Just got this email from my mate up the road in Townsville,
Nigel, I hope you don't mind me sharing this but sounds like you need some words of encouragement. Or something that might put a lighter side to your near death experiences.
I just got off the water and my heart is still thumping saw a Dugong so I went up behind it thinking cool,then I discovered that it had lumpy ridges on it's back,legs and a long tail,at this stage I froze and fell off but was back on the board in an instant watching the Fu#ka heading for me,my heart is thumping my arms shaking and my mind is doing cartwheels by this time.Never in my life have I thought I was a gonner as much a I did today,I rang up the EPA and they are going to send someone out for a look.All this happened on the day when I woke up and realised how much this sport means to me,now what?
Cheers from a very frightened little chap up in Townsville.
