Quite a few in Altona this afternoon.

Are you guys sure they are blue bottles? I haven't seen anything down the beach but I have heard about "by-the-wind sailors" being on beaches down the coast. Apparently, they are not dangerous to humans at all. see theconversation.com/invasion-of-the-strange-sailor-jellyfish-what-are-they-and-will-they-sting-us-31131

Just got back from a NSW kite trip up the east coast. There are 1'000 of the little critters and an unusually high amount. Received my first sting from one (was wearing the full length wettie, it got me on the ankle).

2 things:

Treatment: Hot water is the current best treatment (according to Google, and who am I to argue)

Warning: The last beach i kited (Werri) had so many stingers, I couldn't avoid putting the kitelines over a number of them. I found, when winding in the lines, a number of stinger tentacles around the lines. watch out for these, as they can still sting... I guess.

Finally (which is a 3rd thing, but can't be bothered to update the above) if you get them wrapped round your arm/leg etc. rather than pulling at it and stinging yourself further, use your line cutter to remove it.