Swimming in Australia: the hazards

Zip said:
You forgot to mention this part....

Its as humid as **** too!:(

LET IT RAIN ALREADY!!!
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Don't know where you are mate, but the humidity is only 11% at my place. :confused:

Plenty of cloud cover, though. That's what's keeping the heat in. Roll on Thursday! They've predicted 24°C with rain.
 
Evangelion said:
Don't know where you are mate, but the humidity is only 11% at my place. :confused:

Plenty of cloud cover, though. That's what's keeping the heat in. Roll on Thursday! They've predicted 24°C with rain.
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Hmm maybe its changed.

Ill go out side

Nope, down were i live it feels like you could swim in the air:p

Edit: They say its

Relative Humidity 12%
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I swear its more then that out side!
 
semi-pro waster said:
Absolutely, I start to find it a bit too hot much after 25°C so that's way beyond what I want to be dealing with.
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Winter seems to hover between 12 and 25 where i am id say:)

This would probably kill you:p

highest temperature
46.3°C
Jan 28
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Thats not in the city either, i cant remember what that got to. Lasted for around 2 weeks in the 40s IIRC:eek:
 
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Zip said:
Winter seems to hover between 12 and 25 where i am id say:)

This would probably kill you:p


Thats not in the city either, i cant remember what that got to. Lasted for around 2 weeks in the 40s IIRC:eek:
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I've got family in Sydney and we visited in December 2005 - I believe that New Years Day it was the hottest on record at 42c although it might have been beaten since.

Most of my family sweltered in-doors with the struggling Air Con and my mum, my (now ex) girlfriend and I went to the beach.

They all thought we were mad and were going to come back burt to a crisp but there was an off-shore breeze so we were extremely comfortable and they nearly died!

Panzer
 
Evangelion said:
She will have those scars for a very long time; her wounds were so bad that the doctors were considering skin grafts. Box jellyfish venom can leave permanent scarring from necrosis, and there is no known method of reducing the damage without some form of surgery.



Box jellyfish venom is the most powerful in the entire animal kingdom. It creates a reaction on the skin, beneath the skin and within the bloodstream. Skin damage is the least of your worries; your primary concern should be cardiac arrest and respiratory failure.
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No I appreciate the venom is lethal, I was just wandering what actually happened to the skin :)

At least she survived.
 
Freefaller said:
No I appreciate the venom is lethal, I was just wandering what actually happened to the skin :)
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My guess is the lines and swells and all the different shapes are were the hundreds or even thousands of tentacles were wrapped around her leg
 
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Australia is full of things specifically designed to kill humans and with centuries of practise.

Why would anyone want to go there?
 
From wiki:

Box jellyfish venom is the most deadly in the animal kingdom and has caused at least 5,568 recorded deaths since 1954. Each tentacle has about 500,000 cnidocytes which are harpoon-shaped needles that inject venom into the victim. Most often, these fatal envenomations are perpetrated by the largest species of box jelly, Chironex fleckeri, owing to its high concentration of nematocysts, though at least two deaths in Australia have been attributed to the thumbnail-sized Carukia barnesi. Those who fall victim to C. barnesi suffer severe physical and psychological symptoms known as Irukandji syndrome. The box jellyfish actively hunts its prey, rather than drifting as do true jellyfish. It is capable of achieving speeds of up to 4 knots (1.8 m/s).
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:/
 
I remember going snorkeling off of Fitzroy Island (Near Cairns).
There were signs everywhere telling you to watch out for Marine Stingers and even though you had to wear a Stinger suit, I still cacked myself everytime something jellyfish like came into view.
 
When I was sailing off the whitsundays we swam away from the boat at one stage and I managed to swim through literally THOUSANDS of tiny little jellyfish. I have never panicked so much in my life! Luckily I had a stinger suit on and didnt manage to get stung once even though my head/arms and feet were exposed!
Scary stuff :)
 
You can have our rain... It's washing away the snow... :(

Her scars look like camoflage(sp!):p

Love to go to Australia and either work or travel round it but the thought of all the killy things really doesn't do it any favours. :p
 
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