Shark takes woman in New South Wales

Jimbuna · 04-03-14, 06:10 AM

How terribly tragic

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A woman has been killed by a shark while swimming off a popular beach in Australia's New South Wales.

Christine Armstrong, 63, was swimming between the wharf and the beach in Tathra village when she was attacked.

Police said her husband saw the shape of a shark which looked between three and four metres long, reports said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26863565

Not sure how far this is from TarJaks place of abode but a website for the beach states it is a protected area.

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Tathra Beach is located east of Bega and is a protected beach for surf and board riding. Below the waters, diving, snorkelling and fishing possibilities are endless. Fur seals and Fairy penguins from the colony at Montague Island often frequent the waters and are willing to let you be a part of their underwater world.

http://www.visitnsw.com/destinations...s/tathra-beach

Evidently the sharks mustn't be aware.

Wolferz · 04-03-14, 08:15 AM

I don't think Sharks can read signs.
Uneducated fish are dangerous and people are stupid to expect otherwise.

AVGWarhawk · 04-03-14, 09:26 AM

Shame. Horrible way to go...

STEED · 04-03-14, 10:48 AM

Stay out the water!

BossMark · 04-03-14, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by STEED

Stay out the water!

Wrong place wrong time...

Jimbuna · 04-03-14, 11:00 AM

Looks like it.

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She was swimming with a group of people early on Thursday morning, but had turned back from the group and was on her own when she was attacked, police said.

Mrs Armstrong's family said in a statement that she had been swimming at Tathra Beach for 14 years.

Ducimus · 04-03-14, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by STEED

Stay out the water!

{Insert Jaws movie reference pictures here}

nikimcbee · 04-03-14, 11:33 AM

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early on Thursday morning

There's the problem. Sharks hunt in the morning and evening.

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on her own

Problem number 2.

I don't know for the Southern Hemisphere, but Northern, Sept-November is when whitey is active hunting seals. Surf at your own peril.

MGR1 · 04-03-14, 11:43 AM

When sharks are about, do not go in the water. Just because it's never happened before and never happened to you.....

Luckily, we generally only get Basking Sharks up here, though Porbeagles have been sighted.

Mike.

Gargamel · 04-03-14, 12:13 PM

I'm planning another shark dive trip in a few weeks. I'll post up some pictures.

Herr-Berbunch · 04-03-14, 12:34 PM

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she had been swimming at Tathra Beach for 14 years

Tiredness may have set in then.

If you can guarantee a quick and clean death then I'd like to go out via nature, seems better to be food for a greater animal than shoved in the ground for near eternity, or being burned and polluting the atmosphere.

Tango589 · 04-03-14, 12:55 PM

Daaaaaaaaaaaah dum, daaaaaah dum, daaah dum, daah dum, daah dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, diddlee!

@HB: Ba. Dum. Tish.

Wolferz · 04-03-14, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by privateer

I find this racist!

The great White snark.

Ducimus · 04-03-14, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by MGR1

When sharks are about, do not go in the water. Just because it's never happened before and never happened to you.....

Herein is a common problem with many folks way of thinking, that "It", in whatever context you want to assign to the word, "only happens to other people".

Tango589 · 04-03-14, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

Herein is a common problem with many folks way of thinking, that "It", in whatever context you want to assign to the word, "only happens to other people".

Yep, and it's an inescapable fact that one day you will become 'the other person' to someone else.

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Shame. Horrible way to go... __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Stay out the water! __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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MGR1 Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom Posts: 980 Downloads: 252 Uploads: 0	When sharks are about, do not go in the water. Just because it's never happened before and never happened to you..... Luckily, we generally only get Basking Sharks up here, though Porbeagles have been sighted. Mike. __________________ "I am the battleship Jean Bart. This name originates from a certain 'respected' privateer... Yes? You want to know what privateers are? Hmph, they are pirates that rob openly under the banner of their country." Jean Bart from the mobile game Azur Lane.

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