I spend everyweekend down the beach fishing, swimming,snorkling. Here in Australia we have many things we have to be really carefull of like big sharks,stone fish, deadly jellyfish and of coarse the deadly Blue ringed octopus.
I have allways wanted to see one and always kept an eye open not just for my safety but just to see one in the wild.
Well on boxing day at the beautiful Rottnest island which is located just 30min ferry ride from Fremantle i finally found one but came very close to being bitten.
My partner and i had just bought 2 swags for our budget camping get aways and for real remote loctions.
What better way to test them then Christmas night at Rottnest island.
We set the swags up …
We then took a walk around Pinkies bay and watched the sunset behind the lighthouse. What beauty!
The next morning at 7am we woke up and made our way to the would famous “Basin” See link below…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Basin_(Rottnest_Island)
This is the beautiful site were were greeted to..
We were pretty much the first people there. Life guards were setting up there gazibo.
I couldnt help but get strait into the water
As i stood right in the middle of the sandy area i was looking in the water admiring the christal clear water and how nice it was just standing up to my hips in paradise.
I had my Go pro camera incase i found anything good to photograph or film
I then noticed what i thought was a squid swimming strait over to my legs. I thought ” How cute , it thinks im structure and wants to take cover seeing as though the middle of the basin is to open and exposed.
It got within a foot of my leg then i noticed something i will never forget. Little blue rings!!!!! My first though was WOW how cool!!!!! Next thought was GTFO!!!! Get away as soon as possible. Lisa was standing right next to me and i pointed it out and how close it came to me. So lucky it didnt grab my leg becuase it would of thinking i was a pylong or something.
Lisa then said ” film it” What a great idea, i turned on the go pro and started filming. As i followed the little Blue rined i noticed the blue righs light up very bright. It was now really annoyed and it was time now to get out and tell the life guards.
Some interesting facts about the Blue ring…
1. You dont feel the bite
2. Venom from just one Blue ringed Octopus is powerful enough to kill 26 adults
3. Venom is 10,000 times more poetent then Cyanide.
4. There is NO antidote, you go bling in the first 10 min then all your organs start to fail. You then need CRP for 2-3 hours till teh venom wears off.
More info here…. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-ringed_octopus
I alerted the West Australian News and they were very interested in running an artical seeing as though this is a location that is very popular and lots of kids like to collect shells, starfish etc and no one wants to see a kid get hurt or go though that let alone an adult aswell.
Here is the story they published…
The video of the blue ring….. So happy to capture this on video
Really needed to relax after this event so i captures the beauty of Rottnest island in one image. It says it allll Heaven.
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