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27/04/2005: "FRESHWATER MODELING HAZARD"

At North Stradbroke Island's Blue Lake the fresh water is popular with locals, including this aboriginal baby which model Sabine is holding - presenting a contrast between skin colours.

Below, a more serious situation was underway - the log Sabine was positioned on, was a source of leeches, and this is possibly how a leech attached itself to her body beneath her bikini pants.

The leech has a chemical which is secreted into the painless bite site, to prevent blood flow stopping. Consequently Sabine bled profusely for an hour from this bite well within the labia majora (not presented for photographic documentation).

Her medical background prevented hysteria, but a lack of knowledge of leech biology required some reassurance, when a large leech, now blood-filled, emerged on the car seat accompanied with a startled scream during the drive back to the camp ground at Point Lookout.