Trinity Beach
Netted swimming enclosure on a quiet shore, among the first stinger barriers built on this coast.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Trinity Beach in Cairns turns on a nineteen sixty-one experiment by local doctor Jack Barnes, who set out to prove which jellyfish was causing a mysterious, sometimes fatal swimming illness along these northern beaches. It follows what he was willing to risk on his own body and his own family to get an answer accepted by science. You will also learn how Trinity Beach itself became part of the response, with one of the first stinger net enclosures built north of Cairns. Look for the netted swimming area as you listen.
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