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I had never heard of blue-ringed octopuses before. Thank you for educating me. From the wikipedia article: >The blue-ringed octopus, despite its small size, ca

I had never heard of blue-ringed octopuses before. Thank you for educating me. From the wikipedia article: >The blue-ringed octopus, despite its small size, carries enough venom to kill 26 adult humans within minutes. Their bites are tiny and often painless, with many victims not realizing they have been envenomated until respiratory depression and paralysis begins. No blue-ringed octopus antivenom is available. Australia is a beautiful country and I have relatives there. I'd love to visit them, once the whole pandemic thing is over. I don't think I'm going to go swimming.

TheSpiceIsLife 5y ago
The beaches in South Australia where I’m from are relatively harmless, freezing, and full of Great White Sharks.
technion 5y ago
In a similar vein, this Australian treat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irukandji_jellyfish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irukandji_jellyfish
BLKNSLVR 5y ago
I'm replying to a likely rhetorical comment, but to not go swimming in Australia is, I can't even think of an analogy extreme enough; going to Germany and not trying their beer, choosing not visit the Grand Canyon in the US. But I'm going to totally ruin my positive intentions with another story: Pondalowie Bay, Pondalowie Surf Break, down on the big toe of the foot of Yorke Peninsula[0]. That boardwalk shown in the picture on the link takes you to one of the best beaches I've been to (but I'm not much of a beach tourist despite how this thread is going), but that boardwalk is patrolled by swarms of bees and horse flies (I don't know if they're technically horse flies, but they were fucking big and they fucking bit and one bite actually drew blood - a little pinprick, but blood nonetheless - from a fucking fly). But the beach... it was worth the blood debt. Point Turton[1], took the kids out a kilometre from the shoreline and the gradient is so slight that the water was still only just up to my neck that far out and it's so clear, no seaweed, just white sand. Make sure you know how to swim though. Even without the critters, beach currents are invisible and treacherous. At least dip your toes in. [0]: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pondalowie+Surf+Break/@-35.2333111,136.8444536,15.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x6aadcae59f6c816d:0xe200432b5c5d9d6f!8m2!3d-35.2293024!4d136.851722 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pondalowie+Surf+Break/@-35... [1]: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Point+Turton+SA+5575/@-34.9451237,137.3143444,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x6aadcae59f6c816d:0xe200432b5c5d9d6f!2sPondalowie+Surf+Break!8m2!3d-35.2293024!4d136.851722!3m4!1s0x6aae1917cbb96167:0x4033654628ee6f0!8m2!3d-34.9467394!4d137.3531342 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Point+Turton+SA+5575/@-34....
- nonfamous 5y ago
  I went camping at Pondalowie as a kid. I’m used to flies, but the flies there were like nothing I’ve seen in the 40 years since.

TheSpiceIsLife 5y ago

The beaches in South Australia where I’m from are relatively harmless, freezing, and full of Great White Sharks.

technion 5y ago

In a similar vein, this Australian treat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irukandji_jellyfish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irukandji_jellyfish

BLKNSLVR 5y ago

I'm replying to a likely rhetorical comment, but to not go swimming in Australia is, I can't even think of an analogy extreme enough; going to Germany and not trying their beer, choosing not visit the Grand Canyon in the US. But I'm going to totally ruin my positive intentions with another story: Pondalowie Bay, Pondalowie Surf Break, down on the big toe of the foot of Yorke Peninsula[0]. That boardwalk shown in the picture on the link takes you to one of the best beaches I've been to (but I'm not much of a beach tourist despite how this thread is going), but that boardwalk is patrolled by swarms of bees and horse flies (I don't know if they're technically horse flies, but they were fucking big and they fucking bit and one bite actually drew blood - a little pinprick, but blood nonetheless - from a fucking fly). But the beach... it was worth the blood debt. Point Turton[1], took the kids out a kilometre from the shoreline and the gradient is so slight that the water was still only just up to my neck that far out and it's so clear, no seaweed, just white sand. Make sure you know how to swim though. Even without the critters, beach currents are invisible and treacherous. At least dip your toes in. [0]: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pondalowie+Surf+Break/@-35.2333111,136.8444536,15.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x6aadcae59f6c816d:0xe200432b5c5d9d6f!8m2!3d-35.2293024!4d136.851722 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pondalowie+Surf+Break/@-35... [1]: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Point+Turton+SA+5575/@-34.9451237,137.3143444,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x6aadcae59f6c816d:0xe200432b5c5d9d6f!2sPondalowie+Surf+Break!8m2!3d-35.2293024!4d136.851722!3m4!1s0x6aae1917cbb96167:0x4033654628ee6f0!8m2!3d-34.9467394!4d137.3531342 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Point+Turton+SA+5575/@-34....

nonfamous 5y ago
I went camping at Pondalowie as a kid. I’m used to flies, but the flies there were like nothing I’ve seen in the 40 years since.