Australia for a 2 week beachside holiday.
Lisa rejected Wade's marriage proposal on the plane in front of everyone. Said she didn't think she was ready for marriage yet. Wade was not happy.
Lisa said they should try to still have a nice holiday.
They travelled to north of Sydney, swam at a lovely beach.
Wade was stung on leg by a jellyfish...in severe pain.
No more swimming..."Let's go to Alice Springs/Uluru. Lisa urged." So they set off in a 'camper', basically just a normal station wagon.
2700km drive, 3 days.
Naive...in reality just not knowing anything about where actually they were going.
No cell phone service, GPS led them astray, they got lost in the outback. No food, no water, one extra can of fuel.
They left the car to climb a ridge, Wade nearly bitten by a black headed taipan, darkness fell, got lost on way back to car...so lay on the ground overnight.
Lisa bitten by a scorpion, was lifeless. Wade left her, set off to find the car. Found the car, drank the wiper fluid, died.
Lisa was found barely alive by a farmer, only because Wade had written SOS in a creek bed.
Very sad.
Lisa returned safely to America.
250,000 Americans visit Australia every year.
Wade and Lisa unknowingly broke all the "rules".
There should be better education.
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