I might have mentioned that it has been raining over the last few days.
All storm water ends up in the sea or river systems, it takes nutrients with it which attracts bait fish. Bait fish attract sharks, anyone that goes into the sea immediately after heavy rain is mad.
Two of the four encounters have resulted in people being hospitalised in a critical condition, while those involved in the other two have been described as “lucky” to have escaped serious injury.
Beaches after rain are not safe.
Interesting Bruce!
I think if I was going to take a dip in the sea down under, sharks would always be at the back of my mind. Some pretty unfriendly species of jellyfish too if I’m not mistaken?
Bluebottles! I think they are called Portuguese Men of War elsewhere but they are not that common.
I think it was box jellyfish that were at the back of my mind. Extremely nasty!
We occasionally have Portuguese men of war drifting in on the south coast but I can’t recall actually seeing one.
Weever fish are probably more likely to inflict damage on popular sandy beaches if you were unfortunate enough to tread on one.
It they don’t get you the sewage, discarded broken glass and hypodermic needles just might…
I was going to say you left out raw sewage … but see you didn’t.
I don’t think I’d ever paddle in the sea again and you’d never get me anywhere near a shark or jellyfish.
Never heard of weever fish though.
Would you dip your toe in or around something called Shark Beach ???
Actually Shark Beach is netted, it is one of the few that is.
That’s Queensland and the NT I am pretty sure, no one swims in the summer in the north. In the far north there are salt water crocs where I think a jellyfish would be the least of your worries. Darwin has a netted beach and the popular national park swimming holes are cleared of crocs before people can swim.
