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CAIRNS

E. Lawford

Irukandji Jelly Fish

No trip to Cairns is complete without visiting the Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system. It's made up of 3000 coral reefs, 600 continental islands and 300 coral cays. Although this beautiful place wasn't 'Cairns' first. The original owner of this land are the Irukandji people. They go by many names but Irukandji is the most common. They have lived there for many years. The small but deadly Irukandji jelly fish was named after them.

A silent, mysterious and nearly invisible killer lurks in the water off the north of the Queensland Coast. Since 1883 to 2005 there has been over 70 recorded deaths. With this jelly fish only being 2.5cm (bell and tentacles) big making it is highly unnoticeable. It is related to the more commonly know jellyfish

The Irukandji People

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