It's a good job TV medic Dr Nick Coatsworth is not squeamish. Because he needed to treat himself after a mishap on one of his fishing trips he reveals to 9Travel. Coatsworth, who is currently starring on Nine show Do you Want to Live Forever with Tracy Grimshaw, said he once ended up with a large fish hook through his leg.
READ MORE: Always cold on airplanes? A flight attendant explains the unexpected reason why He was fishing in the remote King Ash Bay on the border of the Northern Territory and Queensland . "My mate was useless so I had to clean the area with Bundaberg Rum and cut the hook with a pair of pliers to get it out," he tells 9Travel. "Otherwise the trip would have been over.
" READ MORE: Cruise expert shares mistake you might be making at the buffet While family trips for the father-of-three are mainly to the NSW coast from his home in Canberra, Coatsworth loves to go remote when he can get away. His favourite spot in Australia is Arnhemland sports fishing lodge Dhipirri Barra Lodge in the Northern Territory, 350km from Darwin. "My favourite holiday is anywhere that can only be accessed by a single-engine Cessna on a dirt airstrip," he said.
However, while he's adventurous, thing don't always go to plan. READ MORE: Dr Nick Coatsworth on the 'special' place he discovered via TV show When he was 22, he climbed Africa's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro. And he was one of the unfortunate people who suffered from altitude sickness.
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