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Post by Sir John on Dec 12, 2012 22:08:58 GMT -5
www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/12/13/3653150.htmOUCH!! Many popular tourist beaches in Nth Queensland have bottles of metho - Methylated spirits, in plastic bottles in case of need. Rub it on the effected part and hope for the best. The ambulance has about 5 minutes to get to you, otherwise...... SJ
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2012 9:17:18 GMT -5
I've been watching the Australian PGA golf tournament on TV being played in Coolum. Hopefully, while their husbands are playing, the wives aren't taking the kiddos to the beach!
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Post by Sir John on Dec 13, 2012 14:29:28 GMT -5
Denny,
The first time we ever drove all the way to 'Far North Queensland', we saw this large wire mesh enclosure on the beach., extending out to sea. We soon found out that it was for use in the "Wet" - Summer - Monsoon season.
Swimming outside that was an invitation to a horrible death and that happened from time to time. Here in Australia, common sense prevails, or should, when playing on the home turf of a deadly resident.
Sharks and crocs are by far the most deadly, and the score is about Sharks 100, swimmers/surfers 0.
SJ
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Post by Sir John on Dec 13, 2012 15:06:33 GMT -5
Denny,
Coolum. Qld.
Not sure what it is like now but this place had a rocky start. It was an idea to carve out an area of rainforest and build a 5 Star resort, by the Japanese, and for the Japanese. BIG stink, but it eventually got built and we went to have a look at it about 30+ years ago.
VERY nice, but I think the occupancy rate would have been about 10%.
SJ
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2012 17:15:27 GMT -5
I was there last August, the former Hyatt Coolum Resort is now owner operated and he is turning it into a theme park style of golf course complete with full size Dinosaurs and in the public reception areas a fleet of his vintage and veteran cars.
Problems with stingers in the water are further north in Queensland than Coolum, also Crocodiles, but Sharks are a potential problem.
I lived on the Fraser (Island) Coast for 8 years until 2009 and have been reliably informed that Crocs are rarely spotted in southern Queensland, the furthest south is the Fraser Coast which is north of Coolum (Sunshine Coast) and Brisbane. And Crocs around Fraser Island, despite the warning signs, are very few because the climate is not really suitable for breeding and as the surviving baby Crocs have many natural predators the population around Fraser barely maintains its numbers. I spotted one only, about 6 feet long feeding on fish frames left by fishermen at a boat ramp at dawn. However when we fished for Flathead amongst the Mangroves as the tide ran out we always joked about catching the small "Lizards" and keeping watch for larger ones coming from behind us.
I also spent a lot of time on my trailer boat last August in Queensland around Fraser Island on the Sandy Straits and Tin Can Bay and spotted a few Sharks, Turtles, Sting Rays but no Crocs, and no Whales.
North of Fraser Island is Hervey Bay where Whale watching is a tourist attraction. One year in October I took three friends Whale watching and we spotted a mother with young calf and stopped the engine to drift and observe. The mother Whale escorted her calf to my boat, she took up position underneath stretching beyond stern and bow (20 foot boat length) and tha calf swam around us. After about 5 minutes the calf came alongside and the mother lifted it on her back out of the water alongside, close enough for us to touch it, but we didn't. I took a video of the event and noisy women shrieking.
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