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 t

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....