A surprise to nobody…
When the sirens start and the surfer’s body is dragged onto the sand on Australia’s north-east coast, Rob at Kingscliff, Mani at Wooli, Nick at Greenmount, it don’t take a marine biologist to know the hit is by a White.
(RIP Rob Pedretti, RIP Mani Hart-Deville, RIP Nick Slater.)
And the survivors, Phil at Bunker Bay (“Freakishly big Great White”), Chantelle at Port Macquarie (“The scream was everywhere, there was splashing everywhere”), they know ‘cause they’ve seen the White, they’ve felt it drive its teeth into limbs hanging underwater.
Three months, five hits by Great Whites on surfers, three, fatal.
Whites. Protected since 1999.
Sightings. Bumps. Fatals.
More encounters. More risk.
Yesterday afternoon’s fatal attack on Burleigh Heads real estate agent Nick Slater, at drum-line protected Superbank is part of a stretch of coastline that hasn’t had one fatal shark attack since the nets and the drum-lines were introduced in 1962.
Forster to Byron, yeah, Great Whites, no nets.
Pick a time, pray to your god.
But the Gold Coast?
Earlier today, Queensland Fisheries identified the killer shark in the Superbank attack as a 3.5 metre Great White, a twelve-foot bus.
A bad sign.
Nick was a real estate agent at Nobby’s not Burleigh. Pretty important to get details correct in these sort of articles.
I actually don’t. If you mean the military, Trump is reducing troops in Afghanistan. Reducing troops in Iraq. Reducing troops in Germany. We left Syria.
Biden’s foreign policy advisor already said back in May that Biden will go back into Syria. And if we just look how Obama/Biden/Hillary turned Libya into one of, if not the most dangerous places on Earth, then we know what to expect from Biden.
The tooth is measured in millimeters while the guppy is measured in feet? 12 foot does sound more ominous than 4 meters I guess.
Shark attack season is only just starting too. We’re one week into spring.
Interested to see how QLD respond if they get another like this. NSW have made it clear they won’t do shit.
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Merci!
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The price of food is going up because truckers are having issues at distribution hubs. Freight theft in cities is up. Mostly due to civil unrest. Truckers aren’t wanting to enter certain cities as much. More risk to truckers means risk costs associated with contract guarantees that freight reaches destination are passed on to the consumer. A lot of farmers want to switch to automation with crop harvesting, but run into red tape from EPA.
Sorry but I do not understand.
I thought you wanted us to leave you alone. What does that mean to you?
You’re right, no need for U.S. taxpayer dollars to be sent to your country, or any country. You don’t want our money. I get it, and I agree. And no more defense agreements. No need for us to defend your country if shit hits the fan. You don’t want that. I get it, and I agree. Your monetary value should not be measured against the dollar. You’re free to use the Chinese Yuan. Cinch that belt. Build that road.
But you have to promise that you won’t come crying to us if things don’t work out. No second chances. If you don’t want to be friends, we get it. No more money, protection, nor support of any kind.
Might need some bigger hooks ?
While our prehistoric ancestors were wiping out most of the large land mammals the men in the grey suits were hiding , safe in the seas . Had fish , and not humans become increasingly intelligent , by mutation , Chance , Chaos ,( as we did ), then would the fish sunbaking on beaches on their annual holidays , be attacked by Sabre tooth lions which they had saved from extinction …. buggered if I know ?
Tybring-Gjedde would classify himself as far right in Norwegian politics, in America he would be an anti-immigration leftist.
You go in ( there’s a ) White
And you come out dead
Pop up Toaster
https://youtu.be/_6cabVgPSYA
Well that’s racism solved then.
cool sparseness
does 12 foot still qualify as curious juvenile?
An old woman walks into a record shop and asks a young adolescent behind the counter ,
“ Young man do you have Jingle Bells on a 12” . “
He replies “ Sorry mam , no , but I’ve got dangling balls on a 10” .”
