Beware the arrival of stinger season in the Top End

Chris McLennan
Updated September 11 2019 - 11:52am, first published 11:42am
Evidence of an encounter with a stinger, there's at least 40 reported each year in the Top End.
Evidence of an encounter with a stinger, there's at least 40 reported each year in the Top End.

As temperatures and humidity rise in the Top End, the NT Public Health Unit is reminding Territorians and visitors to be aware of increasing numbers of box jellyfish - or 'stingers' - in coastal waters.

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Chris McLennan

Chris McLennan

National Rural Property Writer

ACM national rural property writer based in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Career journalist. Multi award winner.

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