Toxic saps, sharp sticks, wasps nests....
Having always been careful to avoid contact with moth plant sap, we recently experienced our first plant sap incident, with half-an-hour's partial blindness at home after accidentally snapping a Harakeke stem, causing a splash into one eye, and a smaller splash - with smaller effect - in the other eye.
Eye-wash with sterile saline helped soothed the discomfort, but it was an hour before both eyes could tolerate light.
Mentioning this incident in conversation, another volunteer reported having had a 3cm blister on his leg after walking through a Bayview reserve, off-track, in shorts.
Another volunteer was reportedly hospitalized after accidentally disturbing a wasps' nest in a Bayview Reserve.
And I learned that I am not alone in having had an eye injury from a stick. The mesh safety goggles are proving comfortable and effective, though they would not prevent dust or sap.
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