There's something quite odd about it. All happening in one bay of the Whitsundays (where i have swum etc many times over many years). It does see a lot of boat traffic, even for the whitsundays with cruise liners even anchoring there. My theory is a bit of conditioned response due to easy feeds. More sharks in area maybe means more aggression.
sharks go to eat.
people shouldn't be going in to the water at SHARK FARKING FEEDING TIME (Sunrise/Sunset for the idiots).
Should we kill every last species on this planet bcos public school boy wants to paddle when and where he wants... that goes for Honey Booboo too.
Cid harbour is where a lot of bare boat charters spend their last night before heading back into Hamilton island...... at the end of a charter with a fridge/freezer and pantry still full of meats and food where do you think that food ends up ? It attracts fish which attracts sharks .
when I am in the Whitsundays I never swim off the back of the boat at the anchorages even at snorkelling spots I take the tender into the beach first.
this was the advice I was given by an old bloke about 15 years ago.
Other people I have taken there think I am just paranoid I don't stop them swimming but explain my reasons for not doing so. If I'm desperate I will just dip in at the ladder.
The bare charter board pump all their poo at cid harbour.
there not supposed too but they do
**** harbour
They need to drumline through there.
Its out of balance , catching 6 big tigers in as many days indicates all the fish in there are long gone
No it fishes well as do a lot of the whitsundays. Theres lots of visitors but hardly any try to fish and even less have an idea. Yes the poo does go overboard which really does add up and is all very attractive burley.
And yeah lots of pissy sundowners and swimming off the backs of boats quite a way off shore as its shallow and quite dirty water. Harry potter all good what you do but vis is the main thing with clear water being infinateley safer and i have no hesitation swimming off the back at turtle bay or whitehaven in clear water. The young girl the lost her leg recently in cid was bitten swimming in shallow water off beach.
I agree there are soooome fish in cid harbour but have dived there a bit (on the old moorings 96-98)and the amount of fish as compared to other areas near their is desert.
There was a shark off Mandurah yesterday, answer drumline
attacks at cid harbour answer drumline
ballima shark attack this morning answer drumline
as you can see their is a standard response which as humans we can't figure out
So in summary:
- Cid Harbour is usually the first night and last night for most bareboat charters making it party central?
- People pump out their holding tanks and throw their food scraps overboard making it chum central?
- Someone swam in deeper water at dusk
And people say that the sharks are the problem and the solution is drumline 
Don't get me wrong, I reckon all aggressive sharks are bastards ........... so why tempt fate and swim where (water full of food and bait fish) and when they might be active (dawn or dusk) ?
Listening to the Abc news at 5:30 am today and the news reader said that he was paddle boarding at the time of the attack.
As far as I know he was in the water at the time and not on the paddle board. BIG difference .
I emailed the Abc for clarification on their story cause I'm sure they got it wrong.
The news article I read said he was swapping the SUP back and forth with another lady. She had just jumped on board and he had just jumped off into the water.
should have jumped her instead of the water. that way they would have both been happy
Select to expand quoteMark _australia said..
Bloody Libs, hey Adriano.....
Well now that you mention it, kinda yes. There's more than one Queensland Liberal MP whining about the lack of drum lines being deployed, when everyone in the fishing and tourism industry knows drums lines are totally ineffective at anything except killing sharks and other marine life.
The problem is not sharks, it's stupid people.
I suspect the political solution will involve more drum lines amongst other more effective and no doubt less talked about measures - but not because the Labor government thinks drum lines achieve anything other than to appease stupid voters who think they work.
Bono so its not shark's its stupid people.
How do you come to that conclusion ?
Its not stupid people biting others to death .
Believe it or not, the political solution appears to be no drum lines, some additional research funding and increased consultation with stakeholders, plus additional "no swim" signage and a "no swim" area declared in Cid Harbour until more is known about what's going on.
But true, the QLD opposition leader has advised that drum lines are the answer .............. I mean she'd be a world leader in shark research and would know all the answers right??????
Select to expand quotePaddles B'mere said..
