The shark alarms were blaring in Australia yesterday. Sharks were spotted lurking close to swimmers and sent people fleeing from the water at Coogee, Maroubra, Bronte and Tamarama.
During a routine boat patrol at Coogee, a 9-12 foot hammerhead shark was spotted heading for seven swimmers! The shark alarm was sounded and the swimmers high-tailed it outta there. The shark eventually swam away but was spotted again at Maroubra beach, where it was feeding on a large squid with another hammerhead shark. The alarm rang at that beach too, then officials chased the shark out to sea.
Several hours later, ANOTHER hammerhead was spotted at Bronte beach just a few hundred feet from the shore. Shark alarms sent swimmers fleeing the water… again.
A man is recuperating in the hospital after spearing himself in the groin with a speargun in Australia yesterday. Yeouch.
Greg Robertson, 25, was pushed onto the speargun after it got washed out of his hands by a wave. The 6 foot long spear pierced his inside upper thigh, just millimetres from his genitals (note girlfriend’s expression in 2nd pic) and femoral artery, and got lodged there.
The first time spear fisherman had been enjoying a day at the beach with his girlfriend Jacinta Fisher and some of their friends when the accident happened.
A chopper came to rescue Robertson. The spear was surgically removed that night. Hopefully, the dude (and his girlfriend) will make a full recovery.
Another shark attacked a small dinghy with a married couple onboard at the same West Australian beach where a snorkeler was killed by a shark over the weekend.
In this latest incident, the couple radioed for help after a shark attacked their 15ft dinghy this morning in Port Kennedy, south of Perth.
The dinghy took on water but the couple was picked up by a fisheries boat before they sank. Phew.
Australian authorities said Sunday they will not attempt to hunt down the shark believed to have killed Brian Guest. The victim’s family said he would not have wanted the shark to die.
Guest, 51, was taken by a large shark while snorkelling with his son near Rockingham, south of Perth on Australia’s west coast, on Saturday.
Witnesses saw flashes of fins and blood in the water and nothing has been found of Guest except some shreds believed to have come from his wetsuit.
Fremantle Water Police, who were Sunday searching the area for any remains, said there would be no attempt to hunt the shark.
It’s been a sharky weekend in Australia. First, the snorkeler incident, then, on the other end of Oz, some Sydney kayakers were taunted by a 12 ft whitey. The shark circled for about 10 minutes while one of the boaters fell into the water!
The search is still on for yesterday’s shark attack victim. The missing man has been identified as Brian Guest, 51. He was snorkeling with his 24 year old son just south of Perth, AU yesterday when “something pretty violent” happened in the water, which then turned red. Not good.
The beach remains closed as police, surf lifesavers and council workers continue to search the area. Police have asked the public to avoid the area until further notice.
A search was launched off Port Kennedy, 18 miles south of Perth, AU, early today after reports that a snorkeller had been taken by a shark.
Apparently, a father and son were swimming when the incident happened. The son made it back to shore and raised the alarm but his father is still missing at sea.
Witnesses who saw the the man in trouble off the beach near Cote D’Azur Gardens, Port Kennedy believe he was attacked at about 7.15am. They also reported seeing “something pretty violent” happening in the water and there was blood in the water. Uh, that doesn’t sound good.
A three-year-old girl is lucky to be alive after being stung by a box jellyfish at an Australia beach.
She collapsed in shallow water last Friday after stepping on the jellyfish. The child was rushed by family members to the local clinic where she had to be resuscitated before being taken to hospital.
Box jellies have been responsible for at least 64 deaths since they were first reported in Australia in 1883. The last recorded death was a six-year-old boy in November 2007.
