www.abc.net.au/news/2011-03-16/woman-may-lose-arm-after-shark-attack/2655072
If you thought too much you wouldn't get out of bed!
I've been waiting for a good day to get up there cos I've heard is really nice but not so sure now
I used to love it in a SE & was going to go there again but maybe not..ugh re arm .I thought it wasnt that bad from news reports..
Yes on both counts. Terrible news of the attack and the result. Awful to think at the relatively young age of 24 to lose an arm.
Yes Jimmy's Beach is a great flat water windsurfing spot. There would be few spots around that can be much better. I was up there at the end of January. Stayed on the water at Shoal Bay and sailed over to Jimmy's Beach for some flat water. A fantastic sandbar at one end to rest make an easy restart.
The only downer was a difficult launch as the trees and sandunes create a wind shadow. The wind is sort of cross offshore in a NE seabreeze.
Seems to be more and more shark attacks. Why? Are there more sharks? Are there more people in the water? Is there less food for sharks? My brother in law is a commercial fisherman. He says there are heaps of sharks out in the ocean.
I was surprised to watch a nature show one day that talked about the most prolific breeding ground of great whites in Australia... and guess where it was?
It was on the other side of the sandbar, the ocean facing beach, but still very close to one of my favorite sailing places!
They are supposed to only be juvenile sharks there, but I still tend to uphaul when I feel nervous about spending too much time in the water.
, given half a chance, wouldn't mind a an oportunity to "thin out their numbers" so to speak
Update: I just heard she gets to keep the arm. Still plenty of damage to her neck and face that requires fixing though. The stuff of nightmares.
Shout-out to the lady.
Bryan
My son just announced he is moving to Nelson Bay next week and I thought, "Great. Free accommodation and good sailing" Now I am thinking, "can I sail from one beach to another without risking a turn in the deep water?" (I have not been there before.)
, given half a chance, wouldn't mind a an oportunity to "thin out their numbers" so to speak
Statistics when it comes to shark attacks can't really mean all that much. The vast majority of people rarely go for a swim or enter the water where sharks patrol. So those who do enter the water regularly must stand a higher chance of being attacked than the general population.
As great whites are now protected their numbers will increase and the number of shark attacks will rise. There is no way of getting around this.
don't get me wrong, i'm not "pro" shark fishing, but listening to the radio about it, there are plenty who'd love a witch hunt (shark)
i don't catch or eat them, so therefore i'm hoping they won't eat me 
Shark attacks are horrible, but will happen when humans enter their domain.
This is pretty loose, but over fishing (commercial) is the biggest issue by a country mile!!!!
Over the last couple of years shark attacks have seemed to be on the rise, theories have ranged from traditionally commercial fishing areas now being non-commercial allowing schools to flourish to unusual water temperatures bringing bait fish schools closer to shore with all scenarios attracting the predators. The former is created by the government and the latter Mother Nature, recently she's been really pissed off with all of us.
If you are going to go you might as well go doing something you are enjoying.
Jimmys beach is one of the best spots to sail a short board in a NE.
the best breeze is only 100 M. or so offshore. You sail parallel to the beach
all the way to the sandbar where you gibe and scream back, pick a spot on the beach to gibe and begin your circuits. There is no need to sail beyond
the sandbar as you will fall into the wind shadow and sharkies plaground (so im told and believe). One more word of caution.Razor fish that bury into the sand leaving very sharp shell above sea floor will cut through a booty no worries should you be unlucky enough to land on one jumping off your board.
I wish That lucky girl all the best and a speedy recovery.
I know there's sharks in Lake Macquarie & I was out at Coal Pt on Monday pm by myself.It was overcast , late in the day and no other sharkbait offered.I was on the big board so I can uphaul & didn't fall off much but near the end I fell off & waterstarted & kept imagining fins..I decided as it was dinnertime for sharks it might be a good time to call it a day..Where was everyone ? It was a great 15 - 20kt NE ? A few extra morsels on offer would have given me more confidence.. Thats the problem with winter ..generally I'm the only one out..
