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	<title>Swim At Your Own Risk &#187; Australia</title>
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		<title>3rd Shark Attack in Australia This Week!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2012/01/22/3rd-shark-attack-in-australia-this-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia has seen its third shark attack in weeks, its second in two days. David Pickering, injured off the northwest coast, said he beat off a tiger shark with his left arm Thursday when it had grabbed his right one. [source]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Shark Attack in Australia!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2012/01/22/another-shark-attack-in-australia-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A surfer dragged from his board and mauled by a two-metre shark was circled by the predator as he tried to make it back to shore. Glen Folkard, 44, known as &#8220;Lenny&#8221;, is in a stable and lucid condition in John Hunter Hospital today after being attacked while surfing off Redhead Beach, south of Newcastle, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shark Bites Surfer&#8217;s Hand in Australia!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2012/01/03/shark-bites-surfers-hand-in-australia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man was attacked by a shark while surfing on North Avoca Beach this evening, the surf lifesaving club says. The victim was a 28-year-old man who lived near the beach, according to Rick Parsons, president of the North Avoca Surf Lifesaving Club. Mr Parsons speculated that it could have been a bronze whaler, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shark Attack: Close Call for Aussie Surfer!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/12/12/shark-attack-close-call-for-aussie-surfer/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/12/12/shark-attack-close-call-for-aussie-surfer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A surfer has had a lucky escape after a shark took a bite out of his board while he was in the sea off the coast of Australia. Stephen King was taking an early morning surf near the village of Angourie in New South Wales when the shark swam up and lunged at him. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Diver Killed in Australia Shark Attack!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/10/22/american-diver-killed-in-australia-shark-attack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authorities are hunting a shark that killed a 32-year-old American man at Rottnest Island, off the coast of Western Australia. Police say the man, who had arrived in the state earlier this year for work, was diving and spear fishing on Saturday afternoon when it is believed he was attacked by the three-metre shark. WA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man Dies In Gruesome Shark Attack in SW Australia!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/09/04/man-dies-in-gruesome-shark-attack-in-sw-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/09/04/man-dies-in-gruesome-shark-attack-in-sw-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 13:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man died after he was attacked by a shark at a popular South-West beach Sunday afternoon. Police have confirmed the 21-year-old man was from the eastern states but had been based in Wilyabrup, three hours south of Perth, for several years. Police are in the process of contacting his next-of-kin. The man&#8217;s girlfriend was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missing Man Mauled by Sharks!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/08/31/missing-man-mauled-by-sharks/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/08/31/missing-man-mauled-by-sharks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Victorian builder was found dead in shark-infested waters off the Queensland coast. The 48-year-old man&#8217;s body was found mauled by sharks, 13 hours after he went missing, off Palm Island. Five helicopters and the Water Police searched for almost eight hours before recovering the body. The man was last seen on Fantome Island, part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shark Kills Kitesurfer in New Caledonia!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/05/23/shark-kills-kitesurfer-in-new-caledonia/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/05/23/shark-kills-kitesurfer-in-new-caledonia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 23:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 15-year-old boy has died in New Caledonia after being attacked by a shark while kitesurfing, a report said on Monday. The teenager, named only as Nathan, was surfing with his father and friends off Koumac village in the north of the archipelago when he fell in the water, the New Caledonian said. While swimming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boy Teases Shark, Gets Bit</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/04/24/boy-teases-shark-gets-bit/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/04/24/boy-teases-shark-gets-bit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A teenager has been flown to Perth for surgery after being bitten by a shark he lured towards the shore. The boy was bitten on the left heel while he was cleaning fish at Red Bluff, 140 kilometres north of Carnarvon, about 9:00pm. The manager of a nearby campsite, Bec Caldwell, says the teenager used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: Shark Lurks Near Aussie Shoreline!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/04/07/video-shark-lurks-near-aussie-shoreline/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/04/07/video-shark-lurks-near-aussie-shoreline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An 11.5-foot Great White Shark was spotted lurking less than 30 feet away from the shoreline off the coast of Australia. The shark was seen at the same beach where a wakeboarder was mauled last month. Tracey Lowe filmed the massive fish on her digital camera. She had been celebrating her wedding anniversary at Hawk&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Second Shark Attack in Australia This Week!