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In North Queensland (the pointy bit at the top of Australia) it is typically mid 30s Celsius (mid 90s F) and 90% humidity all summer. You can’t swim in the ocean because this time of year is when the venomous jellyfish breed. You can’t swim in rivers because they are teeming with four metre long estuarine crocodiles. The only place to swim is fast flowing mountain gorges. These places are extremely popular, having not so many killer animals, and plenty of opportunity for young humans to be loud and splashy. However vortices in the water kill a few people every year by pinning them against rocks underwater. There are also venomous plants (the worst pain i have ever experienced). I’m not sure if there are any killer fungi, but i would be entirely unsurprised. I don’t know why i am telling you this.