Everything happens for a reason: Amputee reflects on journey
Premium Content Subscriber only Des Barber should have been dead “a thousand times over” but he defied all medical odds and is still here to tell the tale. While he lost his leg in a serious crash on Yeppoon Rd last year, Des loves to joke around and tell people he lost it in a crocodile or shark attack. He even tells kids who look at him in his wheelchair when he is out and about that he lost his leg because he didn’t eat his vegetables. The Rockhampton man was riding his motorcycle on Yeppoon Road on July 29, 2020, when he was involved in a crash with a Holden Commodore at The Oaks se...