Fast becoming a no go zone,more beaches closed due to large shark sightings in the Ballina area over the weekend,theres even more warning on the Gold Coast as large schools of bait fish make their way north.


www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/nocookies?a=A.flavipes

Reason this guy has black and white on the bottom of his board


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Don't know why you received the red for this thread Mac.

maybe because its another shark thread,,dont know.

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Cobra said..
Don't know why you received the red for this thread Mac.

maybe because its another shark thread,,dont know.

Fan club mate,they don't have a home computer so can only thumb Monday to Friday

Topic of the coffee club yesterday was on sharks and how many attacks there has been lately.

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Macaha said..

Cobra said..
Don't know why you received the red for this thread Mac.

maybe because its another shark thread,,dont know.

Fan club mate,they don't have a home computer so can only thumb Monday to Friday

Topic of the coffee club yesterday was on sharks and how many attacks there has been lately.

its a fair point Mac,,,we spend a lot of time in the water.
i see another big shark spotted yesterday where that bodyboarder got attacked.

it is a **** thread,still good to read.....watched a massive bait ball go by yesterday,as they do a million times every year and nobody is eaten...... yep i have watched footage on goldy news with shark chasing them...guess what nobody was eaten. it is a luck of the draw type deal imo.

my favourite spots around ballina i must say have me a wee bit concerned,these places have always been sharky,just read what bob and gg have to say.....

on the coast pffft...we have drum lines and nets......no that is not bait for someone to attack me,just a fact

Chrispy crap thread and you replied seriously I wouldn't be surprised if an attack happens here on the Gold Coast in the near future

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Macaha said..
Chrispy crap thread and you replied seriously I wouldn't be surprised if an attack happens here on the Gold Coast in the near future

you deserved a red for that mac ,crap thread and i replied....did you read the rest of what i said i did say good read straight after that. cool i wont reply then.

yes there might be a attack on the goldy...geez there might be a attack anywhere in the ocean,they do live and eat there

Pfff come on you know red is one my favourite colours with white and black

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chrispy said...

Macaha said..
Chrispy crap thread and you replied seriously I wouldn't be surprised if an attack happens here on the Gold Coast in the near future

you deserved a red for that mac ,crap thread and i replied....did you read the rest of what i said i did say good read straight after that. cool i wont reply then.

yes there might be a attack on the goldy...geez there might be a attack anywhere in the ocean,they do live and eat there

Need more drum lines more culling.

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NewScotty said..

chrispy said...

Macaha said..
Chrispy crap thread and you replied seriously I wouldn't be surprised if an attack happens here on the Gold Coast in the near future

you deserved a red for that mac ,crap thread and i replied....did you read the rest of what i said i did say good read straight after that. cool i wont reply then.

yes there might be a attack on the goldy...geez there might be a attack anywhere in the ocean,they do live and eat there

Need more drum lines more culling.

and more chippies to go with them

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NewScotty said..

chrispy said...

Macaha said..
Chrispy crap thread and you replied seriously I wouldn't be surprised if an attack happens here on the Gold Coast in the near future

you deserved a red for that mac ,crap thread and i replied....did you read the rest of what i said i did say good read straight after that. cool i wont reply then.

yes there might be a attack on the goldy...geez there might be a attack anywhere in the ocean,they do live and eat there

Need more drum lines more culling.

So your saying drum lines and netting isn't working, after 50 plus years

Maybe we need to rethink the problem and find a better solution

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jbshack said..

NewScotty said..

chrispy said...

Macaha said..
Chrispy crap thread and you replied seriously I wouldn't be surprised if an attack happens here on the Gold Coast in the near future

you deserved a red for that mac ,crap thread and i replied....did you read the rest of what i said i did say good read straight after that. cool i wont reply then.

yes there might be a attack on the goldy...geez there might be a attack anywhere in the ocean,they do live and eat there

Need more drum lines more culling.

So your saying drum lines and netting isn't working, after 50 plus years

Maybe we need to rethink the problem and find a better solution

well they are working atm compared to the non netted and drum lined beaches....how about we keep them there until we have a better idea/solution?

why am i responding to you in a shark thread.....yep im a uneducated dickhead

I think the drum lines and nets are doing a great job here.


I over heard a guy talking yesterday, said a shark chased a whale out of the water at d-bah on Saturday,I also heard a guy say an eye for an eye.


Anyway my topic was not for a cull shark debate but I had a feeling it may turn into one,it was a warming for guys that surf that area.

They are working fine. QLD - 1 fatal in 44 years...

The fact you use the word cull to describe what they do shows that you don't even know what a cull is...
Or what the nets / drums do..

I could post the research programs that are done over here but you wouldn't read it or if you did you would just use it in some way to justify your position..

As Chrispy said , no point arguing

Will get dragged down to your level and beaten by experience...

I'm ****ed if i know why you keep responding to shark threads...

As i said the other day, love your passion but your understanding of the issue and the ability to have a discussion is beyond you.

