The Bluebottle jellyfish (Physalia utriculus), also known as the Pacific Man O’War, is a complete stranger to my local South Australian waters but here on Bondi Beach, Sydney we found hundreds of them washed ashore.

One poor unsuspecting child must have found these bright blue toys scattered all around too irresistible to ignore. We heard the screams from the pavilion and an ambulance shortly arrived. I hope they are OK.

Curiously we noticed no obvious warnings leaving it up to beach goers to decide how to manage their presence.