I saw in yesterday's (maybe Saturdays) sunshine coast daily that a kite surfer had gone out in a heavy current at Maroocjy river mouth and rescued someones dog that had been swept out. Apparently the kiter stayed with the dog for about 10mins keeping his head abover water until a guy on a jetski came and helped out and brought the dog in. They said they did not get a chance to thank the kiter but did so publicly in the paper saying that the kiter was awesome and without him the dog would have died. Another rescue that made the paper

Maybe theres something about dogs that the bar likes :)

Wasnt a delayed reply to your effort last month was it neil?
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=32649&SearchTerms=dog

I've had dogs jumping in there to chase me on my kite and nearly getting swept out to sea. It pees me off when people get irate about their dogs on the beach chasing kites - don't they know that they have to have their dogs on a lead on the beach...

they must be chasing all the catfish