Were the irukandji Really irukandji?
The ABC Wide Bay is running an interesting report on their website today that raises some doubt as to whether the jellyfish found off the northern tip of Fraser Island really were irukandji.
Of course it was enough to stop the filming of a movie and it gave the local press here in Hervey Bay something to talk up on a what was possibly a slow news day but there is no guarantee that those jellyfish really were irukandji.
In fact George Hill, Lifesaving services manager for Surf Life Saving Queensland is quoted as saying “… they have not been confirmed as irukandji yet.”
You can read the full story here
Of course, if the jellyfish turn out to be something other than irukandji the damage will have already been done.
