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DownUnderPaddy Jan 13th 2009 7:24 am

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Originally Posted by homewardbound (Post 7154882)
PUtting it all into perspective... in 2007 1 HUMAN was killed by a shark... whilst 100,000,000 SHARKS were killed by humans in the same year.

Add to that the amount of HUMANS killed by other humans, by drink drivers etc... I"m not too worried about the sharks.:thumbsup:

You would be if you were the 1 HUMAN ;-)

man_called_Horse Jan 13th 2009 7:29 am

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Originally Posted by irishfamily (Post 7160176)
Hey man-called-horse u`ll not get many of those great whites in norn iron lmao. i thin they must be afraid of us lmao

Yeah not too many of those in Lough Neagh, and you don't get a many of these either!!

DownUnderPaddy Jan 13th 2009 7:29 am

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Originally Posted by ponyrama (Post 7159679)
Ah the Hammers dont worry me really - its the Bulls, White Pointers and Tiger sharks that I dont want to meet. Plus I never go south of Towradgi so I reckon I'm quite safe! :thumbsup::eek:

Blueys Beach is North of you though !
Here's a great pic taken there on Sunday while the kids were in surf school.
Estimated 3 metre white pointer.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...7-1242,00.html

A buddy of mine who surfs most days pointed out that at any given time they reckon there is a shark never farther than 200m away from you. Keeps you humble :-)

Twinset Jan 13th 2009 7:33 am

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Originally Posted by DownUnderPaddy (Post 7163444)
Blueys Beach is North of you though !
Here's a great pic taken there on Sunday while the kids were in surf school.
Estimated 3 metre white pointer.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...7-1242,00.html

A buddy of mine who surfs most days pointed out that at any given time they reckon there is a shark never farther than 200m away from you. Keeps you humble :-)

As a dad and a diver it will keep me regular - did they suspend the surf school?

Twinset

DownUnderPaddy Jan 13th 2009 7:40 am

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Originally Posted by Twinset (Post 7163460)
As a dad and a diver it will keep me regular - did they suspend the surf school?

Twinset

No, they did not !

Former professional surfer Gary Hughes, who runs Gary Hughes Surface School of Surf and Surf Consultancy, said he was aware of the shark and had been monitoring it.

"I did not tell the students because they just would have worried," Mr Hughes, 50, said.

"It was just having a cruise, it wasn't showing attack behaviour."

Twinset Jan 13th 2009 7:44 am

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If that was the UK, there would be a public enquiry.......3m great white is a juvenile so no sweat....:eek:

Chimes with another story I saw about 16 juveniles observed of North Oz coast...over couple of hours!

Think they are mainly fish eaters at that size. Gonna have to go see them to desensitize: would prefer my first encounter to be with a cage wrapped round me!!

Pies

Grayling Jan 13th 2009 10:05 am

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There are thousands of Bullsharks in the Brisbane river and all round the SEQ coast.

They have always been there and they are dangerous.

Seems like the media are having a field day with this one

G

man_called_Horse Jan 13th 2009 10:30 am

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Originally Posted by Grayling (Post 7164123)
There are thousands of Bullsharks in the Brisbane river and all round the SEQ coast.

They have always been there and they are dangerous.

Seems like the media are having a field day with this one

G

Yeah the bulls pups chase the mullet up river and then grow to bloody big sharks.... I heard of 2 bulls attacking a horse in the brisbane

IvanM Jan 13th 2009 11:26 am

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For a spectacular experience you can go diving in a grey nurse shark breeding ground off Nelsons Bay. Absolutely amazing. BTW they are harmless. In Sydney there are heaps of Wobbygongs which you can see snorkling.

irishfamily Jan 13th 2009 11:40 am

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Man-called-horse u might get a few in newry canal lmao or that love rostrevor shore line lol.That looked so like my mother in law u caught same big mouth and pointy nose lmao

pompeyblonde Jan 13th 2009 3:19 pm

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PUtting it all into perspective... in 2007 1 HUMAN was killed by a shark... whilst 100,000,000 SHARKS were killed by humans in the same year.
Yes....and this is why the sharks are so angry.....:blink:

moneypenny20 Jan 13th 2009 6:58 pm

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Originally Posted by IvanM (Post 7164447)
For a spectacular experience you can go diving in a grey nurse shark breeding ground off Nelsons Bay. Absolutely amazing. BTW they are harmless. In Sydney there are heaps of Wobbygongs which you can see snorkling.

I have to say I think these diving with shark experiences, whether scuba or in a tank is possibly one of the stupidest things ever imagined. The sharks obviously get used to the fact that they will get food in these situations so they are encouraged to give people a thrill. Therefore people = food and they start coming closer and closer and the general public are not there with food, they become the food.

man_called_Horse Jan 13th 2009 7:21 pm

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Originally Posted by irishfamily (Post 7164485)
Man-called-horse u might get a few in newry canal lmao or that love rostrevor shore line lol.That looked so like my mother in law u caught same big mouth and pointy nose lmao

Rostrevor!! Love the place

Which reminds me of a funny story.

My Aussie GF grew up in the suburb of Carlingford in Sydney, and when my brother got married last year he had the reception in Four Seasons in Carlingford in Co. Louth.

I never told her until we arrived a few days before the wedding to deliver wine to the hotel of which I said welcome to the 'real' Carlingford.

Got a great pic too.

coolerkingcooler Jan 13th 2009 8:45 pm

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Originally Posted by man_called_Horse (Post 7164234)
Yeah the bulls pups chase the mullet up river and then grow to bloody big sharks.... I heard of 2 bulls attacking a horse in the brisbane

Hope it wasn't man_called_Horse:rofl:

Cooler

IvanM Jan 14th 2009 8:36 am

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Originally Posted by moneypen20 (Post 7165398)
I have to say I think these diving with shark experiences, whether scuba or in a tank is possibly one of the stupidest things ever imagined. The sharks obviously get used to the fact that they will get food in these situations so they are encouraged to give people a thrill. Therefore people = food and they start coming closer and closer and the general public are not there with food, they become the food.

No food is given to the sharks on this dive. They are just around the area. To get there you have to go on a boat for 45 mins and it is not somewhere non divers tend to go. Grey nurse sharks do not attack people and the philosophy of the dive is to look at a distance and do not touch. That goes for the other sea life as well. When I went the sea was too rough around the breeding ground but they were swimming around the sheltered part of the island. To see one of these magnificent creatures swimming above you is something else.


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