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jbshack said..

NewScotty said..

chrispy said...

Macaha said..
Chrispy crap thread and you replied seriously I wouldn't be surprised if an attack happens here on the Gold Coast in the near future

you deserved a red for that mac ,crap thread and i replied....did you read the rest of what i said i did say good read straight after that. cool i wont reply then.

yes there might be a attack on the goldy...geez there might be a attack anywhere in the ocean,they do live and eat there

Need more drum lines more culling.

So your saying drum lines and netting isn't working, after 50 plus years

Maybe we need to rethink the problem and find a better solution

i will bite.....where in the **** did he say they were not working? have you thought since they are working so well we may need more,and his response was alluding to that?

or perhaps he was just taking the piss knowing that your shark alert went off on your monitor and he was timing how quickly it was before you responded as we all have side bets going on....

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SP said..
They are working fine. QLD - 1 fatal in 44 years...

The fact you use the word cull to describe what they do shows that you don't even know what a cull is...
Or what the nets / drums do..

I could post the research programs that are done over here but you wouldn't read it or if you did you would just use it in some way to justify your position..

As Chrispy said , no point arguing

Will get dragged down to your level and beaten by experience...

I'm ****ed if i know why you keep responding to shark threads...

As i said the other day, love your passion but your understanding of the issue and the ability to have a discussion is beyond you.

SP its just another head in your hand moment

20 bucks on the table

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jbshack said...

NewScotty said..

chrispy said...

Macaha said..
Chrispy crap thread and you replied seriously I wouldn't be surprised if an attack happens here on the Gold Coast in the near future

you deserved a red for that mac ,crap thread and i replied....did you read the rest of what i said i did say good read straight after that. cool i wont reply then.

yes there might be a attack on the goldy...geez there might be a attack anywhere in the ocean,they do live and eat there

Need more drum lines more culling.

So your saying drum lines and netting isn't working, after 50 plus years

Maybe we need to rethink the problem and find a better solution

No I was just putting out my own drum lines.
Mine are working

Another day another sighting.


www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/nocookies?a=A.flavipes

I read this morning that (sadly) two motorcyclists lost their lives in seperate crashes on the Gold coast yesterday.
Since I ride motorcycles as well as surf I know I have much more chance of becoming a road statistic than a shark attack victim.
I've had plenty of near misses on my bike but virtually nothing to speak of so far with sharks.

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Cuttlefish said..
I read this morning that (sadly) two motorcyclists lost their lives in seperate crashes on the Gold coast yesterday.
Since I ride motorcycles as well as surf I know I have much more chance of becoming a road statistic than a shark attack victim.
I've had plenty of near misses on my bike but virtually nothing to speak of so far with sharks.

that you know of.

you lead a risky life

motorbikes

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SP said..
I get your point but They are not related statistics.

The incidence of road accidents does not relate to number of shark attack in any way..

It like comparing a pumpkin to a porcupine....

I can use the same methodology to prove by statistics that the average person has one testicle and an ovary... Which we know is impossible..

"The incidence of road accidents does not relate to number of shark attack in any way..."
I didn't say it does.
However I would hazard to bet that as a motorcyclist and surfer I am statistically at a higher risk of encountering a road based accident while riding than a shark attack while surfing, that's all.

Umm you did.

You compared the risk of one to the other.

I was just pointing out., as has been done 1000 times before that you can't compare them on statistics..

But I deleted it before any responses for a reason.
These shark threads are becoming silly.

We know there is a risk. What the risk is no one can say..
Misusing statistics doesn't help anyone.

If you were surfing balina today I would guess your risks odds could be a tad higher.

If anyone doesnt think so please feel free to surf balina.

Any takers. Surfing weekend at balina

Huge risk entering the water around Ballina huge, a thousand more chance of an attack surfing there than other spots these sharks are hanging around and for the long haul

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Cuttlefish said...

SP said..
I get your point but They are not related statistics.

The incidence of road accidents does not relate to number of shark attack in any way..

It like comparing a pumpkin to a porcupine....

I can use the same methodology to prove by statistics that the average person has one testicle and an ovary... Which we know is impossible..

"The incidence of road accidents does not relate to number of shark attack in any way..."
I didn't say it does.
However I would hazard to bet that as a motorcyclist and surfer I am statistically at a higher risk of encountering a road based accident while riding than a shark attack while surfing, that's all.

I agree with you CF 100%. Definitely more risk riding a bike than surfing and sharks. If you lived at Balina though your risks surfing would be higher than those surfing elsewhere at the moment.

Definitely dodgey down that way...here at home I rarely give a second thought to them.

I agree with both Ted and Cuttlefish,the issue is they are hanging around and have done for a long time.

well its not only balina.

go swimming in the Burleigh waters/ varsity lakes area.



oh but that's a risk some would say.

boom boom


these odds facts are stupid.

if a shark is hungry, is where you are - your in danger.


odds mean jack at that point.


canals scare me more than the ocean

From today..