AUSTRALIA VOX POP – HAVE YOU ENCOUNTERED A SHARK?
September 1st, 2007
BY NICHOLAS PICKARD, at Bondi Beach, Sydney
SUNNY beaches are central to Australia's 'lucky country' quality of life. But even the most laid-back Australians have sometimes worried about great white sharks swimming towards their sandy strands. The chances of encountering a great white are extremely rare, so what do Australians say about their experiences of one of the world's most feared species?
James Cameron, 42, builder, Sydney.
I was paddling from Watson's Bay round to Bondi here on my surf ski. And coming round I saw one was coming towards me. It got ...
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