Gold Coast woman forced to seek medical attention after man urinates into her drink bottle in Main Beach

A beachgoer was forced to seek urgent medical attention after a stranger urinated in her water bottle on Boxing Day. Read her warning.

A Gold Coast woman was forced to seek urgent medical attention after a stranger urinated in her water bottle on Boxing Day.

The local resident, who did not wish to be named, was surfing at around 8am off SeaWorld Drive, Main Beach when she spotted a man rifling through her belongings.

She paddled back into shore but the man had fled – leaving her items behind, along with the distinct smell of urine.

“I went back to my car and took a few sips from my water bottle and my bag and everything smelled really strongly of urine,” she said.

“I thought maybe he urinated in the bush next to my bag and some got on to my belongings – I didn’t think to smell my drink bottle.”

The woman said she was unable to discover the source of the smell until she took a whiff of her water bottle.

Person opens the lid of a plastic drinking bottle. Picture: iStock

“The water was a yellow tint and stunk,” she said.

“I just thought, oh my God, because I had probably had about three or four mouthfuls. I just wanted to die.”

The woman rinsed her mouth out at a beach shower before washing her hands at a public toilet.

“I called mum, as you do, and then called 13Health to take precautions,” she said.

She was told to attend the Urgent Care Clinic in Southport where she was given precautionary antibiotics.

“The doctor there said the only concern could be catching viruses, but any risk of other bloodborne viruses, like hep C, hep B or HIV was highly unlikely through urine but it’s still very disturbing,” she said.

The woman, who grew up on the Gold Coast, said the area was a common camping ground for the city’s vulnerable people suffering homelessness, addiction and mental health issues.

She said one of her biggest concerns was the potential of something else being put into her drink – something more sinister than urine.

Woman holding water bottle. Picture: iStock

“At the time I was concerned about the bottle perhaps being spiked and falling unconscious,” she said.

“But if that happened, the effects would have been instant which is actually quite scary, because while it’s a fairly frequented area, it’s still in bushland.”

The young woman reported the incident to police and said, after a string of incidents including her partner’s car being involved in a “hit and run”, she would not return to the area anytime soon.

Queensland Police Service have been contacted for comment.

Originally published as Gold Coast woman forced to seek medical attention after man urinates into her drink bottle in Main Beach