Anybody noticed a proliferation of differant jellies around perf this season?

Have been pretty lucky myself (and always wear a long sleeve rashie, which helps a tad) but have seen some nasty and unusual results.

After sesh on Thursday, during which i scored a couple of typical sea wasp type stings that fade quickly, I had a squiz at a couple of tres nasty stings that seemed from very differant jellies. One bloke had the classic long (20cm) very red and swollen welt but another bloke had a mass of what looked like individual welts that clustered all over his bicep. Haven't seen anything like that before.

The bloke with the single welt said he saw some small clear jellies with a handful of tenticles ala Irukandji. WTF!?! Funny thing was another non kiter bloke got stung at the beach the week before and told me the same thing, he thought they were Irukandji also. Unlikely as although extremely painful and long lasting they didn't need medical attention.

Whoah! Whilst looking for an image I stumbled accross this: www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advice/deadly-jellyfish-on-the-way-south/news-story/6f76bffa2e3f6bab4facc1d2237458fd

Surely they wouldn't travel so far down to Perf - even with the weird weather patterns we have been having?