Believe it or not, the political solution appears to be no drum lines, some additional research funding and increased consultation with stakeholders, plus additional "no swim" signage and a "no swim" area declared in Cid Harbour until more is known about what's going on.
But true, the QLD opposition leader has advised that drum lines are the answer .............. I mean she'd be a world leader in shark research and would know all the answers right??????
Haha go figure - some politicians siding with the facts and science for a change....while Liberals bury their heads in the sand and play the same tired old politics of fear.
Select to expand quoteactiomax said..
Bono so its not shark's its stupid people.
How do you come to that conclusion ?
Its not stupid people biting others to death .
Yes of course it's sharks stupid.
Stupid people putting themselves on a platter at dinner time in murky or dodgy waters and saying "have me for dinner" and then complaining to the authorities when nature works perfectly.
Or stupid people saying drum lines achieve anything other than a string of dead sharks when there's no evidence drum lines work.
There have been plenty of shark attacks recently in areas where there are drum lines.
We'll never convince stupid people.
Stupidity knows no bounds.
Select to expand quoteRazzonater said..
Beautiful work. The sharks will have their revenge when it's offspring has another human for dinner.
Select to expand quoteAdriano said..Mark _australia said..
Bloody Libs, hey Adriano.....
Well now that you mention it, kinda yes. There's more than one Queensland Liberal MP whining about the lack of drum lines being deployed, when everyone in the fishing and tourism industry knows drums lines are totally ineffective at anything except killing sharks and other marine life.
The problem is not sharks, it's stupid people.
I suspect the political solution will involve more drum lines amongst other more effective and no doubt less talked about measures - but not because the Labor government thinks drum lines achieve anything other than to appease stupid voters who think they work.
Another fact by adriano. Its debateable not fact, with the consensus that drum lines help. Thats why we have them. And they kill f.all other marine life. I guess It stands to reason some doc martin wearing leftard from Mornington knows better about Qld marine science, sharks and drumlines.
Select to expand quoteRazzonater said..
A great white jumped out of the water at Mandurah today
Annd someone attacked this morning...
thewest.com.au/news/sharks/shark-attack-reported-near-mandurah-ng-b881018241z
Little side topic. Lumped into the recent shark issues a chinese man and his 5yo kid both drowned in the airlie beach council pool (we call it the gene pool because of late night backpacker activity) in the middle of the day amongst heaps of people with 2 lifeguards on duty. The lifeguards are even briefed to watch asians as they wont ask for help even when drowning. How the hell can that have happened? If u have ever been there the amount of people on any day. Its staggering. The dad must have drowned first but even so how did it fo unnoticed. Bizzare
www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-29/father-son-drown-airlie-beach-lagoon-north-qld/10440276
Select to expand quotemyusernam said..Another fact by adriano. Its debateable not fact, with the consensus that drum lines help. Adriano said..Mark _australia said..
Bloody Libs, hey Adriano.....
Now that you mention it, kinda yes. There's more than one Queensland Liberal MP whining about the lack of drum lines being deployed, when everyone in the fishing and tourism industry knows drums lines are totally ineffective at anything except killing sharks and other marine life.
The problem is not sharks, it's stupid people.
I suspect the political solution will involve more drum lines amongst other more effective and no doubt less talked about measures - but not because the Labor government thinks drum lines achieve anything other than to appease stupid voters who think they work.
Yeah, help attract sharks and kill many other marine animals in the process.....the fact is it's debatable drum lines achieve anything at all
I agree stupid people will debate this for ever but until the facts demonstrate drum lines do anything other than kill sharks and other sea life critical to the ecosystem, I'll stick with the facts myusernam. You stick to the emotive, old fashioned and ineffective drum lines.
Facts have nothing to do with political ideology or people who whinge about lefties - whatever they are.
Wah wah wah..
www.9news.com.au/national/australia-shark-attacks-prevention-technology-shark-shield/888cd314-7d2b-4549-87ae-90c32e10f215
Your such an ass bono and an ignorant one. The environment is also entirely different to what you may have read about drum lines in the perth debate. Which is still thousands of kilometers away from you. Name the marine life it kills other than sharks in qld. (Quick go google).
