"Sydney's rain bomb takes a terrifying turn!" etc.
Australia’s largest city, Sydney, has had a wild old couple of days, near-cyclonic winds, Biblical floods and a twelve-foot north-east swell that had the waveless harbour delivering four-foot tubes.
And Narrabeen, home to inventor of the thruster Simon Anderson and two-time world champion Damien Hardman, got a little storm bonus when the banks of its lagoon were breached and a presumed Great White shark came in for a graze.
I ain’t so hot on the shark hyperbole so I’ll hand it over to the Daily Mail for a moment.
“Locals on Sydney’s Northern Beaches have spotted what they believe to be a monster great white shark in a lagoon that broke its banks during the city’s heaviest downpour in 22 years. Frightening footage was uploaded on Sunday showing what appeared to be a dorsal fin breaching the waters of Narrabeen Lagoon just metres from homes and businesses.’Great white spotted in Narrabeen Lagoon,’ the video was posted.”
Anyone know their dorsal fins?
Cheeky White or happy bull or inquisitive bronze whaler?
Hahahaha. Great Whie. Yeah fkn right. Sharks don’t bob up & down. 🤣😂😂🤣. GW dont swim in fresh water. If it is a shark ( i doubt it?) Looks more like debris. It would be a Bull shark.
Seaweed.. whenever i see something in the water that i’m not quite sure what it is to put my mind at ease i always say its seaweed. shark=seaweed, jellyfish=seaweed, social media influencing bearded twinfin rider=seaweed, standup paddle foiler=seaweed. Person in the barrel behind me as i take off=seaweed.
Dear Dolly Doctor, I can’t remember if I had a shit today or not. It feels like I did but I’m not sure, and the last time I forgot to have one I got fully blocked up and had to “go in” to release it. I’m worried I might have to do that again and it wasn’t very nice. What should I do? Can you help me? Thanks, Skeeper
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Yeeeeeee-eeew!!!
You’ll be fully stoked dude.
You might want to do an Insta post all about it.
The words “two time world champion” in the same sentence as the name “Damien Hardman” still sits very uneasily with a lot of observers from that era……..
Who’s Damien Hardman?
Not me
Master competitor.
Get your hand off it, Nielsen Park don’t barell. Newy harbour, on the other hand…
Did you lasso the Harbour?
Not this swell, been keeping my powder and sliced heel dry.
Have you been taking safety surf tips from David Lee Scales?
Dolphin
Oh for fuck’s sake, that’s not a god damn shark. It’s just a bit of flotsam.
Fucking Daily Mail! Everything’s either a shark or a lesbian.
Did you do your point run? Surely no good.
I’m on my way right now, I think I’m blowing it though, had a super fun surf this morning by myself in the wash up of that mega storm. Crazy banks everywhere!
And Dez, I was paddling a racing ski around in that lake on the weekend, sadly no Great White sightings. Though a dead one washed up in Pittwater yesterday.
A dead White in the Pittwater equals a dozen pieces here. Did you photo?
not me, but https://www.facebook.com/ch…¬if_id=1580865718193774¬if_t=group_activity
Yeah beachies should be the order of the week you’d think. Already a few chunky ones here today
It’s not a frightening video of a monster Great White only metres from businesses?
With any luck maybe both!
Lesbian shark do doo doo doo
Shark are indeed attracted to doo doo.
Which is yet another journalistically-unexplored kink.
Scat shark 🦈 💩
Its a man eating tree branch.
Haha “happy Bull” is gold DR
Those fuckers are everywhere, seen one years ago in the river at my cuzzies place up near Wingham which is so far from the ocean. It was a spin out.
Bulls are the cavoodles of the sea, bronzies, the Jack Russells, Whites, not so sure.
I’ve seen spinner sharks in the Pentecost River about 100km inland, as well as a very sizable unidentified species at Daly River, about 80km inland. In both of those locations though, sharks are the least of your worries.
Daly River is also home to one of Australia’s best tidal bore waves but let’s just say the locals a have tendency to snap if anyone tries to surf it.
Bull Shark.
How would you feel if a major newspaper ran tourism promotional ads, showing your local spot?
https://www.theguardian.com…
Discuss.
I think
The Kneejerk
Would be a more apt masthead.
Read this, my cheery chappy.
https://www.psychologytoday…
Lefty projection I’m afraid.
That’s just the point.
You’re afraid, thus right-wing.
Oh, how ironic of me,
Sigh….
From this distance it looks more like a drowning witch.
It’s Nick Carroll fighting the torrent of youth as he gets washed downstream to a place all surf journalists go to die… their local community newspaper.
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Did you know that ‘Fast’ Eddy Rothermans of North Shore, Pittsburg, America, got his nickname because he walked at a slightly quicker pace than his classmates on their way to the playground at school recess?
Given that they’re linked the coronoviris too sewerage I’d say a shark will be the least of a Sydney surfers health troubles for a while.