Crocs, stingers, and... DIVING!
Sign next to golf course in Yorkeys Knob . Over the past few days, we have been on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef, just outside of Airlie Beach and Cairns. It has been warm, but not as blisteringly hot as in Sydney, where the temperature a couple of days ago was an astounding 117 degrees F ! Caroline and I are always being warned not to snorkel from shore, given that this is box jellyfish season and there are saltwater and freshwater crocs present. There are signs everywhere, warning people to be careful. On a walk at Yorkeys Knob (our marina and a suburb of Cairns), we chatted with a lifeguard about stingers (and feral cats). The lifeguard was adjusting a net surrounding a swimming beach that keeps the jellyfish out. The high tide and full moon were making constant adjustment of the cables holding the net’s anchors in place a necessity. While we were talking, we noticed a large log had either washed over or under the net, and Carolin...