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/03/23/shark-bites-surfer-in-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/03/23/shark-bites-surfer-in-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man surfing on Australia&#8217;s north coast was mauled by a &#8220;huge&#8221; 9 ft shark, which left him with a chunk missing from his forearm. Surfer Dave Pearson and his six mates were ready to call it a day when the shark attacked the 48-year-old at Headland Beach, near Crowdy Head, about 6.30pm. The Coopernook [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shark Bites Woman on Face!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/03/16/shark-bites-woman-on-face/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/03/16/shark-bites-woman-on-face/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A shark grabbed a woman&#8217;s face and almost took her arm off when she fell from her wakeboard north of Newcastle, Australia. Glen Ramplin, a crewman on the Westpac Rescue Helicopter was part of the team that flew the woman to Newcastle&#8217;s John Hunter Hospital after the attack off Jimmys Beach. A hospital spokeswoman said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian Diver Killed By Two Great White Sharks!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/02/19/australian-diver-killed-by-two-great-white-sharks/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/02/19/australian-diver-killed-by-two-great-white-sharks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An experienced abalone driver is presumed to have died after he was mauled by two huge sharks off the coast of South Australia. Peter Clarkson, 49, was surfacing from his dive in the late afternoon when the sharks, believed to be great whites, attacked 15 miles off the coast of Coffin Bay. A widescale sea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man Bitten By Shark in Australia Gets 50 Stitches!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/02/12/man-bitten-by-shark-in-australia-gets-50-stitches/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/02/12/man-bitten-by-shark-in-australia-gets-50-stitches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 14:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man was bitten by a shark in Exmouth, AU today, requiring about 50 stitches in a wound on his arm. Police said the the man was snorkelling on the west side of Exmouth in Lakeside Sanctuary with his wife when he was bitten on the elbow by an unidentified shark. The 59-year-old man was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Girl Bitten By Shark In Australia!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/01/21/girl-bitten-by-shark-in-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/01/21/girl-bitten-by-shark-in-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An eight-year-old girl is recovering after being bitten by a shark on Australia&#8217;s far north coast. Police say the girl was wading with friends in less than 3 feet of water in the mouth of the Cudgen Creek at about five oclock yesterday afternoon. She suffered cuts to both legs in the attack and was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: Great White Shark Attacks Boat!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/01/05/video-great-white-shark-attacks-boat/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/01/05/video-great-white-shark-attacks-boat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 15 ft shark circled a small boat and then at the propeller, nearly knocking the passengers overboard. Two of the men had been swimming next to the boat, just an hour earlier! [source + video] Thanks Meredith]]></description>
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		<title>Great White Closes Australia Beach!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/12/23/great-white-closes-australia-beach/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/12/23/great-white-closes-australia-beach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sighting of a great white shark has closed beaches in the Margaret River region in Western Australia&#8217;s southwest. A beachgoer spotted the large shark about 11.20am (WST) today about 350m off Gas Bay south of the Margaret River mouth. Beaches were been closed from the river mouth to Gas Bay for 24 hours as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shark Shuts Down Beach In Australia</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/11/15/shark-shuts-down-beach-in-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/11/15/shark-shuts-down-beach-in-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://swimatyourownrisk.com/?p=7129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An 8 ft shark was spotted yesterday at an Australia beach around 11am, forcing beaches to be closed for several hours. The shark, which they have been unable to identify, was spotted at Cottesloe beach as close as 100 metres off shore. The sighting comes after a group of great white and tiger sharks was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woman Attacked By Shark Off Australia!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/10/30/woman-attacked-by-shark-off-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/10/30/woman-attacked-by-shark-off-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nineteen-year-old Elyse Frankcom had been hosting a swim-with-the-dolphins tour for Rockingham Wild Encounters when a shark bit into her hip and left buttock yesterday. The attack occurred off the north end of Garden Island Naval Base. Luckily for her, as the shark bit her, it brushed aside another man who grabbed hold of the shark&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch Your Toes&#8230; 9 Foot Shark Spotted in Brisbane Creek</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/09/22/watch-your-toes-9-foot-shark-spotted-in-brisbane-creek/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/09/22/watch-your-toes-9-foot-shark-spotted-in-brisbane-creek/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Maguire of Morningside said he was kayaking along Norman Creek in Brisbane, AU at about 7.10am when he saw a “very big fish” in the water. It was bigger than his kayak and the fin came about 12 to 18 inches out of the water. Maguire paddled over to a jetty and hung on. [...]]]></description>
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