downunder update

A sunburn is a warning. It tells you that your skin has been burned. Ignore repeated warnings, and you may end up with wrinkles, age spots and skin cancer. Just six cases of sunburn in a lifetime doubles the chances of developing a melanoma.
Limit your time in the sun
Avoid the strongest UV periods [...]

Stingrays (Dasyatids) are common in tropical coastal waters throughout the world. In the waters off Australia the most common are the Blue-spotted Stingray, and the Smooth Stingray.The Smooth Stingray is a bottom-dwelling species which is recorded from temperate waters of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. It’s aggressive and is easily observed by divers. This [...]

The collective noun for a group of sharks is a shiver, and rightly so. That’s what they give most of us. For more than 400 million years sharks have dominated the oceans and are regarded as a predatory killer that doesn’t discriminate between fish or humans. But if you’re worried about taking a swim, remember [...]