Out paddling this afternoon in Talle creek when all of a sudden woosh behind me came flying out of the water a 5ft + Bull shark, clean out of the water with a full spiral before hitting the water again. Needless to say I didn't hang around on top of the water for to long after that. It's definately Bull shark time in the creeks.
No HS is what I found in my undies afterwards. Unless it was another type of shark, but it wasn't a dolphin thats for sure.
Right next to the swimming enclosure thought it was going to jump right in, never seen a shark jump like that other then on TV.
Looks like Jazz has had her last swim in there then, every time we go swimming up at the island it's always in the back of my mind but stupidly still swim there anyway - well used to at least - thanks mate.
Well they did warn us last week after the rain,nasty looking things those bulls[}:)]
Bit hard when work requires you to take people in the water. At the end of it all, it is their domain and we share it. Just have to be mindful that they are there and always will be.
talley ck is as dodgy as. i remember we came back in from a paddle at 6 pm one time.
i then paddled someones board 50 ms out then as i turned there was a bang on the board and a swirl.
danny ching would not have beaten me back i can tell you
Ha, my misses works at msq with grinner the shark catcher. You dont wanna know half the **** she tells me.
Yeah, I was paddling in Talle creek, in the first canal, last week and felt a bump and thought (hoped) I hit a submerged log, I turned around to see a massive swirl of water and knew straight away what it was. Talle creek has always been pretty sharky and spooky, especially after heavy rain when it's murky and especially the creek mouth. The area off Burleigh headland isn't called Sharkeys for nothing.
I got swiped last week in clear island waters lake. Same thing huge swirl at side of board. Tried to recreate same swirl with my paddle and not even close
becareful, it may be "mr super very angry big scary naish monster ripper man", I hear he likes to frequent Talley creek also...
Does anyone remember back far enough to when they shot the extremely large shark in Talley Creek from the bridge? It was kind of stuck in there or would not leave as it was sick or something.
I was still at Burleigh Primary then so we are talking many moons ago.....
Got the newspaper clipping at home. Will try and post it later after work. White pointer. Think it was sik maybe. They shot it anyway
I was planning on taking my wife and 2 yr old son out on creek tomorrow. Not so sure now.
Breaching sharks are very common around the South African coast. Maybe this one is on vacation down under!
just incase it has vacated the minds of some, sharks do actually live in the water.....
Showed the guys and girls at work and now some of them are thinking twice about the whole shark thing in Talle creek. I'm glad they are around, it's important to have them in the food chain, even if they are the apex preditor in the water. But it still scares the crap out of me when I see one in the water with me.
