Two Australian teenagers, fighting for life in Thailand, were travelling together on a dream holiday when they suffered suspected methanol poisoning in Laos. The families of the two 19-year-old women, originally from Melbourne, have flown to the country and rushed to their bedside.

The parents of two Melbourne 19-year-olds are at their bedsides in separate Thai hospitals as the women fight for their lives after drinking tainted alcohol.Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones were staying at a backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng,

The two Australian teenagers who have been left fighting for their lives after reportedly consuming cocktails laced with methanol while travelling through Southeast Asia have been named.

Two Melbourne teenagers fighting for life in Thailand after drinking cocktails laced with methanol would have had no way of knowing their drinks had been poisoned, an expert says. Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, both 19, were among a group of people believed to have fallen ill in the mass poisoning incident in the Laos town of Vang Vieng last week.