Hahaha. That's classic Uber!!! That's going on my fridge :-)

No PoorRelative. I don't believe my destiny is to be eaten in the river. Anyway the zapper doesn't work in fresh water, and the Swan's pretty fresh on top. I reckon you'd better watch out in the Mandurah Estury near the Dawsville Cut though. I know Neil Taylor doesn't like getting out over his depth there, eh Neil ;-)
Graeme

Hi Uber,
As Wanda to Boat harbour is one of your fav spots..the lifesavers at Wanda spotted and chased out to sea what they said was a large shark. But because there was no-one was in the water due to the troubles they had no-one to tell!

Hey mate,
Whale is on the sounthern side of rotto(so are the sharks) havn't seen many or heard of any at the beaches lately just stay away from that side of rotto,
Matt

WOW this is all very freaky to hear considering im just about to start kite surfing. However i don't really fear a shark threat mainly because iv never herd of one around the longreef area although im sure there has been.

I was wondering if any of you have had collisions with sharks wales, dew fish andy larg mariene fish or animal causing you to crash?

unfortunately, yesterday a young lady lost her life at north stradbroke island at a popular swimming spot after being attacked by a number of bull sharks.
i was on straddie a couple of days earlier for new years, the kiting was good, and i remarked as per usual to my mates that there was no way i would swim in this spot, clear water and picturesqe as it was!(not that i swim without a kite/windsurfer/surfboard)
it borders the main southern tidal entrance to moreton bay.
i'm sure (and hope) this area will now be netted for swimmers.
it really reminds you that we share the ocean.

Hey all,
I'm new to these forums but have been checking out your shark topics.

I've recently started windsurfing (been doing it for 4 or so months) and my spot is Manly at Moreton Bay.

After hearing about that shark attack at Strady, I looked up Moreton Bay and sharks and found this: www.escapewithet.com/

Pretty freakin scary to know there's that many sharks where I'm floppin around. At the same time I've only heard of 2 attacks including this latest one, in the area. I'm really considering getting the shark shield for some piece of mind.

Is there anyone else around here who surfs Moreton? Have you seen anything, heard any stories?

looks like fun! where is that?

i wanna pet octopus, or will it take me as desert

Just on the news....Dood got attacked by a 3mtre Great White near Perth. He was scuba diving ...he managed to biff the sharkee away with is spear gun and got away.

where was the attack?

apparently one of his scuba mates had a shark shield.

There was a long interview on the radio this morning with the guy maulled by the white pointer. It grabbed his elbow. On the second attack he hit it with his spear gun but said it was hitting a car coming towards him. The shark disappeared after his buddy arrived wearing the shark pod. He said he is now going to invest in one himself.
Graeme

<500 know thanks to the demand

My Shark Story no. 1

I'm pretty sure it was a dolphin after the initial start at seeing a fin breach in front of me. Was out near the reef looking for waves just off the north side of Wedge Island WA.

My Shark Story no. 2

Six months later kiting at Blouberg, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA, was tacking upwind out the back for another wave-run when something breached between me and the beach. I was about 600m out and on a tack towards it and I couldn't make out quite what it could be. So I kept going towards it to get a better look but it went back under. What I do remember was that it looked decidedly non-dolphin in movement and shape, and it was grey and pointy. I suppose if I had have positively identified it as a shark I may have felt concern, but as it was there wasn't the slightest trace, only curiousity.

As for some of the other comments on this thread:
- South Africa has such cool sharks they even have one for fresh water, the Zambezi Shark. They aren't known to be selective eaters, anything generally goes. They hang out north of Durban in the same spots as crocs and hippos, one of which also works well on a Southerly when wind at our preferred spot isn't so good.

- Sharks vs. Crocs: a big salty vs. a great white of comparable sizes I reckon first bite would win. One of those stupid seppo shows on discovery channel did a computer simulation and the croc won.

- Yeah I reckon it's a fair go if sharks got us back occasionally, I'm with Tobes and all the shark huggers.

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Kiting in shark bay a few weeks ago I managed to notice a large dead beached whale and went in to investigate. Then I noticed what looked to be about a 6M shark swimming around near the shore.

Being a little weary and given I was about 3km's from Nanga station I shark tailed it out of there. Curious on the same day I saw a dugong, a sea snake, a few dolphins and numerous smaller sand type sharks. Its a exciting palce to kite if you are game !

Beleive it or not

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Great place eh?? Love it
Shark bay area just ooooooozes nature wherever you are. Beautiful.