What Makes You Blush? — Caddyshack Project

April 1, 2026:

What Makes You Blush? — Caddyshack Project

On Ya Tim

Another blush moment last year was Tim Davies, weather reporter for the Today show, visiting a Koala sanctuary. As some of us know, Koala’s have also faced health concerns due to the bacterial infection chlamydia.

Being a morning show, with the keeper giving great insight as to why chlamydia is a problem in the Koala population, Tim turned with a blush and said “it’s too early in the morning to talk about chlamydia”.

We disagree Tim, we are dropping chlamydia like it’s a sugar in our morning coffee. Chlamydia, the sweetener and kick-starter to all Sexually Transmissible Infections (STIS) conversations – who knew chlamydia and coffee could have so much in common!

Tim might make some of us blush, so we forgive him.

So, what makes you blush? We asked our team members what makes them blush, because, whilst for us, it is not using the terms penis, vulva or anal sex, we are only human and our cheeks get a flush on too!

When someone catches me by surprise with a genuine compliment.

When someone I consider attractive makes a joke or cheeky comment.

When I accidently ruin a surprise (whoops).

When I forget someone’s name or call them the wrong name.

Hang on, here we go, we have a good one for you. There was some serious blushing going on in this story IRL.

Let us set the scene. We were all working from home on a Zoom meeting to review the Youth Empowerment Tool (YET) content.

The police knocked on one of our team members front door about a car concern and could hear the rest of the team on Zoom in the background.

What were we talking about? You guessed it, SEX!

Jen was reading out a list about catching STIs from various activities, while Maddy was typing them into the YET page. It sounded like this:

Jen: Phone sex

Maddy: Yep

Jen: Sexting

Maddy: Yep

Jen: Kissing

Maddy: Yep

Jen: Mutual masturbation

Maddy: Yep

Jen: Sharing sex toys

Maddy: Yep

Jen: Fingering

Maddy: Yep

Jen: Hand job

Maddy: Yep

Jen: Dry humping

Maddy: Yep

Jen: Oral sex

Maddy: Yep

Jen: Vaginal and anal intercourse

Maddy: Yep

You cant make this stuff up (YCMSTU). As you can imagine, the police were blushing!

So, blush away! We all do it, it’s natural, but practice normalising language that would otherwise make you blush and get comfortable with the uncomfortable.

Speaking of normalising, we have a giveaway to NSW residents in this blog. We have a a limited stash of the fantastic book Talk soon. Talk Often- A guide for parents & carers talking to their kids about sex. First published in 2011 and updated in 2019, this resource includes:

age and stage guidance for parents of children 0 to 18 years
how to answer tricky questions on topics such as how babies are made, puberty, sexting, contraception and sex
conversations starters
key messages on preparing your teen for healthy sexually active lives, consent, contraception and sexually transmissible infections

Want to have a look at the book online before you order a hard copy version from us? Check it out here on the book’s interactive website.

This month it’s ‘WHO we are loving right now’ – Health Practitioners, from your GP, to sexual health specialists, like the team at the Illawarra Shoalhaven Sexual Health Service, who are experienced at conducting a sensitive and confidential sexual health checks and treatment. We totally understand it can feel awkward or embarrassing, but this is something that these practitioners cover every day.

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