Tracked from above, Great White Sharks moving in less mysterious ways

By Lorna Edwards, The Age, Australia
Abalone diver John Rudge does not muck around when he enters the domain of the great white shark.
When diving near seal colonies, he spends as little time as possible on the surface forming a silhouette to any great whites that might be hunting below.
“They are the top of the food [...]

Large Numbers of Great White Sharks Found Plotting a Conspiracy

By Malcolm Holland
Port Stephens, Australia
At least 27 great white sharks have been discovered swimming yards off the sandy tourist beaches of Australia’s Mid-North Coast, a video crew said Friday.
The crew said it spotted the 10-feet-long juvenile sharks in the Port Stephens natural harbor as it was in a boat videotaping for a fishing DVD.
The sharks, [...]

Sixteen Foot Great White Shark Spotted At Streaky Bay

ADELAIDE NOW
Huge sharks chasing fish and cruising off holiday beaches pose a threat to swimmers as warm weather draws sunlovers to the coast.
Police in South Australia renewed warnings to swimmers at the West Coast holiday spot of Streaky Bay, where a monster great white has been seen cruising close to shore, The Advertiser reports.
The five-meter [...]

A Dive With Great White Sharks in Australia

Bloomberg is running the following article – it’s a somewhat entertaining read. MB
By Malcolm Scott, Bloomberg News
In December 1963, a great white shark tore open Rodney Fox’s abdomen, broke half his ribs, punctured his diaphragm and lung, and exposed the main artery to his heart. He’s devoted his life to diving with sharks ever since.
Fox [...]

Australian Shark Activity Incites “Expert Opinions”

The Tweed Daily News
People should be more concerned about bull sharks in Tweed’s murky rivers than great whites in the ocean, a local shark expert said yesterday.
Over the past few days great whites have been caught off Rainbow Bay and Mermaid Beach, and on Sunday Snapper Rocks swimmers had to be evacuated from the surf [...]

Great White Shark Fishing: Don’t Try This At Home

Life’s boring on a 40 kilometer stretch of coast near Boat Harbour, Australia, so some deranged Aussies have taken fishing to a new level of ridiculous, by catching Great White Sharks… from the beach.
The video’s a little lengthy, we’ll grant you that much, but it’s well worth watching and shows some ballsy – or moronic [...]

Raging, Gargantuan Crocodile Terrorizes Australian Workers

Normally we leave the crocs for our kin Savage Wilderness or the always entertaining Swim At Your Own Risk, but this one is too pissed off to be ignored. Crocodiles have been dominating the animal-savagery news lately after the recent killing of Arthur Booker while camping on a river.

By Peter Michael and Brian Williams
A huge [...]

Unlucky Fisherman Attacked By Shark On His Own Boat

Note to Fear Beneath readers: being attacked by a shark that you caught in your own boat does not make you eligible for our “Free Shark Camo for Confirmed Shark Attack Victims” compensation. As far as we’re concerned, the score is Sharks: 1, Geoff Johnson: 0.

By Richard Shears
First, the fisherman hooked the shark. Then the [...]

Aggressive Great White Shark Stalks Australian Family

By David Nankervis
A family stalked in their boat by a great white shark off Adelaide yesterday says they feared for swimmers at a nearby beach. The massive shark – one witness said it was longer than 5m – was seen as close as 1km from the West Lakes Shore beach by boaters aboard at least [...]

Surfer Shares Wave With Great White Shark in Australia!

PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
This is the adrenaline-pumping moment surfer Fergal Smith catches a ‘tube’ completely unaware he is sharing the wave with a Great White shark.
Mr Smith, 21, from Ireland was surfing two miles off the coast of Perth in Western Australia when he found himself just a few feet from the 500-pound monster.
The holidaymaker only [...]

47 (White?) Sharks Spotted Around Whyalla

By Colin Faulds, Fairfax News
A total of 47 sharks have been spotted in and around the Whyalla area since October 2005.
That is, according to a report the Maritime Museum curator Paul Mazourek issued late last month. A Conservation Council of South Australia initiative, “White Sharks Count”, was launched a few years ago and concentrated on [...]

Missing Shark Net A “Death Trap”

By Steve Spinks
CURRUMBIN CREEK, AUSTRALIA
A missing shark net poses a threat to surfers and swimmers after it was torn loose from Currumbin Creek, possibly by a passing whale. Tony Ham, the manager of the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries shark control program, said the 186m net had been missing since Saturday evening and the [...]

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