I was out on the pier at Esplanade East yesterday lunchtime, when our friend the Blue Shark swam right underneath in less than 3 feet of water. It appeared very confused, and kept trying to swim right into the shallows.

We followed it at walking pace all the way to Kerferd Road Pier when it disappeared into deeper water off the Sand Bar.

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Whoa!

why dont park rangers move him out to the heads, that is so dumb of em to let him wonder around the shore of port phillip all lost. What if some little kids are playing in the water when he swims into shore? It's abit dangerous to have a shark this size to be lurking around all the time where kids swim...

I agree totally. It's all very well to say it looks injured or sick or what ever. But if he recovers and decides he is hungry or just curious, and takes a chunk out of a little kid playing in the shallows, someone whose job it is to oversee these things is going to feel pretty stupid/guilty that it wasn't relocated to safer waters.

How do you explain that to a parent when you knew a 2.5m shark had been hanging around for over a week and nothing was done!!

No-one is saying kill it. Just relocate it, or help it if it is sick..... Fisheries and Wildlife.....Hello??

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Bondalucci said...

I agree totally. But if he recovers and decides he is hungry or just curious, and takes a chunk out of a little kid playing in the shallows, someone whose job it is to oversee these things is going to feel pretty stupid/guilty that it wasn't relocated to safer waters.

Was watching a couple of very strong swimmers doing training laps off the buoy at Dendy last night - both chaperoned by a paddler on a surf ski. A few terrified glances skywards when the 7 News Heli hovered above them for 30 secs or so - probably bored already of the Grand Prix at AP. Didn't stop them training though. Interestingly, the guy whose doing my roof saw my gear in the garage yesterday (no Salty, he didn't blow the dust off) and unprompted told me about the bronze whaler that had nudged his tinny in 3m just off Parkdale a fortnight ago. Said it ruined his day as he was on to some nice flatties.

I'Il bite - So why where you getting your roof repaired. XCuse the pun - he wasn't from roof seal was he

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Old Salty said...

I'Il bite - So why where you getting your roof repaired. XCuse the pun - he wasn't from roof seal was he

And they say Australian comedy isn't what it used to be...thought about Hey Hey?