Stingers in Cairns

Sorry if this has been asked before but ,,,Can I kite in Cairns .in October. or am I taking a unsafe risk of getting stung ????? I don't think the croc's worry me as much as the jellyfish , but I have no idea what to expect ???? I will only be there for a week or so , should I take my gear or not ???????

Hang Time,

Mate you got it in one. Between the crocs and the stingers it's not worth the risk.

Port Douglas on the other hand is fantastic!

Enjoy....

True point, But I’ll be stuffed if I would ever get in the water around there.....

Maybe I just need a few glasses of cement....

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do you have nice tits hangtime?

Do I have nice tits or did I see nice tits in cairns???

Last time I checked no visual signs of female breasts around my chest area but maybe my estrogen count is up….crap so that’s why I’ve been crying, as for cairns and tits my god tits galore.

If you use statistics as a base for your decision making you should be aware that you are far more likely to be maimed or killed while driving to the beach.

Road deaths in QLD, (average last 5 yrs) around 350.
Road deaths in Australia, (average last 5 yrs) around 1450
The following are extracts from an article in the Sydney Morning Herald.

AUSTRALIA'S deadliest animals do not lurk on the banks of muddy Northern Territory rivers or slither on hot rocks. Nor do they hunt in the shallows of the sea or crawl on eight legs.
Horses are the creatures most likely to cause a human death, statistics compiled by the National Coroners Information System show.
Cows are the next most dangerous, followed by dogs. Sharks are in fourth position, while crocodiles and spiders account for only slightly more deaths than emus, cats and fish.
Of 128 deaths linked to animals that were investigated by coroners between 2000 and 2006, 40 were caused by horses.
Cows and bulls were linked to 20 fatalities, usually after a car hit the animal or swerved to miss it.
Dog-related incidents left 12 people dead, including two from cars trying to avoid them, two from people falling over them and seven from being attacked by them.
Of the country's traditionally most feared creatures, sharks were responsible for 11 deaths, snakes eight, crocodiles four and spiders three.
Two people were killed when their cars struck emus, another person died after a vehicle struck a sheep, and an elderly person died after tripping over a pet cat.
Thirty-four of the investigated deaths occurred on streets and highways, 28 at homes and 22 on farms. Others happened at sports fields, mines and schools.
More than half the fatalities took place while people were travelling or involved in recreation, and men accounted for 87 of the 128 deaths.

So instead of worrying about Crocs you should be more aware of going to the beach, in a car, driven by a shark or a human (biggest worry), and never go kiting with those killer horses.

Regards
Fossil

OK - sharks ? of course they kill fewer people than car crashes...
BUT - every day MILLIONS of AUSSIES are driving in their cars ... but maybe only THOUSANDS are in the sea?
therefore in absolute terms the car crash is a more likely way to die... but after adjusting for hours of exposure... you might just find the risk is similar...

I've also heard that 87% of all statistics are made up....

I would take a hundered grey reefsharks and a few baby crocks up a creek to a great white anyday.