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Adapt
Adapt
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9 Feb 2012 8:32pm
Out paddling this afternoon in Talle creek when all of a sudden woosh behind me came flying out of the water a 5ft + Bull shark, clean out of the water with a full spiral before hitting the water again. Needless to say I didn't hang around on top of the water for to long after that. It's definately Bull shark time in the creeks.
62mac
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9 Feb 2012 6:42pm
BS
Adapt
Adapt
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9 Feb 2012 8:51pm
No HS is what I found in my undies afterwards. Unless it was another type of shark, but it wasn't a dolphin thats for sure.
62mac
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9 Feb 2012 6:52pm
just geeing you up matewhat part of the creek we talking
Adapt
Adapt
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9 Feb 2012 9:00pm
Right next to the swimming enclosure thought it was going to jump right in, never seen a shark jump like that other then on TV.
billboard
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9 Feb 2012 9:03pm
Looks like Jazz has had her last swim in there then, every time we go swimming up at the island it's always in the back of my mind but stupidly still swim there anyway - well used to at least - thanks mate.
62mac
62mac
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9 Feb 2012 7:04pm
Well they did warn us last week after the rain,nasty looking things those bulls[}:)]
teatrea
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9 Feb 2012 9:04pm
Yep i wouldnt be swimming in the canals this time of year.
Adapt
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9 Feb 2012 9:25pm
Bit hard when work requires you to take people in the water. At the end of it all, it is their domain and we share it. Just have to be mindful that they are there and always will be.
Adapt
Adapt
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9 Feb 2012 9:27pm
billboard said...

Looks like Jazz has had her last swim in there then, every time we go swimming up at the island it's always in the back of my mind but stupidly still swim there anyway - well used to at least - thanks mate.


Hey Billboard the water was pretty dirty, at least up at the island she can swim in the shallows and the water always seems clearer there.
laceys lane
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9 Feb 2012 10:04pm
talley ck is as dodgy as. i remember we came back in from a paddle at 6 pm one time.

i then paddled someones board 50 ms out then as i turned there was a bang on the board and a swirl.

danny ching would not have beaten me back i can tell you
HumanCartoon
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10 Feb 2012 12:40am
Carry a can of this gear

TommyL
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10 Feb 2012 12:34am
Ha, my misses works at msq with grinner the shark catcher. You dont wanna know half the **** she tells me.
Dexy
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10 Feb 2012 9:39am
Yeah, I was paddling in Talle creek, in the first canal, last week and felt a bump and thought (hoped) I hit a submerged log, I turned around to see a massive swirl of water and knew straight away what it was. Talle creek has always been pretty sharky and spooky, especially after heavy rain when it's murky and especially the creek mouth. The area off Burleigh headland isn't called Sharkeys for nothing.
TommyL
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10 Feb 2012 10:12am
I got swiped last week in clear island waters lake. Same thing huge swirl at side of board. Tried to recreate same swirl with my paddle and not even close
husq2100
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10 Feb 2012 10:30am
becareful, it may be "mr super very angry big scary naish monster ripper man", I hear he likes to frequent Talley creek also...
CMC
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10 Feb 2012 11:40am
Does anyone remember back far enough to when they shot the extremely large shark in Talley Creek from the bridge? It was kind of stuck in there or would not leave as it was sick or something.

I was still at Burleigh Primary then so we are talking many moons ago.....
TommyL
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10 Feb 2012 11:56am
Got the newspaper clipping at home. Will try and post it later after work. White pointer. Think it was sik maybe. They shot it anyway
CMC
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10 Feb 2012 11:57am
cranedog said...

Got the newspaper clipping at home. Will try and post it later after work. White pointer. Think it was sik maybe. They shot it anyway


Was it as long ago as I imagined it? Late 80's???
SupRookie
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10 Feb 2012 1:38pm
I was planning on taking my wife and 2 yr old son out on creek tomorrow. Not so sure now.
Stitch
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10 Feb 2012 11:43am
Breaching sharks are very common around the South African coast. Maybe this one is on vacation down under!
husq2100
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10 Feb 2012 1:48pm
just incase it has vacated the minds of some, sharks do actually live in the water.....
Dazzler75
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10 Feb 2012 1:55pm
husq2100 said...

just incase it has vacated the minds of some, sharks do actually live in the water.....


No they don't I saw one changing a tyre on the M1 at Helensvale the other day
husq2100
husq2100
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10 Feb 2012 1:56pm
Dazzler75 said...

husq2100 said...

just incase it has vacated the minds of some, sharks do actually live in the water.....


No they don't I saw one changing a tyre on the M1 at Helensvale the other day


yes there is a small comunity of them living in Surfers Paradise
TommyL
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10 Feb 2012 4:05pm


Okay didnt have a newspaper article but gotta pic.
petedorries
petedorries
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10 Feb 2012 4:38pm
1987
They hauled it up onto the beach infront of the Playroom.
petedorries
petedorries
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10 Feb 2012 4:39pm
and it was a white pointer. Sick shark as CMC said
Adapt
Adapt
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10 Feb 2012 5:36pm
Showed the guys and girls at work and now some of them are thinking twice about the whole shark thing in Talle creek. I'm glad they are around, it's important to have them in the food chain, even if they are the apex preditor in the water. But it still scares the crap out of me when I see one in the water with me.
laceys lane
laceys lane
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10 Feb 2012 6:43pm
husq2100 said...

just incase it has vacated the minds of some, sharks do actually live in the water.....


yeah, but those stupid canals and lakes are man made. bet they didn't think about bull shark infestation
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