Sunburned Country? Dorothea Mackellar is rolling in her grave.
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Yep, he acknowledges her in the preface and doesn’t quite explain why he altered the quote.
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Unless it’s plastic or it’s something you know how to eat, please leave everything that’s on the beach, on the beach.
Entitled people wreck ecosystems when they treat the beach like a free box. If you want to tell a story about how you’ve convinced yourself that your situation is special, it’s probably not.
Thousands of people say “It’s only just this once, and it’s just a little thing.”
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I’ll bet the Maoris are easier to find, but more difficult to catch…
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Must. Have. One!
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I hope she is reading this.
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octopodes do the same thing… but from something this tiny the sensation would mostly likely be described as a sting.
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Yep, this sounds familiar. Had the same snorkelling in Cuba. Don’t think they were particularly dangerous, but still.
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Next time, try the squid.
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It’s all about having the right bait?
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I suspect that probably includes most surfers, too.
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I guess it might as well be called the putback given how much it can take.
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One of the many ways she was special:
At my place, she had to stop in the middle of festivities to use the facilities. She came back to bed, snuggled with me, and said “I checked, it does circle around the other way in this hemisphere”. Coriolis effect. I know it’s been mythbustedly debunked. But we were young, and in my dreams then and since, it was true.
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So … she’d spun both ways?
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Someday I will learn to type.
Obviously, that day was not today.
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It’d be simpler to make a list of the things that aren’t especially dangerous.
A pamphlet would work.
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Sometimes typos are serendipitous. 
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Don’t be a Moa bird while in New Zealand.
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I’ll never laugh at an Aussie who wears boots when he’s wearing shorts.
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That was my first thought as well.
Exactly. Not something you should chance while in a place you are not familiar with.
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