The Jellyfish may not be coming to Hervey Bay after all.
Over the last week the news that the production of a major movie has been halted because irukandji were found off the western shore of Fraser Island has spread across the Internet. It’s also spread around Australia thanks to some sensationalist reporting by the local paper.
It seems that the predicted invasion of Hervey Bay by the irukandji may not be about to happen after all. In fact the irukandji have been found in waters a lot further south than Hervey Bay for quite some years.
There have been recorded irukandji stings in waters off Geelong in Victoria and Cape Town in South Africa so to get hysterical about a few being seen to the north of Hervey Bay seems to be a little silly.
Then read a more level-headed report on the possibility of the irukandji coming south check out the Brisbane Times story - Box jellyfish invasion denied