She replies “ Is that a record “
And he informs her “ No mam , but it’s not bad for a curious juvenile “ …..
got a giggle from that, thanks
Dad Jokes R Us
told it to my misses. no giggle but she did ask if I knew which record shop it was
It’s right next to the Bat and Ball .
Could it be the same shark that attacked Mick at J-bay and has stalked him back home ?
I recall something similar in the final Jaws movie, so is life imitating art in this instance ?
A reoccurring theme in literature since Jonah got spat out of the whale in the Old Testament through to Melville’s Moby Dick and Ahab seeking revenge for his lost arm to Jaws the shoes or the film or the book …..do we ever get the monkey off our backs ?
you suggesting a monkey cull?
Possibly these 3 monkeys …… Mizaru, who sees no evil, covering his eyes; Kikazaru, who hears no evil, covering his ears; and Iwazaru, who speaks no evil, covering his mouth.
not familiar with those blokes but throw the arctic monkeys in and you get my vote
not a bad name for really shit band.
With a diverse fan base known as the Monkey Multi Cullterists .
I happen to know a pretty shit band that needs a name.
La Côte de Soleil , La Costa del Sol , die Sonnenküste …… The Sunshine Coast ! or How about Pied Pretty (shit) … might get confused with
https://youtu.be/07oZHDgPiqo
I voted for the ‘Psychic Cosmos’, but that didn’t fly.
Currently (tentatively/unofficially) known as ‘7 Foot Sook’. I’m not sure about it being named eponymously, but could work with ‘The Sooks’.
Picking up demo ‘tape’ later today.
Great extended comment you made today on the surfing with sharks .
I like 7 Foot Sook and then the punters can call you , when your fuckin famous , the Sooks or the 7 footy socks .
.Go Hard 7 Foot Sook…. or Stay Home ! Enjoy the ride Pie and the demo tape .
Are people approaching government to try and find solution? Posting on BG seem unlikely to solve the problem.
its well know that the Queensland government bases most of its policy on the BG comment board, Bex’s work in particular. though they have started to generate some ideas founded on the Covid fuelled abundance of quality dance moves on Tik Tok
For what it’s worth, the Queensland government has had a policy of netting and/or drum lines since the 60s. (Maybe even Joh driven?) Given this is the first death in a netted zone since then, it’s arguable they have been responsible for the saving of many surfer lives.
I wish there were more johs in politics and less pennys
Well on the one side he unwittingly created some of the best music of the era both in Brisbane and by motivating large numbers of musicians/artists to move south. And on the other created and oversaw a level of corruption that took about 20 years to mitigate, if at all. Swings and roundabouts.
Whatever he was he was popular and that’s all you gotta be to be elected.
That level of corruption wldnt even register in many a country.
He definitely wasn’t popular. He was a clever politician who took advantage of fluid electoral boundaries to manipulate voting results. His understanding of gerrymandering was world class. For all of his bluster, his legacy was tarnished, only prevented from jail time by a Young National who ended up on the jury. (Who was the only one of the 12 against the other 11 believing he should be locked up).
That level of corruption, remembering the Police Commissioner was jailed for it, (and who was he passing his brown paper bags to?), was world class. Not bad for a peanut farmer.
Quite the character!!
End of the day probly worked out well for the average banana
A character, but for us banana barneys, not so good. He created a legacy of shit development scams, environmental destruction and cultural regression. Since his time ended Queensland rebounded into a more cosmopolitan state, despite the attempts to keep it mired in the 50s.
For all of our faults, since the first election after Joh’s demise (1987), we have only had 5 years of Liberal/National government. Effectively a socialist state. And plenty of progress has been made.
Currently Annastacia is running smooth, despite the dimwitted feds trying to paint her as being mean and nasty for holding true to Health Department advice. Even in my area, a Lib stronghold, begrudging respect has been made.
I haven’t seen a dime.
I for one believe every time I post something online it has potential to change the world. I’m confident my fellow posters feel the same.
Exactly, youd think green lefties would love this Covid shit, Killin the nasty humans.
Nutin makes these tools happy
Fuken massive losers
No offence.
None taken … keep tryin