PLAN FOR THE UNEXPECTED

Backpackers in Australia regularly sleep in bunk beds when staying in hostels across the country, but sometimes they fail to notice the rotary fans directly above them when they sit up during the middle of the night.

One backpacker staying in Darwin ended up with a very nasty gash on their head and when they got to the local hospital their doctor said they were just one of many 'poms' who had picked a fight with a ceiling fan. l.