Bucket list tourism: grey nomads travelling north to see Broome before they die are filling up emergency departments

By Julie Power
Updated August 24 2014 - 10:23am, first published August 2 2014 - 3:35pm
Off the road: English tourists Geoff and Lesley Richardson in Broome Hospital. Photo: Tony McDonough
Off the road: English tourists Geoff and Lesley Richardson in Broome Hospital. Photo: Tony McDonough
Bucket listers
Bucket listers

The bucket list has a lot to answer for up north. Many grey nomads’ desire to tick off places on their bucket lists has contributed to a massive increase in hospitalisations of older travellers across northern Australia.