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Gold Coast, QLD

Bluebottles the size of a fist wash up on Gold Coast beaches

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Bluebottles up to three times the usual size are washing ashore on the Gold Coast. Lifeguards have reported relatively few stings: 20 across 39 patrolled beaches during the school holidays.

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