WA sharks make QLDers feel better.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying I'm happy that sharks eat people in WA. I'm just saying that I often read posts about fantastic WA wind conditions. Then I look at our local chart and wonder when it will get out of the red. Then I hear another report of a swimmer or diver being taken, and suddenly QLD feels like a pretty good place to go in the water. South of Airlie Beach that is.

^^^^ agreed. I'm very highly motivated to stay on the board and or get sorted and get started really quickly.

Kitemare swim ins become a relaxed event where pleasant non shark thoughts replace the repressed "I do not really want to get eaten" phobias shared by all humanity.

Still I'd rather take my chances while enjoying the west Oz coast line than being stuck in Gold Coast Traffic.

www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/maps/australia/
Confirmed Unprovoked Shark Attacks

Far more chance in NSW and QLD than WA according to those stats.

I know they are there, but prefer to ignore that fact and not think about them!
I do sometimes struggle to block such thoughts out however when I crash and find myself boddydragging back to my board........particularly in the murky brown waters around Brisbane......bullsharks!!!!

hervey bay and se qld, shxtholes that they are, still get great whites in winter.

one thing about qld though is that the wind is usually onshore and you generally kite close to the beach in shallow water

A lot of the wa footage i have seen especially wavesailors/ kiters is guys tacking perpindicular to the coast to get upwind and heading a loong way offshore. broken UJ/fin/kite line would be scary

Eeeek, westpac chopper spotted two 5m GW off rotto today and they closed the beaches.....
Should have dispatched the F16 that have been hanging around for the queen for some training....;)

^^^^
Looks like a really good documentary, cant wait to see it...............cough

^^^^^ that'll be straight to DVD

And a giant anaconda.