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12-12-2008, 05:16 PM | #16 |
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Aussie sharks are also poisonous/venomous aren't they? Probably, hell, they have trees that can kill you fifty feet...
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12-12-2008, 05:38 PM | #17 |
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Seriously, you guys just don't seem to realize how scared we are of being eaten by a bear in the US or Canada and yet it's just a part of life if you live in an area where bears live. There isn't really anything much we're afraid of in the UK though. They only have wussy animals there don't they?
It's what you're used to I guess. Pretty much everyone that goes to Frazer knows you don't swim on the ocean side of the island because there are lots of sharks, particularly during fishing season when the Tailor are biting which is when more people are in the water. In my memory and Dazza's, no one has ever been taken by a shark on Frazer and yet fishermen/women stand in the water up to their waist in waders to cast out beyond the break.
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12-12-2008, 05:51 PM | #18 |
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At least you don't have to worry about the sharks knocking over your garbage cans, or climbing into your car because you left half a donut under the front seat.
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12-12-2008, 06:52 PM | #19 |
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Land-shark!
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12-12-2008, 06:56 PM | #20 |
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That was me.
Sorry. Mmmmm. Donuts.
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12-13-2008, 07:06 AM | #21 |
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I've been to Frazer Island and yes, there were shark reports on the seaward side.
I had a great time, hitch-hiking and sleeping rough in the campsites or behind dunes (no tent, just a sleeping bag and groundsheet wrapped over). About a year later a 12 year old boy was killed by dingoes in broad daylight at a campsite where I stayed.
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12-13-2008, 10:51 AM | #22 |
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Wow. I thought they only ate babies.
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12-13-2008, 02:45 PM | #23 |
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Perhaps he was glazed with a jelly filling?
Nope, damn, that was the donut wasn't it. We have dangerous birds over here. Just go to any town centre on a weekend at closing time... |
12-13-2008, 05:07 PM | #24 |
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There have been a lot of problems with dingos on Frazer island. I'd say there's been one or two attacks per tourist season every year for the last 5 - 10 years.
They're getting too 'friendly' with people and coming into campsites because they're just not as shy as they naturally would be with regard to humans. Obviously this is because Frazer is becoming so much more accessible and therefor there's so many people there all the time. They've even built a 'dingo fence' around one of the residential areas which it seems a lot of the locals weren't happy about, but on the other hand, it's always the squeaky wheel you hear. Dingos on Frazer are among the purest in Australia, and yet some people are calling for their extermination or relocation. I think people should be more sensible about securing their food and rubbish and STOP FEEDING them.
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12-13-2008, 05:56 PM | #25 |
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Righto, long time lurker, first time poster.
Couldn't bear to watch someone burble on about the intricacies of Fraser Island's ecosystem who can't even spell it correctly! S, not Z. Fraser. Cheers |
12-13-2008, 06:14 PM | #26 |
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jackzon2, it's an inzide joke. I guezz you didn't get it.
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12-13-2008, 06:18 PM | #27 |
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It is? Since when?
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12-13-2008, 06:24 PM | #28 |
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I was just copying Ali, after the 1776 incident I didn't want to undermine her confidence.
Hi Jackson! Where ya from?
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12-13-2008, 06:27 PM | #29 |
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