The period between November and May when dangerous jellyfish are plentiful in northern Queensland coastal waters.
northern beaches may be closed due to stinger season
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We had been warned that it was stinger season and hood and gloves were needed.
We honeymooned in the Whitsunday's and Palm Cove in April, but it was stinger season, and the beaches were all closed.
Because we're here in stinger season, we're provided with head-to-toe stinger suits and even don football socks and gloves - our tour guide is taking no chances.
Visitors to the Northern Territory were warned not to go in the water as the official stinger season got underway.
If possible, wear a lycra stinger suit when swimming in northern Australian waters and do not swim in the ocean in these waters during stinger season.
We were in Palm Cove just at the very start of stinger season.
It was stinger season, so she wisely chose to swim in the stinger net.