Did a downwinder today ,then kited up a popular rivermouth and landed my kite on a grassy picnic area,

20 seconds later the police paddy wagon came driving along in the park,sirens and lights flashing,

They stopped and ran to the waters edge yelling at 2 guys smimming in the river to get out,

People ran to to concrete veiwing area looking over the river,

Lifeguard was cruising up and down the river on a jet ski,

Was a scene straight out of Jaws,

There was a Shark !!

Anyway I caught the bus back to where I started my down winder,

Talked to my lifeguard mate who heard to whole story over the surf rescue radio,

Turns out some guy spotted the shark from the road bridge 2 km upstream

For every shark you see, there are 50 you dont see

I was there at Maroochyore River mouth but not for long,

Was on the 9m green and orange Best TS

fantastic day kiting

What sort of shark and how big?

gokid said...
I was there at Maroochyore River mouth but not for long,

Was on the 9m green and orange Best TS

fantastic day kiting

Hahahaha make sense now, I was in Noosa :-) Still a really good kiting day

noodelsrominov said..
From the only article I could find it was two small hammer heads.
www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/shark-alarmswimmers-were-cleared-from-the-surf-at-/2402070/

This is is the second time in my life I've seen this happen and they are both with in a year. The other was at Lorne in Melbourne but that was a big great white as I recall.

video.au.msn.com/watch/video/great-white-shark-frightens-beachgoers-in-lorne/xvs05r2?cpkey=557e026e-f359-4bba-bbeb-6b02d00317cb%257c%257c%257c%257c

have been some big ones in Vic this year, mate saw a large one at philip islland...i guess makes sense with the seals being there